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Author RAW Egg (16v T) HARDBOILED Egg (8v T) Update :8th April (pg46)
jimmy 2.1
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaCF
fuck a duck, wat a cool van


vans are cool!
Novaneil
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5th December

Just a quick update, managed to find a few hours last night so we we set about removing the Corsa's bumpers, engine bay wiring and all the small brackets and things that are no longer required

(sorry for the poor pic quality)

before


after



Ben removing the sound deadening from the bulkhead.... as you can see theres a little bit of surface rust to sort on the van.







Also last night I removed my standard steering rack.... Why? Because I have a hybrid power steering rack which I brought for my nova a while back off a rally car.

It consists of:
A Saxo Electric power steering pump
A Power steering Corsa Rack
And Nova Arms and ball joints

Obviously im going to have to swop the Arms over for it to be the right width for the Corsa



The idea is to relocate the battery in the boot and mount the pump onto the battery tray.

Neil

[Edited on 06-12-2006 by Novaneil]

[Edited on 06-12-2006 by Novaneil]
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nice. that motor looks heavy though!

why not use the corsa EPS as found in 1.0 12v and 1.2 16v corsas??
Novaneil
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Didn't know they had EPS to be honest, and I already had the gear lieing around from my Nova days.

Neil
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7th December

Had a good night tonight, got most of the engine bay's degreased and started grinding in preparation for the Chassis strengthening mounts.

Speaking of which, these came through the post today (Thanks to Chris Astley, Excellant service)

2 sets of Chassis kits, An F28 Mount and some Tiebar spacer plates



As you can see the Van needs a bit of TLC as there's a fair bit of service rust and dirt



This mount has to be chopped off as its in the wrong posistion (because the car was originally diesel)









Ben set about the engine bay with some de-greaser and a bucket and sponge







Next it was time to use my new toy to clean up some of the rust





Well chuffed with it.... Especially as i exchanged it for some car parts

The dog then decided he wanted a piece of the action... I don't think he's got a licence though...





Next, time for some angle grinding....

Lookin Smooooth









Its getting there...







Whilst Ben set about working on his Van, I started work on mine.

Luckily mine isn't quite as bad as Ben's but it still needed a good de-grease













Then time for some angle grinding on mine











And thats where we got to by the end of the night.

Although something else turned up a few days ago which I couldn't resist offering into the rough position where its going to sit, just to see what it was going to look like





Obviously its going to require a frame to mount it but thats right at the bottom on the "to do list" at the moment.

Neil
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NOS i love this project/s

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very specail thread a good read carry on the good work.... ill be upset when u finished lol its a gd read lol
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very good thread
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really good read that, i'll be following the progress on this one...
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its a red corsa right?

would look sexy orange
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Neil, Ade is on a major diet at the mo, all he eats for his lunch is raw pepper and other healthy shit, not like him at all!

If he is in on Monday night when I'm in, I will let you know how his progress is going for the Nova, haven't asked him about that car for ages!
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Cheers for the comments guys

I'll keep the updates coming...... Just a very small one for you today.

Whilst I was getting my Calibra ready for its MOT next week, Dan decided to have a go at fitting his Direct Port Nitrous kit onto his Civic





Mmmm Direct Port and Throttle Bodies





Dad finally finished filling the back of the Workshop/Barn/Tractor shed in so we don't freeze to death this winter. lol



And finally a couple of pics of Ben's new "Run Around" lol, an Awesome WRX with a PPP for those of you who know your Scooby's. Jammy Sod! But he deserves it with the amount of Overtime he puts in. Nice one mate





Neil
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As i've just shown some pics of Ben's new car i've just had a look on my PC for a few pics of his last project to show you.

This car took Ben over 2 years to get road worthy. It finally got its MOT 1 day before we went on our 2005 Nurburgring trip.... Hence why the car isn't finished as you'll see from the pics.



(And yes that is my Corsa above in an earlier modification state with just an XE conversion)







Incase you haven't guessed its a 205 GTI with an Mi16 Conversion running on some dirty Dellorto 45's which were very Thirsty.

And finally Ben's Celebrity passenger for the trip



Neil

[Edited on 10-12-2006 by Novaneil]
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crazy amount of work gone on between you, keep up the top work and top motors
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Awesome thread Neil!
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Update

12th December

Started work this evening taking apart the front tiebars and wishbones ready to be powder coated next week.





Ben set about hacking away at his engine bay with a grinder.... again



Battery tray was chopped out being's as theres a new home for it in the boot





Next we offered up the chassis strengthening kit (can anyone tell us if this is how they should be fitted??? as the pictures we received with them arn't very clear)











Whilst Ben was messing about I took the opportunity to start sanding down my engine bay, and grinding off the last few lugs that were no longer needed





The engine bays are now both ready for the welding of the chassis kits to take place next week sometime



Its useful owning a Corsavan.... It means you can just chuck all the parts in the boot



And these are the final mounts we've been waiting for to mount Ben's engine into the van over Christmas.



Neil
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Good progress neil, really good thread mate

Think Bens "tommy tankin" a bit hard in that pick, sparks flying lol!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v12/novaneil/Corsasport225.jpg

Keep it update!!

Look forward to a spin in the Hardboiled egg
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Legends. 3 top motors. You goina take these up 1/4 aswell?
Novaneil
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Defo mate! These cars second homes will be Santa Pod and Castle Combe circuit... Not to mention the Nurburgring

Can anyone confirm if the Chassis Kits are located as per the pics above please???

Cheers

Neil
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205

Remove the STi badge

What engine is off in the van?

[Edited on 14-12-2006 by Marc]
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14th December

Tonights progress mainly consisted of sanding and grinding again, so not much to take photo's of im afraid. Although we did start to hand paint the bare metal areas with anti rust primer.















Also this week the F28 which is going in the van was stripped down and the Quaife ATB diff fitted







And finally heres the 2 F28's together... Both with Quaife diffs and FWD conversion kits fitted ready to be cleaned up and painted next tuesday night





(There different colours because one was removed from a car 2 years ago, was cleaned and left to sit in a barn (the light silver coloured one) and the other is still grubby from being removed a few months back and never being cleaned)

Neil



[Edited on 15-12-2006 by Novaneil]
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Ace thread and good read....Nice progress on both and look to be doing a top notch job..

Have to say that 205 is awesome too
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17th December

Starting where we left off.... Had a few hours free today so decided to start on my gearbox.

We degreased and pressure washed it the best we could to get it to this state





Got hold of this and some brushes



And set to work



Here it is after its first coat



And the second



Have you ever seen a GM F28 floodlight before? lol



Finally got round to removing the bushes from the tiebars so they could be sent away for powdercoating



Need to clean these up before they can be refitted



Also put another layer of Anti Rust Primer over the areas I missed the other day







Right thats enough of the corsa, Dan was also around working on his civic.

These Titanium cans are heavy



Dan's dad has kindly welded an angled flange onto his exhaust so it clears his antiroll bar





The rollcage has made the chassis very stiff indeed as you can see



Here you can see the gap on the right where the exhaust has to pass through



This is the sort of angle we're hoping the exhaust will sit at once its complete





Neil

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love readin this thread, i think its because there are 2 corsas at basically the same points so its good to follow the progress, all bits will look spot on powdercoated, what colour u goin for?
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Thankyou, glad your enjoying the read as its taking me ages to change the pic sizes and uploading them on photobucket... lol

Well I couldn't decide to be honest so I thought i'd play it safe and just go for black. So it won't look that special, just be in Mint condition.

Neil

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