stu_c
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Registered: 11th Dec 07
Location: Westleigh, Greater Manchester
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any more updates?
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xa0s
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Registered: 4th Mar 08
Location: Dartford, Kent Car: Turbo'd Fabia vRS
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Insane, just insane...
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Superdan
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Registered: 16th Apr 09
Location: Perth, WA, Australia
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Hey all, just saying g'day from down under.
This car seems to be the hot topic at the moment, and we're all keen to see any updates/pics/videos that are available.
Cheers
Dan
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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good good, i'll update when there is one
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jr
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[QUOTE=Zzz...Zzz;4082600]*big smiles* and thanks again for the fantastic feedback- we really appreciate it 
Things has been going abit slow lately,mostly due to some slow suppliers - of machining i cannot do myself...
One day I would like to have a full machine park myself!!!!
Some more details fitted on the rear push rod suspension :
And a close up of the left side :
One more shiot before final welding inside the wheel arch :
When you see this front in your mirror it is most likely time to pull over and have a coffe break, ferrari, lamborghini or whatever you drive...this old ford is going to be a tough one.. ;-P
A good night to all of you , AND - see you @ gods kitchen for ASOT 400 in birmingham on friday!!! 8-D[/QUOTE]
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jr
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[QUOTE=Zzz...Zzz;4069752]
A small but very neccesary mod had to be done.. :
You take a 1100hp capable ford cobra diff :
Remove the rubber bushing it hangs in at the rear :
Replace it with a nylon one :
And fit a steel bracing that remedy the one known weak link in the diff - the lid cracking up :
And suddenly, you have a diff that handles , alooot more...  [/QUOTE]
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DannyB
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Bringing the site lots of traffic jr, this has had over 6k views today alone 
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jr
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good good, my plan is obviously world domination, this is the start 
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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I want a Ford Cobra diff. 
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
Location: carluke/braidwood--IRNBRULAND
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Is that spring/damper unit bolted on in single shear? If so thats bad.
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LukeS
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Registered: 25th Nov 07
Location: Ormskirk
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That engine is the dogs 
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Ste
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Registered: 5th Mar 03
Location: Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Them welds are a dogs dinner.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Superdan
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Registered: 16th Apr 09
Location: Perth, WA, Australia
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BUUUUUMP!! any more updates!?
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jr
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Location: Kent
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[QUOTE=Zzz...Zzz;4107947]Haha, shure did - I'm a survior you know
Well yeah, mostly been doing small bits, wires and boring stuff not of much picture value...
BUT, the lower front suspension arms needed some attention...they simply looked far to UGLY to deserve a final assembly to the car...
So we made a jig on the workshop iron table and got to work..
After a few hours we could start comparing a std. arm to the new ones...
Picture of the final build after all welding will follow... =)
Good night to ya'all =)[/QUOTE]
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Ryk
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Registered: 27th Mar 06
Location: Whalley, Lancs!
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Lush, awesome thread jr, where do you find these things???
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Rob_Lee
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Folkestone Drives: Nova 1.6 16v
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its not real... every picture is a well contructed photoshop!
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C2RL R
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Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
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their workshop must be awesome. i'd love a go in that thing more than a lambo etc...
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jr
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[QUOTE=Zzz...Zzz;4170324]Glenny boy: Clever?? erhm....i really don't know how clever it is to build a race/street car out of a granada and at this level,but thanks anyway 
Oh yeah....you constantly enconter new challenges in theese kind of builds..
It was supposed to be an easy task, to modify the front hubs from 5x112 to 5x114.3
So I take out all the studs, machine a ring to center a rear break disc to align the for drill of the new bolt circle and weld the original holes for the studs.
For those of you unfamiliar to the granada, the brake disc sits on the rear side of the hub not the front as on most other cars - hence the 5 holes closer to the centre , wich are the ones bolting the disc to the hub.
Original hub to the right, modded one to the left :
I buy the best drill money can buy and som lubricant to further ease up the job..
BUT, and I was not aware of this..., bcoz when you weld in cast-iron as the hubs are, you create a mix of materials that goes super hard , harder than 12.9 steel i am now made aware of...
So the drill job was suddenly a big challange and the whole idea of doing this was scrapped.
I then aquire 2 "new" hubs and look at the idea of offset drilling the orginial holes, but eventually this as well is not a solution I can live with , from a pure technical point of view.
Instead we are now in the process of making two brand new hubs ourselves, we have made som many other special one-off's for the car so why not two brand new hubs as well...
A litte glimse of the front suspension as good as complete, and is destined to work miles better than the previous(modded original) solution. It looks reeeeally good as well, and we don't complain about that either
Some more snacks..
After a few layers of clear paint(??) and this part will look totally right , and will be the only outside visual part of the car that gives some hint of what is actually hiding within - an original ford RS rear wing made up in pure carbon fibre..
Stay tuned [/QUOTE]
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
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[QUOTE=Zzz...Zzz;4178579]LOL
Another day and late evening, with lots of work and some stuff fittted
The freshly fabricated hubs turned out okay :
And for those of you worried about the intercooler was gonna be too dominant.. :
Good night [/QUOTE]
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jr
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[QUOTE=Zzz...Zzz;4181621]Thanks Stevie
We just had to make them
We have been busy again, but bit by bit is turning more and more into a car , and we dont have a constant flow of neccesary fabrications...
Who could believe that this was the underside of a 1982 granada...
Engine fitted, and this time it is supposed to be there permament for a while..
Bonnet test fitted, so now we know clearences and can tig the wastegates into positon , and the top lid of the inlet manifold.
have a nice saturday night everybody , party hard!! [/QUOTE]
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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Can't wait to see videos of this 
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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without swareing much , that is fvcking ace
[Edited on 05-06-2009 by SportBoy]
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SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
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immense.. bet that will pretty much fly when finished.
should have a show down with the Irish Granada thats packing a lot of ponies (unless this is the one) saw it at TOTB last year
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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that irish granada is my alltime fav modded car! ... stevieturbo on pf i think?
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Root
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Registered: 28th Dec 08
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my god, that is incredible.
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