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silver sport project

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:38 am
by Adam-D
over next few months this will do tidy'd and done up generally,

drove it twice since ive owned it, and ccome to the conclusion, the brakes have had it

plans are new brakes, suspension, inlet, full exhaust, stereo system, and some work to be done by a body shop

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then i went on to buy lots and lots of stuff :lol:



new rear speakers
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new front speakers, "were in the van"
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calibra 256mm ate calipers, will be refurbed and run with red-dot disks and pads
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shiny gearshift linkage
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rear lights of the smoked variety
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exhaust manifold of the janspeed 4-2-1 variety :)
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then stripped it out a bit

some strippage today then some more another day, fit small stereo, waxoil it all and put it back minus the rear seats

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lots of servicing goodies, not exciting but very very important


new exhaust :)
magnes cat back, 3" inwardly rolled

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couple more bits

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new manifold gasket, cat gasket, new bolts,spring and rubbers for exhaust. and new disks and pads :)



new suspension kit :D

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annnnnddd

rebuilt my brake calipers with new seals and dust boots, just need painting black

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and my new inlet

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good job i got the manifold and a new cat, the joint flange has litrally turned to dust as i was undo-ing it,

gonna be a bastid to remove the manifold thou, with aircon and power-steering in the way

right so far

removed old manifold, fitted new manifold and fitted new timing belt and running gear

new belt on

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old manifold
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one of the reasons the manifold was junked
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to get new manifold in i had to remove oil filter and front engine to box bolt

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and new manifold on

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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:07 pm
by Adam-D
no this is my daily driver, was supposed to just tidy it up.

and improve as i go along, ended up sinking a fair wedge of cash into it in one go, might aswell while its sitting in my garage till i can swap the insurance over to it

Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:25 pm
by Adam-D
new thermostat, turns out mine has a expensive one and its all one pice woooo

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exhaust fitted

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subtle as you like fitment on the tailpipe :)
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lambda fitted
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new sensors and thermostat "which ended up goin back cos it was the wrong one" so went back and had to get the £30 odd one cos its all built in
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and them fitted
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:53 pm
by sam13
nice progress adam :D

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:35 pm
by Adam-D
a little bit of progress today

day off, so after taking stu's wheels to be worked on, when i got home i fitted my harneses, re-fitted my centre console, cleaned rear 1/4 panels and waxoiled 1 of them

then ran out of waxoil so fitted one of my mhw's

pictures :)


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all the joining seams have been fully waxoiled, the panel itself i just blew over it, it sound deadn's it a bit and resists moisture hence why it isnt a really even thick coat :lol:
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:46 pm
by PaulW
ooooooh those MHW's certainly do look the part!!

definately coming along well, I really should nip round sometime and actually see it proper! Maybe even find a use for my new camera :lol:

Good work tho Adam :thumbs:

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:07 pm
by sam13
good work pal!

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:13 pm
by kaz
the cars lookin really sweet mate how much you put into it so far

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:57 pm
by Adam-D
they have stopped making them, but i did pay for them, maybee too much but hey

and as for how much ive put into it, more than i can afford in 1 month :lol:

ahh well thats what an overdraft is for :thumbs:

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:04 am
by kaz
rofl nice one i braut alot off my corsa stuff from my blackone to the uk with me so next car will prolly be a 94-99 corsa or my cuz's 205 untill i can afford a nice corsa gsi or summit with a lil power


but its coming along well

ps who owns the combo in ur avy

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:49 pm
by Adam-D
combo is mine, selling it in march, its almost back to standard now to be sold

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:13 pm
by kaz
can u send me a u2u with specs and stuff on it and a price please adam

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:07 pm
by Adam-D
3/2/07

todays work entailed, removeing front bumper lights, and arches, and you can see why

tons of soil and grit stuck to it all, sooo wire brushed it all out, hopefully itll be all rustproofed tomorow. :D

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it was dark and foggy but you get the idea :lol:

and the front...
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i also re-fitted scuttle panel and fillled the coolent only to find i think the fan switch's on the rad are dead as the fan wont come on til about 110 :o

so thats gotta be done aswell

also the morretes and the front bumper are for sale.



8/2/07

right, fitted the front suspension,
cleaned and waxoiled inner arches and unbolted bottom of wing and waxoiled all in there too.

old suspension
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before arch pic, no waxoil or suspension
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waxoiled and suspension fitted
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bloody tired now doing it by torch light in the snow :lol:


10/2/07

small miracle has happened,

3 aircon centre console later, 2 sets of bulbs, 2 sets of led's and strip and restrip of the dash about 6 to 8 times, i hae finally got all the dash lights on and working

1st console the aircon knob was glued so when i undid it it snapped,

bunch of £ later i had another console, from a guy off here "1.5td" stripped it took the bulbs out fitted green ones, putting aircom knob back in,,,, snapped it BOLLOKS,

3rd console from mylo stripped it, fitted bulbs, put all back together, right hand bulb failed, strip it again, re-fit all working, then left hand bulb fails, then upon removal it explodes bugger.
so using a spare swich from one of the other consoles and a bit of gentle purswaysion i got it all on and back together, and then got the mfd lit up properly aswell

wooooo

essay i know and not major mod but its taken me ages cos of the air con etc :lol:

best pic i can get im afraid but im sure you can figure it all out

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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:10 pm
by sam13
nice proress and about the temp before fan kicks in corsa;s they all are the same well the 8v's are anyway mine kicks in around 100 give or take a few

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:55 pm
by Adam-D
the temp went waaayyyy past on the end of the dial past the red, and the thermostat hadnt even opened :o

so its the sensor, the original one is back in and reads correct so im leaving that one in :)

shud be more progress tomorow fingers crossed rear suspension will be on and brand new front arch plastics,