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Corsa 2 litre X20XEV

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thought it was time to start a project thread on what ive been doing to my car

few months ago was told by my dad that i could have the engine out of our vectra, so i jumped at the chance

this is the car the engine will be dropped in
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i had the vectra engine out in a few days and in the shed to be painted up as it was filthy, also painted the rocker cover and cambelt cover
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once it was in the shed the old gearbox was taken off and sold on to fund the new one, and everything was stripped off the engine so i could clean it and paint it
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there is loads more pics of progress so far but need to find them, will upload them when i do

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:drool:
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Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts :rant:

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i wondered how long it would be before you put summats like that up :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: this kids on the ball :wink:
OFFICAL DVLA DATA:
1414 - corsa gsi's on the road in 2008.
735 - corsa gsi's currently on the road and 436 SORN
Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts :rant:

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:lol: just watch this space for more updates......
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looooks yummmmmmy , cnt wait to see the badboy in , looks really nice in blue ( is it just normal high temp paint ? ) 8) :D
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yh its just normal high temp paint, its the stuff you would use on you brakes, ive used it on my 1.4 engine and has never been a problem, ya just gotta put it on really thick :lol: and only cost me £3.99 :lol:
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ive had a look around and ive found the other pics of the progress ive made

we went down to chelmsford last weekend and got a f16cr gearbox, 90mm springs & uprated dampers & part of the conversion mount i needed, got them all off a mate on MigWeb
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trail fitted the gearbox and all was ok
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also fitted the 90mm springs with the new dampers
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and got bored so painted the cover which goes on the bottom on the gearbox the same colour as the engine
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and heres a few more pics of the engine :D
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thats about it for now i think, but will update when there is more :D

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looking good...but you REALLY need to get the lexus lights off it. Put some standards back on and it'll look tidy! :)
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and swap the bike exhaust for a full sportex system or similar lol
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:drool: Corsa's comin along really well mate, cant wait to see more pics of the progress with the new engine in :)
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Chrex wrote:looking good...but you REALLY need to get the lexus lights off it. Put some standards back on and it'll look tidy! :)
yh i plan 2 mate, ive really gone off them, just gotta get hold of some standard ones as mine are nackered :lol:
ollie-91 wrote::drool: Corsa's comin along really well mate, cant wait to see more pics of the progress with the new engine in :)
cheers bud :)
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danthemann wrote:and swap the bike exhaust for a full sportex system or similar lol
might do at some point but i like the bike can for the minute, sounds weird cus it whistles 8) , but think i will go fully stainless at some point :)
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lovely job lad keep us posted
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update...

finally got a clutch release bearing for free off my older brother who works at a car dismantlers, also sourced the last part of the engine mounting i needed and the astra mk3 engine loom, they should hopefully be here in next few days

got the bearing fitted and gearbox bolted back on
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all ready to go now as soon as we get some decent weather....
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