Corsa GSI Restoration Project :D
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:15 am
Hello again peeps, long time no speak, new project for you all to feast your eyes on 
as some of you may already know i recently won a red corsa gsi on ebay for a bargain
went to pick it up and it drove back perfectly without a hitch
engine bay is pretty clean for the milage
the body kit is all in one bit except there is 2 jacking covers mising, no doubt someone nicked them at some point in its life
the rear bumper wants repainting but i think im going to redo the whole kit as the arches are faded and the spoiler has laquer peel quite bad
few spots of rust in normal places, no big problem
worst bit is on the drivers door
engine out, borrowed a crane from my dads to get it out
whipped the clutch off and its still good and original GM too
had a look down the inlet side of the engine and there is no burnt oil in there so no probelms with valve stem seals either
got myself some chrome gearbox bolts
its all about the little touches
and went to pick up my engine stand from djbrowney
got it back and had to remove the flywheel to get it on but no problem
makes things so much easier though being on a stand
started to give it a bit of a clean and its coming up pretty nice now
nearly ready for some paint now
got the engine all cleaned down and painted in high temp paint, black on the block and silver on the cylinder head
did the face of the cam pulleys to, then started bolting stuff back on once it was cleaned
back of the engine pretty much put back together
gearbox cleaned and painted
brought a new inlet pipe and fitted it, the old one had a split in it near the air flow meter
exhaist manifold and downpipe taken off the car and fitted to the engine, just needs a bit of a clean down and a new heatshield fitting to tidy it up
flywheel and clutch was then fitted and gearbox put back on with the chrome bolts
plan is to put as much back on the engine as possible, remove the tiebars and install the engine in one bit, can paint the tiebars, uprights etc then
going to be doing some prep work in the bay this weekend and painting up the engine mounts
sorry if it looks a bit of a mess as i just copy and pasted it from another forum
thats where im upto now so will update more when it happens, i promise
Liam
as some of you may already know i recently won a red corsa gsi on ebay for a bargain
went to pick it up and it drove back perfectly without a hitch
engine bay is pretty clean for the milage
the body kit is all in one bit except there is 2 jacking covers mising, no doubt someone nicked them at some point in its life
the rear bumper wants repainting but i think im going to redo the whole kit as the arches are faded and the spoiler has laquer peel quite bad
few spots of rust in normal places, no big problem
worst bit is on the drivers door
engine out, borrowed a crane from my dads to get it out
whipped the clutch off and its still good and original GM too
had a look down the inlet side of the engine and there is no burnt oil in there so no probelms with valve stem seals either
got myself some chrome gearbox bolts
its all about the little touches
and went to pick up my engine stand from djbrowney
got it back and had to remove the flywheel to get it on but no problem
makes things so much easier though being on a stand
started to give it a bit of a clean and its coming up pretty nice now
nearly ready for some paint now
got the engine all cleaned down and painted in high temp paint, black on the block and silver on the cylinder head
did the face of the cam pulleys to, then started bolting stuff back on once it was cleaned
back of the engine pretty much put back together
gearbox cleaned and painted
brought a new inlet pipe and fitted it, the old one had a split in it near the air flow meter
exhaist manifold and downpipe taken off the car and fitted to the engine, just needs a bit of a clean down and a new heatshield fitting to tidy it up
flywheel and clutch was then fitted and gearbox put back on with the chrome bolts
plan is to put as much back on the engine as possible, remove the tiebars and install the engine in one bit, can paint the tiebars, uprights etc then
going to be doing some prep work in the bay this weekend and painting up the engine mounts
sorry if it looks a bit of a mess as i just copy and pasted it from another forum
thats where im upto now so will update more when it happens, i promise
Liam
