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Author My Corsa. 1.8 throttle bodies
gazza808
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31st Oct 08 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After a year of french car owner ship i finally got fed up of replacing gearbox's and problems so i sold my saxo and picked up this corsa 2 weeks ago:


swiftly purchased these two books to read and prepare myself for things to come:



I'm planning small block and boost things may change.. first things first is chassis to handle this...

Tiny Update..

new rims



these arrived a few weeks ago:


this is me fitting them:


damn people having cameras lol!

then picked this up tonights:


well happy it's basically mint!

[Edited on 04-02-2009 by gazza808]
gazza808
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sorry if it makes no sence copied and pasted it lol!
Adam C
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31st Oct 08 at 13:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nice base mate, should be

Where abouts you located as Im sure ive seen one similar to this locally?

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gazza808
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im in peterborough but cars from down south
Adge
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i like the 2 tone theme but i would get the bumper bottoms done back in silver and just leave the bumper tops. arches and skirts darker!

nice motor tho!
calidus
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reminds me of the 2000 edition saxo vtr that was 2 tone. would look cool is the lower half of rear was silver maybe, would flow from the chunk of bumper down the sills and then have a band of anthracite around the rear? hmmmm maybe not then lol
Adamcorsaredtop
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Hey mate what make are those coilovers? and do they fit perfect on the rear? oh and them alloys what make are they?
l15ter
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i like the 2 tone a lot, really nice car
gazza808
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pictures dont really do the two tone that much justice lol.

coil overs are GAZ front and rear fit alright needed a bit of banging in the rear but easy enough
Mobby
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nice car!! i cant wait for my 1.8
gazza808
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small update picked up the lightest seat i've ever picked up today lol!
can lift it with my little finger with ease.

and was a bargin.
Haimsey
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26th Nov 08 at 21:57   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cant say it was a bargain without proof

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Wayne
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on the rear coilovers pal, what happens with the original springs? are they left in or do they replace them or take them out? Cheers
Chris F
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26th Nov 08 at 23:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They are taken out... just the coilover in place of the dampner!
gazza808
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quote:
Originally posted by Haimsey
Cant say it was a bargain without proof


proof of what?? eh

yeah just took the old springs out and fit new ones in damper slot.
Wayne
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did they supply the springs? because when you see pictures it just shows the 2 front shocks and springs and same with rear so was abit curious about ordering the kit.
gazza808
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well depends were you order them from because some supply standard seprate set up at the rear. just gotta ask them weather its a coilovers on all 4 corners when you order.
corsagsigav
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quote:
Originally posted by Adamcorsaredtop
Hey mate what make are those coilovers? and do they fit perfect on the rear? oh and them alloys what make are they?


the alloys are vauxhall cesaros and the are ace i got some on my car well
chosen mate
adz_gsi
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quote:
Originally posted by Adamcorsaredtopoh and them alloys what make are they?


the silver ones look like cesaros and the black ones look like corsa c active ones
gazza808
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   30th Dec 08 at 15:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just some small updates:

cut up a piston to check crown thickness in standard pistons and rod clearence ready to potentialy get some custom ones made up:



not too bad. oe pistons are pretty light weight to be fair don't think they'd take any abuse at all.


today finally got round to stripping coilovers off giving them a clean up as in my haste to get them on, i didnt coat them with grease:


alot better then i thought they would be to be fair
cleaned them up and gave a good coat of white grease and let it set before fitting


all made much easier using compressor mrs got me for xmas lol

gazza808
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small updates had some goodies arrive



some new tyres as mine are wearing abit thin to be fair.







couldn't complain really for 136quid for 4



then these little bad boys arrived today





was going to go tapers but jumped on a group buy and got these soo cheap i couldn't pass it up, havent ordered trumpets yet as im not quite sure what size i want but 90mm is very likely,



just got to ring up and get a manifold ordered

then strip down time finally of the 1.8 though it freezing outside now

just struggling to find some where to do it all
Warren G
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what inlet manifold you using?

whats the engine spec gonna be?

you better not beat me getting this working! i wanted to be the 1st one with a 1.8 on tb's!!!!
Wrighty
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that looks wicked silver & grey
gazza808
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
what inlet manifold you using?

whats the engine spec gonna be?

you better not beat me getting this working! i wanted to be the 1st one with a 1.8 on tb's!!!!
using bowyer manifold. Lol don't worry mine won't be ready for a while as getting some custom pistons made. Gunna use some 1.6 steel rods. Then when i've used it for a while gunna stick a rotrex on it
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Everyone and their mummmzzz are putting 1.8 in corsazz these dayz

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