Building a Corsa C C20XE Rally Car

[fearless]

I'm just in the progress of building a Corsa C Tarmac Rally Car with a mate - At the moment he runs an Astra GSI with a Bowyer Developments 260 ish engine and Quaife Dog box/ Proflex etc
The engine has since being rebuilt to a higher kitcar spec - with barrel throttle bodies !!!!


However - A six speed sequential dog box is on order from Holland (about 12 grand !!!!!)

This, with the engine out of the Astra will end up in the Corsa - Running Super1600 bodykit, but with fibreglass wings/bonnet/tailgate/doors

All in all is should be a lightweight flier !!!!

What I'm after is as much information/pictures on any Corsa C rallycars/Rallycross etc to assist in the build and possible problems/solutions we may come across

I've already been on the http://www.corsasuper1600.com/ website - but you require a password etc to gain access to the build details

Any help is greatly appreciated

Cheers

Dave France

[Garrie]

[fearless]

PM sent - cheers Garrie

[Garrie]

nay bother

[Cupatea]

pics pics pic

[fearless]

As soon as I get some pics - I'll post them

Anyone Else any more info/pictures ???

[Ian S]

dave burns can get hold of the super 1600 kit if needed dave

[fearless]

Cheers Ian - I should think Dave Burns can get it from the same company we were going to get the kit off - that company supply BAT with there parts I think !!!

However - we've managed to get an original Ray Mallock Corsa Super1600 complete kit - everything - bonnet vents x2, roof vent, rear spoiler, bumpers, wings etc

Quite a lot of stuff to do to the shell - even before we fit that !!!

Dave

[Garrie]

some pics of the Corsa C from a rally last year

http://www.onemileahead.co.uk/rallycorsa/

[fearless]

Some great pictures there Garrie - plenty of 'right click save as' moments

[fearless]

Right then - here's the update so far !!!


Bought a Corsa C shell with the intention of having a complete weld-in roll cage fitted and all the modified inner arches and suspension pickup points fitted - booked in with Harry Hockley to have that lot done at a cost of over 3 grand !!!!!


But then this ex-works bare shell came up for sale

Last used on the JWRC Rally Turkey 2003




Managed to get Carbon Fibre Doors Tailgate and Bonnet with the deal as well !!!! - Should be a real light weight flyer !!!!














The challenge now is to make it a rolling shell - ready for the engine transplant



Has anyone any info/contact details/pictures of any corsa C rally cars to help us on our way

We've already been in contact with Ray Mallock Ltd - who built the works cars - but has anyone any more contact


Contacts so far include Rob Palmer (Ran Kriss Meeke for Colin Mcrae) and Chris Birckbeck who also ran a works team - Harry Hockley and Walden Engineering - but as you can guess they want big money !!!


Help !!!!


Cheers Dave

[Ronin]

Do you think you'll be safe enough in there mate? ( lmao at that roll cage)

Good luck with it, would love to have the room to do something similar. Oh to own a garage.

[Mongo]

Thats a nice comprehensive cage mate .

Good luck with the rebuild

[AL]

Fookin hell - bit of a project then!

246 brake form an n/a XE, and now it's even more powerful? ****ing brilliant that is - must sound mental...lol

[rufio]

I dont think there is anyone more jealous than myself at this moment after seeing that shell, how did you come across it? What championship are you looking at doing, BRC perhaps?

[novarallycar]

yup pssibly i am more jealous. I have just finished a corsa B build to semi kit spec but using a 1400 xe , but is it stil very clubmans!! That shell looks the buisness. there are a couple of corsa C's rallying in scotland at the mo one is a ray mallock car and the other is a new Walden car run for Barry clark . Both i think are built to 2003 super 1600 spec but the mallock one has a 20xe in . TBH you have listed all the motorsport company's that deal with the Corsa C you could try www.pro-tecperformance.co.uk or www.eurorallye.co.uk but these are still dealing in Nova/corsa B clubby parts.
Good luck with the build mate it all get's very expensive from there as i got told when i started building mine 'these things hemourage money during the shell build'

[lee303]

thats the nuts dave! was looking round a super 1600 at billing and trying not to drool(i failed!!) cant really help with the info you need, but tasty tasty shell you have there!

[rufio]

yup pssibly i am more jealous. I have just finished a corsa B build to semi kit spec but using a 1400 xe , but is it stil very clubmans!! That shell looks the buisness. there are a couple of corsa C's rallying in scotland at the mo one is a ray mallock car and the other is a new Walden car run for Barry clark . Both i think are built to 2003 super 1600 spec but the mallock one has a 20xe in . TBH you have listed all the motorsport company's that deal with the Corsa C you could try www.pro-tecperformance.co.uk or www.eurorallye.co.uk but these are still dealing in Nova/corsa B clubby parts.
Good luck with the build mate it all get's very expensive from there as i got told when i started building mine 'these things hemourage money during the shell build'

Could do with keeping in touch with you matey, me and my old man have just completed 12 month long build on a corsa b shell.

Have you got any pics of your car!

[astragsi]

chris birckbeck's is close to me if you need any info off him, good mates with my uncle.

that shell looks amazing btw

[16vmanta]

I'm sure Protec have built a Corsa C kit car.

[rufio]

I'm sure Protec have built a Corsa C kit car.

I know Protec built a Corsa B kit car and have it up for sale, cant remember how much for, around £18-20K i think!

[novarallycar]

Could do with keeping in touch with you matey, me and my old man have just completed 12 month long build on a corsa b shell.

Have you got any pics of your car!

No probs matey keep in touch through here or if you like i am on Msn neilyt@hotmail.com

Protec have a corsa B built to A6 spec and it is currently up for sale at £19k

[rallyjon]

are you selling your original gearbox if so wot spec and price ? (withellj@msn.com)

[fearless]

are you selling your original gearbox if so wot spec and price ? (withellj@msn.com)

PM sent

[fearless]

**** UPDATE **** (at last )


Years have past and some progress has been made



The spec of the car has changed somewhat since the original plan of transfering most of the running gear from the Astra Gsi he was running. The original plan of a cheap reshell using the C20XE engine and Dog box and Proflex suspension/AP brakes from the Astra has now turned into a money pit - using new proflex, sequential box, new brakes and a Destroked C20XE into an all steel 1600 screamer


The shell is now a rolling shell with a Hockly Motorsport independant rear beam - with the shell modified to allow even more suspension travel front and rear - running on proflex dampers all round

Brakes are Works OPC AP Calipers and 355mm front discs and Alcon rear calipers/disc

A new 6 speed sequential Sadev gearbox and gearlever have been purchased

A dummy engine has been fitted to the box and all mounts and driveshafts fabricated by HHMS

Martin Bowyer (Bowyer Developments) is in the progress of building the destroked C20XE into a 1600cc (steel crank/rods, new pistons, new throttle bodies etc) which expects 220+ bhp on his dyno


So most of the fabrication etc has been done


Just completing the final mods to the shell (RHD conversion) and then it can be painted and assembled


These are some of the pics I took the other night when we were tinkering























Mods might want to move this thread to the Project section and I will try to keep it updated



Dave