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sam13

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8th Feb 07 at 20:23

mint thats a good upgrade then really

Jon_C

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8th Feb 07 at 20:36

I used the gsi ecu and the sri loom. must of had loads of random wirin on my one then

EarlofBarnet

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8th Feb 07 at 20:38

I think on any spec 8v corsa up from a 'Merit' or similar the looms are practically the same. Just some wires are used and some aren't.

I'll post up what wire is what when I sort my loom out this weekend. Easy done though

EarlofBarnet

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17th Feb 07 at 22:20

Bit more progress:

sam13

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18th Feb 07 at 11:05

looking good pal keep going

EarlofBarnet

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18th Feb 07 at 11:24

Going back up to the garage this afternoon to sort a bit more of the wiring. Should have the dizzy on and wired up and wired up the starter motor.

Need some bits from Vauxhall before I can try and start it: throttle cable from a 1.4 SRi; water hose for round the back; fuel hoses and a water hose to the heater matrix.

Think the end is in sight though

EarlofBarnet

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18th Feb 07 at 18:14

So close now! Literally just got the 2 fuel pipes to connect up, buy a water hose from vauxhall, adapt the brake vacuum hoses, collect my accelerator cable and put the battery in. Should be running next weekend, fingers crossed

[Edited on 18-02-2007 by EarlofBarnet]

sam13

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18th Feb 07 at 21:40

looking good pal let me know how it performs

EarlofBarnet

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18th Feb 07 at 22:10

May have forgot to mention that I also need to set up the gear linkage and sort the speedo cable too. Not much though really.

Will give it a run next weekend and see how she is. Will be nice to drive it again, its been nearly 3 months since it came off the road

Decided to sell the Azev wheels and stick the Astra GTE rims on for a bit. Hoping to purchase some 16" Pro Race 2's in black ready for the shows etc

sam13

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19th Feb 07 at 21:24

good stuff glad to see its come together nicely so far

EarlofBarnet

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25th Feb 07 at 14:44

Todays progress:

Dodgy old hose for the back of the engine, replaced with silicone one

Accelerator cable fitted (1.4SRi Corsa one, perfect fit), fitted breather hose (as above). Also charged battery up.

To do:
* Extend Nova Engine Wiring Loom and plug in.
* Set-up gear linkage.
* Put speedo drive in to gearbox.
* Sort brake servo vacuum pipe.
...erm, think that's it!

Then it 'should' start and I can drive it to get the exhaust sorted out

[Edited on 25-02-2007 by EarlofBarnet]

Mark330d

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Registered: 25th Apr 06
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25th Feb 07 at 15:47

did you run into any major problems when fitting it? im doing the same into mine. pm if preffered.

little_duke

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25th Feb 07 at 17:12

thats what engine i want in mine,is it easy enough like or do i need to change any mount or fuel pipes etc

EarlofBarnet

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25th Feb 07 at 20:22

Mounts are the same and I think I'll manage to re-use the original fuel pipes (just need to work out which is which, lol).

Feel free to U2U me if anyone is doing this conversion. Bargain 100bhp imo

STEvieXE

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25th Feb 07 at 20:46

is this not pretty much a straight swap??

same mounts/ shafts

no hassle with arbs etc

wiring to be done i take it but pretty simple

use same clocks/rad etc as ur 1.2

EarlofBarnet

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25th Feb 07 at 20:52

LOL, yup, ish!

little_duke

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26th Feb 07 at 00:45

ah i was getting jnc to fit mine £750 all in

EarlofBarnet

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27th Feb 07 at 20:50

HOW MUCH! For a 1.6 Nova engine! Recon this has cost me less than £200 including buying the engine, rebuilding it and buying bits a pieces. £750 for a valver, fair enough, but not a 1.6 8v.

Mark330d

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27th Feb 07 at 20:59

what purpose does that bit that the induction kit is attached onto serve?

Daniel_Corsa

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27th Feb 07 at 22:08

quote:
Originally posted by Mark330d
what purpose does that bit that the induction kit is attached onto serve?

AFM

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Mark330d

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28th Feb 07 at 13:02

aggh right didnt know that was the afm

a_j_mair

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28th Feb 07 at 14:39

afm looks huge

looks like you are making a tidy job

Rachel H

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28th Feb 07 at 15:58

The AFM on these engines acts as a ECU as well, the so called ECU on this engine just controls the sparking.

Mark330d

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28th Feb 07 at 18:02

quote:
Originally posted by Rachel H
The AFM on these engines acts as a ECU as well, the so called ECU on this engine just controls the sparking.

i was wondering why it was mahoosive

EarlofBarnet

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28th Feb 07 at 20:11

Oh its a big un! I think the later Nova GSi engine's didn't have a AFM, or atleast they had a smaller one. Jobs fcuked without it tho!

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