Rob01
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Registered: 26th Jan 11
Location: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Hi guy's I'm a new member to the website, lots of smart looking Corsas on the site 
I'm 18, from the Isle of Lewis in NW Scotland and here's my GSi.
I bought this L reg GSi locally from a young woman as she had bought a new car. I was going to get it fixed and stick an mot on it to use while I put my mk2 Astra off the road for some work, but within 3 days one of the tensioners on the timing belt gave up and the belt jumped and suspected mashed some valves.
Anyway it was a bit smoky under load so instead off just sticking a new head on it I'm going to get the whole engine rebuilt.
Here's a quick rundown of the mods:
2.0 16 valve "redtop"
Powerflow Stainless Exhaust
80mm FK Shocks and Springs
2.0 Calibra front brakes
16" Alessios
Here's a list of what it needed for an mot before the belt went:
Welding on the drivers chassis leg
Discs and pads
Powersteering pipe leaking
Shocks
I'm going to take the head off tommorow so will keep you all updated
Pics!
Here's the Astra
 
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Stuart H
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Registered: 17th Jul 09
Location: lanark , scotland
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Corsa looks amazing
Sure there pics somewhere else on the site of it with morettes? may be a different car mind you
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Corsa_Scotty
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Registered: 8th Aug 07
Location: Scottish Borders
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Both look really nice mate. Sure that corsa used to have morrettes and softstars unless it was a different car as stuart said 
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SeanXE
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Registered: 17th Jan 09
Location: Luton
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Love both cars! GSi looks really clean mate
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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18 with astra gte and c20xe corsa? how do you afford insurance
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K2NY-G
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
Location: Fife, Scotland
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My old GSi haha! god thats a blast from the past...
[Edited on 26-01-2011 by K2NY-G]
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Rob01
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Registered: 26th Jan 11
Location: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Orite K2NY-G, it's a small world !The car is in good hands again!  any more photos?
I think I'll put Morrette headlights back into it ! The Astra is a 1.8 SRi, apretty rare model these days , but aye the insurance is a bit dear but I'm not going to spend my money on anything else!
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corsa91
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Registered: 23rd Jan 10
Location: Aberdeenshire
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chassis legs are a bit of a let down on corsas. sure it was around my tiebar that needed done. was a while ago like. nice corsa by the way. dont really see alot of gsi's up here.
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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2 cool cars. Astra is proper smart
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K2NY-G
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
Location: Fife, Scotland
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob01
Orite K2NY-G, it's a small world !The car is in good hands again! any more photos?
I think I'll put Morrette headlights back into it ! The Astra is a 1.8 SRi, apretty rare model these days , but aye the insurance is a bit dear but I'm not going to spend my money on anything else!
Rob.. aye have loads! if your wanting a wee nose send me your email address and il fire them across.. will save me clogging up your project thread with old photos
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Darryl H
Organiser: South Central
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Registered: 19th Nov 09
Location: Camberley Drives: Porsche 944
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Both look very smart!
Hope you dont mind me asking but how much is the insurance on the corsa with the 2.0l? Pm me if you don't want everyone knowing lol
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ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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That car must be on a fair few owners now, been all over the UK!
Still looking clean though
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Rob01
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Registered: 26th Jan 11
Location: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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Here's a wee update from today.
Got the car into my mates unit as my own garage is being used at the moment,
Started on taking the head of today and I was shocked at how loose some of the Bolts and nuts where and how shoddy some of the wiring was. 
The "before" photos
With the head off, here you can see oil inbetween cylinders 2 and 3. These cylinders also had oil and water in them, I suspect the headbolts weren't tightened up in the correct sequence when it had the headgasket replaced. 
Here's a pic of the water that came outr of the radiator hose.... It speaks for itself
You can see the damage in this photo (all 16 valves are bent)
Here shows the worst of the piston damage, all the pistons had some form of damage from the valves.
It wasn't going to be pretty anyway, but all 16 valves bent and 4 knackered pistons? It couldn't have been much worse! The plan now is to take the block out and replace the pistons while giving the whole engine an overhaul, I need to get a new head also. While the engine is out I'll get the chance to tidy up the loom and engine bay.
It wasn't all bad though, got this little lot for the corsa.
EBC Green stuff pads, Astra GTE wheel and some new plates, still waiting on more stuff in the mail.
and heres a random photo of my mates 3.0 Astra ls van
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andys sxi
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Chester Drives:Scirocco tdi bluemotion
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out of intrest how many owners has this car had ? a few lads on here have owned it
April 08 feature car
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Rob01
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Registered: 26th Jan 11
Location: Isle of Lewis, Scotland
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quote:
Originally posted by andys sxi
out of intrest how many owners has this car had ? a few lads on here have owned it
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Anty
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Registered: 19th Mar 08
Location: droitwich
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BAH corsa !! ooooooooooooooooooooo astra mk2  yummy
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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The redtop was thrown in by a boy from Ullapool
I went to see that car when it was for sale near Inverness, wasn't too keen on it in the flesh.
Hopefully you do a good job and get it back to its former glory.
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