dewismotorsport
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I will copy my build thread over when i get a spare hour or so but here it is for now:
http://www.vauxhall-sport-forum.com/phpBB2/dewismotorsports-corsa-gsi-c20let-t11131.html
Full feature for total vauxhall is coming once i've fitted cage and buckets and up'd the power to the 450bhp target
Cheers for looking comments welcome
[Edited on 19-11-2013 by dewismotorsport]
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Jambo
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Read the thread on Mig recently. Very cool!
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Ian
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White GSi, lovely
I'll give it a proper read at some point, 36 pages will need some attention
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Jed D
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from the quick deeks i just had it looks like a pure beauty and i will have a proper look through when im 100% sober
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bracey123
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Read this on vauxsport serious ammount of fabrication work gone into this!!! Beauty of a car
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Jed D
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who done your welding? its canny good
[Edited on 03-12-2011 by Jed D]
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dewismotorsport
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Cheers guys is quite a long read but nearly ever thing on car has been modded tbh! All welding and fabricating is done by me Jed
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dewismotorsport
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Few pics of car and bay:
Was taken at PVS 2010 on the TOTB stand
Some of my fabrication work:
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Jed D
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wish my welding was that good
stunning car and very well done
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Kieran
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Lovely motor this! Your fab work is amazing also. Will have to invest in it when my let is in
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vaux.dan
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Pics I got of it at Pvs 11
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dewismotorsport
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Ah nice one Dan looks lonely in that top one ;-) I think that was when I parked it up after blowing the exhaust manifold gasket
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bullock106xsi
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probably the best corsa build ive ever seen. awesome fabrication and all in all a mental car!
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Dale
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Looking good Adam
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Jed D
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just had a proper look through and all i can say is minter
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M Sutton
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Serious car! I like it alot
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dewismotorsport
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quote: Originally posted by bullock106xsi
probably the best corsa build ive ever seen. awesome fabrication and all in all a mental car!
Wouldn't go that far mate but thanks there are much tidier cars out there but I've tried to tick all the boxes that matter to me, power, handling and braking
Cheers for the comments guys I'm gonna try and copy and paste the whole thread over tonight or tomorrow
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dewismotorsport
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As promised i will copy this over up until present time so here goes:
Right folks finnaly got my arse in gear and am gonna get my progress thread up and running, after a lot of moaning from Rich J Williams msl:
This will be a back dated thread to start with as I built the car up from about November 08 onwards while my unit was in Afghan so i had free use of the workshop for about 8 months or so, the car was at PV on the vauxsport stand if people are trying to place it! theres gonna be a lot of pictures so enjoy, and feel free to comment constructively not just say "it's shit" tell me why "it's shit" msl:
this is the car how i bought it quite a tidy looking gsi don't normally buy them pre modded but it had bits i wanted already on it like the morettes and allesios so made sense at £1350 to be honest.
No major mods to start with just getting rid of some bodge mods, the wiring was shocking, it had no air filter the front seat rocked due to broken mounts and a few other things
Started to add my own touches in the light department
had to swap the suspension over as i was starting to loose fillings from my teeth msl:
so started to strip my old track car down for bits
it was a shame to break it but wanted a fast road bigger powered version now so the gsi was the new king vauxhall in my fleet of 8 at the time
Started buying bits for the engine and trial fitted them before taking the old engine out, i'd used the blue car as my daily driver for a bit but found the buckets and no interior a pain in the tits in the end and wanted the power but the luxery as well this time round, i'd also blew the input shaft oil seal on it and lost 5th gear so the box was fucked (F20)
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dewismotorsport
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Then it was a case of cleaning all the dirty bits up and refurbishing them, really wish i never started all this cause it took me about a month :cry:
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dewismotorsport
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then it was the engine and gearbox's turn!
gearbox was a ebay steal at only £100 :thumb:
Had to bore the wastegate flange out from 38mm to 40mm to fit my wastegate and then just matched the ports with the heads
and then heat painted
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dewismotorsport
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then all the other parts had the same treatment :cry:
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dewismotorsport
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Shopping time!
check out the size difference betweeen the two!
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dewismotorsport
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now it was time to put it all back together and stand back and admire how shinny and clean it all looks msl:
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dewismotorsport
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fitted the rear beam up
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dewismotorsport
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bought these off ebay got the whole Calibra interior (carpet, door cards and seats) all for £76 and the seats had no rips! prefer cream for some reason but have got a black set if i change my mind!
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