another corsa turbo ready for big boooooooost

[jamie gsi16v]

(thought i best post this up on here as its on other forums, owned the car about 3 weeks)

while the skylines off for its engine rebuild i decided to buy a winter car and something to use on the track in summer

spec.

corsa sport shell
bilstein suspension
v6 grooved front brakes
fully re condition rear brakes
speedline allesio's in white with new tyres
full gsi bodykit
twin morrette headlights
smooth scuttle pannel
fully stripped out
2 cobra manaco bucket seats
sparco 3 point harnesses
safety devices rear cage
omp rear strut brace
suade d shaped steering wheel and momo boss
pioneer mids crossovers and tweeters,
pioneer headunit
2.0 16v c20xe engine
twin 45 webber carbs
arp rod bolts
f20 gearbox
new clutch
full chris astley fitting kit
big inner and outer cv joints
big hubs

heres a couple of quick pics how i bought it but i have added the lights and gsi kit a few days after it arrived







then fitted some fk coilovers and braided hoses



went to the scrappers and got a saxo power steering pump, pipes, res bottle and wiring

also dug out my old corsa gsi rack, new track rod ends and check the fancy fittings out lol

plan is to fit an electronic power steering pump instead of a belt driven one.




relocate battery and mount pump where the battery normally is, then pipe it up and away

another quick job done, bit of weight saving



then my new centre cap stickers came so off with the old on with the new







had the xe with 45's setup then got offered a cali turbo cheap for the engine so the c20xe t45 hadto go, quick way to waste 140 quid at mikeanics!!



heres the gash barry boys calibra that some bloke had aparently spent 20k on! think he was robbed dont you? o well i soon robbed the engine lol









engine out!!!




stripped the engine down completely ready to freshen up, only to find steel h section conrods, mahle 86.5mm low compression pistons and arp bolts, the head is also fitted with courtenay sport camshafts, looks like the guy who sold it me was not lying and he has spent some serious ££££

just done some purchasing

new ball joints x2

f28 6 speed gearbox mount

nice front mounted intercooler

couple of reducers and some joiners


f28 2wd kit

should arrive off the good old bay in the next week

also on ordered

z20let steel headgasket
cambelt kit (square tooth)
head bolts
metal exhaust manifold gasket
inlet manifold gasket
rocker cover gasket
8v rubber sump gasket and baffle plate
water pump

ordered some poly bushes to do abit of stiffening up from http://www.flo-flex.co.uk/

next on the list of things to do

degrease block
gegrease 6 speed box
paint box and block
clean top of pistons
clean bottom of valves
clean sump
clean the head
cut pulley holes out of the cambelt cover
get cambelt and rocker cover powder coated white
have the bottom arms, tie bars, tie bar brackets blasted and powder coated
make 6 speed gear linkage
fit all gaskets/pumps and start rebuilding

update for today 25/01/2008

heres a picture of the pistons, rods and arp's, and a before/after clean also shows the 86.44 pistons so there has been a +5 overbore at some stage.






heres a standard conrod end



heres mine with arp bolts



pic of down the rods, and another pic of the mahle low comp piston




dirty gearbox,



degreased gearbox



re sprayed gearbox



degreased block



painted block



start rebuilding the engine tomorrow.

[mike671]

nice one,keep us updated

[donvaux]

good work mate.

[gsi_sep]

i really want an xe corsa ;(

[vxlgsi]

Awsome find on the engine, you need a lightweight flywheel for that!!

C20LET lightweight flywheel

[jamie gsi16v]

no mate im going budget with this car as its just a toy, plan is to use an xe flywheel flat type.

[AK_LET]

Calibra is a heap of ****e...needs crushing


Corsas nice...id just spray the lights black

[rudd86]

lol at your garage floor under the dirty f28
nice work though

[Benn]

Looks good dude,

[Jack]

Looking good so far! Keep it up with the photos and updates!

[dearing5]

looks good mate

[LongLiveTheNova]

Looking good Jamie.
What did you use to clean up those piston crowns? They've come up proper well.

[kieron_67]

isnt that calibre now on ebay mate?

[Adam]

well thats funky wunky to find a quality bottom end

[danielparrish]

likeing it

[Nemesis]

I never thought I'd be pleased to see a Calibra killed, but I am Good job.

If you fancy a labour swap let me know - I could help you out one weekend in return for some help on mine sometime

[jamie gsi16v]

Looking good Jamie.
What did you use to clean up those piston crowns? They've come up proper well.

just a wire wheel on the end of a drill mate.

isnt that calibre now on ebay mate?

sure is mate

I never thought I'd be pleased to see a Calibra killed, but I am Good job.

If you fancy a labour swap let me know - I could help you out one weekend in return for some help on mine sometime

shouldnt think im going to need any help mate but dont mind helping out if you get stuck on owt, tell you what i do need though, a good price on having my cambelt cover, rocker cover, rear axel front tie bars and bottom arms powder coated white asap. pm me or ring/text 07841698575

[Nemesis]

I can't get any powdercoating at the minute fella, but you could try Goldberry Powdercoaters in Ilkeston (don't have a number sorry)

[jamie gsi16v]

quick update engine is built up now, all parts arrived and have now been fitted

1.9mm cometic head gasket
early male type head bolts
inlet gasket
steel exhaust manifold gasket
rocker cover gasket
8v rubber sump gasket with baffle tray
new water pump
cambelt kit

firstly i fitted the cometic gasket and the coscast head then torqued it all down to www.sbdev.co.uk settings for cometic gaskets


then fitted the rocker cover

cam pulleys

water pump and belt kit


belt cover and bottom pulley

sump gasket


inlet gasket

inlet manifold and alternator etc


ready to fit now then put exhaust manifold and turbo on when its in the car.

[dearing5]

looks mint mate

[AJBek]

looks good mate, I did exactly the same thing as you with my TB'd 2.0 16V corsa. Fitted the saxo PAS pump where the battery is and relocated the battery to the boot. Was a pretty easy mod and worked really well. I fitted it on a switch so I could turn it off for drag racing etc and save power.

[peester]

jesus h. christ @ that 'calibra' .. what a ****.

Top top job dude with this corsa.. awesomeness..

*easy eh?!

[jav786]

looking good

[jamie gsi16v]

another small update, had a spare hour today so fitted my new enlarged tophat you can clearly see the differance here

then made some stiffer engine mounts using some tiger seal




dont look to pretty but should be more functional than standard.

[rudd86]

are you going to bend that bit of the 8v sump gasket so it cant make contact with anythng?
the bit cut back futher into the middle this end of the pic...