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Okay guys, like a few others on the forum i was also looking for a little something more out of the Corsa and decided to go the z18xe route.

The first engine was purchased 2 months ago, then while performing the cambelt service i noticed there was excessive play on the crankshaft. So back it went, then after empty promises of new stock arriving i settled on the x18xe1.



Some new goodies and upgrades







Fitted new cambelt kit and waterpump


Then came the really fun part, out with the old







Then i decided to give the gearbox a nice clean, as well as drain oil and fit new sideshaft seals



New clutch kit and gearbox fitted to the new engine




In with the new




Once i was happy with the way the engine was sitting i began customizing the cam side engine mounting. I was lucky enough to get a mounting with the 1.8 engine which helped a lot. This is what i have come up with, and is merely a guideline as to what could be done.

Original Corsa mount on left and Astra G mount(top piece and bolt) on right with engine bracket

I cut the tubular shaft off of the Corsa mount and drilled the hole bigger for bolt to fit through

Then came a lot of test fitting and alterations, i had to shave quite a bit more off of the Astra mount where it meets the shaft. Once the width issue was sorted i had to raise the mount in order to keep the engine level. Did this by cutting steel plates for each side as the body isn't level where the mount sits, there is a slight step up. This is a temporary solution, looking to have a proper one piece spacer made up. This is how its sitting at the moment.


Next up was fitting the branch, then having it towed down to have it connected to the existing Powerflow exhaust system.


Once i had the car back home i started connecting all coolant hoses and fuel line. Then once everything was in place i started with the wiring.





Once the car started i secured all the wiring connections and placed sleeving on to finish the look. Also found a nice place to mount the coilpack, thanks viper for the idea.


The end result



Car has just been road tuned so long and is driving well, hoping to have it dyno'd soon to give you guys some figures. Just want to say thanks to Carl with regards to wiring and starting issues.

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'03 Opel Corsa 1.6 Sport

another 2 day build :duim:

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Very Nice well done enjoy

Very Nice. Will definitely looking at how you did your mounting for my conversion in the future.

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Nice build

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NIce Build man!!!

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This thing is very neat. Good project matey

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So so neat! Well done! In total, how much did this all cost you?

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How long did the swap take ?

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I agree. Extremely neat
Good to see another 1.8 16v Corsa C

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Thanks for all the comments guys.

I started on a Thursday around lunch time, and by Saturday afternoon the engine was in with custom mount made. Wanted to try and finish early Saturday morning so i could tow down to have exhaust joined up, missed that deadline and had to wait till following Saturday. I then waited about 2 weeks trying to organize wiring and tuning of the Dicktator, i know was bad planning but didn't expect to get done so quick. I decided to tackle the wiring myself with the help of Carl. So all in all took about 4 weeks with all the delays and bad planning. Estimated cost is around R18 500

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'03 Opel Corsa 1.6 Sport

wooooah! nice build dude!

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Another Happy Build! Well done! Please don't forget the figures!

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Hi Thatoneguy

I see from your photos that you using the corsa 3 pin coil .

Are you using it with a dictator module if not how is it wired ?

i think he is using the 4pin coil

It is a 4pin coil from the Corsa B, around R670 at Goldwagen if i remember correctly

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'03 Opel Corsa 1.6 Sport

Thank you , i will get one

Had the car on the dyno last night, and after Luc worked his magic this was the result.

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'03 Opel Corsa 1.6 Sport

Wow nice figures there bud !!

Small update:

Been looking for a set of OEM wheels for a while now, and happened to stumble across these a few weeks back


One of the rims had a few bad pavement scratches, forgot to take pics of that one and the repair process. So them decided for some DIY "fun". After quite some time cleaning and then sanding the wheels, the primer went on.


Allowed for some drying time and checked that there was good coverage, then i opted for metallic charcoal by Dulux Duco Spray. This was the end result


Fitted some new Bridgestone MY-01 this weekend as well as had the balancing and alignment done.

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'03 Opel Corsa 1.6 Sport