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AndyCorsaSport

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1st Dec 14 at 21:24

Yes yes yes!!!

bigron1988

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1st Dec 14 at 21:51

quote:
Originally posted by SteveoBC
fuck me this looks good, makes me wanna get a corsa C again lol. Trust Ben not to do anything by halves, mint.

You said out on track Ben, you actually taking this out on circuits or just santapod? This would do well on a combe action day i reckon

yes, wanted to go combe last year but dodnt have a car suitable for track, plan to go there, oulton and possible anglesea as its cheap

thanks for the nice comments

SteveoBC

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2nd Dec 14 at 11:24

quote:
Originally posted by bigron1988

quote:
Originally posted by SteveoBC
fuck me this looks good, makes me wanna get a corsa C again lol. Trust Ben not to do anything by halves, mint.

You said out on track Ben, you actually taking this out on circuits or just santapod? This would do well on a combe action day i reckon

yes, wanted to go combe last year but dodnt have a car suitable for track, plan to go there, oulton and possible anglesea as its cheap

thanks for the nice comments

good-o! the scooby will be waiting

wanna see how it would fair against this lol

flybikeslee

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2nd Dec 14 at 11:32

you'll get more grins from going round a circuit than pod i reckon

SteveoBC

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2nd Dec 14 at 11:54

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
you'll get more grins from going round a circuit than pod i reckon

this is what i found when i built my XE corsa, drag racing is fun but over in 20seconds (followed usually by a fuck load of queing)

combe you get a minimum of 15mins of foot to the floor time (providing some numpty doesnt stack it and red flag the session)
never looked back

flybikeslee

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2nd Dec 14 at 12:12

open pit lane days are best. come and go as you please. plus oulton and anglesey aint too far away

LukesCorsaSXi

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3rd Dec 14 at 12:19

You're a machine Ben. Looks amazing.

kedowan

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6th Dec 14 at 17:39

Looks just the way Vauxhall SHOULD have done.

Generation

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6th Dec 14 at 22:28

Looks great, and you'll enjoy having a car you can chuck around without it costing billions to fix.

Not
A fan of the plates thoigh, they look very wrong! Keep up the great work

ArdenblueDan

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7th Dec 14 at 10:52

Looks stunning Ben

random dav

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7th Dec 14 at 15:10

Ace. Love it

WRLFC !

Project cars

TimC909

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10th Dec 14 at 13:15

Congratulations on the engagement

If you are planning on any track work be wary of these hubs Ben. Im sure you have seen what the Corsa B ones do with heavy use.

bigron1988

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Registered: 29th Aug 09
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10th Dec 14 at 20:33

tbf there one of the jobs on the list to change , just used the cheap conversion hubs to get me on the road

anthcorsa

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11th Dec 14 at 20:40

I enjoyed reading this thread, some awesome progress man! Keep it up! The ultra blue c's are the best colour for this car IMO, particularly when the front end looks like that !! nice man

bigron1988

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14th Dec 14 at 21:06

progress has switched over to the transit now

found a bolt in the sump but no bolts missing in the engine so it must of been left in from before i got the truck

that will be the knock then, one little end bearing gone

cylinder head has some scores where the cam sits so might need a new head to

--ToM--

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15th Dec 14 at 18:44

What that gonna set you back? Engine went in my transit and I bought a full recon engine for 2 grand and threw that in not missed a beat since saved a lot of time and hassle too

bigron1988

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15th Dec 14 at 18:59

Parts are cheap prob looking to spend no more than 800 for a full rebuild

--ToM--

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15th Dec 14 at 20:25

That's not bad, I didn't have the time just needed the van back so had to do it that way was only off the road for 3 days if you've got the time crack on !

bigron1988

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8th Jan 15 at 21:18

been busy buying lots of new parts for the transit ,

rear prob bearing

glow plugs

water pump

gearbox seals

gearbox oil

engine oil and filter

water temp sensor

timing chain kit with pullys

front timing chain cover

radiator

clutch fork

new clutch

release bearing

clutch and flywheel bolts

new solid flywheel

block back from having a skim, hone and a proper clean

cylinder head been skimmed, pressure checked, valves cleaned and re lapped in and had a proper clean

new no4 piston and rod

new piston rings for the other 3

big end and main bearings

head gasket, headbolts and gasket kit

crank seals and cylinder head gaskets

all ready to be assembled

Mark.W

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9th Jan 15 at 16:23

No exspence spared

SteveoBC

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9th Jan 15 at 17:21

lol easily the most i have seen spent on a transit engine in one go

bigron1988

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28th Jan 15 at 20:53

well its been a few late nights but its all back up and running done 120 miles in it now with a oil change done ,

forgot to take a pic of new clutch fitted

took 2 hours to get it to start it was a right twat

then when we did get it started the rear water pipe was leaking from the bracket so had to go scrappy and get another one

and back to the zlet

bought a new steering wheel

map sensor bracket

and my new ko6 turbo from krs turbos, top fella to deal with

ko6 vs ko4

and all fitted with the forged goodies

just got to order some hose joiners for the boost pipes then its of to my mates for them and exhaust then should be ready to fire up

Jed D

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29th Jan 15 at 00:19

good work as always ben, congrats on the wedding malarkey too

bigron1988

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5th Feb 15 at 20:03

Been wanting some corsa vxr seats for the zlet and when some super rare full leathers came up for sale I had to have them, I'm told there heated to so will look into wiring them up in the future , not keen on the recaro stickers on the backs so they will prob come of, plan is to get the corsa c rear bench re tried to match the fronts although I have spoken to someone on fb who has the rears fitted so going to have a look if I can do it ,