SportBoy
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looks spiffing , may have to drag that shaft i have from the shed and give it a go 
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Luke
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Registered: 9th Dec 05
Location: Oxford Drives:Corsa B C20LET
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Looks good nic. I'm going for a set of them mounts IF i fix my car. BTW the m-tech short shift is excellant mate.
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Olsrey
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Registered: 13th Jan 07
Location: Bradford Drives: LET Vectra B
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Glad the equal length shafts make a difference, give me some incentive to fit mine  . Bad news on the sump though 
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Luke
BTW the m-tech short shift is excellant mate.
fuckin wants to be for the fuckin extortionate fuckin price it fuckin is fuck sake fuckers what a fuckin rip off. might just get the original welded longer.
as for sump, yeah annoying. but will get another so not really that bad. easy enough to change dut to magical v-band etc on the down pipe.
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Nic Barnes
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was going to start taking front end to bits to sort out the blowing gasket between turbo and manifold. bloody started to rain so gave up. put a spirit level on the engine. its sitting way down on driver side. and i mean way down. it used to sit level, and sit square aswell. actually quite saddened by it all. might have to miss some drag strip action next week. lack of money to buy parts, and not enough time to check if i need parts, and to order parts and then parts to be delivered etc. sad times. will try and get it figured out tomorrow.
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john_c20xe
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john_c20xe
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that was my shaft mate on a standard redtop, not as good as they say they are
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Nic Barnes
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its ran over 400bhp for 2 years previously without disaster so id say theyre actually not bad at all.
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john_c20xe
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i may just be unlucky.. or the person before my drove it lilke a coont lol
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Nic Barnes
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maybe. them conversion shafts ive had for over 6 years. were in my old xe corsa for about 2 years which got nothing but utter abuse all day long. then in the turbo for last 4 years which got nothing but utter abuse and still does all day long. theyve stood up quite well really to the pain.
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john_c20xe
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mine looked really cheap ones tho they were like mirror polished for some reason
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Nic Barnes
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started taking front end to bits. for one, means can remove the gasket from between turbo and manifold and run it gasket-less like it seems most do. also means can try fitting the new driver side alloy mount. still in the middle of doing it as needing a mate to come round and level and jack the engine into place so just having a break.
thats not right.............
bugger. shouldnt be that close to the chasis leg.
quite easy with a removable headlamp panel
maybe cant see it but black soot on top of turbo is coming from where the gasket is blown. simple enough to sort really. will have it done in a bit.
wish i hadnt taken that pipe off
mount to change
small turbo. i can hear a vtec so im off to carry on with it. bye bye.
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SportBoy
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you want to get some brass nuts for the turbo-mani joint . normal steel ones can kinda work loose with the heat
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SportBoy
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love the engine mount to change ghetto bodge with 2 nuts
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by SportBoy
love the engine mount to change ghetto bodge with 2 nuts
had stripped the thread so it wouldnt tighten up, so added another nut to make it secure. thats been like that since, well maybe 2 years now
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Nic Barnes
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engine mount finally fitted. finally is the word.
some of the tools needed. it took 3 pry bars, some random bar, some screwdrivers, 2 people, some swearing, an axe/hammer some more swearing some cups of tea and some tobacco to actually be able to achieve it.
honest to god, its the hardest engine mount ive ever fitted. my mate says the same. its the hardest mount he has ever had to make fit. we did some swearing and i nearly lost a finger when a bar slipped that we were leavering the engine with. id recommend to anyone wanting to fit them, have a spare few hours, possibly a few people and several bars.
so now it has clearance again. winner.
and the angle is better as according to the spirirt level. mate used his iphone to check aswell, but i didnt take a picture of that as i think iphones are a bit too poofy for my liking.
tomorrow night will fit the rad and fan, oil cooler and intercooler and bumper. then job is hopefully a good one. engine mounts really do make the engine virtually solid in the engine bay.
oh, and removed the blown gasket from the turbo. the whole back edge had disappeared. random.
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Nic Barnes
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you want to get some brass nuts for the turbo-mani joint . normal steel ones can kinda work loose with the heat
yeah, me mate the slick was saying he will have some at his work. so will get them off him hopefully tomorrow. i think thats actually what happened. nuts came loose, gasket blew to bits.
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john_c20xe
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you not using a gasket now then?
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Nic Barnes
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hell no
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john_c20xe
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are they face fit? dont they blow?
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Nic Barnes
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face fit shall be right im sure. if it needs one can fit one quick enough. front end is fair easy to work on and that. mates ibiza on gt2876 never had gasket, other fellas celieca on gt30 doesnt plus a fair few other people i ken dont either. if not new gasket is 7 quid so be right.
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3i_gaz
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
compbrake
top fella at comp brake!! my mate bought some rose jointed lower arms for his TB'd escort, real nice bits of kit.
he does mega 4 and 6 pots too, from down our end. nice bloke.
like the updates mate, be good to see what times your getting now and if its any different getting the pwoer down with proper mounts etc..
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Rick Draper
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Looking good Nic. Which hole did you use in your gearbox front mount? Top or bottom?
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SportBoy
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what are the mounts like on the move? much vibration or noise?
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Rick Draper
Looking good Nic. Which hole did you use in your gearbox front mount? Top or bottom?
cant remember actually will have a look when i go put car back together a bit later.
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