SimonTW
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Is that a mice nest thats been lurking behind the battery?
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matthew172
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correct me if im wrong but coscast?
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by matthew172
correct me if im wrong but coscast?
not checked actually, dont think so.
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Nic Barnes
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making a headlight duct using headlight from the swamp donkey. smashed the glass out then removed the inner bit, painted the outside satin black just needs tiger sealed back together then inlet pipe attached to the rear.
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Nic Barnes
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in its final minutes....started it up for the first time in a couple of years, ran alright as well.
made a removable headlamp panel
spax coil overs on the front. rear is gmax.
equal length shafts, split cv boot but still better than corsa ones with cavalier cv's.
pond being created on the roof
remove the useful bit
dead. thankfully.
different way of the engine mount being done?
collection of parts
FULL POWERFLOW SYSTEM
one dead swamp donkey.
hopefully get the strengthening plates done on the red one tomorrow night and try and get the engine in. not going to get time to fit some tb;s to it by the weekend, although hopefully still get the dta on it and map it on the std inlet see what it makes.
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Jambo
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Great little find.
Superb idea for headlight duct as well. Now thats recycling 
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Nic Barnes
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Yeah some alright parts on the swamp donkey engine seemed alright as well.
Sent from my iPhone 5.
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Jambo
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I love the moss on the side 
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Nic Barnes
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yeah its extra special. i like the stripe where it looks like someone has tried to clean it.
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thomson
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love it nic.
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Nic Barnes
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1DxVjhV_c&feature=plcp
aint bad considering its been sat for a while. just a touch tappety which sounds like most xe's anyway pmsl. didnt realise until we were taking stuff off ready to remove it that the brake servo pipe wasnt connected as it was hunting around when it was running.
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matthew172
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thats coscast, dispac coscast too the most desirable head to have apparently!
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Nic Barnes
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interesting. pretty sure its a gm head though.
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matthew172
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pretty sure thats coscast from what i can see on the pics, bargain id say
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Steve
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What can you see in the pics that makes you think that?
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Linch
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
What can you see in the pics that makes you think that?
Also interested
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Mieran
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I didn't think there is such thing as coilpack coscast head?
Anyway, I kinda like that engine mount, looks neat. Are you going to keep the power steering?
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matthew172
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coilpac coscasts are supposedly the best ones to have, the castings are different on a coscast where the heat sheild bolts too, you can tell from the pics just. unless its just dirty and looks like that. im sure nic will reveal when he gets a propper look
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Nic Barnes
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Yeah will check it next time I'm down there.
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Nic Barnes
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car up on the lift
g-max rear shocks and lowering springs fitted. the rear shocks were just std ones previously with lowering springs fitted.
one of the new wheels on.
front 16v brakes and spax coilovers fitted. the front again was just std shocks, however instead of lowering springs, they had just been cut. nice, very nice.
johnny welding in the strengthening plates. front panel needed a bit of patching up.
engine ready and waiting
in it goes
and mounted, and also front panel painted.
turns out matthew172 from cumbria was correct. it is a coscast head. first dispack one ive ever seen so thats an added bonus from the swamp donkey.
tomorrows list of stuff
tie bars and bottom arms to fit
exhaust to fit
front wheels are getting my old mickey thomson et streets fitted
track rod end to change
water pipes to fit
inlet ecotec plate to re-make into a 3 inch one then inlet pipe to suit
brakes to bleed
make a loom for dta from scratch
oil change, coolant to put in, pas fluid and gearbox oil to fill up.
put it on the dyno and map it.
hopefully thats all there is to do then drag race it on saturday, if the weather is any good.
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Nic Barnes
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyvI30eic_E&feature=youtu.be
quic vid of my mates mk1 escort with a supercharged v6 cosworth engine. just re-did the tensioner on the supercharger belt as it was slipping a bit. he will be mapping it tomorrow night so will video it. sounds immense.
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Jon_C
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Did the corsa get finished in time ?
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NathanR
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Just bought TV , nice pics ! Love the hat 
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Nic Barnes
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That hat has been in tv a few times now lol
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Nic Barnes
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favourite dip stick mod
salvage some parts from an xe loom
start making a dta loom
trying to keep loom looking like a standard one.
re-manufactured top hat device
job finished
change the oil, then try to map it at 3:30am but radiator decided to expire, so set about fixinf radiator with some plastic stuff that needs to set to go off. left it until the morning. car was mapped earlier today, it made 167bhp but it has a couple of problems with the exhaust. the manifold itself has been smashed off the floor so was a bit squashed, but also the bore of the exhaust is only 1 3/4" which isnt big enough, so it made peak power at 4800rpm ish. which is fair low for a 20xe. changing at 5500rpm it ran a 15.1 1/4mile at 90mph. i havent got a copy of the graph sadly, but as soon as it gets to around 4800, the power just drops right off. shame, but easy to sort really.
car ran all day faultlessly, which aint bad for an engine been sat in a field for 2-3 years and never ran. throttle bodies next, and sort a better exhaust manifold and system out.
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