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corsa-torque

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12th Jun 13 at 18:53

Peek-a-boo!!

gidged500

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14th Jun 13 at 05:46

Love this car looked ace at pv one of my fav cars

corsa-torque

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14th Jun 13 at 09:56

Thanks fella, always nice to hear, if you got any pics could you post them up in here

16xe_chris

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14th Jun 13 at 18:54

I walked past thinking nope he doesn't need any jacking covers lmao.

I didn't realise it was your car ha ha

corsa-torque

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14th Jun 13 at 19:16

Ha ha, glad you had a good enough look to notice mate, btw the fronts you made me are spot on, great fitment.

If you want some pics for your site let us know mate

16xe_chris

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15th Jun 13 at 05:40

Yes please matey, if you could email me them over that would be ideal ;-)

corsa-torque

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15th Jun 13 at 08:01

Yeah no probs Chris

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11th Dec 13 at 20:26

Update: 11/12/13 - engine update.

After searching for a while I finally came across a Lexmaul inlet manifold up for sale on ebay, been after one for a while as don't really like the look of the usual "powerbox" modification. few bids later and I was the winning bidder of this...

Now as it wasn't upto my usual standard condition wise, decided id have a go at refurbing it myself, I thought id try and go for the Ferrari look red crackle finish and polished lettering..

The trick to getting a good crackle finish is heat, so whilst the missus was out I popped it in the oven for a bit...

After a bit of cooking, here's one I made earlier

Now after seeing the paint cured, I really wasn't happy with the finish, the colour was a bit too bright and looked pink/orange'ish in certain lights.

After a call to BJV engineering I was set to have it powder coated and I thought whilst I was making the journey I picked up a rocker cover to have the same treatment as I could no longer use my Carbon engine cover.

A week later and id picked up my freshly powder coated items:

The finish is unreal and Andrew there even polished up the lettering on the inlet for me.

After purchasing some new gaskets it was time to get it all into place:

First the rocker cover:

Replaced all the bolts with shiny stainless ones as I went.

Then on with the inlet:

Now with both rocker cover and inlet in place I wasn't happy with the exposed plug leads, after a convosation with Chris @CMcomposites he sent me out a fibreglass plug cover, I soon modified this to fit and sent it back for him to use as a mould for a carbon fibre item..

Soon this arrived for me...

So wasted no-time in getting that bolted on, Whist under the bonnet I've also modified a TX Autosport c20xe heat shield to fit the x16xe.

Here's a few finished pics:

As always Comments welcome

[Edited on 11-12-2013 by corsa-torque]

Simon_16v

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11th Dec 13 at 20:48

Looks good. Does it drive any different with the Lexmaul on?

corsa-torque

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11th Dec 13 at 20:58

Yeah it's a lot more smoother and the revs really pick up well. Worth while modification

ArdenblueDan

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11th Dec 13 at 21:32

Looking amazing mark dude

corsa-torque

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11th Dec 13 at 21:45

Thanks Dan, all the comments make the hard work worth it

BeetleGav

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11th Dec 13 at 22:00

That has to be one of my favourite engine bays! Really like that! Top job

corsa-torque

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11th Dec 13 at 22:02

Massive compliment that mate, considering there's some great bays on here

thanks

Christopher

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12th Dec 13 at 08:18

Very awsome mark! Saw it on Facebook! Such a great bay!

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12th Dec 13 at 08:31

Nathan Kirkpatrick

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12th Dec 13 at 08:49

so so stunning mark

corsa-torque

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12th Dec 13 at 10:33

quote:
Originally posted by Christopher
Very awsome mark! Saw it on Facebook! Such a great bay!

Am I entitled to some scene points for that??

quote:
Originally posted by Ian

From you that means a lot mate

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan Kirkpatrick
so so stunning mark

Thanks Nath, I'm really pleased with it

Christopher

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12th Dec 13 at 10:35

quote:
Originally posted by corsa-torque

quote:
Originally posted by Christopher
Very awsome mark! Saw it on Facebook! Such a great bay!

Am I entitled to some scene points for that??

Your not allowed sCeNe Points

flybikeslee

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12th Dec 13 at 10:37

bay looks better, reckon the shiny bling bits need to be the same colour as the rocker though

P1NKY

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12th Dec 13 at 10:46

so in <3 with that bay!

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12th Dec 13 at 10:49

quote:
Originally posted by flybikeslee
bay looks better, reckon the shiny bling bits need to be the same colour as the rocker though

I see what your saying, but most of them are functional and how they come such as the alloy rad, heat shield, header tank and power steering tank.

I may do the strut brace in the future as its starting to pit in places, not sure id do it all as I personally think it would look too dark, plus I like a bit of bling

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12th Dec 13 at 10:50

quote:
Originally posted by P1NKY
so in <3 with that bay!

Thanks P1NKY

corsa-torque

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12th Dec 13 at 10:51

quote:
Originally posted by Christopher

quote:
Originally posted by corsa-torque

quote:
Originally posted by Christopher
Very awsome mark! Saw it on Facebook! Such a great bay!

Am I entitled to some scene points for that??

Your not allowed sCeNe Points

WHAT!!

You just wait till I get round to refurbing my winter wheels... Im going to need somewhere big to store all my sCeNe points

Christopher

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12th Dec 13 at 19:26

Im going to outsCeNe you next show season! Youll be taking pictures of me cleaning my car rather than the other way round this time

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