Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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James, what are the steelies from?
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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lol. i know its taken a while lol. will be getting new mounts welded in tomorrow so i can get it bolted in properly. will be leaving it polished. u2u me your address mate before i 4get to send the carpet to you again lol
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
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robin - i only have 1 altho im after another 3 for winter/mess about wheels. its off a mk4 astra sxi (1.8 16v i think). it had a huge tyre fitted but i had a 195/45/15 tyre in the back garden so fitted it and its perfect for the job!!
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Robin
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I was just wondering as I have 4 15" steelies in my garage from my car, always wondered if they would clear V6 brakes 
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jamesvalver
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they should do mate!
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jamesvalver
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its getting there now!
todays update - 10 0am til 10pm
when i went out to my car this morning i was greated by a slight covering of snow on my car
this is the mess i left the engine in last nite
then i cleaned up the mating surface of the block and fitted the head gasket
i then fitted the head and started to plumb in the hoses and wiring for the inlet manifold
i got abit carried away n got beits fitted so missed out abit with the pictures.
next up i fitted my white camshaft cover so that i had the timing marks for the cams, and then proceeded to fit the new cambelt kit
i also fitted my old white cambelt cover also after the cambelt was all fitted and correctly tensioned
ans thats how it sits atm. my new radiator has arrived so off to fit that now and finish plumbing it in and then fit the dizzy again.
will have another update later!
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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car looks really like it
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GHurn
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Location: magor, south wales
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looks good mate
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JayCarr
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Location: Cambs Drives:M3 & X3
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Wow that was quick! took me ages to get my head changed over on my Cally 
The white cover looks so much nicer than the orangey colour one too mate. 
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J4M13
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looking nice, good progress james.
are their special rubbers for the cambelt cover needed? i fitted mine and the belt rubs on the inside.
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TomSBD
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Spalding, Lincs
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nice one james keep up it. wish i had as much enthusiasm
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jamesvalver
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its a runner now! works so much better with a new rad and thermostate!
really thought there was going to be a few lights on on the dash but it was all good.
cambelt is abit loose so will be redoing that tomorrow along with tidying up my new rollcage mounts. big thanks to will94 off here for coming and doing the welding for me!
i'll get some more progress pics up tomorrow altho i might have a layin seeing as its my 21st tomorrow!
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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Brilliant read.
Looks like you have time to take a pic of that head now  
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jamesvalver
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pics taken mate. will send it over in a few
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Scotty C
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jamesvalver
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22.03.2007 - (my 21st birthday!)
today i got it running sweet as a nut!
as the wheels were off the front i decided it would b a good idea to give them a good clean before i put them back on
before -
after -
then removed my front inner arches so that i could sort out my scrubbage problems (good old rusty FK highsports lol)
next was to grind the lip off the wing and plastic arch. the arch and inner arch had already worn away so it was easy to know where to trim
and here it is. there rear cage is now bolted in finally!!
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tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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Happy birthday James!
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jamesvalver
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cheers mate
this afternoons update. its a runner and it now drives. BUT its developed some running probs and it wont stop smoking! HELP!!! 
neways, some more pics lol
will upload some vidsof it running soon
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liamcorsa
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Registered: 29th May 04
Location: Hastings
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Brilliant work mate. Happy Birthday too. its looking lovely with that cage in. Why were the extra mounts needed? I'm looking at buying exactly that cage but am put of by the extra mounts being needed!
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DJMartin07
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Registered: 1st Feb 07
Location: Bedford/
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Mine smokes alot, and mine is blue smoke, if yours is blue it might be running rich because i've been told that by my tutor at college mate, and happy birthday.
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jamesvalver
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liam - my cage was built for an old corsa so i had to change my rear seat mounts that where on my rear arches
djmartin07 - its alot of blue and grey smoke. blue is oil and the grey is over fueling. will change the oil on sat after work and give it a good flush n if i it seems ok ill give it a good run and see if it clears. if not then im not sure what the problem is but it much be something in the head
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liamcorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by jamesvalver
liam - my cage was built for an old corsa so i had to change my rear seat mounts that where on my rear arches
Oh I see. Has yours got a sunroof?? Will one of their cages fit in mine with a sunroof??
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jamesvalver
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mine doesnt have a sunroof. as far as im aware, when you order the cage through mps, they will ask all the relivent questions for your requirements and will build the cage to fit your car
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jamesvalver
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video clip of it idling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ArqOXNqq8
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jamesvalver
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23.03.2007 - fitted both front seats after getting the subframe rewelded where the weld has cracked apart.due to not wanting to waste nemore money onthis engine, even after just rebuilding it, the car wil soon be pulled off the road and the engine removed to make way for the new engine. hopefully i will have this built up soon. just need to get the head stripped and sent off with the block to be acid dipped then i can put the block back together. really hope i can have the engine in and running (poss run in) by pvs!
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