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johnny86

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11th Jul 10 at 17:35

Cool project mate. What wheels you going for i got 13 x 10 rear and 13 x 7 front Weller wheels low and fat the way to go!

vcsport16v

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17th Jul 10 at 08:00

This is looking good keep up the hard work. :-)

DansCorsaSXi

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17th Jul 10 at 10:09

Looking really good mate,ill keep a good watch

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SRI-LEE

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17th Jul 10 at 15:01

looking good mate! how much was the hose kit?

[Edited on 17-07-2010 by SRI-LEE]

stuartfry

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Registered: 10th May 08
Location: Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
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17th Jul 10 at 16:23

hose kit was i think £280 ish or around that, still got lots to do. thinking about taking engine out getting the bay sprayed so its fresh and putting it all back in ....

Dale

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17th Jul 10 at 17:42

really like frost blue

good little project, shame about the rust tho!

stuartfry

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24th Sep 10 at 11:24

small update regarding suspention, i got back on the phone to autovaux and ordered new rubber spring guides,and top mount bearing tops

i then layed out the kit that i had so i could see what was left to get but think im nearly there now

old stuff

new

still more to come but slowly

stuartfry

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Registered: 10th May 08
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8th Oct 10 at 09:28

made a start on putting the new rad and pipes together

old rad

the progress

all finished ready to go back in when engine is ready

stuartfry

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23rd Oct 10 at 16:42

i couldnt help myself but order a new header tank just look at the state of the old one!

new pipes and cap

new vs old

after removing the oil,oilfilter and exhaust manifold,

I removed the plastic water way pipe and changed all the coolant pipes ready for refitting!

new pipes

one of the pipes had me confused. bit of a cowboy job spotted

what it shouldnt look like to what it should look like

all fitted and ready

removed the water pipe from the back of the head and installed the new one that runs to the heater matrix and throttle body.

wanted to see how the new tank would look

stuartfry

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23rd Oct 10 at 17:02

also just to say rocker cover is bolted down for good and engine comes out soon maybe tomo. still waiting on bump stops for the suspetion. also steam cleaned the intake pipe and fitted the breather hose

i also managed to get somewhere with the aux belt tentioner as it wouldnt fit!!! got a second hand one and spotted the difference straight away pics to follow!

swissxe

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23rd Oct 10 at 17:16

realy like the work

Daveskater

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Registered: 29th Apr 08
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23rd Oct 10 at 19:09

Coming along well mate

Numberwang!

Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures

davieslim

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24th Oct 10 at 12:36

great project, its really coming on now

swissxe

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24th Oct 10 at 12:43

where you got the roose pipes?

stuartfry

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27th Oct 10 at 10:08

http://roosemotorsport.co.uk/

ordered everything from them for the C16XE swissxe

main link is

http://www.roosemotorsport.co.uk/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=corsa+gsi&osCsid=bh4dso12mej2ch9spegumonpg5

stuartfry

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27th Oct 10 at 10:28

update: new bumpstops and piston covers came from autovaux so n ow i can finish fitting up the suspention.

bumpstops

damper covers

should be getting all fitted up today

swissxe

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27th Oct 10 at 16:14

thanks

stuartfry

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29th Oct 10 at 19:46

so on wednesday i got to putting together my suspention finally

started laying everything out so i new a ruff idea from were to start

checked the bump to see how it fitted on

fitted the cover checking for clearance

i used a fixed spring compressor so i didnt scratch the fuck out of the springs

placed the spring inside and compressed the spring then fitted the boot inside as it was the best way i could do it off the damper.

the rubber spring top and top bearing went on after the bump stop and cover with the base spacer and top mount on after that. finally the top cap went on and fitted the nut hand tight then torqued it down. end result was this

released it out of the spring compressor and started the other side

then boxed them up ready to go home to be fitted on the weekend

stuartfry

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6th Nov 10 at 10:12

cleaned up the throttle body and replaced n fitted new sensors. just cause of where they are on this engine....

before cleaning

removing the tps

removing the idle control valve

cleaned it all up ready to fit all new sensors

need to get a pic of eveything back together. hope all this cleaning helps lol!

progress is going to be slow on this due to job and amount of light in the day atm

billy_t15

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6th Nov 10 at 10:20

what did you clean it with?

stuartfry

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6th Nov 10 at 10:46

tooth brush and brake & carb cleaner billy_t15

stuartfry

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12th Nov 10 at 14:42

right had a day off and just got on with it!!!!

first off was the anti roll bar

i fitted up the shocks just to see how solid it now is and its stiff and solid

brought the corsa out of the garage to do the work using the engine crane plonked it on some stands!

i unbolted the tie bars after the anti roll bar and moved them right out the way

got the engine ready to be dropped

down we go and out

so happy its out! just before it pissed it down

now the work begins ......

stuartfry

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12th Nov 10 at 14:51

fitted the rear coolant hose to the back of the head that goes to the heater matrix

moved it down to my other garage and took off the drivers side engine mount.

stuartfry

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12th Nov 10 at 15:01

the main problem when i got the car was the aux belt wasnt fitted right. i ordered a brand new tentioner and belt for it but it wouldnt fit into the engine mount. got hold of an old GM tentioner and a uk engine mount as mine is an import.

both of the mounts (spot the difference)