Vauxhall Corsa 2.0 XE Club

[Benn]

Carbon is pretty.

[DaveB]

decided to let the scoop float up to scoop heaven lol

I cant bring myself to cut the carbon up like I did with the fibreglass so youll all have to watch this space

[Liam1805]

Ahaa do it do it. Nahh be a shame to mess with the carbon anyways. You have something up your sleeve do you Dave ??

Liam

[DaveB]

Finished off fitting my bargain carbon bonnet fitting





Really like the look of the car without the vent and holes in the front; and after being stuck in traffic for an hour yesterday it didn't over-heat, so clearly the holes weren't really needed anyway.

[corsakid]

bonnet looks awesome

[Liam1805]

Looking pretty mean there Dave i like it

[run_pug]

i like that a lot. looks proper mean

[robertkassner]

lookin fanastic dave!

[DaveB]

So, afew weeks ago something happened with my clutch; Whats happened to my clutch

As I had a spare afternoon I thought I'd have a go at getting the box out myself. Took 2 3/4 hours which to say I only had one trolley jack and was by myself I'm damned happy with.



..found the offending part:





Annoyingly it was a motor factors part, ah well - lesson learnt. I also found my crank sealing is leaking quite badly. A trip to Autovaux later and we have new flywheel bolts, crank seal and clutch release bearing.

Will be trying to get that lot back together over the next couple of days

[Rick Draper]

Most important thing can be spotted on the wall Dave. A large brew mug, just whats needed for when working on a car!

[ianofbhills]

At least its a relatively inexpensive fix just a big pain having to take the box off and as always one job leads to another.

Good luck on getting the gearbox back in with just yourself and a trolley jack though.. I tried that once its not good.

oh and if you havnt already done so get some of the vauxhall rtv for the crankseal its really good for squirting down the grooves.

[ianofbhills]

chance to fit the bonded 8v style sump gasket whilst the sump is off too if you havnt done that either.

[DaveB]

chance to fit the bonded 8v style sump gasket whilst the sump is off too if you havnt done that either.

Sump isn't coming off..I'm changing the seal in-situ

[ianofbhills]

Ah the old self tapper in and pull it out trick. Fair enough.

car is looking well

[DaveB]

Car will be stripped for bits within 4-5 weeks. Expect a for sale thread

It's been a pleasure, lol

[robertkassner]

And i thought you were joking!!

What's next? Youve got to get something to fill that new garage.

Rob

[rc]

Oh dear

[DaveB]

Garage will be filled with something else with a griffin as soon as the big bits of this one are gone. My heart just isn't with this car anymore.

[Tom Williams]

Garage will be filled with something else with a griffin as soon as the big bits of this one are gone. My heart just isn't with this car anymore.

And there was me thinking you were moving on to the whole house / wife / kids lifestyle and away from cars!

[DaveB]

I've moved onto the whole house/ wife / dogs... but I specifically wanted a house with a garage so I'm not going to waste it

[rc]

Good to hear, if this half as good as this build its gonna be amazing, looking forward to it

[Dave Dempsey]

C'mon Dave, what are you getting?

[DaveB]

Corsa managed to make its way to my new house under its own steam. My garage is only halfway to how I want it to be, but it was satisfactory to strip down the car.









TBs already sold. Expect a for sale thread later in the week once the shell has gone and I can get pics of all the parts Hope its been an enjoyable project thread

[rc]

such a shame but nice garage

[philip2]

as corsa sport....gaaaaaaaaaaaay haha

let me know if break engine...what valves are in the head?