1979 Opel Kadett 1.2 city - 1.6 16v supercharged (FOR SALE!)

I'll post a thread in technical when I've got the time. Will PM link when done.

Just a quick update,

I got my Crossmember blasted again after all the strengthening was finished, and then in to paint too

















Not much of an update but psychologically very important for me, apart from the rack strip down and detail, this is an almost completely overhauled front end, re plated / painted and ready to go back together.
Nice to be able to put finished stuff on the shelf now.

In other news I was assured my Adaptor plate was going to be Waterjet cut on Friday night, so hopefully I`ll see it for the first time on Monday !!
Fingers crossed it works as Hoped.

That's important too, as it means I can get the dummy block and box back in the car, then see what mods I need to make to the shell and tunnel to get it all to work nicely together. I`ll probably put an exhaust tunnel in while I am there too, save messing about later and make it much easier to flat floor too.

Thanks for looking as always

Cheers
Dom

Always look at every update - don't always have something constructive to say

Liking that - I can put up with wobbly lettering

Well it looks like it just might work













I need to get the front of the box off to make some clearance for the sigma starter motor, while it is off I am going to measure the hole positions on the CMM (Co-Ordinate measuring machine)as That's the only bit I didn't do.
Its slightly out so I want to get it right.

I may tilt the box slightly too which will allow me to share a hole rather than a partial offset that we have at the moment.

That would also enable it to be waterjet cut from Aluminium and I would helicoil the fixings to get the nessasary pull out strength on the thread.
I`ll drop to 10mm thick from 12 to give me more spigot bearing engagement too.

Thanks for looking as always

Cheers
Dom

Thank you, I`m lucky to have access to some fantastic kit at the moment, I don't have the hours available to spend in the shed right now so I have to use the tools I have available to keep progress going.

I want it to look like a Factory prototype, kind of a modern interpretation of a period Works car...... I suppose the closest analogy I can think of is a Singer GT3RS 911

Dayyyym!
Amazing work dude - that adapter fits like a glove!

Well I picked one of the warmest days to do it, which wasn't that much fun !!

But I got the front end off the RX8 Box with much swearing and gearbox oil everywhere

One bolt which a selector locates on was a pain, and I had to resort to welding the internal hex up, then welding a nut on the outside of it so the heat would break the locktite seal and I could get a big breaker bar on it.



But with that finally out of the way, I could get the front end of and cleaned up ready for measuring accurately on the CMM / FARO Arm at work.









So brought it in to work today, hopefully have it measured up tomorrow, and then I can adjust the cad model to suit as well

While it is separate, I`ll have it mated to the block again and see what clearance I need to make for the starter motor too.
Then I can chop out and weld up a new starter section.

I`ll make some blanking plates up as well and generally tidy it up.

The new adaptor plate will probably be aluminium with some proper steel thread inserts, and fine thread M10 bolts to hold it all together.
I`ll also drop down to 10mm plate rather than 12mm to give some additional engagement to the input shaft and spigot bearing.

So it is all progressing.

As its unlikely to be done this year (Being realistic) I may have just brought another trackday toy too........which means I can have some fun on track while remaining inside the law on the roads.





Cheers for looking as always

Dom

LOL yeah, 180ish Hp from an effectively standard blacktop crate engine (Which is fitted now, rather than the silvertop in the photo) on TB`s and Management, should be plenty fun enough on track.

10 mm alloy plate is what I made my adaptor from. And then I machined steel inserts with large shoulders that I pressed in from the back. Metric fine thread. Not a problem so far so you'll be fine.
I had 5 mm radius difference between flywheels so machined the locating step on the v6 starter offeet by 5 mm in a four jaw chuck and managed to get that sweet. But you have more difference and less starter material to play with yeah? Could you split the starter down, build up the locating face with a tig welder and then re- machine it?