dewismotorsport's C20LET Corsa gsi

[JakeB-5]

do you still have the indicators in the inside lights of the morettes if so how do you get them with a blue tint?

[dewismotorsport]

dewis is my idol, a soldier who owns a big power corsa! well in!!

cheers mate

[dewismotorsport]

do you still have the indicators in the inside lights of the morettes if so how do you get them with a blue tint?

Yeah I do mate there the tinted bulbs from halfords, they are mirrored to look at but seem to give off a bluey shine, but they only flash orange

[dewismotorsport]

P!ss poor update but one never the less msl:
New white powder coated cover a absolute bargin at £19.50 delivered


Looks so much better than the black one

[Benn]

White does look better.

[dewismotorsport]

Right update time has been a while as i've been busy with work and my spare time has been taken up with doing manifolds, but i have not given up on my car, in fact i've just spunked a fair whack on it this month as Rob Twitchall decided to break his i thought it would be rude not to have some bits off him, so after half a day stripping his car for him this is what i've bought

Various bits


fuel system upgrades


750cc injectors and turbo feeds


And last but not least a Garratt GT3076R


me being me decided to pull it apart and clean it up msl:

Before



After



also couldn't resist grinding the hotside down


and then sand blasting it


all back together and looking like new


on it at the minute is a .63 hotside but am waiting for Rob to find the .82 hotside in his **** tip garage so i can fit that, after i've blasted it of course :help:

Treated myself to a set of these not bad for £140 new delivered, just had to change one of the bolts in them as i wasn't happy how much it could move in the bush so fitted a 9/16 bolt iirc and is now a snug fit so won't cause me issues further down the line


Also bought another big shinny thing but will post that up when it arrives msl:

[rc]

Very very nice collection of parts

[bigron1988]

good buy on the mounts, ive bought the same ones, ment to be a pig to fit tho

[dearing5]

nice update

[TigraTurbo]

Getting better and better every day

[dewismotorsport]

Cheers guys got a few more smaller bits to buy and i'll have everything i need to run how i want, next phase would then be the interior strip after the summer possibly or just before TOTB

good buy on the mounts, ive bought the same ones, ment to be a pig to fit tho

Yeah have heard that, mainly the gearbox side needs a bit of metal cutting out to get the bolt in and do it up

[ianofbhills]

Just read the whole thread congrats on the awesome work I am very jealous of your skills and envious at your access to equipment. I am in the forces too and some of the stuff in the background looks very familiar, all bases look the same.

Any gen on how you modded your tie bars?
A few pages back there are some pics of the corsa tie bar with 15mm removed from the shoulder so you can run more camber. I want to do that on mine but you cant just put it in a lathe so how did you do such a tidy job?

Keep the updates coming its a great read

[Rick Draper]

Yeah have heard that, mainly the gearbox side needs a bit of metal cutting out to get the bolt in and do it up

No you dont. Just put the nut on the engine mount side and you can still slide a 19mm iirc spanner up the gap between the chassis leg and the mount to do it up tight. Just seems to be that some people just dont think these things through properly and just chop a load of metal out for no real reason!

[dewismotorsport]

Just read the whole thread congrats on the awesome work I am very jealous of your skills and envious at your access to equipment. I am in the forces too and some of the stuff in the background looks very familiar, all bases look the same.

Any gen on how you modded your tie bars?
A few pages back there are some pics of the corsa tie bar with 15mm removed from the shoulder so you can run more camber. I want to do that on mine but you cant just put it in a lathe so how did you do such a tidy job?

Keep the updates coming its a great read

Cheers mate Yeah lucky to have such good facilities and be able to work on stuff in work time, wish my new metalsmith bay was finished as it's away from the other workshops so will get my car in shut the doors and work on that all day lmao

On the tie bars i just measured 13mm and then masking taped it up and used a bench mounted grinding wheel to get it down, constantly rotating it, it tends to take up a few mm's extra as it puts a slight radius on it so once tidied up with a file it's down to 15mm

[dewismotorsport]

No you dont. Just put the nut on the engine mount side and you can still slide a 19mm iirc spanner up the gap between the chassis leg and the mount to do it up tight. Just seems to be that some people just dont think these things through properly and just chop a load of metal out for no real reason!

Happy days, i've not had them anywhere near the car yet so haven't sized them up, as they always say measure twice cut once, so i'll not be chopping nothing

[jordanb7426]

awsome corsa mate.

[dewismotorsport]

awsome corsa mate.

Cheers mate

Still waiting on my new parts to arrive need to stop spending so much money

[jordanb7426]

dewis is my idol, a soldier who owns a big power corsa! well in!!

gen? what do you do dewis?

[dewismotorsport]

gen? what do you do dewis?

lmao Royal Marines Commando

[jordanb7426]

cool, just curious, im in afghanistan now.

army apache mechanic myself

[Rich_J_Williams]

new bits look good.. this is going to be an animal mate..

we need these done so we can finally get out on track and use them.... lol

are you free this saturday??

[dewismotorsport]

cool, just curious, im in afghanistan now.

army apache mechanic myself

Fair play mate hope you have a safe tour, and make sure you spend your op bonus on your car

I love apaches awesome bit of kit and hell fire is my best friend come contact time

[dewismotorsport]

new bits look good.. this is going to be an animal mate..

we need these done so we can finally get out on track and use them.... lol

are you free this saturday??

Yeah track time is getting so close can't wait

Not sure Saturday yet my old lady and sister are coming down from Scotland at some point, and I still need to pick my new car up as well so may be busy mate I'll let you know

[jordanb7426]

Fair play mate hope you have a safe tour, and make sure you spend your op bonus on your car

cheers mate. and dont worry, it is. coming home next month and got a nice pile of bits waiting

[dewismotorsport]

Good lad