RhysCorsa
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Registered: 24th Jun 09
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Realisticly i'd probably spend no more than £2000 on a corsa and for that i'd expect a fairly decent example as its still a 10+ year old corsa at the end of the day imo.
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Archie
Organiser: Scotland
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
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I done everything except the head skim myself just cost me the price of the parts really, and £20 for the head to be skimmed by 8thou.
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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Cud buy a corsa, an xe + rebuild 4 2k matey, iv jst bought a carbd xe 4 425 to break. So just luk around or by a non runner cheap and an xe
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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8 thou seems a lot Archie, had the head gasket gone? I took out 16 valves and 15 valve guides when my engine froze (pain in the arse) and took the head into work to get it skimmed - only took 1 thou to get it all even.
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Archie
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
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the head was fine and the original gasket was in good condition, maybe it was .8 thou and i picked the guy up wrong i'm sure that is what he said.
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philip2
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Registered: 1st Oct 06
Location: n.wales/chester
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8 thou isnt a great deal though, iv took 15thou off my c16xe bt then again iv done it to bump compression up to 12:1 on my build.
Lad should only take enuf to clean face, dependr if head has any water way corrosion and wantd to clear it up abit.
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