Jon_C
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Glad to see you didn't give up. Any other plans for it over winter ?
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bigron1988
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no not really just want to use it the way it is as this year i havent had the chance to as the clutch has been slipping from the start so see what it can do first before changing anything else
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gidged500
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Quick question, have you ever changed your rear crank oil seal ? And if so how did you manage ? Thanks in advance
Looking forward to seeing the corsa in action again, and I bought mikes exhaust  lol
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monkeytwizzel
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wow that`s one hell of a clutch assembly bud!if that`s not handling the power then good luck finding something stronger so lets hope that it`s just down to the oil.
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corsadonk
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Nice one. 
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Generation
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Tried to view a pic in "your garage" but says your premium has expired 
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by gidged500
Quick question, have you ever changed your rear crank oil seal ? And if so how did you manage ? Thanks in advance
Looking forward to seeing the corsa in action again, and I bought mikes exhaust lol
only fitted one when i build one of the first few engines ,
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by monkeytwizzel
wow that`s one hell of a clutch assembly bud!if that`s not handling the power then good luck finding something stronger so lets hope that it`s just down to the oil.
ive already found a few out there that can , one company sell 2 clutches the smaller one will take 610 ftlb and im at 590 so far so im after one that will take a little more, im in discussion with a big company about having one custom made
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bigron1988
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picture of the broken part on the head
stripped the gearbox yesterday to make sure all was good
and striped the engine down , no suprises there which is all good
gave it a wire wheel and a wash out with water (thats why it looks a little rusted)
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Jed D
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any updates yet 
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taylorboosh
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Bit of a stiffy for ben you like jed...
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bigron1988
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As said in the other thread ill stick a picture up tomorrow Jed with a newspaper there so you can see its still the same
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bigron1988
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update time
bought some new gen cvs and fitted them
starter and alt went of to be cleaned up and re coned
head came back from having some work done on it and being skimmed again
block and caps were all skimmed flat
oil pump striped to clean
block got a coat of black
bought some assembly lube
managed to fine a company that could hold the sump while it was skimmed to make sure its flat
was over at beardys and saw that he had stud and nutted his sump so you can tighted it up better with out worring about stripping the threads so he gave me a few studs
new cam cover had my mate weld some fittings on to it months ago but just went to collect it and also weld over the l piece
catch tank had one and dip stick also
took cam cover to acid dippers
few new parts
going to use a zlet gasket this time so bought 2 and took the rivets out to make the thickness i wanted to get the right cr
inlet and intercooler were polished up
new headgasket is now 6 layers insted of 4
big big big thanks to beardy for sorting me out my girdle plate , old one was 1.5mm bent either end , so bought another one of some one else and that was bent to spoke to beardy and he got me one and had it skimmed by the lad who does my machining work now and its spot on
light shined through to show
then cleaned everything
then started assembly 
chosen gasket sealer
just wating for cambelt and rollers to turn up as was sent the wrong ones then i cam time it all up, cam cover is away at the painters and got loads of bits at the polishers and get them back at the end of this week
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M Sutton
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Awesome progress mate! Glad to see you've not lost the motivation
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Generation
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Huge update!!!!!
Glad to see progress again, what's the benefits of a girdle
Plate?
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Nic Barnes
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I've used them z20 head gaskets for years never once had a problem. Not a very popular gasket for big power as it's not very expensive so can't name drop cometic into a sentence.
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
Huge update!!!!!
Glad to see progress again, what's the benefits of a girdle
Plate?
just to hold all the bottom end together to stop any movement ive seen a few block crack in half and i rev mine quite high so i think its needed on mine
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
I've used them z20 head gaskets for years never once had a problem. Not a very popular gasket for big power as it's not very expensive so can't name drop cometic into a sentence.
do you use just a standard thickness one or have you made it like mine
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Nic Barnes
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Like yours is. Got a right slating on mob web for it. Years later, I'm quite glad I didn't spend millions on a cometic one as lots of people had bothers with them.
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bigron1988
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Like yours is. Got a right slating on mob web for it. Years later, I'm quite glad I didn't spend millions on a cometic one as lots of people had bothers with them.
yer a few ppl have told me im daft for putting one on but its working for you and a few others so will give it a go
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Nic Barnes
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who have told you its daft out of interest?
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SteveoBC
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fuck me another massive effort there Ben, will be good see it launching again next year
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Mieran
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Have you thought about converting to F23?
Plenty of them about and cable shift which is better than rod.
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taylorboosh
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I love this still
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ianofbhills
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Making absolutely sure it gets no leaks this time then, them studs for the sump are a good idea.
Good work glad to see its going to be back.
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