Project Deathtrap: Jack's 1.2 Corsa - Page 4

LongLiveTheNova · 05-05-2008, 18:48

It may not actually be an immobilised ecu, some of the very early ones weren't
But all from around 1995 were

Jack · 05-05-2008, 19:11

I suppose the only way to find out is to whack it all together and see what happens.

Jack · 05-05-2008, 19:19

Got bored. Walked to the garage. Took one of the door cards off. Broke the ratchet in my screwdriver. Poxy bloody thing. Why can't you buy a torx...etc bit set that comes with just a normal screwdriver to hold the bits? Why does it have to be a poxy ratchet screwdriver?

Door card off. Car away. Me home again.

Fow16v · 05-05-2008, 19:23

b and q fella, do a stanley one with removable ends no ratchet

ad4mb1nns · 05-05-2008, 19:23

you got c16 or x16?

ive got a breaking x16xe if you want the key, ecu and whatever else for a small fee..

Jack · 05-05-2008, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fow16v

b and q fella, do a stanley one with removable ends no ratchet

Legend, I shall mission to B & Q on my lunch break tomorrow.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ad4mb1nns

ive got a breaking x16xe if you want the key, ecu and whatever else for a small fee..

An X16XE.

I think I'm right in thinking that I would need the key, the sensor ring and the ECU.

Rubix_Cube · 05-05-2008, 19:54

You need it all !

However without having to change your locks you can just swap the transponer chip into your current key iirc !

**Lugy** · 05-05-2008, 20:00

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Originally Posted by Fow16v

my old one definatly started then cut out when i used a spare key with no chip, make sence what everyone is saying tho that there would be more than one circuit protected if it matched with ecu

Same as mines

It was a mid '95 car if that made any odds.

ad4mb1nns · 05-05-2008, 20:01

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Originally Posted by Jack

I think I'm right in thinking that I would need the key, the sensor ring and the ECU.

erm yes

can have the whole car for 400quid lol bit of shed though

AL · 05-05-2008, 20:56

Dude, funking R1 carbs or bike tb's on megasquirt - fook off all the ecu etc

Good base for a project - eBay will deffo be your friend on this one I think!

Give me a call if you want a hand doing 'owt - once i'm back on the road i'll be looknig for excuses to go for a thrash

Jack · 06-05-2008, 07:16

OK then, let's get the engine in and we'll try starting it up and seeing what happens. Doesn't seem much point buying stuff now if it works anyway.

Cheers Al, you sexy beast of a man. How's the XE coming?

Jack · 07-05-2008, 11:42

Interior stripping done:

- Door cards off
- Headlining down
- Kick panels and trim round the seats is off

To do:

- Rear interior to come out
- Carpet up
- All sound deadening up

Might take a grinder to the doors at some point as there is a crap-load of surplus. Going to make some little brackets to hold the door pin on the passenger side too, but at a bit more of an angle so you can't get to them with a slim-jim...etc. I'll remove the one on the driver's side as it's un-necessary, and the door has already been cracked from being pulled back by thieving types.

Once all the interior is out and down the tip I'll start disconnecting engine bits ready for the lift. Then the bay will be cleaned and tidied up and I'll take stock of the wiring, then get this little 1.6 sneaky thing ready.

Rubix_Cube · 07-05-2008, 12:31

We need pictures !

**CraigGreen** · 07-05-2008, 13:50

Jack, in the interests of research... Why not weigh everything you remove & add to keep tabs on the cars supposed speed status.

it'd make a cool eperiment to use one of the 1/4 mile generators to calculate the times or terminal speeds etc & then see what it really does.

A 'Tom Stickland' type picture of the interior being torched would be good too!

Jack · 07-05-2008, 13:54

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Originally Posted by Rubix_Cube

We need pictures !

Sorry man, I got a bit carried away.

I've taken some pictures of the money I've found in it so I can take it off the total price.

Weighing isn't a bad idea either.

I might have found someone that can make me a cage for nothing too...

Bottlethroddy · 07-05-2008, 14:05

Cant believe you thing putting an XE in it would be expensive! Doner cars can be had very cheap, and your left with only an adaptor mount and 22 spline Gsi shafts with Cav 1.6 inner CV's to put on the shopping list!

But you have the engine now anyway

Good luck with it, and stop mincing lol

Jack · 07-05-2008, 14:07

Pffffffffft, maybe an XE will find it's way in when I'm bored of the 1.6...

**CraigGreen** · 07-05-2008, 15:20

Nah, you wont get bored of the smallblock. Just keep making it rev higher.......

Jack · 07-05-2008, 20:29

Be warned, cockspins. My dad's just mentioned "flywheel" and "lathe" in the same sentence.

This is going to be one pikey-ass car.

50p better off.

Allvaux's comedy sticker.

Jack · 09-05-2008, 20:52

More strippage, but progress is slow.

Sunroof mechanism will be coming out and being replaced with a flat sheet of perspex, as I'm probably not going to use it.

Gay footwell neons!

**Benn** · 09-05-2008, 21:11

Speakers? Dash? Capet? WFT! get on with the striiping!

Jack · 09-05-2008, 21:19

All the stuff I've got out is currently in the back of the car! Need to take it down the tip, then can get the back seats, front seats, carpet...etc up.

Don't have much free time, so it's like... walk to garage, roll car out, take something off, throw it in the back, roll car back in, walk home.

**Benn** · 09-05-2008, 21:40

Pfft do it the man way.

Drive to the tip.
Remove seats capet and trims and throw it in the bin as you remove it.
Dont you northers get a wheelie bin?

SteveM · 09-05-2008, 22:39

Gaz86 · 10-05-2008, 04:57

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Originally Posted by CraigGreen

Nah, you wont get bored of the smallblock. Just keep making it rev higher.......

im a bigblock man at heart but those smallblock xes dont half make a beutifull scream at full chat, bike bodies gets my vote with a dose of megasquirt