The corsas back.

[corsa]

Well tonight seen the first stage of the work with the new engine going in and well it has to be said fits better than ever.

Tonight consisted of cleaning engine bay, assembling new box onto new engine and fitting in place.

We hope to have it all finally connected and maybe a turn of the key mid afternoon on Friday.

A few photos for you all.

 

[james666]

dave who is the guy fitting the engine he looks familiar

[corsa]

My boyfriend, now get your eyes off[]

[james666]

fpmsl []

[corsa]

Its my mate Gerry Mccafferty from East Kilbride.

[james666]

thats him he was at ingleston few year ago had a silver seat leon tdi

[st3ph3n]

Davie, that was the funniest thing I've read in quite some time.

I miss your rally reports too, they were always great reading. 

[dougster]

Stephen, he posts them on Ayrshire Scoobies..........[]

When's the next outing Davie? 

[the squiggle]

Its not, its Paul McKenna the hypnotist guy

What specs the new engine Davie?

[fai17]

Engine looks dearer than the car[]

[colin_ross]

Engine looks dearer than the car[]

But has less miles on it than the owner

[corsa]

Oh aye yer all good, i will be back on tonight with an update and suitable replies for all you budding comedians.[]

 

Davie

[col666]

Will you be at Crail tomorrow? or will Angie throw you out before you get through the gates?!!!

[st3ph3n]

Stephen, he posts them on Ayrshire Scoobies..........[]

When's the next outing Davie? 

You bypassing the swear filter there Doug? 

[corsa]

Well thats it fitted, running and getting the MOT in the morning and the miles will follow prior to the remap.

All went sweet and it sounds great.

Good to be back.

[fai17]

Schweet.....throttle bodies rules[Y]

[duncan_stephen]

Agreed.

 

Looks like Jenvy TB's to me.Or alpha's.

 

Are you running an Omex?

[corsa]

Its Jenveys, sounds great btw.

 

Oh and a wee report for Stephen.

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June update 2007

 

GMC are back!!!!

 

As most of you are aware we have been carrying out some major engine/transmission development work over the last 6-8months on the Corsa. This has involved the purchasing of a brand new Quaife close ratio gearbox, limited slip differential and a full engine rebuild. Power steering has also been fitted along with a few other interesting tweaks!

 

Having spent a significant amount of money on the initial rebuild, we were all very disappointed when component malfunction led to a catastrophic engine failure. We then took the decision to pull out of both the Scottish Tarmac Rally Championship (STRC) and the Beatsons Scottish Borders Rally Championship (BSBRC), this allowed us to take the time required on yet another unplanned rebuild.

 

Only this week, we now have the engine released, ready for uplift and fitting. After fitting, the next stage is to concentrate on a very precise running in period and with the problems we experienced previously, we are both apprehensive about the entire procedure. With this in mind we are proposing to have the car ‘event ready’ with new engine and transmission ready for a shakedown test event sometime towards the end of July.

 

This will allow us to test the new engine and transmission to its full potential and put us both in good stead ready for the remaining events that we have lined up for the tail end of the season.

 

We will be back soon with an update on progress of the Corsa and when and where the next event will be.

 

 

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