thegsi
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Registered: 3rd Feb 07
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Gypos.
Good work Nic.
[Edited on 28-02-2010 by thegsi]
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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haha
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
the shogun!! haha, 
seriously wouldnt die. about 2 hours they tried to kill it. it lived on. kept starting back up. mental.
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
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its amazing what you can do to an engine and it will still run
was it 5th gear they took the sump bung out, and the car lasted 30minutes around a track before it siezed completely
crazy in engeering sense!
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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breaking news. Paint has been ordered to paint cage and insides. Still on course for being finished by end of march.
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matthew172
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Registered: 5th Jan 07
Location: cumbria
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you going to trial fit fuel system in, drill holes to mount things etc before painting ?
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Nic Barnes
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yeah. Hoping to be doing that on saturday depends if rest of cage is finished by then really. Hopefully.
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SR91
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Location: Lancashire.
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
might wire it to the horn so one of my mates can beep at the girls as i normally miss the ones on the passenger side of road.
I thought you didnt have any mates 
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Nic Barnes
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yeah well i can hope one day i will have a mate to use the passenger horn button. Must be nice having friends. Ive never had any.
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Nic Barnes
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in new amazing news, vectra broke on way home. aux belt snapped, i think due to the tensioner seizing. it opperates the water pump which made a short 7 mile journey into a very long one.
nearly 2 years ive had vectra and this is first fault with it. will be a cunt to sort aswell as aux belt is extremely long and goes around and through the engine mount i think by looking at it.
twat of a day ive had today.
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Nic Barnes
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ordered bits for vectra. Think it was just over 60 for aux belt tensioner and aux belt. Problem is all my tools are at my mates still and i have no way of getting there. Ah well. All the parts yet nothing to fit the parts.
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Nic Barnes
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this is the first thing apart from a cracked rear bank exhaust manifold to go wrong on my vectra in 22 months since i owned it. hopefully it doesnt start breaking more things from now on.
due to tools not being at my house, im not sure when it will get fitted. ive asked a mate if he is busy later can lend some tools. see what happens.
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matthew172
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mount off to replace a aux belt, happy days eh
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SR91
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Nic Barnes
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off tonight to finish cage off hopefully. Also need to collect my tools out the corsa and fetch them home to fix vectra tomorrow night. Pics later init.
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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rubbish update time.......
front parts welded in
welded to a pillar part of cage
started to make the plates to cover the holes where the pipes go in. basically, all the cage is now welded nto the car. all thats left to do is make the plates for the holes and then can start on fuel system.
getting there indeed.
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Chris x
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Registered: 11th Sep 08
Location: Bexhill
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Well worth the work. Will deffo look the part once its all back together!
Any luck with the Vectra?
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Nic Barnes
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tomorrow night will get on case with vectra now that i got tools back from johnnys
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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so is it worth 10k now?
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Nic Barnes
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are you on crack?
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IvIarkgraham
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no why?
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sand-eel
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mmm this makes me want to replace my AUX belt, as I don't know when it was last replaced or if it ever has and it works my water pump, viscous fan, alternator, powersteering.
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Nic Barnes
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aux belt on mine was done 20k ago same as cam belt perhaps tensioner wasnt though. Nice of the boss at work to let me use my van till car is fixed so ive not been stuck. Own 2 cars. Neither work. Laugh out loud.
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Nic Barnes
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foreign paint has arrived.....
and a close up.........
thats the money shot right there.
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SR91
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Registered: 21st Jun 08
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Cockle pickers made that paint i'll have you know
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