ScottBeck
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spray ya intercooler black and the bumper the same colour kno one wud even notice the fookin huge cooler 
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chrex
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Hey! Both cars look spot on. Gonna be class when they're all done! 
On the 8v, did you get a complete exhaust system made 4 it or did you just mate it to another aftermarket cat-back system?
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Novaneil
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UPDATE:
3rd Feb 2008
Ok quite a bit to report so here goes...
Saturday a mate from work popped down in his XE Corsa to have some new suspension fitted (he'd brought my old Bilstein kit off me) along with Poly Bushing the front end and removing the front ARB.
When it arrived
Front ride height is about right but its got the wrong poundage springs and crappy GMax shocks on it 
And Spax on the rear
Rears first
Spax v Bilstein
And fitted
Front GMax
ARB soon to be removed 
Not much difference in Piston diameter 
The black springs are 2.0 Poundage
And fitted
Next we removed the Tiebar and Wishbone
Standard Bush
Tie Bar Bush
We then burn't the old wishbone bushes out
And fitted the poly bushes
The Tie Bar bush would not burn out though
So we found a local press
And pressed them out and some new ones in
Then DHDev (640kg 1.6 16v Nova owner off here) turned up with his new barge....sorry calibra. To which we started changing the suspension on but gave up due to a dodgey ball joint thread. Unfortunetely my camera packed up at this point. So will have to wait for him to post pics.
On to Sunday
The Van has Seats and Harnesses 
The wiring on the back of the block was finished
Weber Cossie Fuel Pressure Reg and fuel lines fitted
The final bits of the dash and dash clocks were fitted
Battery in and connected
Then we tried the electrics and thankfully everything worked and the engine Turned over for the first time (without ignition leads or water though)  Woo Hooo.... We're going for the first proper engine run on Tuesday night 
Then finally the uprated rear engine mount was fitted
And thats it for this weekend
Looking forward to Tuesday night now
Neil
[Edited on 03-02-2008 by Novaneil]
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bieransri
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those seats look so how did you mount them mate. i had to make my own side mount brackets up and then bolted these to a standardish corsa runner. o ang im yet to fit my cage
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
same question
can you make me 2 of them please
It was made on the car. i'll let you know if they'll make anymore. Im defo having one But again it will be made on the car.
Neil
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa 2.0 16v 2k8
would you lot be interested in doing some work on my vaulver
What do you need doing mate? PM me
Neil
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by chrex
Hey! Both cars look spot on. Gonna be class when they're all done!
On the 8v, did you get a complete exhaust system made 4 it or did you just mate it to another aftermarket cat-back system?
If you look about 10 pages back you'll see all the pics of the Exhaust being made up by JP Exhausts Its all custom made and no CAT.
Neil
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STEvieXE
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any more pics of black xe corsa, looks mint
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by bieransri
those seats look so how did you mount them mate. i had to make my own side mount brackets up and then bolted these to a standardish corsa runner. o ang im yet to fit my cage
Yep they had to be made up like yours using the standard Corsa runners, but bolted on the bottom (not side mount)
Neil
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corsa 2.0 16v 2k8
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would you lads be able to have look at my c20xe corsa for me as i just recently finished the conversion and would like it checked out willing to pay ?
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
any more pics of black xe corsa, looks mint
That Corsa has only recently been run in and dyno'd after a 2k Engine rebuild. Here's a few pics of it during the rebuild
And built up
Its now pumping out a claimed 170ish bhp at the wheels!
Im sure the owner will post the dynosheet and further pics. But thats all i've got im afraid.
Neil
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STEvieXE
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thats the mintest black corsa ive saw, never liked them in black until i saw this..
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corsa 2.0 16v 2k8
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????????
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smartarse
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what poundage springs are they on the black xe corsa?
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa 2.0 16v 2k8
would you lads be able to have look at my c20xe corsa for me as i just recently finished the conversion and would like it checked out willing to pay ?
Hi mate, yes we can but we're spending every spare minute on our own cars at the moment  You can either wait a week or two or take it to a local garage near the town of Southam (only a few miles from Leamington) who have done many XE conversions and will look over it for you no probs. Let me know if you want there contact details. (its the place where the Van is at the moment)
Cheers
Neil
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by smartarse
what poundage springs are they on the black xe corsa?
280-290lbs I believe.
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dhdev
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Thanks again for the help on the barge neil! I think I may need to fit some different springs tho, its ridiculously low at the front and I can't get over speedhumps without catching! I didn't take any pics today as I was in a bit of a rush, these are the pics from yesterday, but they're not great!
Here's how the car sat before on the -60mm springs and standard shocks. I'll get some pics of the new ride height soon.
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Nick-S
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the white van havs very very long boost pipes, turbo lag???? 
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Rick Draper
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Out of interest does the XE'd corsa have a red painted block? and did it come from up manchester way or somewhere around there?
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
Out of interest does the XE'd corsa have a red painted block? and did it come from up manchester way or somewhere around there?
It did indeed Rick! Why? Do you know some of its History? Apparently the engine has been around quite a bit and has been fitted in quite a few cars (which would explain why it was worn out )
Neil
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willay
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great update as usual
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Rick Draper
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quote:
Originally posted by Novaneil
quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
Out of interest does the XE'd corsa have a red painted block? and did it come from up manchester way or somewhere around there?
It did indeed Rick! Why? Do you know some of its History? Apparently the engine has been around quite a bit and has been fitted in quite a few cars (which would explain why it was worn out )
Neil
Did it have the Omegas in when it was stripped? I am 99% sure thats my old novas engine, did it have any recepts with it? God i loved my car with that engine in, used to be able to thrash it and nowt ever went wrong with it. It should have had ARP rod bolts and possibly a SBD nylon pressure relief valve.
Think i built it about 8 years ago or something like that iirc.
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corsa 2.0 16v 2k8
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yeah sound if u could just send me the details
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dhdev
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This is how low the front sits on the calibra now...
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jr
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looks fine oli, dont worry about how practical it is
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