dewismotorsport's C20LET Corsa gsi

[corsadonk]

Two of my bolts came out of that mount, and the middle one was loose.

[dewismotorsport]

Two of my bolts came out of that mount, and the middle one was loose.

You on solid mounts? probably just rattled them out! I'm gonna blast them in thread lock and probably spring washer them as well to be on the safe side, only bolts that have come loose on the car so maybe i just forgot to thread lock them in the first place

[corsadonk]

It was when I was fitting my solid mounts, only reason I saw it.

[chip]

Dewis, as per what I said before, if its warped the steel manifold flange its almost certainly also warped the ally head too.
Not as critical as a head gasket, but really that should be getting skimmed now.

[dewismotorsport]

Dewis, as per what I said before, if its warped the steel manifold flange its almost certainly also warped the ally head too.
Not as critical as a head gasket, but really that should be getting skimmed now.

Nah checked the head and that's still flat, tbh the manifold wasn't 100% flat down that end when a put it on in the first place as with my previous manifold that was warped but pulled flat when done up so this time I'm getting it skimmed to be perfect as I'm not in such a massive rush

[dewismotorsport]

It was when I was fitting my solid mounts, only reason I saw it.

Ah got you, will be making double sure they don't come out this time

[chip]

Always a nightmare when you have massive time constraints like we had for PV, now you have over a month to TVL though hopefully a chance to do things exactly how you want them this time

[dewismotorsport]

Always a nightmare when you have massive time constraints like we had for PV, now you have over a month to TVL though hopefully a chance to do things exactly how you want them this time

TBH i'm gonna be stretched for TVL as well, suspension won't be done by then but hopefully all brake mods and obviously a bit more boost mapping, cooling will be best it can be as i'm positive i have an air lock and fan will be on blow instead of suck, as i was chatting to the guy with the blue corsa doing TOTB and he had exactly the same set up as me and no cooling issues

[Rich_J_Williams]

i still think a heat shield would not do you any harm either mate, something like what daz had should help a bit with heat soak into the rad.. bet you would have the materials ready to make one at work..lol

[NovaRick]

Keep up good work fella!

[dewismotorsport]

i still think a heat shield would not do you any harm either mate, something like what daz had should help a bit with heat soak into the rad.. bet you would have the materials ready to make one at work..lol

trouble is my turbo is further back than his so wouldn't make a difference but possibly one near the manifold

And cheers Rick

[basil11]

What about getting the inside of the manifold ceramic coated to try and keep some of the heat in the manifold

[dewismotorsport]

Your right ceramic coating will keep temps down a bit but tbh others have there's working fine so mine will be an air I'm sure as on motorway it's fine as soon as you come off and sit at traffic lights etc temps start climbing up fast

[dewismotorsport]

Well not had much chance to touch the car really been busy doing inlets, sumps etc but thought i'd at least do something on it just to keep it ticking over as TVL is looming and i have no chance of making Billing now tbh :cry:

I had found my oil catch tank was too small and once over half way would preasurise when booting it causing my bay to get drench in oil :cry:

Had Rob's old one that he gave me so set about modding it to suit my requirements, moved the in feed round the other side and started welding up the spare holes




All ground down and gave it a quick polish and re assembled, will mod the mounting points possibly to suit it's new location


Other bits that have turned up was these off Fenny, new tie bar mounts as mine are shagged and iirc the last set of new gsi jacking covers from vauxhall he sent them to me in April and i got them about 2 weeks ago as my worked decided to send them out to Afghanistan thinking i was there msl: So sandblasted the mounts and gave them a quick coat of anti rust and then hammerited them, will press the polybushes in when i whip the old set off

[dewismotorsport]

Decided to treat my car to a spare hour today just to try and chip away at some of the small jobs, removed discs so i can give them a quick skim as i have a slight warp in them due to the fact my rear brakes seem to just be doing the bare minimal braking so fronts have took the brunt

While it was up in the air i decided to remove the old knakered tie bar mounts and remove the bushes and re fit them into the new freshly painted ones


re fitted them back up, gonna look at making myself some adjustable rose jointed ones at a later date as although they do the job there is more scope for fine tuning with adjustable ones

Also replaced the missing bolt in my engine mount and thread locked them in this time as i don't need them going walkies again

As it stands now looking sorry for itself, just waiting on the manifold to be skimmed and a heat sleave for the oil pipe and then i'll re assemble it ready for mapping session 2 :clap:


Also thanks to Chip for having my car in his staff car write up even if he did include that gay photo of me msl: :cry:

[dewismotorsport]

Got my manifold back today from being skimmed big thanks to Sam Brown engineering in plymouth as he did it for free for me cause i was in the Forces :clap: I also gave the front brakes a light skim as i'd slightly warped them


Re fitted the manifold and gave the block a lick of paint while i could get to it just to freshen it up a bit


Also gave the AP's a quick paint to tidy them up, have got new high temp stickers to go on as well once there dry, planning on getting them powder coated come the winter time so will do for now


Just waiting on my heat sleeve to turn up for my oil feed and then i can get it fully assembled again ready for some more mapping

[rc]

looking good mate

[Kev_G]

bloody work gone into this nice one

[dewismotorsport]

Cheers guys

Well finally got round to getting my hands on car again been on inlet duty for a while now, few recents:




Set about getting the manifold back on and making a few improvements as well to help with heat etc first was to add so heat sleeve to the oil feed pipe as it sits close to the turbo and manifold and I've had one melt on my old engine before so didn't want to risk it again, it's a bit baggy as it had to go over the 90 degree bend on the fitting and the smaller stuff didn't fit, also the wastegate pipe had started to melt the intake pipe so some heat reflective tape was added to prevent this


Bought a cool running thermostat at PVS had to mod the top locating pin slightly as it didn't allow the sealing face far enough down, also used a spare housing as mine had corroded inside so gave it a quick sandblast and a squirt of sealant for good measure


Managed to find the part number for this on the military system so re wrapped the pipe going to the thermostat


Put the new stickers on the AP's


And set about sorting oil catch tank as mine seemed to get pressurised and once over half full spray oil all over my bay :cry: Cut the wings off the spare and re welded a new bracket on so I could mount it to the underside of the wing, added riv nuts to aid quick fitting/release


All fitted, blanked off the small breather


Looks a bit more cluttered but works so tuff


Also took my fan apart and turns out my fan blade was on wrong for what I was using it for as when I had it blowing it wasn't the best so flipped the fan blades around and it's so much better so I'm sure this will cure my problems as I had the car running for about 20 minutes on the spot and no over heating so that's a result

[jordanb7426]

you would f**king find the NSN for heat rap just after id ordered some

good work otherwise :lol:

[dewismotorsport]

you would f**king find the NSN for heat rap just after id ordered some

good work otherwise :lol:

Ha ha never mind it's good stuff as well lmao

[Adam]

looks awesome

[rc]

loooking mate

[Benn]

That is looking awesome dude.

[dearing5]

looks tidier then it used to well done!