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Dan295
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Around 14th of march ish i took a trip up to grantham to collect my latest project:

Arden Blue 3 door


When it arrived




Then i stripped the lump down to check for any wear or breakages,



Bores looked to be in good nic


So i ordered a shedload of rebuild parts and tools
oil pump, water pump, clutch, new bolts, top end gaskets, bottom end gaskets


Painted the block silver


Bought a lightened flywheel and got the crank lightened and balanced:


Then did a bit of a roadtrip with pow to get pickfords 15" steels and i promised him a project thread


Then today i had an afternoon spare so threw the lot together





More pics to come shortly



[Edited on 21-02-2010 by Dan295]

[Edited on 07-03-2010 by Dan295]
Craig P
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3rd May 09 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks like a Good Project,I will be watching!
P1CK4D
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I'll be expecting to see you again soon Plans sound good though
pow
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4th May 09 at 09:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You threw it together

I've got a couple of pictures of our ghetto hub mincing i'll pop up later.

[Edited on 04-05-2009 by pow]
Danny W
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looks a good project, i'd love to be able to rebuild an xe

Smoke Grey 5 Door

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GavCorsa
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looking good mate, glad to see the project i wanted to do taking off - all went to a good home
glad the engine looked good when u stripped it down

[Edited on 04-05-2009 by GavCorsa]
Dan295
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New Crank Seal after the engineering company removed the old one, dont worry fellas theyre cheap


Fitted


The engine just hanging around


The hubs all built up


And fitted and making the arches look bad

JM_16v
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are you using a Mtech conversion kit?
Dan295
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nah most of the stuff is from chris astley
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keep it up.
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Dan295
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an update

Last weekend we threw the clutch on and the box on and got the lump in
however i missed a certain corsa standard mount which is what i went hunting for at PVS, and then realised i had one in the garage anyway, doh! nonetheless on thurs the 11th at about 2231 the xe finally stood on its own legs in the engine bay





Modified rear mount


Then today i went to town on it:

Inlet


Exhaust manifold


I did fit this driveshaft but forgot to take a pic


Was greeted by this on the other side


and even worse news the passenger side shaft looks to be too big as after fitting it protruded this much from the hub and the suspension would not line up at all, no matter how much levering it would do, yes it was fitted properly into the box and i did try to tighten the castle nut but it wasnt having any of it, so the pas wheel now looks like this





positive camber anyone?

Then i threw the tank on


and had a tantrum with it all, will be back tomorrow no doubt cursing the bloody thing,





Chris F
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13th Jun 09 at 23:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Christ Im impresed!
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some good work going on there mate
Dan295
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Update time:

Headlights fitted and oil cooler fitted with thanks to pirtek hoses and joint bit things



pretty close to the bumper bar eek


the bumper was then proper trimmed to fit the oil cooler behind, my mate josh did this with a stanley knife


Once that was done i fitted the comedy air horns:


threw the fuel pump in with that bastard round metal clip thing which destroyed my fingernails


fitted all of the bottom hoses into the back of the tank (yes that hose was dealt with and not left dangling)


ICV was fitted but the wiring needs extending as it didnt reach very well


then i got a bit bored and had a play with a rattle can


josh got even more creative with the stanley knife


sorted the M-tec gear linkage with the help of the haynes manual (ooft thats a short throw)


fitted a new bottom ball joint


it had new discs and pads and calipers even though it didnt really need the discs or pads,

(cba with paint the wheels will hopefully hide it anyway)


fitted my supposedly bodged coilovers which were welded so are basically like normal coilovers now but apparently its bodged


then used the rattle can to do a bit of rustproofing

before:


after:



then as ever bad light stopped play but we finished up with it looking like this its starting to look like an actual car now and i really want it to get to trax, we shall have to see.



thanks for looking
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My rattle can

Excellent progress mate, be round this week to lend a hand
Dan295
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oh and pow changed the interior loom over from the 12v one to a 1.2 8v one, took him very long and he did hurt his spongy office boy hands a few times, but still much love
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Graham88
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What you doing about the bonnet? Good progress though
Dan295
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yeah it does need a new bonnet and drivers side wing but im going to be sorting that at a later date, want to get it through the mot first
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Are they the coil overs I "Bodged" for you?
Dan295
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yeah apparently so, cant remember who said theyre bodged, but clearly when you modify suspension to make it so that its almost like standard is a bodge. pfft fitted the header tank though thankyou davey
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I think I called it a bodge
Dan295
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clearly
DaveyLC
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Oi, have you got a monk on with me mr Dan? you know im only messing with you

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