Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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think i had a little sex wee 
over a corsa... thats not good.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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 I couldn't remember what was before/after the prang, lot of water and photoshops under the bridge....
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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i had his old mantzel, ECU... er....
Then it went to daimo, then miles, then a guy back up hear in edinburgh... then ?!?!?!
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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still imo the best al round corsa thats about
ive drawn andy's attention to this post btw
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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What spec was it, did he use nitrous?
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
no... that was Keith Piper i think.
Protec made the airbox as well.... i think
was indeed kith, top bloke as well
his was a 1.4 16v runnign 170bhp
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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no nitrous
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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as mr kindness said 
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Thats bloody amazing stuff, would love to see that in action.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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reved to 9 or 9.5k as well iirc
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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oh andy has a celica GT4 as well now
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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Joe, I got the vids, add me to msn ashleygleave@hotmail.com and I'll send em over.
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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woo hoo 
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Mase
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Registered: 16th Sep 01
Location: Derbyshire
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yeah i found them vids on my 'puter the other day. It sounds ace revving right round to 9k !!
Mase
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
reved to 9 or 9.5k as well iirc
10k 
sounds its a bit deafaning in the car I tell thee
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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I think he was unaware that the double valve springs he had fitted needed replacing after just a few thousand miles so eventually they failed and dropped the valves. Shuch a shame totally not his fault, he just wasnt made aware of the service intervals of the springs.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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greasemonkey totally correct, sbd didnt tell him about that
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Greasemonkey
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Thought it was SBD just didnt want to name names, i dont know the new spec but i have heard its going to be MUCH better. I love that car
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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i "think" andy has it back now from swindon, around the same power figure to, but built for logitivity
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Mase
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Registered: 16th Sep 01
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Vid of it hitting 9000 revs......
http://media.putfile.com/9000rpm
Mase
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Andy
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Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
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Hi Guys - James has alerted me to this thread. Sorry I haven't been around much - it's that thing called life getting in the way
To answer some of the questions:
The car was reshelled after some twat in a Clio rear ended it. The cage is a Custom Cages shell in lightweight T45 steel and was installed by a firm called MLP in Carlisle who did the reshell for me. MLP used to build the Focus rally cars, so did a good job.
The airbox and air intake/faibreglass bonnet are indeed Pro-Tec jobbies - they run a rally Corsa and supplised and fitted the bits for me.
The engine is an X16XE running 296/296 cams. Rev limit was set to 9000rpm and engine made 214bhp at 8450rpm. However, what SBD didn't tell me was that their double valve springs should be replaced every 1500 miles or so .This is why the engine dropped a valve, which wrecked the head and destroyed a piston.
I'm just about to complete the rebuild - new desgn of Omega forged pistons and Swindon Racing cams and single valve springs. The Swindon engine design is based on the Group A rally 1600 engines, which revved to 8500rpm and produced 205bhp WITHOUT throttle bodies. Although it's a bit less revvy, it should be stronger and more robust. Swindon never had a single valve train problem in any of their 22 engines.
The finished car should be back on the road at the end of this month, then it just needs a bit of playing with the mapping. 
Hope this helps - I'll have a good trawl of the recent posts here now and try to catch up with life on CorsaSport
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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how much was the cage?
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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 andy
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Just seen the videos, thats an impressive piece of kit you have there.
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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Aye Aye chief!
Did you ever go ahead with the move back up north? Or are you still in Cumbria?
I had a reshell.... and having problems getting desired power out of my 2.1 I lost 15bhp fitting and mapping in a SBD TypeC manifold go figure
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