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Adam-D
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3rd Mar 08 at 21:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sunday the 3rd,

cleaned and painted the engine bay.



1 me power, "not as powerfull as any engine "



and it has seen the road



16V_1600
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3rd Mar 08 at 21:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's some serious strippage!! Nice project mate, enjoyed the read
AK
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3rd Mar 08 at 23:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good to see it moving on shame i never got round to making it proper lightweight :/

you got vids of it in a previous life?

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/KH_corsa_hm1.avi

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/KH_corsa_hm2.avi

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/KH_corsa_hm3.avi

This was the trackday where it threw the valve guides.... and the final straw for it (for me)

some 1/4mile

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/CRAIL_corsa1.avi

http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/corsa/CRAIL_corsa2.avi


how it used to look.... was a pretty decent shell... bought from auctions up in Kinross. Low Mileage 1.0 12v. Was to replace the green shell the i splattered off a granite wall.

day I bought it




and as sold.... minus all the engine etc




hope it does you proud



Adam-D
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7th Mar 08 at 10:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
new bits arrived today

brand new gm driveshafts


bolts for the suspension and arm's


2nd hand strut brace, will be painting it.




and my spare wheel
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15th Mar 08 at 22:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
today's work was hamperd by having wrong brake pads

so ordered new ones.

and the rain and im ill

still not one to give in easyly

i got the front suspension built up and fitted, the disks on. and painted the calipers, also front braided brake lines fitted too.

these are all new bolts, and re-built calipers "by me " and the wrong pads



and heres one side built up minus the disks and its all torque'd up now aswell



i also made a start on the rear, im missing a spring seat, so i cant put it back together till i have one, and i got half way throu fitting the rear brake lines and it was raining into the garage "wind changed" so had to call it a day.
chrex
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15th Mar 08 at 22:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u were unlucky not to get more done today, shame bout the pads just looking at pics of it on the white pro-races when AK had it......looks sexual. Cant w8 for the day the MO's go on it!

hehe...
Adam-D
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19th Mar 08 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
right todays job involved getting the rear done.

so

the problem, both rear cylinders have had the bleed nipple broken off at some point, so had to sort that first
there are 2 types of rear cylinders for a corsa b
1 cheap, one not so cheap, lucky me,,,,, i had the not so cheap ones

busted cylinder



new and old cylinder


so i fitted the new cylinders and the braided rear brake hoses



and then moved onto stripping the rubbish out of the arch and waxoiling it

passenger side


drivers side



next job is to possibly get a new drivers side rear bearing as it seems noisy, and spring seats, fit suspension, and front brakes finally
Adam-D
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27th Mar 08 at 08:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
new tyres

marklawton
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27th Mar 08 at 10:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very good tyres but wear down very very quickly, they did on my mates 2.0 corsa anyway
Adam-D
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29th Mar 08 at 23:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mark, its occasional use and track use so wear isn't a issue

todays progress,

fitted up new rear bearings, rear springs and shocks, and painted the drums,

also built my front brakes, ill have pics of them done and fitted tomorow woooo it should be on its wheels tomorow weather permitting
marklawton
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29th Mar 08 at 23:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
whats the axle painted with? underseal?
Adam-D
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30th Mar 08 at 07:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
underseal/waxoil aye
had scabs of rust on it, so i rubbed it down and painted it, also doing the whole under side
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30th Mar 08 at 17:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not sure.... but i think the rear axle is off my old Mreg green shell.... still... cant remember seeing the nipples snapped :/
chrex
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s'all looking good!

wish i was making this much progress wit mine!

u not got much left now to do...just the engine!
Adam-D
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30th Mar 08 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
adam, it was the beam for the car, as the 1.0 12v has different rear cylinders to every other model of corsa, unfortunatly, they are double the cost.

chris, i still need to build engine, strip and paint interior, buy, windows, bonnet, boot, sort wiring and electric and fit engine so not even halfway yet.

todays progress thou

built up new calipers, and fitted them





and had to turn the car around, so this is how she stands atm
Adam-D
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2nd Apr 08 at 14:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
new tyres fitted to the wheels



AK
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2nd Apr 08 at 15:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why did you bother with a spare and expensive tyre?

What tyres are they Yoko whats?

Didnt you fancy a cut slick type like 048's or 888's?

Is the primer on the passenger door top?
Adam-D
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2nd Apr 08 at 15:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yoko prada's
plan is to go to germany in it so needs to have a useable one.

yes passenger door top has etch primer on it, as the paint peeled so i buzzed it down and will re-paint when its a little warmer,
marklawton
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looking good adam, what size tyre did you go for?
AK
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2nd Apr 08 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
maybe look out for a cheapo 2nd set of wheels to put track tyres or even slicks on... they make a huge difference over 'road' tyres
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looking good. ive also got some yoko parada spec 2's on my spare steelies. im running 195/50r15
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2nd Apr 08 at 20:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
195/50-r15

the astra wheels that are on it are intented for the track useage
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2nd Apr 08 at 20:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
isnt that a bit backward

the race oriantated, lighter wheels for road....

the standard heavier wheels for track

Adam-D
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2nd Apr 08 at 21:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes ive done it a little backward.
will all change when ive worn out the prada's
the astra wheels have tyres on them, there rubbish and will be "dispensed of"

then when prada's are wore out the mo's will see the track
as i learn get used to track days etc

[Edited on 03-04-2008 by Adam-D]
Adam-D
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right, extinguisher has turned up


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