Ryan_G1
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Registered: 29th Aug 05
Location: East Ayrshire
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Well im not sure if many of you's will remember me on here as I havent been on in a while so here goes!!
It all started in late 2005 when I was only 16, after building my first car up and not being able to insure it, ( a valver nova) It was sold for a 1.2 16v Corsa SXi. That started off completly standard :-
Within a day it was lowered with speedlines and Morette's :-
The next edition was a new grille from off of here :-
How she was looking in december 2006! Only had to wait another 2 months before I could do lessons  :-
Spend stupid money on sounds :-
After passing my test in just over a month it was time for some new pictures  :-
The night before the scottish cs meet, disaster stuck when i fuked 2 of my wheels on a pothole 
But not to fear, I took them into my work, heated them up and bashed the dents back out . And managed to make it to fast&modified with Corsasport :-
After that, it all started to go downhill, I didnt want to buy new tyres so on wet fanblades at the front, and the headgasket went So it lay in a sorry state in my garage for a few days! :-
Once the head was off it was found to be cracked and finding a new head up here was proving to be hard! So I sourced a 1600 16v engine for £50 in bits due to the hg also being away, it was a risk but for £50 I bought it!
I set about painting it and building it back together! :-
Once rebuilt she was put in, and started first time, result 
I also sold my old speedlines on and bought a brand new set
Finally started to look after it again Also I fited a backbox onto it! :-
After that, it all started to go down hill again I went through around 4 1600 engines and 3 gearboxes. When i was driving into my runway I cut it too tight and caught the rear quarter on a fence post! I gave up on it and used my mums mg for a while! When it was off the road I sold the suspension, morettes and grille off of it!
So instead of using my mums car all the time, I went time served and decided to buy myself a new car! Not bad for an 18 year old
I used this for a while then deicided to so something with the corsa! Time for some real power 
A slight increase in power and the conversion was on its way 
Once it was in and running, it was time for a RR day to see what power it was running. It RR'd at 263.4 with 270ft/lb of torque! Not bad in a Corsa! I also took it to crail there it was doing 13.6 secs up the 1/4 mile
It was nearing pvs time so it was time to tidy the bay!
I was intending to put it down the strip at santa pod but 10 miles from the place my mate melted a spak plug and killed it 
I removed the head and ther was alot of damage, a melted piston which fuked the bore!
So the little bus is now back in bits, i have my new block, new pistons, crank, shells and main bearings. Once I start the build up i will keep this updated  Sorry for the long story
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vcorsasport1.6
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Registered: 23rd Mar 08
Location: halifax, west yorks
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looking good mate, you havnt had the best of luck witht the corsa! gsi looks nice tho,
brad
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Luke
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Oxford Drives:Corsa B C20LET
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i remember this corsa. been through some transformations over the years. looks really nice. where did you get the anodized rocker bolts from?
[Edited on 12-08-2008 by lyfie]
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Ryan_G1
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Registered: 29th Aug 05
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Cheers
Yeh she has had a fair few transformations lol! A dont know bud, they came with the engine, lost 2 of them for the plug cover tho so i need a new set
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Luke
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if you find where to get them from, give me a shout dude.
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Ryan_G1
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I will do buddy! Ill find out from my mate i bought the engine off of
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Corsa_Scotty
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Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
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i remember that fast and modified, did you not have the springs out and a jack underneath the car looking good
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Ryan_G1
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Location: East Ayrshire
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The boy that blew it up is moaning at me because i didnt say what acually happend when it blew up so this is for him
my mate was sitting at 154mph 4 inchs from the backtyre of a gsxr1000 when cylinder 1 ran lean and melted a piston 
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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Love ur car mate shame about the enigne though im LET'ing mine soon and seing problems like that makes me nervous haha.
What actualy caused the spark plug to fail then just unlucky like? Dodgy leads?
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Ryan_G1
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quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Love ur car mate shame about the enigne though im LET'ing mine soon and seing problems like that makes me nervous haha.
What actualy caused the spark plug to fail then just unlucky like? Dodgy leads?
Thanks very much bud
It was caused due to running the wrong plugs, rushing about the ngiht before PV and forgetting to put the new plugs in it
So it was my fault and not an engine fault
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Archie
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Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
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My hero !!
[Edited on 13-08-2008 by ArchieFrew]
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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Awesome Ryan! I may call on your services sometime in the next year to slap a LET into a Corsa
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Ryan_G1
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quote:
Originally posted by Eck
Awesome Ryan! I may call on your services sometime in the next year to slap a LET into a Corsa
No bother mate, im just a short journey down the motorway
Heres how it was looking the ngiht before PV
And how it looks now!
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Ryan_G1
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Registered: 29th Aug 05
Location: East Ayrshire
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The new block, XE block with the oil return tapped into the block 
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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is that an xe block?
im just about to strip a block and send it to get the oil return pipe added in
david
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Ryan_G1
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Yeh bud it was an xe block
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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ive got a block thats been drilled and had a pipe pressed into it but i was something like yours cause thats how it really should be, you got pistons for it?
david
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Ryan_G1
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Yeh mate, going to get the crank and piston in sumtime this week
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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ahh cool was just ive got 2 extra sets of gm ones that need homes
david
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Gez G
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Location: Glasgow
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Hurry up and get this sorted Ryan...and also the new engine for the Astra
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Mark330d
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Registered: 25th Apr 06
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quote:
Originally posted by Gez G
Hurry up and get this sorted Ryan...and also the new engine for the Astra
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