My Corsa Project - Track and fun

[DAL33S]

I thought I would Post a few Pictures of my Corsa, I know alot of you won't like it but it does me proud and isn't slow to say the least!!

When I bought him back in May 09

Meet Monty:

Spec:
White
1995 LS 1.4 SPI
Just passed Mot 3 days ago
Tax till Spet 09
98,154miles
2 Prev Lady Owners
FSH - Just had major service

Sellers Pictures:







As soon as he was home it was time to get to work, I fitted a c20xe with an f20 out of an astra GTE inc Spax RSX coilovers, solid top mounts but I wanted to to look standard so i bought some mk2 golf winter steels

Engine made 151hp @ Flywheel + 149lbft






Then time for some better suspension with upgraded lbs springs





Thats how it stayed in 09 and i carried out a few track days



Then early 10 he changed again, first came full re-spray including new wings, bonnet and passenger door




Out came the old xe



During the mock engine build



The engine bay was then seam welded and painted




Parts back from powder coaters



Then underneath was done



On to the engine

Spec:

Block bored to 86.5mm, decked and under piston oil squirter's
z20let GM oil pump and modified pick up
All new gaskets GM
Glyco Bearings (Mains and big end)
ARP Head stud conversion
Cometic Headgasket
Kent vernier Pullys (letting me run XE inlet Cam)
New Forged Mahle pistons 86.5mm, Machined to lower the compression to 8.5:1
H-Beam Steel conrods
Lightened standard flywheel to 5.5kg
ARP Flywheel bolts
Quaife atb diff for the f28 (6speed)






Building back up










Back on the road and a few shows and trophies





At PV10 I won park n pose



Time for real brakes

Alcon 4-Pot Calipers without dust seals
Alcon 295mm 6 groove discs with bells
Ferodo DS3000 Track Pads
Alcon Fitting kit
Front wheel studs (M14 to go with the bells)
Wheel Nuts

Few Pictures of the kit:







A few inside shots and engine bay





Then I went to billing 10

Won best car of the stand and built not bought




Borrowed my friends racebox and had a play, best i got was



Fitted a rear whiteline anti roll bar



Then it was off to TVL at Combe but still no track action because of my radiator being too small (which was on order for 4 weeks at this point)




Then finally it comes




Time to see what power he makes





Final Figures for now due to "rubbish" map and exhaust being too small, these will be replaced soon

BHP @ Wheels 219.6bhp @ 6,004rpm
BHP @ Flywheel 260.6bhp @ 6,235rpm
Torque 243.1lbft @ 5,041rpm

The Graphs...




New map, changed over to genuine EDS while im still on small kkk16 turbo




Then it was off to combe action day




I managed a whole 2 laps before I got blacked flag for be to noisey which isn't the end of the world :lol: I never actually noticed how noisy he was until then whoops!

A few pictures people took, cheers











Then Total Vauxhall came out






Time for some 1/4 action, on Saturday the 2nd Oct, me and a few friends went to a RWYB at shakespeare raceway! First time I have ever done 1/4 mile and I really enjoyed it was a great day.

I ran the car as I would everday, had 3/4 tank of fuel, normal pressures etc etc

My personal best was 12.9 @ 111mph

Which i was more than happy with as that was my first run of the day, but they seemed to get worse ah well i can work from this

Other times were:

13.2 @ 110mph
13.3 @ 110mph
13.1 @ 110mph

I seem to be consistent with the terminal speeds, i just need to get better at the launches

Few of the cars that went:




Astra VXR with stage 2 - Mid 14's



Mk3 Golf with 1.8 20v t - Mid 14's





Evo 9 FQ 400 - 12.6



200sx - 360 - engine failure





First run of the day vs the Evo 9

12.9 @ 111mph and 12.6 @ 107mph for the Evo, Damn 4wd...

Outside

YouTube - Corsa Turbo Vs Evo 9.MOV

Inside the Evo

YouTube - Corsa Turbo vs Evo 9 (in Car).mp4

Monty Vs Anglia

YouTube - Corsa Turbo Vs Anglia 13.3.MOV

Inside Monty

YouTube - Corsa turbo Run 13.3.mp4

and my PB slip



and to finish off a couple videos from my noise visit to combe

YouTube - Corsa Turbo at Combe .MOV

YouTube - Corsa Turbo at Combe again.MOV


Sorry about the massive post, The full thread is here in all its detail http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/projects-restoratio...

Hope some of you like

Edited by DAL33S on Monday 6th December 11:58

[RB Will]

Blimey you were bored last night.

[DAL33S]

Yes I was Will

[matc]

Fantastic project, just a shame it's now too nice to be an all out trackday car.

[DAL33S]

matc said:

Fantastic project, just a shame it's now too nice to be an all out trackday car.

Thankyou, I never wanted it to be a pure track car its more of a weekend toy! I can do trackdays and 1/4miles etc but I can also enjoying driving it on the road for me it ticks all the boxes which is the main thing!

[Mr MXT]

I really like that! (Apart from the dodgy plates)

[davepoth]

Looks awesome.

[soad]

Looks good. Erm...not sure i could justify spending loads on such a car but there you go - sure looks good (i'm repeating myself).

[DAL33S]

Mr MXT said:

I really like that! (Apart from the dodgy plates)

Cheers!

davepoth said:

Looks awesome.

Thankyou

soad said:

Looks good. Erm...not sure i could justify spending loads on such a car but there you go - sure looks good (i'm repeating myself).

Thankyou, well each to there own but at this point in my life I like/enjoy it, I wanted to build a car not buy one!!

[KenBlocksPants]

Great project.

personally i would have kept it a proper sleeper with 1.0 badges and odd pound stretcher wheel trims

[Jam0r]

epic build, love it.

Exhaust sounds very strange though, like a jet almost!

[DAL33S]

KenBlocksPants said:

Great project.

personally i would have kept it a proper sleeper with 1.0 badges and odd pound stretcher wheel trims

Cheers, I would of if it wasn't resprayed likewise i wouldn't have done underneath, The brakes through all steel wheel options out the window

Jam0r said:

epic build, love it.

Exhaust sounds very strange though, like a jet almost!

Cheers, yer its the tailpipe its internal diameter is too small, which is why its also only on 15-16psi of boost, I will be having a new one made in the new year and then back to the rollers

[jr123]

Look Amazing, fantastic project, I love fwd over powered turbo's lol, the wheel spin can be a bit mental/fun.

The EVO FQ400 did a 12.6, whilst you did a 12.9, its got to be mental for that

[DAL33S]

jr123 said:

Look Amazing, fantastic project, I love fwd over powered turbo's lol, the wheel spin can be a bit mental/fun.

The EVO FQ400 did a 12.6, whilst you did a 12.9, its got to be mental for that

Thankyou, I do enjoy the "over powerful FWD" too its so childish but fun

Yer the evo had a terminal of 107.75mph and mine was 111.30mph so it proves that once mine gets the power down its pulling well, If I could get off the line better I would get lower times! A friend of mine ran 12.1 with very similar spec car and engine (only with high boost 22psi and r888 tyres) So my aim next year is to get mid-low 12's

[andymartin88]

Excellent

Quality job - hats off to you mate

[petrolsniffer]

Very nice build I like the fact you kept the 1.4 badges for a while

[Defcon5]

It can get to 100 in 12 secs, yet the 0-100-0 is 60 secs? Are the brake pads made of butter or something?

[DAL33S]

andymartin88 said:

Excellent

Quality job - hats off to you mate

Cheers

petrolsniffer said:

Very nice build I like the fact you kept the 1.4 badges for a while

Yer for awhile but last thing people expect is a 2.0 turbo in one

Defcon5 said:

It can get to 100 in 12 secs, yet the 0-100-0 is 60 secs? Are the brake pads made of butter or something?

12.9 to 111mph :P That log was really for 0-60 time, I would pissed if i did 0-100-0 again in that time

[doodles19]

Wow!

Not usually a fan of corsas, but your one is so clean! Absolutely love it!

Keep up the good work.

[Max M4X WW]

Love it! Met you a few times too (Friend of RichH!)