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    357bhp corsa turbo update

    (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

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    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.
    Last edited by jamie gsi16v; 16-04-2008 at 11:40.

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    nice one,keep us updated

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    good work mate.

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    i really want an xe corsa ;(

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

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

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


    Corsas nice...id just spray the lights black

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

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    looks good mate
    Roll on LET power....

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

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    isnt that calibre now on ebay mate?
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    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
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    Quote Originally Posted by LongLiveTheNova View Post
    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.

    Quote Originally Posted by kieron_67 View Post
    isnt that calibre now on ebay mate?
    sure is mate

    Quote Originally Posted by Nemesis View Post
    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

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

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    looks mint mate
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    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.

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

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

    *easy eh?!
    Last edited by peester; 05-02-2008 at 17:30. Reason: errrr.. he just makes it all look easy lol

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    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.
    Last edited by jamie gsi16v; 07-02-2008 at 19:48.

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    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...

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