'96 Corsa Sport

[djgritt]

Here is my Corsa - i'm building it for Fast Road and Occasional Track use as it is replacing my old Cavalier Track Car, and i have an Octavia vRS as my Daily hack...

Current Spec is;

1996 Corsa Sport 1.4 16v - Glacier White

Spec;

EXTERIOR;
DEPO Smoked Headlights
Smoked Side Repeaters
Smoked Rear Light Clusters
Bump Strips Removed
Debadged (Excluding Griffin Logo's and 'Sport' side badges)
Trimmed Front & Rear Number Plates
Vauxhall/GM/Opel Front Mudflaps
VxON Club Stickers

INTERIOR;
Cobra Monaco S '612 Ltd. Edition' Bucket Seats
Securon 3-Point Harnesses
Semi Stripped Interior (Rear Seats/Trim)
Cavalier Electric Sunroof Conversion
Flamebeater Fire Extinguisher

CHASSIS (SUSPENSION, BRAKES, WHEELS ETC);
-40mm Lowering Springs
15" Cavalier Cesaro/SRi Alloys - Fluorescent Orange
256x20mm Red Dot Grooved Discs
Ferodo OE Spec Pads
Red Calipers & Drums

ENGINE;
1.4 16v Ecotec - X14XE
Large Induction Cone Filter
Cat Back Exhaust System
FSE Fuel Pressure Regulator
Carbon Fibre Engine Cover
Carbon Fibre Effect Induction Pipe


Rolling Road recorded at 101.3bhp (when SWMBO owned it);




Pics of the Car;














Still more planned -

More Carbon Fibre Parts
Uprated Exhaust Manifold
Uprated Inlet Manifold
Silicone Hoses
Tidy up of Paintwork

And anything else that takes my fancy...

[danthemann]

love at first site haha...dunno wot it is but i think it looks wellll nice mate.

[NIXVAN]

i love it

[mradz]

very nice, love the wheels too

[djgritt]

Postman stopped by...




Irmscher Front Spoiler/Apron - cost me £25 + P&P - Vauxhall have these listed on their Accessories Website for over £220!

You can always tell a 'quality' part like this from the rest, its such a decent fit it holds itself on!

Just need colour coding, or painting Orange...

[iToMo x]

Love them wheels i think they are the best wheels on a Corsa going

[djgritt]

Lowered the Bucket Seats today - haven't been happy with the Cobra Adaptor Brackets since i got them - they lifted the seats too much.
Without welding, the only way i could lower them was to drill the mounting holes higher up the bracket - so i managed to lower the seats by around 10-13mm - nothing massive, but noticable when sat in them
It has made me realise that i need to consider getting another pair of Subframes and welding some brackets onto them to put the seats as low as possible without bolting them to the floor...


Drivers seat tilted back to modify forwardmost brackets;



Slightly blurred (Auto Focus Fail...) But the rearmost drivers bracket modified - i had to shorten the lugs too to allow the OE hieght adjustment to clear the lowered brackets



Passenger side - due to no Height Adjustment, these were easier, as they only needed the new holes drilling, and not any shortening of the lugs - you can also see the difference in height of the original holes and my new ones (the one thats bolted in already)



A little extra clearance!





Also managed to get the Irmscher Apron rubbed down, but haven't managed to get it painted as my normal spraying area (GFs Stables) are full of Horses, and she won't let me spray whilst they are in - it needs hanging up to allow me to spray all over, otherwise i could do it in the runway area of the Stables as air flows through there easily enough that it won't make the Ponies get high...



Unlikely to get the Apron on by next weekend now.

[Corsasir]

lookin good tho m8

[Mike_Parr]

That engine cover is soo nice, carbon fibre is it? Looking awsome mate!!

[djgritt]

That engine cover is soo nice, carbon fibre is it? Looking awsome mate!!

It sure is

[djgritt]

Gave the car its Pre-Combe going over today - got it looking all nice, treated the plastics etc - also, because I really need to decide whether or not I like it (and it was taking up a bit of space in the spare room...) I got the Irmscher Apron primed with White Primer - then chucked it on the car - not perfect I know, but enough for me to see what i think of it over the next few days.





More pics tomorrow hopefully, after Castle Combe (no track sessions this time though )

[Mike_Parr]

Just looking through the early pictures, but what steering wheel is that? I haven't seen it b4

[djgritt]

Just looking through the early pictures, but what steering wheel is that? I haven't seen it b4

Standard Airbag Wheel

[Mike_Parr]

Ahh so the other ones dont have an airbag?

[danthemann]

i like it alot! looks well nice.