john_c20xe
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right i have a corsa gsi that im building for the track but still want it to be road legal.
havn't decided what engine choice im going to go with yet, was going to keep with the x16xe but i thought i would have to spend silly money to make quick,
im an apprentice tech for peugeot so havn't got much money to play with but trying my best.
had the car for a while now so havnt really got pics of what it was like when i got it ect.
so here goes....
brought it with some cheapo coilovers on it witch i will be changing in the near future but will do for now.
got hold of some 15'' white compo mo's for 250 quid with good tyres.
new what i wanted the car for so i started about stripping it down, removing rear seats ect. got some carbon rear panels from doldy off here ( very nice chap) done me them for a good price.
rear strut brace fitted.
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john_c20xe
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tried a black bonnet for a few days just to see what it would look like with some home made bonnet raisers
thought it looked pants so that was taken off
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john_c20xe
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I then found out a mate was breaking his v6 nova project so loadsa bits were going for grabs, by the time i got there nearly everything had been sold, but saw a nice pair of carbon fibre front door cards that i had of him for 50 quid brand spanking new to match my rears. only got one fitted at the moment as my gsi is fitted with electric and heated mirrors and windows, have yet to remove all this if anyone wants them? u2u me
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john_c20xe
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then the clutch let go, as i was using the car as a dailly driver i thought i'd replace it untill i can find a run about car so i can remove the corsa's engine.
work was being funny about me using one of the ramps so did it on the drive.
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then had a problem started coughing ans splutering, whipped the plugs out found nothing left of sprak plug in cylinder one, had burnt out! had some crap iriddium plugs in it with toyota written on them.
anyways i was down on compression on cylinder one so i was guessing the bit of the plug had bent a valve,
i used a tool someone made up in work to check for bent valves, was just an airline attahcment one end of a bit of copper tube and the other end with a thread that screws into the plug hole,
so i attched the airline and listerned for air leaks as i turned over the engine,
when the exhaust valve should ov been closed on cylinder one there was air hissing out of the inlet and the back box so i new the exhaust valve was bent,
anyway was a simple job so whipped off the head.
didnt get any pics of the head as i took it to work to do it.
was suprised that i couldnt see anything wrong with any of the valves. so i closed each valve and poured water into the ports.
cylinder one exhaust valve didnt hold the water and just poured out so that valve was well fooked,
got a spare valve for it that i cleaned up and lapped in gave it a nice clean and reffited to the block
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fitted a cheap 421 manifold from ebay sportex i think it was, ( i don't recommend it to any1 its rubbish!) but still. got a magnex 2 n 1/2 inch decat from ebay, swapped a redtop strutbrace for a stainless centre section from a mate up the road and got my self a piper 3 inch outwardly rolled rear box
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Fitted a powerbox inlet gave some good gains. kept up with friends redtop.
(this is what put me off the redtop option)
got some paint mixed up to spray my wheels with.
bmw black with a small amount of blue pearlecent. looks nice
sanding the wheels down i took about 2 hours per wheel prepping them one wheel was powdercoated very poorly the others where just rattle canned white.
so took me some time to get them sanded down by hand.
the some filler primer
didnt come out to bad considering they were sprayed with an air gun by an amature in my cold garage.
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john_c20xe
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can nearlly see the blue pearl
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got some 2.0 front brake off my mate for 20 quid.
fitted new discs. pads were good anyway and painted the calipers and carriers white
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got my shitta run about to just get around in while the corsa is off the road.
its a peugeot 309 GL 5 door granny spec.
its mint conditon sept the sunroof leaks, heaters dont work, bit twatted down one side.
but was 125 quid with a years MOT and 3 months tax so i couldnt complain.
had it up on the ramp at work was mint undearneath no rust what so ever.
bargin
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john_c20xe
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got some wind deflectors fitted
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few pics before it gets stripped down. engine was getting a bit smokey so i got some pistons for it that were pocketed to run some decent cams and a paddle clutch
changed my mind on the engine now so the engine, pistons and paddle clutch up for sale.
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corsa now off the road, couldnt fit it all the way in the garage so its going to all be done on the drive until i can find a lock up down south somewhere,
thinking about getting a gizeebo or sumthing?
some corsa sport stickers,
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onto the interior, removed front seats, stripped out carpet.
and that yellow foam stuff is all out from the bloor, bulkhead and behind dash.
radio removed.
heater controlls removed.
managed to remove the heatermatrix and blower motor without taking the dashboard out!
ball pien hammer come in handy for that job!
removed glovebox and engine wiring loom with ecu,
got some acrylic plastic sheeting from work to mock up something to cover the glove box hole and make up some of the dash to house fuse board ect,
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john_c20xe
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got rid of the gsi seats, still haev them if anyone wants em?
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got hold of some recaro rs turbo front seats. look nice and are really comfy, keeping it oldskool.
fitted the harnesses loosley for now untill i get roll cage ect.
managed to not use the subframes and just bolted them to the floor using angle grinder and original hooks,
are propa stiff now!
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john_c20xe
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then me mate popped round n we lowered his fiesta a bit
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john_c20xe
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got meself a fibreglass boot lid, just waiting on delivery, then will need to get my mate to spray it and get a polycarb window kit.
unsure on weather to use the gsi spoiler
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Adamcorsaredtop
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Mate is there any chance you can post a pic up of the brackets you made for the bonnet raiser on the hinge please coz i dunno how to make them
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john_c20xe
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yeh ill get a pic of them for ya mate, basically i just cut of some sheet aluminium rectangles about 3 and hald inches across by about 1 n half inches wide marked out the holes for the bonnet. drill the holes and just drilled two more holes below them ones.
bolted them up. i only done them for a mock up in my lunch took about 30 mins to make. but looked ok so i kept them.
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Adamcorsaredtop
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cheers mate that would be really helpfull if you could post some pics
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john_c20xe
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ill do it tonight if its light enough after work
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Adamcorsaredtop
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thanks bud oh and your gsi is really good!!! i love it with the black bonnet
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evans_corsab
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top thread i like the plans  road legal track cars ftw !!
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