z18xe-t Corsa C in the making.. BNB ;)

[J87_tbh]

Recently signed up, finally lol been stuck on one forum for far too long! Names Jay.. have owned the ultra blue c for a couple of years now, all started off with my 1.0 corsa B that i traded in



was my first car, served me well for a year. only sprayed he arches black, put some sxi alloys on and left it at that

off to VX to trade it in and search for a corsa c that i liked



1.2 sxi capitol edition, came with a few Irmscher goodies. my first mod was the Irmy grille, then some Heko wind deflectors, followed by a de badge and shortly after, de rubstripped!



also bought an Irmscher lower splitter and eyebrows in ultra blue, but unfortunately lost my job shortly after, so sold these on



the c as it stood at that time..



didnt really like how she looked, so decided to basically turn it into an SRi, with the immediate purchase of some fcuked SRi alloys - refurbed them myself in gloss white





40mm Apex springs



Sri's on and off to a trip down to Elite Direct for some Toyo rubber



Gloss white center consol to match



Aswell as the Kenwood bluetooth HU and blue led's

aswell as a read OMP strut brace - second hand and fadded into a lovely pink.. i stripped it down and preped it to continue my white/blue theme



refurbed the lenso's





how she was now looking



8k HID's



more to follow..

[J87_tbh]

Sri mirrors purchased



i fancied colour coding the bump strips so took them out, preped and sprayed them up



flat wiper blades and mirrors went on.. how she was looking for a while





wanted to start making the c different to others, so started with the Interior

orange camo.. :\





Irmy mats, white gaitors..

i liked the camo at first, but after about a week i thought twice about it lol

i arranged a meet down Waterloo's graffitti tunnel for some tidy pics





and at another local meet.. got my ramps out and fitted an exhaust system in the middle of a multi story car park for a mate lol

and fitted a laguna splitter to mine



sold the lenso's



sprayed up another consol for someone









then ze fun stuff..

[J87_tbh]

smoothed german Opel front bumper



smoothed rear!



FK highsport coilovers and some negative camber.. late regretted buying the FK's second hand



VXR carriers and callipers with 280mm discs fitted



refurbed some exclusive alloys for another lad off



lush in the sunlight!





then onto the 1.8 woop!

cams picked up



knew the engine i was picking up had no cams, hence why i bought them!

engine picked up and put into the back of my work van





engine cover like so..



so instead of working, out came the wet and dry :lol: preped it up, needed filling in some areas!! smoothed down, and primed up



next day was flatting the primer, degreased and sprayed up



then ermm.. well i'll start off with what we started off with to find

needed both matrix coolant pipes, headertank coolant pipe, a few other hoses... then found that the rocket gasketwas split the tb gasket wasnt even there..

to go along with the non A/C belt
rad
pipes for the rad
fuel hose connector
servo connector
breather pipes

and more to follow later on lol :|

[J87_tbh]

1.2 on the ramps





one 1.2 lump.. which has now been fitted and the lad was very happy with it



more problems with the 1.8 lol

fcuked cam pulley



broken rocker cover gasket.. next to the new cambelt kit and seals



1.8 going in



cams going in






usually the interior loom has to be changed when converting the 1.2 to the 1.8.. mine was re pinned and re wired

only fault codes reading were air con, as had taken the pump and rad off, along with hoses and replaced the belt for a shorter one





after having everything in place, it was ready for a test drive.. i took it for a quick spin.. after having the Mtech shortshifter fitted lol to go with the lightened flywheel EML came on.. o2 sensors are shagged, and it was leaking coolant

left it outside mine for a few days, was still drivable!



was in need of a replacment inlet gasket, which was annoying as we could have replaced it if we knew it was shagged before putting in the engine lol

front FK's had also leaked, suspension was extremely bouncy

lol @ o2 sensors..



had a mate lend me his sri front shocks with 40mm springs, so put them on for the time being.

another meet i arranged down the graffitti tunnel, good turn out

[J87_tbh]

decided to do the alloys in anthracite







something totalyl random and a bit different..



was pretty cheap so if i change my mind soon.. i wont be too bothered lol

USC last weekend was nuts

strippers, alcohol, camping, lush cars and spent too much money lol ftw

on the dyno..





not too bad.. has a map to suit 170bhp, but i obviously dont have all the mods to go with it! standards 125, i just have a 1.9 air intake, panel filter and straight through system with the irmy backbox

three ultra blues next to each other before i drove around santa pod lol



bought some white pressed plates up there, looks good imo

had the inlet gasket replaced last night, checked a few other things..

its burning through oil much more than i would like it to be.. we have replaced the oil for a thicker fully snthetic oil, fingers crossed it runs well with it and no more burning!

if not, i have already arranged to have the engine taken out so we can re build it. fingers crossed though.. as i would like the turbo kit sooooon lolftw

[Benn]

Damn you! You arn't helping my fancying of a Corsa C.

Awesome build so far, really like what you've done.

[J87_tbh]

Damn you! You arn't helping my fancying of a Corsa C.

Awesome build so far, really like what you've done.

Cheers buddy. Costs are starting to mount up pretty heavily now lol

[spikedjack]

really need to get my thread up on mig :lol:

[Kev_G]

Damn you! You arn't helping my fancying of a Corsa C.

Awesome build so far, really like what you've done.

I though the same. Is that mr g's garage the swap tool place in?ove the Opel kit

[chadamungus]

best ultra blue on ccuk have you had it turboed yet?

[J87_tbh]

really need to get my thread up on mig :lol:

lol! yeah you do.. would hate to imagine the costs of yours now dude. get one up ftw

I though the same. Is that mr g's garage the swap tool place in?ove the Opel kit

mr g's indeed! has helped me out a hell of a lot lately, and i'll be sure to see him again for some nice shiney new turbo parts soon lol

best ultra blue on ccuk have you had it turboed yet?

cheers buddy. turbo will be done once warren g has worked out a nice home brew kit and most likely re built my engine, its running lovely at the moment bar the oil burning.

[hay_lewis_68]

thats one of the nicest corsa C's i've seen, top work mate

[J87_tbh]

thats one of the nicest corsa C's i've seen, top work mate

cheers dude

on a sadder note

went to Southend last night, no problems there or on the way back, just when i was about 5 minutes from home.. she died on me

no power what so ever, totally died on me while i was driving! had to push it through a tunnel, up a hill and into a secure car park where it stayed over night. heading over there soon to have a look at a few things - battery, alternator, sensors.. i hope its not any wiring issues!

[J87_tbh]

battery fault - replaced and its working fine now

[Steve!]

phew.... Looks the


bomb dude

[J87_tbh]

phew.... Looks the


bomb dude

cheers pal

just got two new(ish) lol o2 sensors off a lad, mine probably would be ok but look so tacky! too much electrical tape all over them and 1 is causing a fault code to come up, so i would prefer to just replace both sensors

turbo could be going ahead pretty soon if this doesnt need a re build!

[hay_lewis_68]

cheers pal

just got two new(ish) lol o2 sensors off a lad, mine probably would be ok but look so tacky! too much electrical tape all over them and 1 is causing a fault code to come up, so i would prefer to just replace both sensors

turbo could be going ahead pretty soon if this doesnt need a re build!

glad its sorted mate.

btw whats the insurance like with a turbo conversion? bet they have your pants down for that! lmao

[Liam1805]

Car looks great. Wheels are lovely also, good mod choices on the C mate well done. Will keep an eye on this one

[J87_tbh]

glad its sorted mate.

btw whats the insurance like with a turbo conversion? bet they have your pants down for that! lmao

yeah im glad too lol would have severly peed me off if it was anything major!

insurance - fully comp everything declared.. £794 with the turbo fitted its just shy of a grand. like for like mod replacment, so not toooo bad! i re newed this morning actually :lol: will inform them of the turbo mods once they are on

Car looks great. Wheels are lovely also, good mod choices on the C mate well done. Will keep an eye on this one

ta matey its getting there! hopefully have my o2 sensors by the end of the week or so.. im stuck for choice on what coilovers to buy now!

FK highsprts for £370 delivered
FK AK ones just seem too cheap..
Spax RSX.. but the rear is no where near low enough for my liking lol and cost around £500 iirc
shell out on some GAZ coilovers for arounf £600 :/

also on the look out for some headlights or new motors for my facelifts.

[Warren-G]

your getting about abit now jay!

[J87_tbh]

your getting about abit now jay!

i like to get about warren

car died on me last night lol much luck over here?? started up, but no response from the throttle and extremely loud revving/idling!

had a look this morning, took the coilpack off, throttle body off - the wiring had been extended by the previous owner, so myself or someone else will more than likely taking it out and soldering the wires and re taping it up!

[J87_tbh]

dropping her off to warren g for a re build tonight!

keeps cutting out on me lately, hopefully sort that out too while he has it

[J87_tbh]

re build sounds like its going well

hopefully have it back up and running, witn NO problems or fauls/codes lol

then its new coilovers and get myself a turbo manifold fabricated! probably from ashley motorsports up in Birmingham. i need to decide on a turbo first lol not sure what to go for, t25 or the t28. most likely a garrette one..

[Warren-G]

some pictures, or should i say memories








oh and the reason the inlet gasket was leaking coolant! been left out side and has corroaded, and not even cleaned up when put back on - another bodge by matt


now up and running again

[J87_tbh]

and running well to say the least. will have to check on the oil/coolant levels in the morning, took it for a long drive down to brighton today with the mrs, took the day off work ftlols. need to sort out matts mess of his rewiring on the throttle body!

small bits done - white dash led's! i did have blue, but sold the dials with the 1.2 ECU set up, and the yellow ones i had in these dials looked horrid lol

new passenger sunvisor fitted and replaced the old broken one!

poorboys wheel sealent purchased for more of my alloy refurbs lol

black fabric spray - going to have a play about with this, possibly use it on my roof lining

need my MOT done ASAP lol so new o/s drop link with some new coilovers