Nice work Michael...I assume that fan does turn clockwise ie as you look at it ie "suck"... just looks like it should run the other way

Does look like a front mounted blow through.

TT

No no I assure you it's a sucker ;) haha
Gives me good spacing for the rad mounts :)

Fly like a v6
 

howdo chaps!

well just a lilttle diary update :) recived my suspension brackets from Talonmotorsport very nice! and my rack extensions from
Dave @ rogue engineering nice bit of kit too :-P

but the real bargain lies here . i managed to get my engine in a complet running order with gearbox, loom ,ecu, flywheel, clutch ,sensors the lot! for......£60!! also got my gear remote so i have been sitting in pretending to change gear!! ;-)



Dont ask how that got in there!! it was difficult!



start of stripdown , oh and the engines only do 70k!



I have some big development plans for this engine, which i will probably regret having "too" much power haha but more power more fun right ?

Michael

That front cam shot to me is screaming "put a piece of clear acrylic on me with a set of coloured verniers":D :D

do you reckon? :p

don't give me ideas!! y'know what im going to look into that! i think that would look ace!

i don't have much experience with plastics tho! so some help would be appreciated from others :)

engine update
 

hallo,
lately i havnt been doing much chassis work! but i have been tinkering with my engine in time.

still needs a rehone then thats it! oh and a gasket set! but its all ready for assembly then!! :-D

zu den Bildern schnell!










hope you enjoy, as i must say the blue is a nice colour :-)

Michael

looking good, i must say that is a nice colour blue, is that a clue as to what colour the car is going to be?

thank you :) , erm well as a young bloke i have no colour co-ordination. i did want the car lime green! but we will see haha knowing me i will have it lime green and keep the engine blue haha!

although! my inlet plenums are going to be white (the ones pictured) and then the center air runner that will be yet again blue :)

I think it will look good :)

but thats coming from some one who wears flowery surf shorts ;-)

Michael

Is that a 'Halfruads' high temp engine paint? Liking the blue!

nooo chap! its hammerite :) still bloomin expensive tho!!! ;)
thank you :)

Is that a KV6?

TT

Phew, just read it's a VX V6.

My m8 has an astra MK2 with one in it.

TT

a kv6!!! ohhh no way! haha!

that would overheat in no time with the amount of abuse!

yeah is sure a x25xe :) there not bad motors, there fuel efficient and fairly powerfull. so in a car that weighs nothing it will be speedy and fuel efficient !

we dont need eco cars we need powerfull kit cars! ;)

howdoo all :)

Got a snip or 2 of my steering column mocked in, finally resembling a car'ish!

just waiting on my nice grey polys from spud :-) and all the bones shall be going on!! :-D

then I've got to make some engine mounts+gearbox mount Boooo!





i appologise that the quality is pants =-)

next on the long list!:
rear uprights
ball joints and transit drags
and diff mounts!


phew.. nearly there :p

well today I made a gearbox mount rather chuft with it needs a going over with a flap disk but its strong and does the job nicely :-)

also modified my gear remote , nicey nice.

and finally need some advice of you guys ill enclose 2 pictures of master cylinders what do you reckon...


4 outputs


2 outputs.


and this... am i allowed to remove all that s**t ? i dont need it.




ta =-)

Its been a while :) but ive made some progress!

order'd some mushrooms from talon and as soon as i get them thats my front on wheels just need rear ups and a steerring rack then wala! rollllinggg!!! :-D







a bit confused on how the sierra steering bush fits , but ill have a quick search i reckon!

Won a set of rear uprights of ebay today! so guess itll be rolling next week!! :D :D :D :D

Guten Tag!

haven't taken many pictures lately but here's one of my cardboard templates!

as far as chassis goes its pretty much nearly done! just need brake tabs welded on and the steering support and walla! a running engine will be going in by the end of the month! and a new project has started "my fathers" we will be fitting a rover v8 to his Vaux Omega :P 4.6 litre :cool: . so its my job to force it to fit or whatever :-)

cześć ! i have been busy today! shall be buying the steering rack next week hopfully :-) so it will all fall into place!!







Ps the wheels are not that colour ;-)

Michael

Fantastic well done!

righty o! thats the "running engine" installed and well i have allot of modifying to water pipes etc to make it run and there is some other mods that needs to take place , changed my sump from the flat pan to the saab sump but my clearence is, well..... limited! and i have a vectra sump i could try but thats only half an inch shallow'er .

I think a bash panel is in order to be made :p

what do you guys reckon?

Nice big chunky engine! Sump looks the same distance as my one around 50mm I will also be having a pan from. The steering rack the slopes down to the sump depth.

haha yeah tis a chunky lump aint it :p , yeah i was thinkng the same , maybe 4mm ally or something at a slope just so it will slide over bumps rather that going smack straight into the side! :)

Taking shape nicely.

Should have ditched the AC Compressor first though ;)

TT

thanks :-) ja! thats coming off dont you worry! and the pas pump too! i shall be mounting the alternator that side and will be getting a short belt :) i really need to get the traffic film remover on it! but with this daft hose pipe ban! :mad: :mad:

well.. thats the ac an pas pumps ditched! much more room! things are starting to look good :-) Fitted my tyres at college yesterday and my oh my!

wowzers... did a mess in my trousers ;-)

on das front are a set of yoko advan neova which i won for 60!! bargain!!
and on dee back are a set of toyo proxies t1r's ;-) £30!!

and my friend did the spraying on my wheels which im very happy with!they are in a kind of grey metalic, looks real nice when the sun hits them!







thats the rad fitted this morning :-) now to do the drivers seat and other bits i have missed i reckon.

does the height on the rad look ok to you guys ?


Mike

nice work so far bud....the rad does look too high ...the rads position is determined by trial fitting the nosecone as the rad sits inside of it.

does this look ok?
 

hey all what do you all reckon to this



i will weld the rearward nut so that is locked and will lock it off with a nyloc nut, and obviously fully weld it all including the bolt to the plate.

and as for the rad it is far far far to high! so that will be coming down 3 inches or so!! :p

thanks for your kind words :) yeah , im going to be loweing it quite a bit and maybe put it on a slight slant. i was literally going by the rule of "aslong as its under the engine" haha but i spoke to andy and he said and liek youve said the bonnet has some depth on it :)

привет!! had a laugh this morning! and yes I did make the brum noises and drifting screetches ;)





And also photoshopped one of saturns pictures to the colour i would quite like (respects to ssc) :-)



Getting rather excited now that its taking shape!! :-D

howdy! 3 lil pics to keep us entertained :-D



got bored with that ended up ony slotting one :-P

so i did this instead ;-)





all in all very cool :cool:

:D great pics of you and mate in the car , looks like your passenger wants a steering wheel too :D ....just imagine the amount of fly,s you,ll be catching with mouths open like that :D .

nice progress pics, really coming together now :cool:

cheers
andy

haha! :) thats's my old man ;) its slowly getting there!

will be ordering a steering rack soon! (i know i keep saying it ;) )
then fuel tank and pump and wala a running car

Oh and the all important brakes! but they aint that important :-P

:o I feel very old now :o

:D

HAHA! i will tell him , he will be well impressed! ;) he is erm.... 43 or 42 i cant remeber . as you can tell im not a very good son :p

saying that your not old :) (brownie points aquired)

guten abend!

3 lil pics!







shall be relocating my alternator next week!

problem im faced with now is to remove the wiring loom for the imobiliser transponder from the omega! long tedious process I reckon

That omega in the back (my dads) is having a bit of a change rover v8 :cool:

My M8 has 2 MK2 Astras with the CX25. He also has Tech 2 which helped him alot ;)

TT

Did he flash the user memory and do away with the imobilzer?
i was onabout seperating the bloomin thing from the loom haha

saying that.. I'd quite like to use the obd on my kit car, how did he get hold of the tech 2 software?