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dewismotorsport

Right folks finnaly got my arse in gear and am gonna get my progress thread up and running, after a lot of moaning from Rich J Williams PMSL

This will be a back dated thread to start with as I built the car up from about November 08 onwards while my unit was in Afghan so i had free use of the workshop for about 8 months or so, the car was at PV on the vauxsport stand if people are trying to place it! theres gonna be a lot of pictures so enjoy, and feel free to comment constructively not just say "it's shit" tell me why "it's shit" PMSL

this is the car how i bought it quite a tidy looking gsi don't normally buy them pre modded but it had bits i wanted already on it like the morettes and allesios so made sense at £1350 to be honest.

No major mods to start with just getting rid of some bodge mods, the wiring was shocking, it had no air filter the front seat rocked due to broken mounts and a few other things

Started to add my own touches in the light department

had to swap the suspension over as i was starting to loose fillings from my teeth PMSL

so started to strip my old track car down for bits

it was a shame to break it but wanted a fast road bigger powered version now so the gsi was the new king vauxhall in my fleet of 8 at the time LOL

Started buying bits for the engine and trial fitted them before taking the old engine out, i'd used the blue car as my daily driver for a bit but found the buckets and no interior a pain in the tits in the end and wanted the power but the luxery as well this time round, i'd also blew the input shaft oil seal on it and lost 5th gear so the box was fucked (F20)

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fennyLET · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:54 am Post subject:

Nice nice.

Any progress since you have had it?
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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:53 am Post subject:

Then it was a case of cleaning all the dirty bits up and refurbishing them, really wish i never started all this cause it took me about a month Cry

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

then it was the engine and gearbox's turn!
gearbox was a ebay steal at only £100 Thumbs Up

Had to bore the wastegate flange out from 38mm to 40mm to fit my wastegate and then just matched the ports with the heads

and then heat painted

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fennyLET · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject:

I hated that job on mine. Im not an overly clean mined person. Doesnt help that i work in a scrap yard for of oil lol

Looking good though mate.

Keep em coming ;)
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Something along those lines anyway lmao lmao

dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:05 pm Post subject:

then all the other parts had the same treatment Cry

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject:

dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject:

Shopping time!

check out the size difference betweeen the two!
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AndyVauxman09 · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

Nice build ther sweet looking corsa Cool

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chip · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:19 pm Post subject:

Fantastic project.

You at Mallory end of november mate?
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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject:

dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

now it was time to put it all back together and stand back and admire how shinny and clean it all looks PMSL

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject:

fitted the rear beam up

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject:

bought these off ebay got the whole Calibra interior (carpet, door cards and seats) all for £76 and the seats had no rips! prefer cream for some reason but have got a black set if i change my mind!

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject:

next came valve stem seal failiure on the 1.6

so decided to use that excuss to drop the LET in Thumbs Up

this was it before i removed it with the few bits i'd added over time

out she comes

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

next came all the engine bay work i stripped all the sound deadening out and removed all un used studs, the battery tray went as well.
Then seam welded the front end and added the chassis strengthening plates as i'd already managed to split the cross member on the gearbox side just on 1.6 power Shock

Then decided to remove any metal that will get in the way of the intercooler pipes etc, and then topped it all of with a lick of smooth hamerite paint, swapped the steering rack over from the R reg car as it had better gaiters and was a 2.7 turns lock to lock, the pump had to go as i couldn't get the 3" exhaust past it, pas was designed for women anyway PMSL

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject:

swapped the gear selector box over as well as the other one would fall apart randomly and added other bits and bobs along the way

bought this for a fiver at VBOA spares day bargin it's not for a corsa though but made it fit anyway

modded the linkage

then decided to mod the airflow meter removing the cooling fins as there not needed in this country to be honest as they were added for the south african market

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dewismotorsport · Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject:

then it was about time to get the engine in after re sealing the car looms

engine on it's way in so much easyer with a ramp Thumbs Up

XE inlet cam added and kent pullys added for both to save that extra little bit of weight Nod

holes cut for the pullys and painted up

all fitted up

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