Well, it's been a while since I posted on here. Back when I still had my Corsa B GSi with Z18XE in fact.
The story of this car starts off with when I was working on the GSi and found it had a bit of rust in and around the master cylinder/booster area. At the same time, a friend was selling his 1.8 Corsa C SRi really cheap with a busted timing belt. So, I decided to strip the GSi and hock the shell (I'm led to believe it's gone on to become a C20LET powered track car now). Anyway, after much drama with my van (Hyundai iLoad/H1/i800 diesel), I had someone tow the car the 800kms from Melbourne to Adelaide (where I live) and I set about fitting the Z18 I fitted to the B into the C.
Since that, I've done the 308mm brake swap using DBA T3 4000 series rotors and QFM HPX pads, FK angel eye headlights, CrazyLEDs interior LED conversion, Vectra C intake/airbox de-restriction, Astra Turbo leather front seats (Our Corsas didn't get leather down here), new gaiters for the gearshift/handbrake, leather instrument cluster hood, painted engine cover, fitted the white 16" SRi wheels I had from the B and change the head unit. Got plenty more mods planned yet, with a definite engine swap down the line. I'm kinda going between the Z20LET and Z22SE, both of which aren't cheap here in Oz, but the latter is more plentiful. Yet, lately I've been thinking of maybe having a crack at the Z20NET engine, which it seems I can obtain from the UK for less than what I can get a LET or Z22 for locally. Only issue I see with that is how much room there would be for the turbo.
Other thing is, our weather's a bit harsh on paint work and the clear coat has peeled across the bonnet and the roof. Previous owner also hit a raised manhole cover and cracked the front splitter. So some paint and body repairs to be done there.
     
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