Vauxhall Corsa 2.0 XE Club

[astragsi]

iirc sticky plates arent illegal if there is no where to place a "normal" plate.

ive had one for ages, passed MOT, police dont bother, even been stopped and checked car and didnt even mention it.

[Gaz86]

Originally Posted by astragsi

iirc sticky plates arent illegal if there is no where to place a "normal" plate.

ive had one for ages, passed MOT, police dont bother, even been stopped and checked car and didnt even mention it.

they are in fact illegal, i looked into it its only kit cars and such like that are allowed, i curently have one on my 205 and have to put a standard one on to pass an mot they must be acrylic and the bll**** type to be legal, if we want to split hairs the square one is only legal on vans imports and bike, the corsa is none of the above.

[DaveB]

yeh, see my post in Mig Torque some weeks ago. You'll probably get away with it. but the car isn't really subtle, and I cba with the rozzers giving me stick for something so irrelevant

[Gaz86]

wing mirrors are full of hefty chuck of plastic too

[DaveB]

I know; I kinda use them though

Competition engine mounts fitted tomorrow. Airbox being made on Saturday

[DaveB]

Deal done on low mileag XE bottom-end. I collect on Sunday wooh.

[Gaz86]

good good, i meant strip them out of unneccesary bits, loads of plastic to be lost

which mounts did you go for in the end, hope my PM helped

[DaveB]

what bits could I remove? They're not electric or owt :s

PM helped; got Chris Astley ones. Looked at fitting them in my drive, but I can't get the car high enough to make it a nice job. GOing to a mates garage tomorrow so I can use a 4poster to get the car properly in the air

[dan_adams_c20xe]

Where did you get your windows from mate??? Im doin a track corsa at the mo. were they a pain to fit???



corsa 2.0 track project: http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...k-project.html

[Gaz86]

yeah a posted lift is the only way youll get the rear one on, if just jacked the engine swing will make it a pain in the arse like mine were.

i didnt realise you had manual one my sport came with all the added extras so i dont know what features are standard and whats an option, manuals are much lighter.

[Aditi]

Originally Posted by DaveB

Small update from me. Went back over to FPE to have my oil cooler fitted;

Where exactly have you placed the cooler? at what point of the "cycle" have you connected it? to what pipes and how? do you have any pics?

[DaveB]

Originally Posted by dan_adams_c20xe

Where did you get your windows from mate??? Im doin a track corsa at the mo. were they a pain to fit???



corsa 2.0 track project: http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...k-project.html

www.acwmotorsportplastics.com - cheaper than anyone else. Relatively easy to fit, but I did it with self-tappers rather than using the rubbers; so it depends how perfect you want things to be

[DaveB]

Originally Posted by Aditi

Where exactly have you placed the cooler? at what point of the "cycle" have you connected it? to what pipes and how? do you have any pics?

That's where the oil cooler is mounted. It's bolted to the standard vauxhall sandwich plate (if you do a search there are looads of threads about it). The pipes and fittings were obtained from hydraulic hose specialist, pirtek.

[Aditi]

i think you didn't anderstand me question,

were do you fit the pipe ? before the filter/ after ?
or befor/ afrer the oil pump ?

where you conected the inlet pipe ? and where the outlet pipe coneted to the motor ?

[DaveB]

I used the standard oil cooler sandwich plate. I don't have any pictures of it unfortunately. But, here are some others that I have found which gives you an idea. (ps. I did understand the question)

Standard Sandwich Plate


The sandwich plate can be seen BELOW and the RIGHT of this red circle


The oil filter screws on to the exposed thread on the above picture. I am unsure of which pipe is the inlet/outlet - but it doesn't really matter to me.

[Aditi]

thank you very much,

i will try to " investigate" it more..
if i want to join an a oil cooler to my X14XE.

[dan_adams_c20xe]

Originally Posted by DaveB

www.acwmotorsportplastics.com - cheaper than anyone else. Relatively easy to fit, but I did it with self-tappers rather than using the rubbers; so it depends how perfect you want things to be

Phoned him this morning, there based 10mins away from me! so i ordered the kit £189 which aint bad. ye he said just use rivits and some silicone to keep the water out. got to wait 2 weeks for em tho


corsa 2.0 track project: http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...k-project.html

[daddy cav]

Originally Posted by The Simps

looks like he ran over a raver

Originally Posted by DaveB

Sticky numberplates are lighter, but illegal

Are you saying you can't double side tape a plate on now ?

[alistairolsen]

no, he means like vinyl ones that you apply tot he bonnet like old retro rally cars. they arent legal because they are non reflective.

[daddy cav]

Originally Posted by alistairolsen

no, he means like vinyl ones that you apply tot he bonnet like old retro rally cars. they arent legal because they are non reflective.

Gotcha , like the ones on old Mini rally cars
Thought he meant all plates must be screwed incase they come of on the road .

[DaveB]

noo noo

[philip2]

£189 is cheap if you've got the front, rears and rear boot windows.

tweeks charge something like £30-£35 each just for a slider. and polycarb isnt that cheap tbh.

good price really tbh

[DaveB]

aye they're really good quality too. My rears cracked abit cos I self-tapped rather than rivetted them in, but hey ho. All good after I slackened the screws off abit

[philip2]

you get a bit excited???

[DaveB]

I didn't know it'd crack