SwN
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Bloody typical , Went to pick my corsa up on tuesday night from getting my c20 let fitted , Guy that fitted it says take it a wee run make sure its running ok blah de blah so fuel is quite low , take it out and plant it a wee bit to see if its running ok on way to petrol station , was mega disapointed turbo was spooling but didnt seem to boost though ive just wasted a shit load of cash lol , so gets to petrol station fill her up , take her a wee blast on way back to guys house , starts to boost this time yay but...... engine management light is on now guy does the paperclip test , throwing up 2 faults , 10 mins later few wires changed no faults showing again take another wee blast up an industrial estate , going well but dont seem to be that quick compared to last corsa turbo get back to guys house have a wee chat , he says fit your boost gauge asap cause it could be running feck all boost . He takes it a wee shot and says yeah deffo need boost turning up so all in all is good at this stage Then starts to drive home ( only about 7-8 mile away) notice the heaters were getting colder and colder last time i had this prob on other turbo was rad had blew , so take it easy until i get car in my garage to check water level and notice there is now virtually no water start to put water back in and see it drip out straight away from under the car a few phone calls later guy suggest checking back pipes at bulhead and inlet fanimold gasket Can you guess what one it is so it going back to the guy tonight to hopefully be sorted and back on the road asap! Sorry for the long essay just letting you know of the joys im having the now  on the up hand the boost gauge is now fitted , just need the bloody thing to work now to set up the boost , and tonight before it goes need to fit my koni adjustables (thanx to Rob Lee )
P.s. Corsa turbo's Rock 
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willay
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conversions
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Dave A
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who fitted it?
sounded like he did a good job
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SwN
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Guy local too m8 , he has done many a corsa turbo conversion!! He is shit hot , He had a 300 Bhp Corsa Gsi , which he had up at star performance RR Day we had many moons ago , Few of the scottish members might remember seeing it , im sure icy was there and Vibrio and a few others , it did have a new inlet fitted . so just hasnt sealed right apart from that everything else is sweet as 
[Edited on 26-10-2006 by S.Nelson]
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deanmcreynolds26
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wana swap for an astra GSI? where have i seen that b4
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JM_16v
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good luck.... LETs gotta love em
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SwN
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quote: Originally posted by deanmcreynolds26
wana swap for an astra GSI? where have i seen that b4
Not going down that route again , sticking with it lol ,
P.s Billy has another turbo engine
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deanmcreynolds26
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what he got one for sale?
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Jambo
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As willay said Conversions
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SwN
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quote: Originally posted by deanmcreynolds26
what he got one for sale?
Yeah , he aint said a price to no-one yet though 
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Jambo
posted on 26-10-2006 at 01:41 PM
As willay said Conversions
Yeah lol , knew there would be a few probs
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