GHurn
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Registered: 15th Jan 05
Location: magor, south wales
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well thought i would start a project diary, the car was my brothers we owned it for 5 years now getting it as a 1.4 sport it went through various engines from the 1.4 to a well specc'd c20xe and then a c20let!
this is when we first got it (2002)
heres is a few pictures of the car when it was an 2.0 16v - 162bhp 158ft lbs
then my bro fitted the c20let
the engine came with phase 1 chips fitted once it was up and running we put it on the rollers to see what it made
Results were 254bhp 273 ft/lbs  it now runs phase 2 chips but hasnt been back on the rollers since fitting it
it was driven round for a year covering 3-4,000miles and a few trips to the pod fastest time being 13.9 @107mph
it was then fitted with a stage 2 hybrid turbo from turbo dynamics
this is were i come into the picture my brother has fucked off to greece to live so i am now a happy chap i get to put some of my own touches to the car!
as it stands now the engine is in bits awaiting a new head (as the previous one cracked and the car has been stood for 2 months awaiting repair)
i am currently waiting on a coscast head to arrive so i can get it rebuilt and fitted!
i have a few parts to fit
1.9mm steel head gasket from regal
4.5Bar fuel pressure Reg
Phase 3.5 Chips
astra vxr injectors
arp head bolts
here are a few recent pictures of the engie before it was taken apart
over the next few weeks i'll be rebuilding the new head putting it all back togther, and then start enjoying it again!!!!
[Edited on 12-08-2007 by GHurn]
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SAL
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porn 
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Jon_C
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what front bumper is that
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GlennXXX
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Looks a standard bumper smoothed with a nice splitter moulded onto it and as for the engine it's soundin nice
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GHurn
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well here is a few up to date pics, i started stripping the old head today of the valves, cams, etc etc ready to rebuild the replacement head whihc will arrive next week some time! the car is looking a bit sorry for it self at the moment but end of next week i hope to have it up and running and back on the road !
here is why the engine came apart! a cracked head
i started to clean the block face ready for fitting the new head and gasket! bores look very good (well they should having covered 10-12k since rebuild)
and now a few random pics of the car
jus to show the gauges from my old cavalier needs securing a bit better but works fine at the mo!(cd player is in glovebox)
thanks for looking more progress next week
[Edited on 07-07-2007 by GHurn]
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STEvieXE
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i like the car
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GHurn
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cheers bud i will be putting it back to run a gsi kit eventually but first things first is get the engine back togther set up and running good then concentrate on other aspects of the car!
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rob_zetec
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so your putting a gsi kit on it?? would look nice but i would leave it as it is, maybe just change the bonnet, it is different then
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GHurn
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i may try and get a carbon fibre bonnet! i do like the kit and styling but i think sometimes its ott other times i like it!
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bolton
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nice!, bet that was a job and a half un-bolting inlet manifold off head in car!
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GHurn
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just a bit, but easier than tyring to get the pipes back on the bottom of the inlet from the iscv and water pipes etc
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GHurn
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well thougth i would update! car is all up and running now has been for around 10 days now! i was very pleased when it fired up and i saw the oil pressure gauge go to 5 bar
i ve made a few chnages to the car replaced the adjustable fuel pressure reg and vxr injectors with a 4.5bar wallace performnace reg and std injectors and gone to evo 5 chips!
fitted an xe inlet cam and retarded it 8 degrees
replaced some of the boost pipes for larger 2" stainless tubing!
its going really well at the moment cant fault it! but it is a LET and its bound to fuck up sooner or later!
jus waiting on new oil cooler to arrive then i can get that all hooked up!
a nos kit will be odered up before the end of august along with a controller and i will chnage the car back to std bodywork as im growing out of the bodykit tbh
also i am looking to take it for a set up and power run to see what its now making
[Edited on 02-08-2007 by GHurn]
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SAL
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neglect in some of those pics  good to hear its running again
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xtremewheels
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Looks nice, get some powergraphs up again soon, would be nice to see what she is running now.
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GHurn
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should be 270-280 maybe! not really fussed on power figures, it feels very fast so thats what matters to me
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GHurn
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rolling road session booked for the 20th agust @11am! trying to get it all sorted not shore on power figures tbh, but i jus wanna make shore its fueling right!
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welshdude
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Nice project mate, I remember seeing you at the SW-CC photo shoot in Brecon
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welshdude
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GHurn
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yeah back last year lol
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GHurn
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well had the corsa on the rollers today! and i am very very pleased with the results!
299.76bhp 302ft lbs it made peak power @ 6250rpm
i had the fueling checked, det detection and boost levels checked!
main issue is the intercooler, it really needs a bigger item i, as the charge temps seemed to be increasing higher up the range, but it will only ad 10-20ftlbs if anything!
i have a load of pictures i will upload later on
but i am over the moon
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jamesvalver
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thats great mate!
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cash_2_my_corsa
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wow dude very good
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Jambo
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very well matched figures there mate, a very good engine.
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GHurn
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and the graph
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Nic Barnes
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lovely stuff gary
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