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matthew172

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12th Jun 10 at 17:14

well today i made a start putting bottom end back together, got the crank back in

lovley torque wrench

bearings all de greased

shells in, assembley lube applied and mains studs in

crank in, mains caps on and torqued down

Nic Barnes

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12th Jun 10 at 23:06

now you are farming

dean101287

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13th Jun 10 at 08:10

Bet that tourqe wrench cost a pretty penny.

SportBoy

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13th Jun 10 at 09:11

we have the longer one of that wrench at work ... and that was around £300 iirc

Nic Barnes

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13th Jun 10 at 10:07

are you doing more today manners?

Griffiths1991

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13th Jun 10 at 10:28

Any recent pics of the car?

Graham88

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13th Jun 10 at 12:52

I like the torque wrench.

R1chard

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13th Jun 10 at 16:37

Lovely

Rick Draper

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13th Jun 10 at 17:26

Stunning build Matthew.

Nic Barnes

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13th Jun 10 at 22:09

took a trip down south today to see young matthew and his engine building.

we had our own pvs

had a look at the other parts manners has. its all top notch and i cant wait to go down when the engine is getting put back in. thanks for the 19 cups of tea manners.

R1chard

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13th Jun 10 at 22:16

Whos is that silver gsi ?
It looks rather lovely

Nic Barnes

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13th Jun 10 at 22:22

dan the ex saloon man

R1chard

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13th Jun 10 at 22:34

That saloon was a propper slag lol

matthew172

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14th Jun 10 at 05:38

well thanks for all the good comments guys, ive had quite a productive weekend

yesterday i got the pistons in and head on

cometic gasket and sbs head studs

all back together

zlet oil pump

Nic Barnes

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14th Jun 10 at 19:13

lovely

deanmcreynolds26

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14th Jun 10 at 19:21

what else is needed to get the z20let oil pump in the c20let?

is it much better?

Nic Barnes

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14th Jun 10 at 19:43

need to have a pick up pipe made up.

Ojc

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14th Jun 10 at 20:08

Silver GSi, talk to me.

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14th Jun 10 at 20:14

How did you get your cylinder head so clean?

matthew172

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15th Jun 10 at 05:18

quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Silver GSi, talk to me.

its a mates, hees just bought it and its rather nice tbh

quote:
Originally posted by ed
How did you get your cylinder head so clean?

i took it to be cnc machined etc and thats what it looked like when i picked it up lol

well i got more done lastnight too, got sump on

cleaned the baffle and sump up

fitted the lovley sbs pickup pipe

and sump back on, looks wierd seeing it as a engine again lol

Nic Barnes

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15th Jun 10 at 17:14

that pic up pipe looks worlds apart from the last mess.

its almost upsetting attaching all the nice parts to things.

Ant B

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15th Jun 10 at 18:08

this is going to be a monster of a nova when its all up and running,you have done an amazing job so far

Jimbothebarbarian

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15th Jun 10 at 20:17

when you need to scratch your willy do you have to reach far past your knee??

matthew172

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16th Jun 10 at 05:23

cheers for the comments guys, much appriciated

quote:
Originally posted by Jimbothebarbarian
when you need to scratch your willy do you have to reach far past your knee??

flol brilliant jim now hurry up and get yours built so we can battle it out on the drag!

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16th Jun 10 at 15:59

Wearing the high vis makes it all safe

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/muppetsport/13062010760.jpg

Do you have a pic of the oil pump before to show the mod to get it to fit? Or is it as simple as just cutting off a bit that pokes out?

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