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Large update over a long period so bare with it: Few pics of the recent photoshoot and subsequent paint job:         I bought a 8kg TTV racing flywheel last week and thanks to a friend a decent R28 has been provided, these two are going in tomorrow. Today I cleaned up the unit and fitted a set of 10mm (yes 10mm) silicone spark plug leads.. what a difference!! She pulls stronger now so definitely a good investment. Last week I controversially fitted a pair of FORD Fiesta RS Turbo recaro front seats, I used to have a set of these in my Nova turbo and I loved them for their comfort and body holding. I also fitted a digi dash, its modified with white LED's so no yellowness!! erm erm erm oh thanks to a friend I got hold of a coin holder that goes under the handbrake handle, woo!! The list still goes on with future plans, I have sourced 2 sets of Insignia 17" steelies. These look identical to my 16" steelies but... larger. Why bother?? Well lets face it the car is very low, too low in fact. Two sumps and a little exhaust damage has dictated that. If I were to simply raise the car up it won't look as good (arch gaps). The way round it is to maintain the same suspension height but make the wheels bigger, thats half the reason. The other reason is I have some big brakes to go on and they need 17's minimum. Since last updating the car has had some radical changes, the week I had off was to paint the car. It was a risky paint job but it was a success:    The original knackered paint was prepped and then the pattern hand drawn onto the car and then each of the four colours (sand, nato green, brown and black) painted on separately. The whole process took 9 days in total (about 70 hours) and is well worth the effort, but work still needs doing. Yesterday I fitted the new front brakes in preperation for the nurburgring trip in september:    The brakes are Hi-spec monster 6-pots with alloy bells and 330mm rotors, although they are new bedding in you can feel the difference. Today the prototype coilovers were replaced with the new ones which are basically the same but: Offer a better shocker range for the drop I wanted (prototypes would bottom out) Run Bilstein B6 monotube dampeners (I'm a big fan of these) Run higher poundage springs After a little tweaking the new setup feels perfect for road holding and isn't overly harsh. There seems to be something else wrong with the pictures but I'm in Spain and being a bit of a bar fly... |
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Last Edit: Aug 24, 2011 23:01:22 GMT by ramirez
Living the dream. Restore's classic car's for a living!
Project Racer: '99 Arosa
Project Touge Outlaw: '87 Porsche 924S
Project Street sleeper: '95 BMW E34 540i/A Touring
Project Mafia: '04 BMW E53 3.0d
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Oct 11, 2011 19:49:36 GMT
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Little update: Haven't done much recently apart from a few things: I went to replace the heater matrix in preparation for the winter, its an  of a job with the steering column and pedal box having to come out so I can remove the matrix cartridge. Anyway the whole reason for replacing the matrix was I had assumed the old one was almost totally blocked as on the old engine last winter the heat output was curse word at best. I never connected the matrix when I installed the 3.0, I removed the cabin pipes and found that the old matrix isn't blocked at all! I connected it all up and its working perfectly. Now means I have a spare new genuine GM matrix. The only other thing was that I reinstalled the old higher build coilovers which are softer and ride higher for the coming snowy roads. So those are the nice bits of news gone and the curse word bit of news: After the engineer installed stem seals in the head without consulting me I fitted the head regardless and obviously they are cheap curse word because they are leaking again  I plan to replace them with genuine GM units next month with the head in place, fingers crossed. |
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Vauxhall Carlton V8
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Oct 11, 2011 20:08:55 GMT
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This is excellent  Seen those wheels on a focus and thought they need using on something.. non focus. Nice work. |
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1989 Mini MG 1275 ~ 1987 VW Polo ~ 1989 Citroen 2CV ~ 1998 VW T4 ~ 2006 Volvo XC70
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Oct 11, 2011 22:03:04 GMT
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Are the pics working now? The URL's were https so I changed them to http and they appeared  Nice project BTW  Large update over a long period so bare with it: Few pics of the recent photoshoot and subsequent paint job:         I bought a 8kg TTV racing flywheel last week and thanks to a friend a decent R28 has been provided, these two are going in tomorrow. Today I cleaned up the unit and fitted a set of 10mm (yes 10mm) silicone spark plug leads.. what a difference!! She pulls stronger now so definitely a good investment. Last week I controversially fitted a pair of FORD Fiesta RS Turbo recaro front seats, I used to have a set of these in my Nova turbo and I loved them for their comfort and body holding. I also fitted a digi dash, its modified with white LED's so no yellowness!! erm erm erm oh thanks to a friend I got hold of a coin holder that goes under the handbrake handle, woo!! The list still goes on with future plans, I have sourced 2 sets of Insignia 17" steelies. These look identical to my 16" steelies but... larger. Why bother?? Well lets face it the car is very low, too low in fact. Two sumps and a little exhaust damage has dictated that. If I were to simply raise the car up it won't look as good (arch gaps). The way round it is to maintain the same suspension height but make the wheels bigger, thats half the reason. The other reason is I have some big brakes to go on and they need 17's minimum. Since last updating the car has had some radical changes, the week I had off was to paint the car. It was a risky paint job but it was a success:    The original knackered paint was prepped and then the pattern hand drawn onto the car and then each of the four colours (sand, nato green, brown and black) painted on separately. The whole process took 9 days in total (about 70 hours) and is well worth the effort, but work still needs doing. Yesterday I fitted the new front brakes in preperation for the nurburgring trip in september:    The brakes are Hi-spec monster 6-pots with alloy bells and 330mm rotors, although they are new bedding in you can feel the difference. Today the prototype coilovers were replaced with the new ones which are basically the same but: Offer a better shocker range for the drop I wanted (prototypes would bottom out) Run Bilstein B6 monotube dampeners (I'm a big fan of these) Run higher poundage springs After a little tweaking the new setup feels perfect for road holding and isn't overly harsh. |
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Oct 11, 2011 22:34:56 GMT
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i f***ing love this car, iv seen it a couple of times at shows, its uber cool, I'm very jealous
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;D well its about time you got them brakes onto service!! must be five years?  looking good dude!!! |
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Oct 23, 2011 20:02:30 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 23, 2011 20:03:41 GMT by Johnny A
Vauxhall Nova Estate
Vauxhall Carlton V8
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Tim
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Oct 24, 2011 16:50:47 GMT
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You need to IMG tag your images :-)
Looks mad though ;D
Mines down at the auto electrician trying to work out why hazard circuit stays live with the fuse out, why it keeps blowing the fuse, and why the internals of the hazard switch were wrecked.
We are expecting some bodgework behind the dash :-(
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Last Edit: Oct 24, 2011 16:52:42 GMT by Tim
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craig1010cc
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Oct 24, 2011 17:02:26 GMT
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Hmm, won't work with just add IMG tag's  Looks V tasty though  Have you fitted a senny front panel work to it? |
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ruffgeezer
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Attracts french tat.
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Oct 24, 2011 17:12:52 GMT
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[/img] I had finished the work and an Eaton M90 supercharger fell onto the top of the engine! so I took a few pics:    [/quote] lose the s in https then stick the image tags on, it looks nice matey, I'm not totally sold on the matt paint, but it's your ride so it's cool |
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Oct 24, 2011 18:53:07 GMT
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Cheers for telling me why the images wouldn't work before, I gave up and put the direct links.
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Vauxhall Carlton V8
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pork
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Oct 24, 2011 21:34:09 GMT
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This thing is fricking awesome!! As soon as I saw it I was straight on eBay looking for one!! Had a go in a few off the saloons, huge fun
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Lex
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日本車 <3
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Oct 24, 2011 22:49:36 GMT
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Good god that is going to be brutal...
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Mar 16, 2012 20:49:51 GMT
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Mega update: Lots have changed, including my mind - several times! I will try and cut the story as short as possible. I continued to refine the supercharger idea, I got the engine systems all sorted and moved onto the gearbox and it came down to 3 options: 1: A lotus carlton gearbox - box costs around £500, custom flywheel, clutch, prop would mean a price around £1500. Too expensive 2: A getreg 265 box - similar mods needed, total cost a little less (around £1200) - too expensive. 3: Give up Option 3 was the only real option here, the output of the engine wouldn't exceed 280bhp and I can get that power from other engine/box combos a lot easier. I re-evaluated the situation, I wasn't overly happy with the engine itself - it was a big old lump that needed more money spent to make it not smoke (the stem seals were cheapies and leaked again). The estate is my daily driver, so it needs to do everything well and the 3.0 wasn't any good on fuel. So after much thought I decided to ditch the engine/box and go for something else. I decided to go for a 2.0 Turbo, I already had the RWD Z20LET engine and omega 5-speed ready so I fitted that. The engine was originally from a 2001 Astra Coupe turbo, it's modern, smooth, refined, great on fuel (45mpg on a long run) and gives loads of power and torque. The omega gearbox bolts straight up to the Z20LET and have been proven to handle 400bhp for long periods. Old engine being removed:   The rig ready to be installed:  Battery tray moved to other side of bay:  With the tray moved the ABS pump is moved forward to clear the turbo setup on the new engine:  Engine installed:  The wiring was the biggest hurdle, about 60 odd wires to relocate!!   It took about a week but it all came together:  New slam panel welded and painted:  Trial fitment of bumper, FMIC, lights:  Took the car down the road to Longlife Exhausts in Bicester for the alloy boost pipes to be constructed, the job was flawless and I highly recommend their work:  Before:  After:    It was nice to have the old girl out after several months in the unit:  Turbo brace cooked up and some colour coding done, also the inlet manifold was removed and cleaned as it was totally filthy  Now you are up to speed, tomorrow I pick up some gaskets to refit the inlet and all the other bits to it. |
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Mar 16, 2012 20:56:09 GMT
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Also the MOT is booked in for the 7th of April, a week after is the remap hopefully. The turbo kicks out enough CFM for 500bhp on this engine, however the block, gearbox and clutch will be overly stressed over 350bhp so the target is 330bhp to 350bhp with a nice smooth power curve and plenty of torque.
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bstardchild
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Mar 17, 2012 10:51:35 GMT
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Good to see you are still at it - good luck with the MOT and I really love the cammo paint job
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Mar 17, 2012 10:58:20 GMT
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cheers chap, I don't see why it would fail on MOT... most of the car has been replaced over the past year or so with upgrades so no worn bush/joints/gaiters etc.... but I will be doing my own mini MOT checks beforehand to make sure.
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Vauxhall Nova Estate
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Colonelk
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Mar 17, 2012 13:07:22 GMT
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Epic stuff dude love this car |
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Mar 17, 2012 13:42:07 GMT
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What a machine, got sooooooo much love for this it's unreal. Just keeps getting better and better  |
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Sierra - here we go again! He has an illness, it's not his fault.
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xjlee
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Mar 17, 2012 17:45:45 GMT
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Thats awesome, hope we get a vid posted up of some boosted fun.........  ;D |
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Seen those wheels on a focus and thought they need using on something.. non focus. Nice work.
Have you fitted a senny front panel work to it?
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