shauny bizzle
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ah so ur the fella whos having the 1800 conversion done i know his mate matt in faversham he said he was helping a guy do a 1800 conversion lol sorry for spamming ya thread mate, i use to work wid scott
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.Matt
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Yup and the BB bonnet that matt bought was orgianlly mine which came with mark's bro's car when i bought it. its the one that was on my red gsi.
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.Matt
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Well after a lot of hassle with the 1.2 16v loom, decided to do what should of done first and stripped the dash looms out and swapped them.
So now both looms are out all i got to do now is plug 1.6 dash loom in to the car and then hopefully wire it up the she should ignite.
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shauny bizzle
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ah rite i didnt know if it was my old bonnet that was being sold coz that ended up that way somewhere lol been around the houses that bonnet then lol hope cars going well mate
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.Matt
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She Lives...... Changed the looms wired her up and she fired straight away, beats me how you get them 1.0 12v/1.2 16v looms to work.
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shaunmods
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top work Matt. Fair play to you for working on it in this weather! I've not bothered with mine lately because of the cold lol. How hard was it to change the dash loom if you don't mind me asking? 
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.Matt
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changing the loom was easy.... getting the dash out was a c*nt
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wrattengsi
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its been good fun tho  very cold but good fun. working with scott is quite an experience also haha.
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shauny bizzle
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quote:
Originally posted by wrattengsi
working with scott is quite an experience also haha.
lol it sure is top bloke though, funny guy too
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.Matt
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Well the car is starting to go back together now finally, got the dash back in yesterday, and then decided to fit the rear car loom, so that i gained electric windows simply because it was there and could be done.
also converted the eps to pas because again everything was there to convert it and i saved us from trying to wire the eps back into the 1600 loom.
the car is practically a 1.6 sport now from dash to crossmember,
From 1600 sport
Dash Loom
The dash itself
Interior Loom
Electric Windows
Front Suspension
Front ARB
Front Lower Arms
Front Hubs
Front Discs
Front Radiator + Fan
Front PAS Rack
Steering Colum
Brake Pedal
Accelerator Pedal + Cable
GearStick (Cause its awesome)
Plus Others......
If i ever took this car to a garage they would be very confused
1200 Corsa Shell
1800 Astra Engine With ecu programmed as a vectra
and 1600 front end + looms
i will get pictures of the progress so far tomorrow before we start work then after we are done.
[Edited on 17-01-2010 by .Matt]
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shaunmods
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Excellent work mate, you've got that done really quick! Be sure to post some vids up when its back on the road 
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swill_omnibus
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Well done fella
If you need an odd senser or anything let me know
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.Matt
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The car saw the road for the first time last night, but she popped a drive shaft out, either whoever put it in didnt push it all the way of the clip that holds them was rusted shut.
But after a quick drive shaft change she had power again, and she did her first 40 mile trip in her new home.
[Edited on 24-01-2010 by .Matt]
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.Matt
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Few pictures of how it stands....
Will get pics of engine bay once tirny the engine loom wires so i can re attach the bonnet popper leaver.
My drive at the the end after 30 min clean up
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shauny bizzle
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looking good mate did u get them bits out the scrappers yesterday after me and scott done the steering lock in lol
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.Matt
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Yea we well scott got that caliper off in the end.
£20 it cost me, needed it though so couldnt complain.
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shauny bizzle
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fair enough i got mugged for 2 steelies and some plastic bits £40 lol but i needed them to move my corsa about lol
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.Matt
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Engine Bay:
Rear Inside:
Clerance:
[Edited on 20-01-2010 by .Matt]
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vaux.dan
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top work matt
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swill_omnibus
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Can always change the sump for a Z18XE one so that'll give you more clearance.
Top job fella
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.Matt
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how much do they give you extra?]
Still to do list, what i can think of now
Fit Vectra Thermostat housing
Replace Passanger door
Spray Skirts and fit
Get new arch plastics, Spray and fit
Fit aero flat wiper blades
Remove Bump strips
Spray roof vaux black
Fit tinted windows
+ more as i think of it
[Edited on 20-01-2010 by .Matt]
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.Matt
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Well thought just mention, i have arranged for my rear tints to go in to the corsa, and have made plans for my boot build should be pretty good once done.
Also came across a problem. When the steering coloum was fitted we didnt check/notice that when it was turned it was rubbing on the loom, so it cut through a couple wires and kept arching out and blowing fuses, but that has been temp fixed with a good old cable tie.
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.Matt
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Update
Got a set of flat wiper blades with washer jets attached
Also purchased myself a front slut brace of fleabay
And got some MHW's which are fitted to the car and some Black diamond brake lines which are still in the post.
[Edited on 08-02-2010 by .Matt]
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.Matt
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Update
Fitted the strut brace today, dont look too bad, i might paint it at some point; depends weather i could get it back on without scratching it to pieces.
Picture of MHW's fitted
Also my brake lines arrived today, they will be getting fitted soon.
The wiper blades have also been fitted, but to fit this into the 1600 loom was a bit tricky; well i need to re-wire the wiring for the pump because of loom differances.
And after much debate i was decided to change my gearstick to the one from the black car simply because it is awesome ( i didn't make this )
oh and a friend found me some chrome door handles in the breakers so he decided i must have them
Also as you can see from the above images that ive done away with window winders and now have electric windows; always a bonus.
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shauny bizzle
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nice lights there 
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