R1 Fuelled XE GSi project...

[Chrex]

Weekend - 8th & 9th November

Well, having not been on since Friday, i have a bit of an update.

Firstly, it is now moving about under its own power. I am moving it from where it is parked, and about 10ft to the garage front and then back to the parking after work is done. not far and is basicly a parallel park, but even so, i am extremely pleased.

So, the jobs that have been done!...

Well, on Friday i managed to get a few minor jobs on the go, i sorted the throttle cable out, so the pedal now works, which is a relief. Feels great, not much movement at all, about an inch, but even at the moment it's responsive.
I also managed an oil and filter change as i am trying to get rid of some water that has accumilated in the sump whilst being sat.

To be honest, that was all i can remember doing that day. I had a pretty non-event day as am now just waiting to have it set-up.

Saturday was a little more productive. I moved it under its own power, which was a major achievement...and am extremely pleased.
I also managed to link up the rev-gauge. Although it flickers around catchin flies now and again, it appears to be pretty right.

The rest was tidying up and just sorting. I linked the fuel pump into a switched live so it runs on the ignition, and installed my cigarette lighter multiplug. As i will be having 2 gauges where the ashtray should be, i decided to install a switched 4 port multi-socket. For phone charger, sat nav etc.
As well as this, i sealed the exhaust system, which was blowing from...well everywhere! And i also drained the oil again, as i had left it to run for 5 or so minutes and so it was starting to pick up all the rubbish from when it was stood.

Sunday was a slow day. The weather was crap and am now just looking for things. I put split pins in the hub nuts and worried more about various things. But spent most of the day watchin Adam doing what he could on his shell. Like i say though, shame the weather was awful.

Ah well, it's parked up now, just awaiting the set-up, then an MOT and then...i will Tax it and swap over the insurance.

[dancotton2003]

good Effort Pal

[johnsam]

[Chrex]

Quick update...

got some parts from vauxhall yesterday.

Grommet for bulkhead, some bottom pulley bolts and some dipstick tube bolts.

The car has also been booked in at a highly reputed garage in the local area to have the timing and carbs set up on the rollers, and they are also giving me the graphs too...so i know what it's putting out. 2nd December it'll be...with 2 hours on the rollers.

Happy days!

[Chrex]

Well, as i wont get another chance to get onto the net before it goes off to the specialist...i will have to post now.

Booked in for first thing Tuesday morning for a set-up on the rollers, i will hopefully be updating you with power figures and a smooth running car!

That's if it all goes smoothly and nothing bad is found...which is what i've started thinking about tbh... excitement has turned to some worry.

Ah well...until the next HUGE update...

[dancotton2003]

looking forward to that dude

[pariAh]

wheres the pictures chrex?.. im looking forward to see the progress in image form!! because i think someone is lieing

[Chrex]

wheres the pictures chrex?.. im looking forward to see the progress in image form!! because i think someone is lieing

unfortunately pal, i havent done any jobs that have required pics. Or...i've just done the jobs that need doing and forgotten pictures. To be honest...not something im worryin about now. You can challenge my honesty when you f**k see/hear it!

[Chrex]

Tuesday 2nd December

Well, today it spent about 3.5 hours in the hands of a guy who really knew what he was doing. He sorted the timing on both the cam and the ignition and managed to get it all running smoothly.

The carbs have all been balanced and the fuelling is spot on.

There was a bit of a suprise on the power side though... :look:

Now, it was a 130bhp (@fly) engine standard, but with all the work the engine has had done on it, it was rolled at 168bhp at the wheels running injection in 2000ish. So...i was expecting to certainly see that 130bhp figure, with 150 the target.

However, this was not to be the case, and it would not pass over 87 bhp at the wheels.

Although we had no idea at first...after a few things were tried, and the figure stayed the same...it was decided that the engine internals were to blame. Due to the fact it has been stood since 2002 shortly following a rebuild, all the parts have done barely 2k, and have then stood for 6 years. So, they simply need to bed themselves in. Due to the fact that the parts are uprated, they take time to settle, and after 2 or so months, the whole thing will have free'd up.

So the figures coming off the graph i got were:

36-72 mph (2500 - 6000 RPM)
3rd Gear

87 bhp, 235 lb/ft torque @ wheels.

I drove it up and down their little tarmac road, and oh my god it shifts!...and sounds an absolute f**k....:! Other good news is that it all sounds spot on. No knocks, taps or pinking. Gearbox seemed ok and everything was in running smoothly

so, all that is left now is to sort a small sump leak and get some MOT things sorted.

Happy days.....so damn close now!

[PaulW]

Rollers are out IMO... 235lb/ft Do you have a printout of the graph at all to look at?

Be worth getting it over to another garage & getting it dyno'd again. Mikeanics in Congleton seem'd pretty good when I went with the GSi, they RR'd at 117bhp with 111lb/ft torque which was about right for what it was & current state of tune.

Still, least its setup & running well now so you can drive it

[pariAh]

all good chrex is it a beauty ??

[CorsaTD]

thats the kinda readings i was expecting t get from my last corsa seeing as it was beating golf gti's and civic type r's .

must be quick find out its 0-60 time !!

[Chrex]

yea i was wondering if it was the rollers. it does seem lake alot of torque tbh... but i will drive it around and see what happens.

im not interested in 0-60 tbh, i want it to go around corners, the brakes to be sharp and to have the torque to overtake well. Plus of course...which i know it does now, sound absolutely fantastic...

[dancotton2003]

it must have mur than 87 bhp in that beast

[CorsaTD]

how much was insurance??