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Ok I got a cabinate blaster today but need a few hints / tips
I got a bucket of glass beads with it
Now this is my first time using a blaster and maybe I am doing something wrong
But I did a few peaces like cam pullies/ an alloy thermostat housing and they came up ok
Then I stick in an old alloy wheel and it was struggling to take the paint off
Can some one recomend a more abracive media that won't wreck my cabinate ?
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carmad
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the good old red top
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the way I did it last time in my manta it didnt last very long due to me not tightning the bolts on the turbo housing and the inside of the turbo hitting the compressor housing
so 2 head gaskets
a polo cold start injector plumbed off the main fuel rain
a pressure switch
an intercooler
and some stainless bends
as for the oil lines ect I used home heating oil buner hoses lol
and a greedy b spec 2 boost controller and a xs power waste gate
thinking off using alot off this stuff again but apart from that would love any tips / advice you guys have to offer
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Last Edit: Oct 6, 2010 18:39:33 GMT by carmad
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Thanks everyone for the warm welcome, were do I begin, The droop snoot is staying witht the original engine as from what I know it is a Blydenstein fast road engine with port matched 48 Delortos and cam etc. The engine that is the minor In the second picture is a 1293 with big valve head and mg midget gearbox (Quick enough when I was on my R's) The engine has since been removed but hoping to do a minor project sometime and will put it back in. The workshop atm is just a bare shell, me and my dad are building it slowly but we are getting there. And yes I am from Northern Ireland (ballymena area). And would consider selling the Hc, I contacted you a few weeks back CARMAD on jon44w.com. Small Word  Once agin thanks for the warm welcome, will keep everyone posted sorry lad I didnt realise there was a viva on gum tree during the wee and I must have got 30 messages from diffrent people |
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Last Edit: Oct 6, 2010 18:28:41 GMT by carmad
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carmad
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Ok say you didn't want to use fancy after Market management / boost controllers
how would one go about plumbing up a fifth injector ect on a standard multi point fuel injection engine
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I'm not the only mad one then? Are you from NI as well, see a few regs there that would suggest it!! well spotted Adrian Would you sell the hc donor car ? |
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carmad
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just for talk sake whats the cheepest way you can turbo or supercharge an engine
say its a car you don't care about
and you just want to make a quick sleeper for a few runs
i know a few things like 2 head gaskets ect but any one wanna go a bit futher
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Seems to get a LOT of attention - even more than any of the bizarre and random cars that are usually parked around it!    would you sell it  |
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i forgot to take a pic off that fitting for you but pm me you address i will post ya one
do you mean the wee pipe that comes off the slave cylinder to the flexi?
its just the same as a standard brake pipe fitting
i am doing something similar with mine but i was just going to use a brake pipe flexi then pipe it in copper same as you would to a wheel / hub / caliper
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carmad
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lol no
they should make it slower with that nice race 4 branch i have
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I am only messing with ya mate
I would love a conversion to go as quick for me as yours has
tho am I am all over the place I have had 8 conversions from this time last year lol
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2010 20:20:21 GMT by carmad
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carmad
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your forgiven even tho you have a old smelly ford lump
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if you have a look at my vxr hc viva thread you will see i used a manta axel
not the best option but more parts available
few options i have looked at are
ford escort capri ect
volvo
mazda rx7
then the big old american camareos ect and the 4x4 and vans
they are all a nightmare to fit and will prob cost as much to fit as one off those ohc axels
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Looking good mate I had probs when it came to painting the rocker cover on my last XE, used engine enamel in the end still had a slight orange peely effect but was bloody hard wearing! If your using bits of that eco-tech hybrid.......whats gonna be going in the HC ? Steve  2 totally diffrent eco wrecks ;D my hc is a different project and it has a complete vxr astra engine no sneaky hybrid bits |
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I am badly looking the bigger axel my self
chicken teeth and poor quality wobbly children's play pony poop
or a wallet the size off king kongs hairy pouch is required lol
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2010 20:02:28 GMT by carmad
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paul the valves ect were cleaned i just didnt take a pic ok so today was mostly scrubbing bits and sanding till my arms were sore so I started with the dip stick and breather tube after a night soaking it so petrol and thinner mix  so a short while later and some halfords rattle cans this happened  next up the oil pump it was working fine but needed a clean up  so I cleaned it and stuck it on with a new gasket #  then a new oil cooler sandwich plate  and a nice new oil filter   sanded and sprayed up the timing gear back plate forgot to take a before pic  then I stuck the cams in and hydrolic lifters  nice clean back plate on  sanded and sprayed the rocker cover tho not very happy with the finish  and how it sits now  |
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2010 19:42:32 GMT by carmad
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carmad
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what axel did you use |
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looking better is the micra a matt blue ?
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It's fine I have done this before with my old manta I ran an ecotec bottom end and red top head was a good strong engine
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Last Edit: Oct 3, 2010 13:51:00 GMT by carmad
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good work there mate
you will be pulling under seal out off your hair for weeks lol
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