bigron1988
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its alfa romeo red, have the paint code somewhere if you want it, polishing got done at here
http://www.almondmellor.com/
and it was £120 for a cash job, droped them of tuesday got them back thursday so must of been his weekend beer money
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Mark.W
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Such an immense rebuild Ron
Must admit when i seen the first pics i was very unsure what to think but seeing the pictures of the build and now the finished article and the purpose it has been built for its growing on me more and more.
Well done
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bigron1988
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cheers , tbh the pics dont do it any justice as there only phone pics looks much better in the flesh and didnt hear one bad comment about it at pod
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Mark.W
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Looking forward too seeing it at PVS then
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Chris x
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Awesome! Great work! You must be so happy with it!
[Edited on 17-03-2013 by Chris x]
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jrdn7
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quote: Originally posted by bigron1988
cheers , tbh the pics dont do it any justice as there only phone pics looks much better in the flesh and didnt hear one bad comment about it at pod
You'd need to be a right stupid bollocks to say anything bad about it, unreal car. Might not look the best to some, but ah well!
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Aidan-Fleming
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Brilliant update dude! Keep it up!
You know how you've drilled out the spot welds on the old seat mounts? Did you drill then right through or just the top of them? Any advice as to get them off? Cheers
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bigron1988
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Advice there a cunt to do must of drilled through half of them so had to weld them back up, just get a proper spot weld drill bit and don't use a screwdriver to lever up on as they go through the thin floor if you pull hard enough
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GB123
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Good read that, prefer how it looks now to how it did before tbh.
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Aidan-Fleming
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Oh cheers, will give it a go haha
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16xe_chris
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Size of them cam lobes is immense ;-)
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willay
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looks fucking mental! what an update.
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SteveoBC
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crazy, complete change from road/track to full drag spec
awesome update bud, amazing amount o time and effort spent
i know its early days but what are aiming for time wise this year? what would you be happy with?
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BenC1985
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I read all the update last night and wow what an update it was. I think it looks awesome now and still looked awesome before. This may seem petty but its the only thing negative(please dont take it the wrong way) after all the painting done i thought you would have colour coded the door handles? If thats the only negative thing i can point out then you have done an amazing job,you really have. Out of all the UK's front wheel drive drag vauxhalls yours is by far the most purposefull looking and no doubting you WILL get into the 9's. Cant wait to see it at pvs when we hopefully have weather you can get some decent runs down.
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flybikeslee
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hell of an update ben jam in
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miles123
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mental update, really looking forward to seeing this at pod!
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Dave
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Shit the bed that's a lot of pics! That'll be my data allowance for the month gone I think!
Car is truly superb, all credit to you, especially with so much of the work being done by yourself. I'll echo what some others have said and admit I do prefer the looks from before but clearly it's built for purpose. Nice to see so much attention to detail too rather than just throw a fucked old engine in a fucked old Corsa and call it a drag car.
Fingers crossed for some better weather so we can see what it's capable of.
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bigron1988
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quote: Originally posted by BenC1985
I read all the update last night and wow what an update it was. I think it looks awesome now and still looked awesome before. This may seem petty but its the only thing negative(please dont take it the wrong way) after all the painting done i thought you would have colour coded the door handles? If thats the only negative thing i can point out then you have done an amazing job,you really have. Out of all the UK's front wheel drive drag vauxhalls yours is by far the most purposefull looking and no doubting you WILL get into the 9's. Cant wait to see it at pvs when we hopefully have weather you can get some decent runs down.
Cheers don't like them colour coded so they were re painted black with all the other parts , aim for this year is a 9 sec but that won't happen for a bit till the weather/track improves and the car is set up how I want it
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M Sutton
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Absolutely awesome update! Didnt realise quite how much work went into this stage of the build!! Amazing job getting it done in such a short amount of time.
Cannot wait to see this in person this year!
Big respect for the work you have done
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Kieran
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What a update! Looks shit hot mate! I just wanna hear/see it go now
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Kieran
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And also where did you get you manifold coated and how much? U2u me if you like? Cheers
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Liam-Wilko
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Grate work mate not many people go this far with many cars let alone with a corsa I think its amazing
I am looking forward to see what is actually next as in after PVS and when it gets locked away you must have some idea what your next plans are Ron any hints
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steveboyslim
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quote: Originally posted by Liam-Wilko
Grate work mate not many people go this far with many cars let alone with a corsa I think its amazing
I am looking forward to see what is actually next as in after PVS and when it gets locked away you must have some idea what your next plans are Ron any hints
I have some more ideas for the engine as long as the current specification remains reliable (if the block is strong enough).
Steve
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taylorboosh
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That was worth the wait, wow its a whole new car lmao..
i love it like, absolutly mint
Have to word this well, your a big lad iir, ever thought of a barnes style regime to get fit? No offense intended and if it does offend u2u and ill delete but weight saved from you is still weight from the car.
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Liam-Wilko
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quote: Originally posted by steveboyslim
quote: Originally posted by Liam-Wilko
Grate work mate not many people go this far with many cars let alone with a corsa I think its amazing
I am looking forward to see what is actually next as in after PVS and when it gets locked away you must have some idea what your next plans are Ron any hints
I have some more ideas for the engine as long as the current specification remains reliable (if the block is strong enough).
Steve
What is his target/ideal power he wants? This already has quite an outstanding power output
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