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Apr 19, 2008 16:31:19 GMT
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Hello all! Some of you may have seen this on other forums, but I thought I would post the progress so far on here becuase I did some work on it today to allow me a better working area over the summer! SO! are we sitting comfortably? then i shall begin. I purchased this car in september 2006 looking like this  I don't have any more pics of the car before i started modifying it! I bought the car as an inbetweeny car while i was between jobs and company cars! In the four months i used it every day and it never let me down once! it was good on fuel, fairly fast, good ride, and just a great car all round. When i got my new job and car, I decided to keep the favorit and modify it! My initial idea was to high comp the engine and turn it into a rally car. So i got the car up some homemade ramps and started to strip it down!          most of the above pictures should be clear enough! A neighbour then gave me a vauxhall cavalier FOC, so i thought about installing the 2ltr engine into the front of the fav, but realised it was a lot of work, and so had an idea! what about putting the engine into the back to make it mid engined rwd!   So i took out the front subframe that holds the wishbones and the rear engine mount and offered it up into the boot  Looked like it should fit, so i took the plunge and got the grinder out    no going back now! So next i removed the engine from the cav along with a few other bits and had it scrapped (was totally rust ridden!!!)  I kept all the suspension componants  off it goes  |
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Apr 19, 2008 16:57:39 GMT
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SOO... out came the skoda engine (which is now the turbo donor for the estelle!)  my front garden - a little traveller!  never mind though! onward - So next came the process of making the subframe fit into the back. I got some 50 mm box and cut out the rails  I then fited a spacer to the rail to allow the subframe to sit at the correct level!  roughly fitted into place!  the front cross member consists of a 50 mm box cut to length with the correct angle on the end to mate with the chassis rails!  roughly fitted into place  the subframe was then fitted into place!   will need lots of re-enforcement to ensure that it is strong enough for 350 bhp.... oops did i forget, once this thing is built, its going to get a c20let engine (vauxhall calibra turbo engine) woot!  just tacked into place atm! so here is a shot of the line of the subframe to chassis  on goes an upright and a wheel  finished ride height??  So then i realised that i would have to cut out the inner wheel arches to allow the track rods and suspension to fit..   nice! |
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Apr 19, 2008 17:12:44 GMT
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In order to allow the wheel to fit up into the wheel arch the arch needed to be flaired! so out came the grinder again !     now came the time to try and throw the engine in off came the gearbox and that was installed first  in it goes  DAMN the drive shafts hits the chassis rail! I was hoping to maintain as much of the origional car as possible to make my job easier but no!  You can see the bit that need to be cut out clashes with the chassis rails  So i hacked out the chassis rail to allow the box to fit  in goes box and drive shaft again  and connected to the macstrut!  nice! |
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Apr 19, 2008 17:27:28 GMT
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bloody hell  ambitious project but looks like you are well up for it. Looking forward to watching this one develop  |
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Currently driving a '68 Karmann Ghia as my daily. Don't ask about previous cars - there have been way too many and I stopped counting at 160!
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Apr 19, 2008 17:35:54 GMT
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thanks so - time for the engine to go in!  i offered the engine up to the gear box and checked to see what i needed to cut out of the other side!  no sooner said than gone  back in again and linked to the gear box!  sweet! in go the rear suspension units   at this point i got a little overwhelmed!  |
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slater
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Apr 19, 2008 17:37:22 GMT
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Like the arches  |
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Apr 19, 2008 17:49:29 GMT
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the arches were one of the things i did next i tack welded the flanges together then got out the fiberglass   and some more filler   |
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Apr 19, 2008 17:51:19 GMT
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arches are far from finished btw! lots more filler and FG to make them good!
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Apr 19, 2008 19:02:17 GMT
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Impressive thus far, can't wait to see this running, will surprise a few about town I bet when it's done ;D
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Loxlee
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Apr 19, 2008 19:13:07 GMT
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this is gonna be awesome! totally mad idea lol.....the best kind though |
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Lex
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Apr 19, 2008 19:18:32 GMT
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Get building I wanna see it done! |
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Apr 19, 2008 19:56:00 GMT
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iron - thats the plan mate! I am going to try and hide the engine in the back, keep it on big steel rims, and paint it either matt black (black was never a factory option on these cars so that would be cool!) or keep it the origional 'grampian grey'!
it will still take a while but within this year i want it turning its wheels!
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Apr 19, 2008 20:10:13 GMT
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I remember reading about this on a Vauxhall forum...Can't remember which. It was a while back though - you'd only just notched it for the driveshaft. Nice to see you're still steaming ahead ;D *n PS: Keep it grey |
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Top grammar tips!
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Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Apr 19, 2008 20:18:02 GMT
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ah well that was a while ago, and i have part of the rear cage in now, I will stick some pics up later! My welder broke shortly after putting the cage in and so work stopped for about 4 months while i tried to sort a new one out! that is almost sorted now and so i have moved the car (again pics to come!) so i can carry on strong!
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Dez
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Apr 19, 2008 20:49:38 GMT
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gah. its probably best i don't comment  |
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Last Edit: Apr 19, 2008 20:50:18 GMT by Dez
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Apr 19, 2008 21:16:25 GMT
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This is awesome, although I have seen this before I can't remember where!
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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Apr 19, 2008 21:46:01 GMT
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What are you gonna do about that chassis leg then?
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Apr 19, 2008 21:50:25 GMT
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lots of metal in some form of configuration!!
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ambitious project but looks like you are well up for it.
