Corsa Sport 1.4 16v

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 15:01

The missis has had the car for almost a year now, It's been a good car and treated her well. It is a 1.4 16v and had 42k miles on it. History is a bit funny as it started life on one of the Channel Islands and although everything (including service history, badges and engine) it was registered in the UK as a 1.6 and has been given a 'P' reg, In reality it should have an R/S plate, and it is a 1.4 (which has now been changed).

So after a quick detail it came up like this:

So we left it like that for a fair few months, I fitted an induction kit to it, as they sound AWESOME on these lil engines.

So roll on a few months to Friday 20/07/07 and we found this...

Note the 'dark water line' thats how high it was!! Also thats where my garage is, lucky the nova was at home!!!

Taken on my phone...

We realised it didn't make a good boat. So it was time to strip the interior...

So out with it all and we were left with...

So interior is washed and drying in the shed, as it stands though, I may get a new interior. The big foam sound deadning is well er.. dead. Carpets are ok though

Notice the mk4 side repeaters, my first mod on any car

Plans:
Cav GSi wheel with toyo T1R's
Lower
Badgeless/modified grill
Remove bumper scratches
Remove key marks
A general fix up!
De-badge
De-sidestrip (Any gen if there clips or stuck???)
Any cheap corsa bits appreciated!

**Melv** · 22-07-2007, 15:04

holy **** those pics are big!! Are the steelies standard? I thought they came with "lovely" 3 spokes.

Car looked fresh.

Ive a badgeless grill here. Fire up a PM mate.

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 15:10

Pics re-sized! Didn't expect a phone to be that big... there 5mp

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 17:26

Got a grille on the way, so that's that

peester · 22-07-2007, 17:28

wot induction kit did you fit?? wheres the pics? lol

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 17:32

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Originally Posted by peester

wot induction kit did you fit?? wheres the pics? lol

K and N, 1p (£1 post

) on ebay, cleaned it and it came up good.

**CraigGreen** · 22-07-2007, 17:35

Surprised a sport comes on those puny steels. Nice lil project though. Gutted about water damage.

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 17:40

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Originally Posted by CraigGreen

Surprised a sport comes on those puny steels. Nice lil project though. Gutted about water damage.

175/60

and either R13 or 14

(think 14...) It has all the electrics etc.

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 17:44

More pics (On N95 again)
Flood line on the back of the seat

Engine shot, looks clean! (Can't remember if it was like that before its bath

)

Traci deciding if she wants to keep it, (while drunk

)

Interior in the shed, drying nicely. Was in the sun (yes today it was hot!!!???) Going to let it dry and see how it goes!

LongLiveTheNova · 22-07-2007, 17:46

Looks tidy.
Car looks cool too

ANDYRACER · 22-07-2007, 17:48

My old corsa sport sounded awesome on the induction kit and did go well.

Oh and rubstrips are just stuck on.

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 17:53

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Originally Posted by ANDYRACER

My old corsa sport sounded awesome on the induction kit and did go well.

Oh and rubstrips are just stuck on.

Even the late spec, (like theastra late spec) looking things?

LongLiveTheNova · 22-07-2007, 17:57

Does it still run after the flood?
****e load of electronics to go wrong on these engines,lol

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 18:13

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Originally Posted by LongLiveTheNova

Does it still run after the flood?
****e load of electronics to go wrong on these engines,lol

It didn't, it does now. It also drove 10 miles to mine too

It was a case of cleaning it all up, de-water everything, turn over hope it worked, if it didn't she would now have a 20xe

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 18:14

The only thing that has gone wrong electricaly is the airbag light is on. So if push comes to shove, corsa sport will own a nova sr steering wheel and I'll just remove the airbag ecu

Nemesis · 22-07-2007, 20:37

That looks pretty sweet TBH, nice bodywork and probably goes quite well.

Not sure on the Corsa though dude

**spanishfly** · 22-07-2007, 20:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nemesis

That looks pretty sweet TBH, nice bodywork and probably goes quite well.

Not sure on the Corsa though dude

Ste L · 22-07-2007, 21:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by spanishfly

Even the late spec, (like theastra late spec) looking things?

yea, all corsa side strip's are glued on, both early and late

**spanishfly** · 23-07-2007, 06:50

Nice one

**spanishfly** · 24-07-2007, 18:15

Lowering now catered for... Won a 2nd hand set of Spax on ebay for £31, result!!! Consists of 4x adjustable shocks and springs.

flatout · 24-07-2007, 20:01

whens the nos'd up let going in then, punk

**spanishfly** · 24-07-2007, 21:44

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Originally Posted by flatout

whens the nos'd up let going in then, punk

1.4 16v is staying at least till it goes bang!

**spanishfly** · 04-12-2007, 14:57

I'm gonna be fitting loads to this beast this weekend. May even take it mig meet. Will hopefully have Spax adjaustables, cav gsi rims in black shod with toyoT1-R's, astra gsi16v brakes. Will get pics when done

**spanishfly** · 04-09-2008, 18:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by spanishfly

I'm gonna be fitting loads to this beast this weekend. May even take it mig meet. Will hopefully have Spax adjaustables, cav gsi rims in black shod with toyoT1-R's, astra gsi16v brakes. Will get pics when done

Well that was a lie....

I got saturday to 'pimp the ho's ride' (not pimping myself, I meas the car). Got to do rear wheel bearings, fit the cav gsi rims (i'm painting atm), sort out scratches etc.... if we're at trax you know i've sorted it