Hamish
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have u ditched the maniflod studs in favour of bolts?
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C4RL0
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Hammerite smooth 
Is that a bad thing? On one of the pics I have started painting it before it's totally clean. But i did clean it all up before putting another coat on.
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C4RL0
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Originally posted by Hamish
have u ditched the maniflod studs in favour of bolts?
Yep, gives you a bit more room. And I will need bolts when I get my new manifold.
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Hamish
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where did you get them from. Or are they just generic hex head bolts? Stainless steel i pressume?
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Mattb
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the standard vaux nutty type things are the best honestly.. although pricey
looks good tho 
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ed
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quote:
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Hammerite smooth
Is that a bad thing? On one of the pics I have started painting it before it's totally clean. But i did clean it all up before putting another coat on.
Thought so. On aluminium you need to use Hammerite Special Metals Primer. It tends to peel off after a while if you paint it onto the bare metal... Sorry bout pointing this out just too late, only just noticed this thread 
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C4RL0
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
where did you get them from. Or are they just generic hex head bolts? Stainless steel i pressume?
Just got my old boy to get them from work, so just normal ones hex ones I think. Stainless as well.
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Originally posted by C4RL0
Hammerite smooth
Is that a bad thing? On one of the pics I have started painting it before it's totally clean. But i did clean it all up before putting another coat on.
Thought so. On aluminium you need to use Hammerite Special Metals Primer. It tends to peel off after a while if you paint it onto the bare metal... Sorry bout pointing this out just too late, only just noticed this thread
It'll be reet, it's coming back out again in a year or so for 400bhp+ rebuild. I'll bear that in mind for next time though, cheers
TBH I was looking at the metal primer thing but I thought with it being hammerite it should be OK. Oh well.
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C4RL0
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Come on then, who can tell me where these hoses go? They are Roose hoses for the Corsa C20LET in the ancillary package from Chris Astley.
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Andyrs1800
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i'll have a guess,
turbo to rocker cover
rocker cover to inlet manifold
icv to tophat
turbo to block (oil feed)
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C4RL0
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Sorry, none of them. I've found where the 3 top ones go. Top right hose is inlet to throttle body, left of that is throttle body to coolant tank and right of that is hard pipe to coolant tank.
But I still don't know where the bottom one goes 
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ed
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One of them could go from the turbo to the coolent bottle.
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C4RL0
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Nope, I've already put the Turbo coolant pipes on. Really puzzling me now.
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DJMartin07
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I can't see what it is, and i'm looking at the roose motorsport advert in TV mag.
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C4RL0
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It's not on any of the pictures in TV. Anyone even having a guess? It's only the bottom one in the picture left to go
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C4RL0
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I finally manged to find where that feckin hose goes. It's for the brake servo, which goes down to the inlet manifold. I had to use a part from the C20LET to fit it, but it did fit, eventually.
I'm nearly finished! Over the last couple of days I have been fitting all of my hoses, checking everything is right, re-timing the engine for some reason. And then today I got my new rocker cover, cambelt cover and throttle cable bracket.
Here's a few pics for you anyways.
And after buying some parts on Thursday when I get paid, I can maybe, if I'm lucky, start putting the engine in the Corsa on Friday. I've got my work cut out for PV but it looks like I just might make it by a nats knacker hair 
[Edited on 22-05-2007 by C4RL0]
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Nic Barnes
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looks the business that mate
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flybikeslee
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Awesome work matey
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C4RL0
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There is one thing that I have noticed that I don't like, the fact the underdrive pulley is so small
It looks like the cambelt cover has not been fitted right.
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Nic Barnes
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aye but you cant see anoy of that really when the engine is in anyway
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C4RL0
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good good, so should look OK then, and more importantly scare the shit out of me  well I have been driving my 1.5 TD van around for the past 18months while I haven't had a car! So it should feel a tad quicker
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deanmcreynolds26
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Looking good mate, that hose kit looks like a good one 
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C4RL0
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Can't fault it. I got it from Chris Astley, not cheap but covers just about every hose and fits perfecto
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cash_2_my_corsa
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wow dude thats wicked hope u do make it to pvs as i wont as havin a knee op
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C4RL0
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Finally! Managed to get the engine in the car, sort of
Got paid the other day so went and abused the debit card. Went and bought a new :
Steering rack
radiator
alternator + belt
brake lines
flywheel bolts
track rod ends
bearings
short shift
cossie actuator
slim line fan
First job was to take out all the powersteering shite from my car, so out came pipes bottle and steering rack, and replaced with a simple rack instead. Mainly because it's an extra thing to go wrong that I don't want, and powersteering is for pussy's
Then fitted my new brake lines, I just got lengths of copper already flared with the ends on which I had to bend to shape myself. That was fun but they did get there in the end even if they do look a little out of place.
Also got a little parcel from M-tec, my shift shortener for the F28 Corsa conversion. So much easier using this, you don't have to cut and weld anything and it just goes together easy.
At this point I was supposed to be getting an engine lift from my mate, but the silly c*** decided he had better things to do. But I just had to get on with it, so took the engine down from the stand with a few mates, and fitted my new lightened flywheel, new clutch and shiney gearbox and then carried the engine over to the car. And sod's law, the car wasn't high enough for the engine to slide under. A bit of enginuity was needed . . . .
Found a fairly wide, smooth plank of wood. Spread WD40 all over it, place engine on end of said plank which then goes under engine bay. Get 3 mates, make them lift the front of the car, sit and laugh at them for a bit, then slide the engine under the car. Drop car back down. Genious! And it bloody worked
Today I should hopefully be getting the engine lift. And it will be all plumbed at wired in by the end of the day
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reeves_8
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looks wikid mate
very good work
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