Dale
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Nothings changed at present, got few things to sort out before car 
As Kev said above heres my most "random" thing...
Little update more for about a road trip than anything else......
So the idea was to go for a good blast with a couple of cars.... note the "idea"
Total trip ended up with 14 hours driving covering 700miles is on friday night/sat morning!
Roads included:
- Black Mountain Pass
- Llanberis Pass
- Two sides of the Evo Triangle
- Snake pass
- Oopnurthring in the Peak District
- Fosse way back to home
The Route:
Here are couple pictures, only ones from in daylight mainly
Getting ready to start 10pm from Swindon
Good temperature for a drive, getting on well just after 1am
Pit stop for fuel, could only find a Tescos momentum it was then..
Carrying on into the night...
Then it was on to aberystwyth pier
No dog shit....
Getting late now
More Fuel good V power this time 
On to the peak district and now it was getting light some pictures were taken
Here are 2 little clips, nothing great due to the low temps and risk of ice..
VXR Driving in Wales - YouTube
VXR Black Mountain Pass - YouTube
Overall great trip, plan is to do another next year as this was a tester
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Sean
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awesome!! would love to do that. walkie talkies 
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Darryl H
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That sounds fantastic Dale
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Joey 1.6 sport
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Looked like a pucker road trip Looking forward to updates on monty
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by Sean
awesome!! would love to do that. walkie talkies
Proper road trips use them, work great
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Originally posted by Darryl H
That sounds fantastic Dale
Cheers
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Originally posted by Joey 1.6 sport
Looked like a pucker road trip Looking forward to updates on monty
Yer should be soon being lazy really
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harvey_1066
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only problem i have, is you cut the song off on the vxr driving video before the beat dropped  but fair play that was a hell of a drive you two did!
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Haimsey
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Thats a trip and a half! Bet it was fantastic
Walkie Talkies FTW, we use them on road trips too, so so much easier.
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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Dale
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Thought I would put small update... Nothing great, I dont get alot of free time anymore but got some done tonight, will finish taking engine out this week sometime to get work done on block ready for the rebuild...
Opened the bonnet.... yep its still there
Bought some new wheels Wanted these for years....
Brake clearance is better then the MO's
Where I finished today, Need to bring engine craine home to get anymore done...
Kinda forgot I enjoyed working on him, was good. time to get motivated for 2013 now
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Sean
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New wheels are what colour they going?
Edit: do you know if the wilwood midilites fit behind the comps?
[Edited on 10-12-2012 by Sean]
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by Sean
New wheels are what colour they going?
Edit: do you know if the wilwood midilites fit behind the comps?
[Edited on 10-12-2012 by Sean]
Dunno yet, not white tho....
Yes the Alcons are big calipers alot bigger than Wilwood's also they are 295mm discs... Good luck finding some though hard to find the vauxhall offset
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Sean
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I meant the mo5's (i wasn't very clear  ) thanks also
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Dale
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Originally posted by Sean
I meant the mo5's (i wasn't very clear ) thanks also
yer they will fit fine 
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rowland
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how much did you give for the comps if u dnt mind me asking
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M Sutton
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Glad youve started work on him again Dale! New wheels look good!
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Dale
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Got more done on Monty, First off get the bottom end out..
Stripped down...
Early crank which I forgot I fitted...
Shame to say good bye but onwards and upwards
To comfirm the changes to the bottom end are:
Over bore to 87mm
Omega Pistons
Arrow Rods
Decked block
Balanced Front pulley, crank, flywheel and clutch cover
Work carried out on head is:
Piper Cams blanks (can't remember what ones )
Solid lifters with shims deep locating
Double springs steel retainers
Stem seal to suit double springach
Spring platform
Calisbro valve guides
Nimonic 80 exhaust valves
Stainless waisted stem inlet
Port bore inlet and exhaust ports
Fettle cylinder head blend ports open out throat area
Skim head
"Should" be safer at current power...
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dewismotorsport
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New spec sounds good but that is 100% not a early crank
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dewismotorsport
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Lighter early crank is the bottom one
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Dale
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Whoops I even did little search serves me right for not looking properly... Lol cheers
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M Sutton
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Looking good Dale! Good to see your getting stuck in again 
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by M Sutton
Looking good Dale! Good to see your getting stuck in again
Yer getting the ball rolling lol
During the head removal I noticed the cometic had been blowing slightly between cylinders It never had any running issues, on the first build the block was decked and head skimmed... I wont be using another cometic tho.... I'm not the first to suffer from this but i guess it was due to lack off the block being decked but apprently not!
On Sunday I dropped block off to have its bore enlargered to 87mm, decked, Head worked like above etc...
Who said you can't put engines in corsa's...
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Christopher
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Good work dale!! Very organised! 
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bigron1988
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You going to use a hks one like mine?
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BeArDy
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I read it's to do with the finish on the surfaces when they are skimmed which is why people have them go.
There was a post on mig about it, it had popped within 200miles.
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Dale
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quote:
Originally posted by Christopher
Good work dale!! Very organised!
haha cheers
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Originally posted by bigron1988
You going to use a hks one like mine?
I will be indeed, yours was ok when you took head off?
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Originally posted by BeArDy
I read it's to do with the finish on the surfaces when they are skimmed which is why people have them go.
There was a post on mig about it, it had popped within 200miles.
I have read this too and as SBS did the decking and skimming and is aware of this I like to think it was correct, I saw the post on MIG about it, as above I will be going HKS
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bigron1988
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dont know took it down with the head on still , its down at steves atm and will ring him in the next day or 2 as got to speak to him
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