1.6 16v Project. Pic Heavy

[tychogsi]

i know someone without it and its a bit of a pain when driving in a city or parking. not sure how much of a difference it would make with the speed side of things

when your out of the city and on speed no power steering is all most the same.. with daily use you wouldn't know the difference.

[l6tbm]

Cheers for all the input guys,

I wont say its not for town use but i will say its not a daily driver so its not like al have to put up with it all the time. Think i will go with no power steering, Cant be all that bad surely.

On another note, A little parcel came through the door today for me. Will make a bit more progress to the car at the weekend, Should have the power box fitted and running.

Luv it when the post man brings parcels...


Will trial fit it at the weekend.

[Jamie1991]

quite a difference without powersteering. i suppose you would get use to not having it thou

[l6tbm]

Will just need to visit the gym more an build the arms up,

Will be keepin the power steering unit just incase i decide to put it back on sometime down the line
I'm only really takin it out to clean up the bay, pretty fussy when it comes to looking tidy lol, Had a couple cars years back without power steeringan am sure there not to bad.

Will have a bit more to update over the weekend guys

Chris

[l6tbm]

Just a wee update the day,

Got the power box fitted an running again, Tidy'd up some of the wires while i was changing the manifold. Got a couple of pics of the engine stripped but hands were to dirty to take pics of it all built back up. Will get a couple of pics tomorow when i get back to it. Its nearly time to start stripping the engine out of the car.





Its not going to bad considering i only get a few hours at the weekends to work on it.

[scorpiotn1]

Looking good, keep the pics coming.

[Jamie1991]

nice work, powerbox's are mint! loved mine on my 1.4, love to see one go on a 1.6 tbf

[l6tbm]

Got stuck in about the car again today and remembered to take a couple pics of the bay before i stripped it.

A wee pic of the powerbox fitted, It fired up no probs once fitted.


The 4 branch has also started to turn a purple colour, Looks minted


Then within the next couple of hours i got the car to this stage.....












Next weekend al finish stripping the engine bay an make a start to cleaning it up, Might even get it rubbed down and a bit primer on it.
As always al keep you all up to date with some pics as it happens.

Cheers for looking guys

Chris

[actionman1088]

love seeing bare engine bay's (its giving me naughty ideas for the next project)
good work thou, keep the sexy pics coming

[l6tbm]

Cheers mate,

Will be next weekend before i get back to it again, Would luv to do more but work an kids puts a stop to that lol.
Dont worry there will be a lot more pics to come, Will keep you all up to date.

[l6tbm]

Well i thought it was going to be the weekend before i got back to the car again, But my parents wanted to see the kids so i took them down and left them in the house

So i went out to the garage and did a little more, Managed to get all the wiring out the bay, Most of the brake pipes, The wings off the car and all the pedals out (Accelerator,brake an clutch). Not bad for just under 2 hours.

Pics........










Hopefully this weekend al get the rest of the brake lines an fuel lines out the bay, Get it all cleaned an start preping it for painting or atleast primer

[jacobyte]

I do love these project logs, likeing yours, nice to see a corsa stripped down to the bare bones then rebuilt with new replacement parts, following your progress as it happens, i can't do this to mine because i don't have a garage and also not enough experiance or confidence to do this type of work on mine as it's my first car and don't want to bugger it up lol.

[nath2905]

with out power steering it feels like your more in control, even more so when your going fair fast, i think powersteering seems too light for these small cars, so nice work so far though keep the pictures coming

[l6tbm]

Cheers for the good words guys, Al defo keep you all updated with pics as i go.

If i get as far with it this weekend as i want there could be primer going into the bay,

Defo going with no power steering, It looks so much cleaner an empty in the bay. Just need to get myself a non power steering rack/engine mount/belt tensioner and belt. If anyone one has a rack or mount in good nick let me know.

Cheers

Chris

[Jamie1991]

nice work mate, cant wait too see this finished! id change all hoses clips on engine for some stainless jubilee ones. looks much nicer then and makes it easier to work on in future