my corsas evolution from XE to LET

[wayne451]

I assume the standard fulcrum/hinge points at the top are not present so it must be on pins?

[Gaz86]

nope it has metal hinges with the tailgate, this company has been so strongly recomended its untrue, its the very same company who DaveB got his from agmotorsport.

EDIT

[Gaz86]

some pics

head off

gearbox nice n clean

out with this little fecker

in with this bastard

cleanish block

mmm shiney

then moved on to rust


bit of welding and a lick of paint


new headgasket

head on and trial of boost pipes

old waterpump out

not much room in there lol

came from a cav but from teh barnicles youd think it came from a calibra

new pump fitted

new timing belt


thats all the pics for now, enjoy

[The Simps]

coming along...

[Steve!]

nice, might have to POD it

[wayne451]

Good stuff boss! Yours had gone in the same place as mine, I will be on the hunt for another shell or break the car after completion so am just leaving it as is!

Oh, sorry to hi jack the thread but the metal hinges mean it can use the original boot catch and not have hasty pins?

Are they G-Max front dampers I spy? Yours is obviously later than mine due to the unbolting battery tray, is it (or was it) a V grill one, circa P/R or later?

[Benn]

Comming on well dont, you aint hanging aboiut...
Good work.

[Gaz86]

Originally Posted by Steve!

nice, might have to POD it

oh yes

Originally Posted by wayne451

Good stuff boss! Yours had gone in the same place as mine, I will be on the hunt for another shell or break the car after completion so am just leaving it as is!

Oh, sorry to hi jack the thread but the metal hinges mean it can use the original boot catch and not have hasty pins?

Are they G-Max front dampers I spy? Yours is obviously later than mine due to the unbolting battery tray, is it (or was it) a V grill one, circa P/R or later?

by the look of the pic the boot is an identical replica so the catch will be able to bolt on the underside as normal, yeah its on gmax all round and ive never had an issue with handling problems which is why ive never got a bad word to say .
yeah its a mk2 V reg, had to do the crossmember the off side was just surface bubbles but the near side needed a patch, good as new now the only other rust is some surface rust on one of the rear spring seats but that wont be there for long

Originally Posted by Benn

Comming on well dont, you aint hanging aboiut...
Good work.

only took a month to get this far flagging a bit i think, bloody weather keeps slowing progress, should get plenty done today nice and sunny out, just dont want to overwork myself, got a night shift tonight

[Steve!]

Tell me about the weather.... been changing the engine in my BMW, no thanks to the weather!!

[DaveB]

Best of luck fitting your glass to that tailgate lad!

[Gaz86]

ill let auto windscreens worry about that

[Gaz86]

started today with a few shots of the tailgate damage coverup etc

dodgey laquering lazy bastards


then round to the boost pipes, were lokking a bit tired and grubby even though everything is brand new so i got em all off and polished em up


after


then got a phonecall off nemesis, apparently id cocked up when i text him my paypal addy, note to self lay off the beer


while i was at that i got the tophat of and took out the lip




relocated the amal valve under the AFM


turbo to intercooler boost pipe


final trial fit before i had to pack away, radiator oil cooler (with new mocal lines ) intercooler and PAS pump


packed up and went for a shower, gotta be at work for 6

[Steve!]

very good

[Gaz86]

nah will be very good when the friggin thing is running and i dont have to walk to bloody work

[Mark_F]

The pipe coming out the top of your amal, where is that going to?

[Benn]

Very nice dude, doing well.
Taking it there are new/let pistons... wouldnt it have been easyer to take the engine all the way out?

[muppetsport]

maybe you covered it in the thread already but are you drilling the sump for the turbo oil return?

[Gaz86]

Originally Posted by Mark_F

The pipe coming out the top of your amal, where is that going to?

t`d into the breather as normal

Originally Posted by Benn

Very nice dude, doing well.
Taking it there are new/let pistons... wouldnt it have been easyer to take the engine all the way out?

nah theyre used pistons just in VGC i cleaned them thoroughly too, kindof hard taking out a lump without a crane

Originally Posted by muppetsport

maybe you covered it in the thread already but are you drilling the sump for the turbo oil return?

drilled the block and banged in an ally pipe in the normal place, couldnt get hold of a tap the right size.

[Steve!]

Originally Posted by GBE86

packed up and went for a shower, gotta be at work for 6

[dearing5]

good work mate

[Benn]

Originally Posted by GBE86

nah theyre used pistons just in VGC i cleaned them thoroughly too, kindof hard taking out a lump without a crane

Ah ok, then good work.

[Gaz86]

been working flat out this week in the sun getting everything sorted so i can just chuck the turbo on and fit the rad and cooler when it gets done, so took the rear mount off and welded the spacer on fitted yet another set of new bushes to the gearlinkage, the old (new) ones were worn due to the C mount (bit where the pin goes through) was too slack so i gave that a few choice tweaks with mr claw.

then whipped the tb off, ive just bought a let one off jonlem so i wont need to block off the breather and t into the vacuum.

got some new plugs (super 4s) and leads too, the king was wrong so i butchered some old ht leads and recrimped the ends untill i can get a new one from my usual supplier.

spent all day wednesday welding the exhaust up too, was a total bastard to do and my mask was hindering progress somewhat, need a hooded one in this weather, but at least thats another job off the list. also got some longer exhaust studs fitted in, the XE ones were only bitning maybe 2-3 threads in.


waited till 11 yesterday for the postie, he came he went and still no tailgate sooooo..... spent 4 hours trying to phone agmotorsport on both numbers to no avail, got pissed off so filed a complaint with paypal, ordered it 2 weeks ago and it was in stock WTF, anyway got the missus to leave a message at about 2ish, waited till about half 4 then rang them again and got an answer, finally!!!! the guy was brilliant on the phone but cant help but think he was avoiding me as he knew exactly who i was but hadnt contacted me (paranoia overload) he said he posted it tuesday (WTF?) and it should have been there thursday, friday at the latest, he gave me some tips on fitting the tailgate too, proper nice bloke kind of feel bad that i made a complaint now.

gave the interior a good scrub started with the carpets and then the back seats (will do the fronts when im not climbing in and out dirty,
fron carpet had some stains so scrubbed them out and wet vacd it didnt do the footrest yet

rear bench left has been scrubbed right is still minging


now onto todays progress, nice n early look what arrives at the door
TADAAAA one big **** off lightweight parcel

unwrapped


wasnted too pleased with where the "origional" handle had been smoothed out, good job i know bodywork and can sort it myself

[dearing5]

good stuff mate

[chris_16v]

looking good, that air intake pipe is looking very close to the exaust mainifold tho!

[DaveB]

AG motorsport is a 'part-time' business, which is probably why he didn't answer earlier in the day. The 'smoothing' of the boot isn't the best, but that didn't bother me. Its GRP at the end of the day so isn't ever going to be spot on.

Best of luck with the fitment; for a 'road' car I personally wouldn't have gone for GRP as it doesn't fit anywhere near as snug as a proper tailgate.