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Author Liam D's Corsa GSI Restoration Project :D
Ian
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20th Dec 11 at 18:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Edges 58
what makes it the best type?
Opinion, and the fact they're the oldest.
Liam D
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not much of an update really, just got the garage cleaned out and got the car in so i can start working on it in the dry

engine will be coming out over the next week or so for a tidy up then can start cleaning up the engine bay
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Lovely car mate.

You're not bluecorsab off mig are you? just you mentioning an X20XEV


cheers mate, i am indeed changed my name on here few days ago


I see was Daz1492 on mig now Daz h

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yh i know mate i know who you are anyways off corsa b lol
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You still got 2.0ltr blue corsa Liam?

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certainly have
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Nice!

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Love the Bay in your blue one
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any pics of blue one
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yeah its on here in the projects but a full build is on mig under bluecorsab
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Read your log on MIG ages ago, was a good read.


Look forward to seeing this progress.
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well a small update for you

started removing the engine over the past few days

got the water drained out, radiator removed, inlet manidold and throttle body removed

thought i would have a look under the cambelt cover to see the condition and was shocked at what i saw



we drove the car back 200 miles on that, lucky or what

while i was at work the other day my dad took a trip to the local scrappy to see what bits he could get as it really needs a spoiler because it has a crack in the middle

and the owner of the yard said if you look in the corner there is a red gsi corsa already been gutted though, the savages had cut the engine out and had most of the bodykit and interior, managed to get the spoiler, its got laquer peel but its not cracked and a rear seat bench as mine has a small hole in it

also got the airpipe that goes from the slam panel to the airbox with clip and plastic screw aswell

thats about it for now

cheers
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very nice
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Did you turn the engine over to get the chop at the top? Otherwise lucky it stopped there else you still might not have seen it.
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my dad spotted it as it was near the bottom of the exhaust cam, would of got changed anyways but not the point lol
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well the engines out, borrowed a crane from my dads work and got it out this afternoon



whipped the clutch off and its still good and original GM too

had a look down the inlet side of the engine and there is no burnt oil in there so no probelms with valve stem seals either

going to pick up an engine stand up on sunday so can get it on that and start cleaning it

more soon


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small update

got myself some chrome gearbox bolts



its all about the little touches

and went to pick up my engine stand today from djbrowney, top bloke

got it back and had to remove the flywheel to get it on but no problem

makes things so much easier though being on a stand

started to give it a bit of a clean and its coming up pretty nice now

nearly ready for some paint now





more soon
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Good work Liam

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Good work Liam


cheers mate
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Nice!

What colours are we doing on engine then or just making it look brand spanking new?

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One day il have a mint red Gsi! Can only dream. Lol. Looking good bud
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not sure to be honest, will be black on the block for sure but not sure if i should do it matt or gloss

cylinder head and gearbox will get pained some sort of silver but not to bright and the cam cover will just get polished i think, you wont really see it anyways as it will be under the cover
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One day il have a mint red Gsi! Can only dream. Lol. Looking good bud


cheers, just keep a look out, theres still a FEW good ones out there, im still amazed how much i paid for it though

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nice stuff, great buy.. whats happening with blue one?
Liam D
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other than fitting a gsi kit to it ithink ihave gone as far as i can with it ,she was built as an exercise as when it was first done no one had used an xev so a few bits of the conversion was a challenge.sometime in the future will be going on motorbike throttle bodies but as it stands its just as a show car and not used very often

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