my first ever corsa xe project

[tom_spanner]

yes mate a meant rollers, basically fit the full belt kit not just the belt, as rodgerq said do the water pump now aswell.

dont worry about the shafts yet, just fit the ones you have to get it running and driving, just dont stomp on the fast pedal just yet. ive read in TV of a guy running a 160ish bhp 16xe in a nova on 1.2 shafts with no worries.

we wanna see xe in the engine bay shots by sunday night, please?

p.s. how come a nice shiney engine and manky g/box?

[damo1]

rite im getting the little 1.4 out 2day i.e friday and all is well but had a problem with the drivers side d/shaft it wouldnt come lose from the hub so having a think wat to do to it lol

with regards to the gearbox im going to take it off the xe block on saturday and give it a damn good going over then rebolt up to xe and hope fully drop into the bay saturday/sunday

pics will be on the way

[damo1]

well today was 1 hell of a busy day i removed the corsa's 1.4 8v engine in a record time for me in 2hrs with a half an hour tea break (got av 1)

so firts started this morning with 1 of life's vital nessaties a nice brew with 2 sugers

so then started to remove all the hoses and petrol feed pipes
removed the radiator, and when just followed all other pipes that needed to be unbolted

got the car jacked up high to get underneath for the exhaust

then next was to remove the drive shafts that when i encountered a problem on the drivers side it siezed in the hub and wouldnt budge!!!so i replaced the hub nut and gave it a right hammering/ but gave it to hard as i pushed the hubnut right over the threads so now its stuck only way for me to remove it is with some hot gas ie oxy/aseteline bottles fcuk knows where im gunna get that from!! will have to think on this how to get it off the hub???

so anyways i got the drive shafts off the gearbox and unbolted the engine mounts and gearbox mounts and begun to lifted out and POP!!!! out it came infact it was too easy but im right proud of ma sen as its the first time ive ever took out an engine with out any help from my mates and now just gunna give the bay a clean up and but ive noticed that the rear g/box mount is different to the 1 on the f20 so me is thinking it might not fit???

also i took off the bottom arms and gave them a brush over with the wirebrush and sprayed up in black as you can see


anyways pics:

[rodgerq]

nice one mate good progress there. whats the problem with the back mount? take pics of what you mean

rodgerq

[tom_spanner]

2 1/2 hrs to unbolt an engine aint bad fella, my best is an hour with a hacksaw, snips and a big hammer.

i put my 8v in/out from underneath, it looked easier and less likely to scratch my nice new paint, but i did have a 5t crane in work. made it sooo easy.

got ya with the gear box, trial fit.

its looking good so far, just hope the engine fits in well.

[damo1]

nar i found out that the rear mount was different on the corsa box compared to the f20 rear box mount and found that i just need the spacer kit so thats on order from rally man hopefully i shud get it in soon so tommorow my plans are to remove the f20 off the xe and strip it down of all grime and paint it silver migt as well do while the box and engine are out from the car........

[damo1]

some pics of my new manifold well my new painted manifold its done with thehigh temperature paint finished in aluiminium coat looks really nice in the flesh so to speak took me an hour to do as i sanded and sanded and sanded down to get it smooth

before and after::






not bad eh?

[jonshepherd]

Hello mate think I msged you the other day, looks like your slightly ahead of me! I'l start a post aswel...

[damo1]

well didnt do too much today as daughter wasnt well and had to wait for girlfriend to comes home but i removed the rear box mount from the corsa engine and cleaned up to fit to my f20 and as per my luck it didnt fit so im now awaiting the arrival of my spacer kit from chris astley(rallyman) ata nice cost of £26

so i primed it and painted black awaiting to be fitted

and i removed the f20 from the xe block and degreased and primed up and painted in a bright silver looks brilliant with the black engine block but i noticed that with the front gear box mount sprayed in vauxhall silver it didnt really go so i primed up and sprayd in gloss black and re-connected to the f20 and the colour scheme is really looking great now for the engine the car is in red but im thinking of getting resprayed in gsi silver/grey or shud i get it redone in red? who knows all depends on money but im thinking that in total im giving mysel a year to get the car fully done and road legal as i dont need alloys as ive got 2 sets 1 off the doner calibra ond 17" 5 spoke but i think for speed in will go for the calibra alloys

so anyways here are the pics:

[damo1]

getting really annoyed now as the pics i have are from imageshack but are only coming up this size and i want them enlarged bigger but dont know how DAMN!!!

[damo1]

total cost of build so far:

DONER CAR:£300
SALE OF LEATHER INTERIOR:£150 SO COST OF CAR NOW IS £150
CORSA FROM EBAY:£155
PRIMER AND BASE COAT, CLEAR PAINT £30
ENGINE DEGREASER:£10
ENGINE BLOCK PAINT:£10
ENGINE CONVERSTION KIT MOUNT LMF: £40
REAR BOX SPACER KIT:£26
GEARBOX PAINT AND MANIFOLD PAINT:£15
POWERCAP:£60


TOTAL COST SO FAR £496

[damo1]

spacer kit came tday so gunna fit it up and get the engine in soon so wish me luck

[DaveB]

If you need spannering help mate I can try and come over as I'm only in Huddersfield

[Andy_L]

Originally Posted by damo1

getting really annoyed now as the pics i have are from imageshack but are only coming up this size and i want them enlarged bigger but dont know how DAMN!!!

Use photobucket, you can choose the size of the pics then.

Getting there matey

[damo1]

well the xe is now sittin in the bay afr 2hrs trying to put it in

was fiddleing about with 2 different mounts trying to work out why the geabox mount wasnt lining up only to find i was using the fooking wrong 1 the mount was in the car on the seat so 45 mins i was trying to mount it up with a f20 mount lol

so yep its all in and just needs plumming up all electrics doing and water shafts and refill the engine and box with oil and then its done

so parts i need are:
exhaust from manifold bck
all water pipes
brakes an anything else?

here are the pics










will be off th corsa for 5days as im getting a new kitchen and need to rip out the old units and plaster the walls £3000 worth of new kitchen jus think of the car i could av got for that......

[damo1]

well had some spare time today while letting the plaster dry-out, so gought some nice magnicore ht leads and fitted them up with som irdium spark plugs,

next i mounted up the new shiney manifold had to remove the anti-roll bar but the job is done now so bck onto the kitchen b4 the bird kicks my ass lol

any ways pics as always:

[nufc]

looks good mate i am on an apprenticeship for hgvs at the mo and want a similar project looks good though mate

[damo1]

well sorry for you pal i didnt like it at all brakes and servicing all the time no fun

[tom_spanner]

it could be worse, HGV mobile tyre fitter is probably worse, especially in the winter, id rather repair renos/citreons than do that.......

damo, its looking good mate, im probably gonna be fitting a redtop for corsadean soon so if you could remember where you got your hoses etc from that would be a real help, please, with cherries on top.

[damo1]

thanks dude its been hard sometimes but its gunna be worth th wait

[tom_spanner]

it will be worth it in the end, just think of the grin youll have the first time you smoke something off the lights, you gotta keep it flame pink with grey arches, just to really annoy the polished car boys.......well thats what my excuse is for not spraying mine.

[damo1]

PINK WELL OK THEN TH LACQUER IS KINDA FADED LOL

im badgeing it up as a 1.5d nice

[bopster]

Originally Posted by tom_spanner

it will be worth it in the end, just think of the grin youll have the first time you smoke something off the lights, you gotta keep it flame pink with grey arches, just to really annoy the polished car boys.......well thats what my excuse is for not spraying mine.

just like mine, white rust spots and boot with primer patches all over

[damo1]

yeh well we all have to start somewhere and i cant wait til the cars finishedim giving myself a yar to get it all done to how i want it!digi dash is coming monday/tuesday