Building a Corsa C C20XE 1600cc Rally Car

Not much of an update - just a few more pictures to keep you all happy

Progress has almost come to a halt - lack of an engine is holding us up :(

Our other project (Chevette) however is taking shape :) - will update that thread after weekend after we have fitted the engine :)


The Corsa is a little further on than these pictures show - so I will take some upto date pictures and post soon

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Front Proflex canisters secured in place

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Along with the rears


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Handbrake lever extended by Ally Tig Welding in an extension piece to bring lever into easy reach - all repainted now :)

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Tinted polycarb fitted

Corsa's under a sheet at the moment while we press on with the Chevette


Dave

Bloody hell Dave I forgot you had this, are you saving Vauxhalls in your unit just to make them collectors items lol

Must admit this will be awesome once built... whats the crack with the engine though???

Also when did you last blow the cobwebs of that Nova of yours then lol

Did the engine for this ever get built? Would love to see it finished :)

its still at engine builders.. afaik :-s

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We are still waiting for you know what !!!

We've been busy with the chevette and I will try and update both threads in the next few days


Dave

Dave

did you have to do much modification to the the dash to fit round the roll cage. I am about to start building a c for road rallying but want to have the cage run behind the dash and didn't know if you had problems with this.

Great car by the way

James

Dash took a bit of time to fit - lots of fitting and taking out to trim a bit more off

Only had to trim round the 'A' pillar of the cage as we had removed all the heater box to save weight and replaced with a small light weight fan/heater

It's very tight to get back in but we don't plan on taking it out again :)

cheers for that would the heater not have fitted then?

Factory heater box did fit but very big and bulky so binned it for a light weight one

fair enough. how u getting on with the car?? where u planning on using it next

Been busy building the chevette rally car so the corsas on hold until the engine appears

cool u should give me a call when you come to plum it in I work at a company that does plumbing etc www.competitionsupplies.com

If only I'd have known about you earlier - done most of the brake lines etc - chevette almost finished and got most of the stuff to finish the Corsa

oh well theres always next time. we also service lifeline fire extinguishers.

u got any pics of the chevette. couldn't find a build on here

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oh well theres always next time. we also service lifeline fire extinguishers.

u got any pics of the chevette. couldn't find a build on here

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http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...rally-car.html

I see you have a tilton clutch on the chevette engine thats good were the main people for them as well :-)

You might just become my best friend :)

its all on the shelf all you have to do is call

Test

Any update on this one?

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, may I proudly present to you, the long awaited.....


Engine for the Corsa S1600 rally car ������ has arrived


Mapped and ready to fit, �� so watch out for 2 idiots in an Orange Corsa S1600 approaching rapidly in your rear view mirror very soon ����

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That looks mental! What manifold is that?

Bespoke manifold from Simpson race exhausts - it’s a work of art

Alloy block?, be interested to see how you get on with it looks lovely btw

Well spotted - had to go alloy block as steel would have rusted away with the amount of time it took ��

Beautiful bit of kit, look forward to seeing that in the car!

So it was on the dyno...?
How did she do??

223 bhp - not bad for a 1.6 !! Sounded like a chainsaw - ha ha

Lovely, You must be very pleased.

How different is the power delivery to a modified 1600 small block?

You got the chainsaw color right (Stihl) lol

Very nice numbers after more then 4 years

Would love to see the graph to show the torque and power delivery vs RPM, will show character it has compared to a 16xe build

Unfortunately I didn’t get to see it run on the dyno and I don’t have a power graph, so will just have to wait until it’s fitted and run up the road, but mated to the sadev sequential box it should be quick enough

I'm sure anything with a motor built like that will fly along!

More out of curiosity of engines than anything else... Not saying it wouldn't be a weapon!

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Lovely, You must be very pleased.

How different is the power delivery to a modified 1600 small block?

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Hi Craig,

the first swindon S1600 had 214bhp.
Evo 1 218bhp
last evo2 224bhp.

We build on an engine with the basic from the s1600 and the first run on a dyno was 248bhp. I hope, we can fit it next year in my s1600 with some more bhp :-)


@ Dave, and engine fitted? :-)

Cheers

Marcel