Corsa Booster

[Barnes]

sandwich plate fitted to oil pump with the 1/2bsp - m16 1x5 unions.





loads of clearance for the thermostat part as it points towards the passenger side instead of at the bulkhead.



oil cooler re-attached



special bracket made for the pipes









job done.

[Benn]

Looks good dude, hope this is the last oil pressure prob.

[Barnes]

yeah i hope son benn, been annoying really. next up strip an f28 and remove 3rd gear ready to fit to the box in my car. can't wait to do that...............

[Benn]

Oh sounds fun.....

[corsaXEV_chris]

i've just read this thread through... really good read!! you have no luck with oil pumps eh... lol hope it's all sorted for the long term now!

[Barnes]

yeah its ridiculous, its killed 2 gm ones and a auto pumps one which tbh was to be expected. see if it lasts though this time. I've not lost patience with it yet, which is a good sign as I've had the car pretty much 7 years next month.

[Dale]

yeah its ridiculous, its killed 2 gm ones and a auto pumps one which tbh was to be expected. see if it lasts though this time. I've not lost patience with it yet, which is a good sign as I've had the car pretty much 7 years next month.

Hopefully be the end now your on z20let pump as last ones been standard c20let pumps yer?

[jonlem]

Looking good Nik, more clearance than I expected tbh.

[Barnes]

Hopefully be the end now your on z20let pump as last ones been standard c20let pumps yer?

yeah, they lasted pretty well before without any troubles. should've really just steel geared it years ago tbh.

[Barnes]

Looking good Nik, more clearance than I expected tbh.

yeah same actually. its because the nut where the thermostat spring is in the mocal one points at the shaft, the std one points towards the passenger side, in line with the pipe fittings. shouldn't, hopefully i should say, cause any future issues. if it wasn't on equal shafts it wouldn't have ever been a bother, and i still think the zlet pump must be a slightly different angle.

[Barnes]

some photos from todays local drag racing.













supercharged 2.9 v6 mk1 escort.



had his photo taken for the local paper so i took a photo of the people who had taken the photo of the car.



i wanted to wash my hands but was greeted with that so left the toilet area.



my mate phil aka pants getting a shade better as his tyre warming up skills in the soarer





my mate slick getting in the way of a photo of jonny's mk1 escort.



i like that car a lot.



adams sierra x20xev turbo sierra





now equipped with a gt35r





me, jumbo the barbarian and gary who isn't a lumberjack had to sit in the boot when it was on the dyno to help it grip. sadly mapping came to an end due to unforeseen circumstances.

results of the day

mk1 escort 12.8
sierra x20xev turbo - 12.1
toyota soarer - 13.1

http://youtu.be/VpRbGXltz8k

http://youtu.be/BE7tXtaK4-o

http://youtu.be/62NSSZfpBVU

http://youtu.be/YUL4z_A_nVw

http://youtu.be/MWYZygICzBs

http://youtu.be/QzpBN3hCTCQ

http://youtu.be/HeZgl-dAHBc

http://youtu.be/ZvZxpJvfyGQ

[Adam]

what did that scooby estate do in the 1/4 seemed quick

[Barnes]

12.8 i think was its quickest. was doing around 13.0 most the day.

[Corsa_LET]

Lol that sierra is awesome!

[Barnes]

wheels swapped and headlight removed ready for some death. knocked some boost off the map in the lower gears and headed off to the air field for some abuse.

3rd gear was expected to be non functional but actually managed to granny shift it in most runs. one run i missed it completely, other time i got 5th by mistake. nice. times were crap as i had no grip. spinning through the majority of 4th sometimes lit back up in 5th. only got 12.4 but most runs were 130--131mph. decent speeds considering traction





2 pics on the drive home.

[corsaXEV_chris]

lol, vauxhall sierra... new old model

[Barnes]

new 2 bar boost gauge



mounting thing for it. reason i got one of those is i have holes in dash where apexi avcr was years ago so it will cover it up nicely.



some stuff inside the box



hopefully work nicely. also be able to see 2bar instead of smiths which is where the needle goes to on the current one.

[jonlem]

Nice gauge.

Got your bits at the powder coaters, will be back next week and ready to send out later in the week with any luck.

[Barnes]

yeah I'm shit at soldering, but theres some wires and they're not coming apart so be fine.



spades on with red and black to signify power and earth obviously



wasn't all that happy with that pod, even though it was what i had before so decided to not use it



made the vac pipe up for the gauge





and there is lives. stack stack stack boost.

[Barnes]

throttle cable was looking a bit shitty so decided to chop a bit of vacuum pipe and sleeve it. not sure i will leave it tbh but it will do for now.



gave it a good clean. inside the edge where the door closes etc as that was full of muck due to using the car for years without inner arch liners. fitted them a while ago just never cleaned up.



trying to decided wether or not to go for a stick on number plate on the bonnet instead of the one on the side. its always kinda not been the best, but I'm not really sure if i should change it or not.

[Barnes]

bollocks to it, removed the front plate. will get sticky one made this week.

[dewismotorsport]

I run a jap import size front, it's not as big as yours

[Barnes]

No pressure to sort out the necessary jobs by next weekend!! Still haven't got a tow bar on BMW few minor things to mess on with corsa but nothing major. First time i will have been to pvs, and pod.

[Corsa_LET]

Looking forward to seeing this, it's making me want to build another one! Personally one of the best I've seen along with big rons

[carnegstar]

up along there with 'monty' too

You need to practice soldering Barnes or use crimps.

Liking the special bracket, just like mine