Been meaning to make a progress thread for awhile - Always fancied a toy to put in the garage and have for an evening/weekend car - Again I have always fancied having a 'Let Corsa, Albeit it being a C20LET Or Z20LET.

I bought this off a freind who had really bought it too make a profit - But as he hadnt had a clue about it I made him an offer to take it from his hands, I knew abit of history on the car as the engine is out of a freinds old Astra GSI which was on sub 20k When he had it - Here is the current spec list

SPEC
Engine & Gearbox - 2.0 16v Turbo Astra GSI 37000K
ECU, Engine Loom, Chip & Transponder, Fuel Pump, AFM, Gearstick with selectors
-FMIC With 2.5" Aluminium boost pipes powder coated satin black
-Silicone Crossover delete with K&N Cone filter
-2.5" Tophat adaptor with 45 degree custom hard pipe with inline DV Port
-Custom Map sensor hard pipe
-Toyo Sport stainless 2.5" downpipe
-2.5" Full Exhaust system with sports cat and diesel style rear hidden tailpipe
-Forge Dumpvalve with correct spring rate
-Thermo Inlet manifold gasket
-Rear BoostControlSolonoid Bypassed
-Custom gearbox mounts
-F23 Gearbox and Astra GSI Driveshafts with 4Stud Corsa Turbo hubs
-Custom Rad set up with twin 12" fans and LMF low temp Thermostat
-Custom Oil breather set-up
-Anthracite powdercoated Rocker cover with VXR Spark plug cover
-A/C Removed
All the engine parts where painted before being installed so it looks factory fitted and new

Suspension & Brakes
-GAZ GHZ Coilovers with custom 270lbs Front springs and 180lbs Rear springs
-Corsa VXR Front 308mm Front brakes redrilled, with spigot rings and Meriva VXR Carriers
-Corsa 1.8 Rear disc set-up and the rear beam being powder coated at the same time
-Custom braided hoses all round
-Dust shields removed
-Polybushes have replaced every bush
-Rose jointed suspension arms
-Adjustable Anti roll bar links
-2" Rear stainless strut brace
-x5 16" Speedline Turini's powdercoated in Gloss black, Toyo Proxies all round

Bodywork
-Facelift front bumper bump strips removed
-Facelift rear bumper bump strips removed
-Smoothed tailgate & Petrol cap
-Facelift Smoked headlights with 4300k HIDS And LED bulbs all round
-De-badged grill

Interior
-Corsa VXR Front Recaro seats
-Boost gauge replaced MFD
-Astra GSI Gearstick and Handbrake lever
-Custom buttons for boot & petrol release
Now for the pics - These are pics when I first collected it.

 

I ran it around like this for a couple of week - To get a feel for the car and just to make sure nothing was wrong

It was only boosting to about 5psi and running pretty rubbish, Changed the Spark Plugs for some Astra VXR NGK Iridiums which cured it,

Also changed Spark plug covers as the fake carbon was abit tatty



I then lowered the front end down a tad as it looked abit silly so high - These pics where taken at a local car show

 

I forgot to mention my future plans for mods:
-Airdam front bumper with FocusRS Front splitter
-Morrette headlamps
-Full Rear cage
-Different wheels cant decide what yet
-Corsa VXR Rear diffuser with Centre VXR exhaust exit
-Quife Diff
-VXR Turbo, Injectors, AFM etc.

 

Its got a valver in it lol.Thats what all the boyos say round where I live.

 

Looking forward to this. I was thinking about doing one for an everyday car as I got z20let block. I bought another engine to forge it as my Astra mk4 sri turbo was running 330bhp on a gt28 an sold it to buy a 3dr Cosworth

 

cool little toy!

 

My mate has one of these, but looks just like a standard 1.2.

Bet it goes well!

 

LoL Glenn - Thats what us southerns say about the old school Clio's with 16v's - Strange how the term is meant differently around the county!


Really a GT28 is the route I want to go down, But for the mo VXR turbo route is going to be most sensible for 300bhp until I Forge it, But again i'll be doing the same, Buying a block then forging it and adding goodies then swaping over on a weekend.

Yeah its loverly - 220BHP - 240BHP Seems ample enough on FWD without a LSD if you want to gain traction through most gears if using as a fast road toy!

Yeah I want to keep it all sleeperish, I.e keeping the FMIC hidden etc, I'm more about suttle trick touches rather then all in your face, But indeed it does go pretty well - Had my first play the other night with a ClioSport 200 - And ended up pushing it along the road from a standstill and rolling start!

 

Waj's old car this mate was very well built! I had one also running stage 3.5 was very quick indeed!

 

Yeah it is mate - Luckily got in contact with him, The build and conversion quality is second to none, Everything is like new and neat! - I hope to be running Astra VXR Turbo, Injectors and MAF for the start of next year, Then see how I feel with about 280bhp, I will in the future forge it with a GT28RS but by that time id have the Quaife diff fitted etc,

 

Few recent pics with my mates Sleeper fiesta pop turbo.....

 

Been doing abit of tidying up on the wiring side of things, Also added a black oil fillter cap as I though the yellow always looked abit out of place!

Also managed to snap a bloody bolt holding the Engine mount to the Mount on the chassis leg which ended up having the engine sat on the chassis leg :facepalm:

 

Looks a lot better mate. I bought the txa manifold kit an I was the first person to snap the manifold. I needed a diff tho cos it jus wheel span everywere but when it was on boost an not spinning it was fast I used to beat lods of people an the noise was awesome.

 

Took the car for abit of Drag racing at a local Drag strip yesterday - Never done it before and it was a great test just to see what the Corsa could do...
Great day out - Managed to beat quite a few cars which I didnt exspect. MI16 205, 350z, RS Turbo's - My old Starlet which is 300bhp just had the upper hand on me.
Here are some times, Best I managed was a 14.08 in the wet and 1.60 60ft time which was quickest throughout the day.



Here are some vids, Excuse the quality..

Against a modified CTR
http://s641.photobucket.com/user/exm...58a5d.mp4.html

And against my old 300bhp Starlet
http://s641.photobucket.com/user/exm...092e2.mp4.html

This was also my first attempt at using a GOPRO which I forgot to use in the day :-(
http://s641.photobucket.com/user/exm...8ac16.mp4.html

 

Vids are just coming up as pictures mate.

Your friends red Fiesta is cool

 

Click on the links dude should send you to photobucket link now hopfully...

 

I don't wish the be negative/critical, but a 1.6 60ft? I'd be checking the accuracy of the timing equipment. Unless you were running slicks.