Nathan_jones2002
Registered User
MY S3 REPLACES THIS ON 29/12/12, I WILL MISS HER BUT THE AUDI IS IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE. 
COPIED MY PROGRESS THREAD FROM ANOTHER FORUM SO SOME PARTS MAY SEEM A BIT IRELIVENT TO THIS SITE...
So here is my progress thread (which is well overdue) from my first post to now.(some photos are off my phone and print screened off Facebook so sorry about the black lines).
My first post on here was the usual background checks as you do... After reading the very useful user guide created by TomY2K, I decided to get looking at the corsa VXR.
I found what seemed to be the perfect corsa VXR at an Evans Halshaw garage on the net.
I went to my local Evans Halshaw(Ford) and asked them if they'd bring it up for me to have a look at the car.
After all the arguing about a deposit to put down on the car before I saw it they agreed to ship the car up and a few days later I went to my local Evans Halshaw garage and there she was...
Arden Blue (the best colour), 18inch wheels, sight and light pack.
It was parked under the flood lights and I instantly fell in love, there wasn't a mark on it other than a slight kerb mark on one wheel.
I spent ten minutes checking the car, looking for ammo to knock down the already cheap price. There was nothing, so off I went with the sales man and took the motor for a test drive and again, I fell in love.
Coming from a fiesta ST, the power delivery was so much more and many said the corsa handled badly compared to the fez but I couldn't feel that much difference.
After the test drive came the hard part...
An hour and a half of me basically saying "NO, far to much money per month".
The salesman said they'd do a one off only offer if the regional manager would allow it.
FINALLY... The words I wanted to hear, "yes, we can do it at that price".
A very long week later after the car had been fully valeted and serviced, the day came to pick her up. I was ssssooooooo excited.
Straight home and some first pics...
Then time to get the first mod... Surprisingly they came within a couple of days...
VXROnoline stickers... Set the car off a treat... And they're free...
My next mod was to try and make my corsa VXR my own so thought I'd buy the team HEKO wind deflectors...
I got them fitted and went for a bit of a drive up over Pendle hill and got a few pics...
The below picture influenced my Mtecs but more about those later.
So, time for the drive home in the Great British weather...
I found a huge puddle and asked my fiancé to get out and risk getting a little bit wet and take a photo for me... Here it is... Thanks Michelle...
Now onto the Mtecs...
After seeing the photo from earlier I decided to get rid of the ugly yellow light and opted for the MTec cosmos blues... Dropping the bumper to change bulbs... WTF... Well worth it though...
Since that pic I have now got the full light set including fogs, dipped, high beam and side lights but a don't have a pic. (sorry)
Oh, by the way, I did say that the car would be kept totally standard when I bought it... Lol.
The power bug then reared it's head and I ordered a K and N panel filter... A good little mod, other than the more audible turbo noises I don't think there was much difference in performance.
Away from the mods for a minute...
I was so happy with my car I decided to get my pencils out one day and draw my baby...
Right, enough of that... Back to the mods...
Some insignia washer jets ordered... Cheap little mod and easily fitted but great little mod In The end... (do I really need pics of the washer jets).
My next mod was a bit of a bargain which I am proud of...
My Mongoose full exhaust system including sports cat...
It was a bargain because I noticed on a performance part website that the exhaust said "coming soon"... Knowing how good mongoose were from being a Ford man for a couple of years I waited patiently but the site stayed the same...
I emailed mongoose asking if they needed a development car to which they replied...
"that would be a great help as we have the exhaust made but just need to sort out the fitting kit"...
I asked if I would get a discount and they said... "yes. We will do it for around 40% off RRP" £450.
A few days later I was spending a very boring day in a very small village called Congleton waiting for the exhaust to be developed and fitted... There was nothing to do at all...
I was so bored I asked a taxi driver how much it would cost to the nearest cinema... He said there isn't one anywhere close but it would be about £30.
I settled to walking round a park and falling to sleep in the same park to pass the time.. Lol.
The drive home was awesome... Car felt more responsive and instantly more powerful... The tone from the exhaust is perfect... Quiet when on the motorway cruising but awesome when you put your foot down...
The vids will do the talking...
Believe it or not, I still have not heard my exhaust from the outside yet... People have told me it is awesome though... I still believe it is the ONLY corsa vxr in the world with a full mongoose exhaust system... As soon as someone tells me different I will change this bit and say my car was the first corsa vxr with the system.
Ok, I have been told someone else has got the mongoose system... GUTTED
At this point I entered my car for the total vauxhall hall of fame.
It was put in the September 2011 issue.
After the exhaust there was a few months without any mods but then a new job with a lot better pay came along which I was succesful in getting so it was time for the bigger bits.
I very rarely looked at the group buy part of this site but by chance just randomly had a look and noticed the TX autosport front mount intercooler group buy for £300.
I soon got my name down and saved the funds...
A few days later a huge box arrived at the door and I was like a kid at Christmas... I ripped open the box and looked at every polished stainless pipe and every silicone hose and couldn't wait to get it fitted...
Now I am really poo when it comes to cars so got a garage to fit the cooler...
Again, no pics (sorry again)...
The car felt more responsive again and a definate difference with torque... It just seemed to pull better... All the little turbo noises seemed to get a bit louder as well... The sound of the turbo spooling and the recirc valve and the odd slight bit of chatter... LOVE THOSE NOISES.
So I was all set up for big power... I started looking around and researching different maps and tuning companies...
Seen as I live pretty much nowhere near any of the main tuners, I decided to opt for the EDS IPF tool from regal...
I started saving the cash again and worrying about regal being out of stock but luckily the final payday came so I could afford it, regal had them instock.
After talking to Wayne/vxr... I was all excited and couldn't wait to get the car mapped.
Great service from regal...
I ordered the IPF at 3 o clock on friday and was sent an email saying they have missed the post for today so it will be sent out on Monday and with me on tuesday...
To my suprise, there was a knock at the door on Saturday morning at 9am and it was a delivery man...
Again, like a kid at Christmas... The package was savagely ripped open and this turned up...
I was a little dissapointed that there was no regal sticker but hey... Can't have everything can I.
Like I said earlier I am poo with cars so I asked my mate to help me remap the car... Cheers Row.
So that morning after a McDonald's breakfast we set to it, I didnt have my boost gauge sorted yet so Rowan lent me his and plumbed it in and zip tied it to my windscreen wiper.
Then onto the actual mapping... It was a quick 10minutes to flash the ECU and then of for a test to see if it was boosting correctly...
Off we popped, letting the car warm up thoroughly first then Onto the motorway... It was boosting perfectly...
Now this is no word of a lie... This is the best modification for the corsa money can buy... The difference in power was amazing... Throttle response greatly improved and on overboost. Just WOW... Feels like someone is actually pushing you down the road.
Instant power increase, better fuel economy and I can change the map whenever I want and if my modifications change...
What a piece of kit... I would reccomend this to anybody.
Reading more into the mapping, I heard that the standard induction pipe could actually be squashed due to the higher boost levels so I bought a forge silicone pipe and got that fitted. (sorry, no pic) dohhhh!!!!
Onto the lastest mod so far, An essential bit of kit for a remapped car and to be fair it looks awesome.
It is an electrical warn series boost gauge from Rspec.
The boost gauge is perfectly in the centre of the vent, it's just the angle of the photo that makes it look a bit off.
I have had a few PM's about my heater vent boost gauge conversion. It was done by VXRCORSA888 off this site, so send him a PM if you are interested.
******Progress continued on next post******
COPIED MY PROGRESS THREAD FROM ANOTHER FORUM SO SOME PARTS MAY SEEM A BIT IRELIVENT TO THIS SITE...
So here is my progress thread (which is well overdue) from my first post to now.(some photos are off my phone and print screened off Facebook so sorry about the black lines).
My first post on here was the usual background checks as you do... After reading the very useful user guide created by TomY2K, I decided to get looking at the corsa VXR.
I found what seemed to be the perfect corsa VXR at an Evans Halshaw garage on the net.
I went to my local Evans Halshaw(Ford) and asked them if they'd bring it up for me to have a look at the car.
After all the arguing about a deposit to put down on the car before I saw it they agreed to ship the car up and a few days later I went to my local Evans Halshaw garage and there she was...
Arden Blue (the best colour), 18inch wheels, sight and light pack.
It was parked under the flood lights and I instantly fell in love, there wasn't a mark on it other than a slight kerb mark on one wheel.
I spent ten minutes checking the car, looking for ammo to knock down the already cheap price. There was nothing, so off I went with the sales man and took the motor for a test drive and again, I fell in love.
Coming from a fiesta ST, the power delivery was so much more and many said the corsa handled badly compared to the fez but I couldn't feel that much difference.
After the test drive came the hard part...
An hour and a half of me basically saying "NO, far to much money per month".
The salesman said they'd do a one off only offer if the regional manager would allow it.
FINALLY... The words I wanted to hear, "yes, we can do it at that price".
A very long week later after the car had been fully valeted and serviced, the day came to pick her up. I was ssssooooooo excited.
Straight home and some first pics...
Then time to get the first mod... Surprisingly they came within a couple of days...
VXROnoline stickers... Set the car off a treat... And they're free...
My next mod was to try and make my corsa VXR my own so thought I'd buy the team HEKO wind deflectors...
I got them fitted and went for a bit of a drive up over Pendle hill and got a few pics...
The below picture influenced my Mtecs but more about those later.
So, time for the drive home in the Great British weather...
I found a huge puddle and asked my fiancé to get out and risk getting a little bit wet and take a photo for me... Here it is... Thanks Michelle...
Now onto the Mtecs...
After seeing the photo from earlier I decided to get rid of the ugly yellow light and opted for the MTec cosmos blues... Dropping the bumper to change bulbs... WTF... Well worth it though...
Since that pic I have now got the full light set including fogs, dipped, high beam and side lights but a don't have a pic. (sorry)
Oh, by the way, I did say that the car would be kept totally standard when I bought it... Lol.
The power bug then reared it's head and I ordered a K and N panel filter... A good little mod, other than the more audible turbo noises I don't think there was much difference in performance.
Away from the mods for a minute...
I was so happy with my car I decided to get my pencils out one day and draw my baby...
Right, enough of that... Back to the mods...
Some insignia washer jets ordered... Cheap little mod and easily fitted but great little mod In The end... (do I really need pics of the washer jets).
My next mod was a bit of a bargain which I am proud of...
My Mongoose full exhaust system including sports cat...
It was a bargain because I noticed on a performance part website that the exhaust said "coming soon"... Knowing how good mongoose were from being a Ford man for a couple of years I waited patiently but the site stayed the same...
I emailed mongoose asking if they needed a development car to which they replied...
"that would be a great help as we have the exhaust made but just need to sort out the fitting kit"...
I asked if I would get a discount and they said... "yes. We will do it for around 40% off RRP" £450.
A few days later I was spending a very boring day in a very small village called Congleton waiting for the exhaust to be developed and fitted... There was nothing to do at all...
I was so bored I asked a taxi driver how much it would cost to the nearest cinema... He said there isn't one anywhere close but it would be about £30.
I settled to walking round a park and falling to sleep in the same park to pass the time.. Lol.
The drive home was awesome... Car felt more responsive and instantly more powerful... The tone from the exhaust is perfect... Quiet when on the motorway cruising but awesome when you put your foot down...
The vids will do the talking...
Believe it or not, I still have not heard my exhaust from the outside yet... People have told me it is awesome though... I still believe it is the ONLY corsa vxr in the world with a full mongoose exhaust system... As soon as someone tells me different I will change this bit and say my car was the first corsa vxr with the system.
Ok, I have been told someone else has got the mongoose system... GUTTED
At this point I entered my car for the total vauxhall hall of fame.
It was put in the September 2011 issue.
After the exhaust there was a few months without any mods but then a new job with a lot better pay came along which I was succesful in getting so it was time for the bigger bits.
I very rarely looked at the group buy part of this site but by chance just randomly had a look and noticed the TX autosport front mount intercooler group buy for £300.
I soon got my name down and saved the funds...
A few days later a huge box arrived at the door and I was like a kid at Christmas... I ripped open the box and looked at every polished stainless pipe and every silicone hose and couldn't wait to get it fitted...
Now I am really poo when it comes to cars so got a garage to fit the cooler...
Again, no pics (sorry again)...
The car felt more responsive again and a definate difference with torque... It just seemed to pull better... All the little turbo noises seemed to get a bit louder as well... The sound of the turbo spooling and the recirc valve and the odd slight bit of chatter... LOVE THOSE NOISES.
So I was all set up for big power... I started looking around and researching different maps and tuning companies...
Seen as I live pretty much nowhere near any of the main tuners, I decided to opt for the EDS IPF tool from regal...
I started saving the cash again and worrying about regal being out of stock but luckily the final payday came so I could afford it, regal had them instock.
After talking to Wayne/vxr... I was all excited and couldn't wait to get the car mapped.
Great service from regal...
I ordered the IPF at 3 o clock on friday and was sent an email saying they have missed the post for today so it will be sent out on Monday and with me on tuesday...
To my suprise, there was a knock at the door on Saturday morning at 9am and it was a delivery man...
Again, like a kid at Christmas... The package was savagely ripped open and this turned up...
I was a little dissapointed that there was no regal sticker but hey... Can't have everything can I.
Like I said earlier I am poo with cars so I asked my mate to help me remap the car... Cheers Row.
So that morning after a McDonald's breakfast we set to it, I didnt have my boost gauge sorted yet so Rowan lent me his and plumbed it in and zip tied it to my windscreen wiper.
Then onto the actual mapping... It was a quick 10minutes to flash the ECU and then of for a test to see if it was boosting correctly...
Off we popped, letting the car warm up thoroughly first then Onto the motorway... It was boosting perfectly...
Now this is no word of a lie... This is the best modification for the corsa money can buy... The difference in power was amazing... Throttle response greatly improved and on overboost. Just WOW... Feels like someone is actually pushing you down the road.
Instant power increase, better fuel economy and I can change the map whenever I want and if my modifications change...
What a piece of kit... I would reccomend this to anybody.
Reading more into the mapping, I heard that the standard induction pipe could actually be squashed due to the higher boost levels so I bought a forge silicone pipe and got that fitted. (sorry, no pic) dohhhh!!!!
Onto the lastest mod so far, An essential bit of kit for a remapped car and to be fair it looks awesome.
It is an electrical warn series boost gauge from Rspec.
The boost gauge is perfectly in the centre of the vent, it's just the angle of the photo that makes it look a bit off.
I have had a few PM's about my heater vent boost gauge conversion. It was done by VXRCORSA888 off this site, so send him a PM if you are interested.
******Progress continued on next post******
and the way it drove and how you could feel the road but the s3 is in another league! ive had 170 out of mine and it honestly felt like i was going 70! trust me its worth the wait! but be prepared for the fuel economy! the first weekend i had it i went through £200 in petrol! but i enjoyed every penny of it!
