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DamoC

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8th Sep 09 at 19:28

my astra gsi ph1 C20LET

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i have decided to make a project thread on my astra , i got the car about 3 months ago from lescester off somebody off here , it had bean off the road for about 2 years , i taxd and motd it and put it on the road but a week later the oil pump went so engine has had to come out , i have now taken the engine out and stripped it down and givin the engine to john boy to rebuild it for me with steel rods and arps ,commetec head gasget, new shells , new waterpump and cambelt kit , 8 valve sump gasget , arp head studs ,new piston rings ,theres proberley more but i cant rember , i also have had the block rehonde and skimd and had the head skimd , the car has got a new stainless steel 3 inch exhaust system with de cat, cav turbo wheels , cav turbo breaks , 160mph clocks and cav turbo steering wheel , i have also just brought a phase 3.5 ecu with a 5 stage power controller ,

sorry about the bad spelling,
i will get some pics up asap

[Edited on 08-09-2009 by DamoC]

[Edited on 01-10-2009 by DamoC]

lwigmore

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8th Sep 09 at 19:30

Timmy, sort the pics out mate

DamoC

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8th Sep 09 at 19:37

got my new manifold tonight

DamoC

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8th Sep 09 at 19:39

Nic Barnes

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8th Sep 09 at 21:16

whats the take off pipe on the manifold for?

DamoC

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8th Sep 09 at 21:43

i dunno !lol ? i will just block it off

alan-g-w

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9th Sep 09 at 02:10

That'll look brilliant when it's fixed up, turbo wheels are cool as fuck on these. Were the arches being rust repaired?

DamoC

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9th Sep 09 at 05:44

yea the arches have been cut out and new ones welded in

DamoC

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9th Sep 09 at 19:27

DamoC

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19th Sep 09 at 05:48

manifold is now for sale as i have just brought turbo gavs old set up

lwigmore

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19th Sep 09 at 05:55

timmy. project is coming along nicely now i take it?

DamoC

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19th Sep 09 at 07:58

DamoC

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19th Sep 09 at 08:01

quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore
timmy. project is coming along nicely now i take it?

yes mate , engine should be done in a week , just need to get bigger intercooler and boost pipes and some vxr injectors and a few more bits ,

Nic Barnes

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19th Sep 09 at 13:35

turbo gav is a hero of mine

lwigmore

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19th Sep 09 at 16:18

quote:
Originally posted by DamoC

quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore
timmy. project is coming along nicely now i take it?

yes mate , engine should be done in a week , just need to get bigger intercooler and boost pipes and some vxr injectors and a few more bits ,

good man, you'll have to come and show me this beast once its on the road and running

DamoC

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19th Sep 09 at 17:08

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
turbo gav is a hero of mine

he is a ledgend and is also a bit crazy with his cars

DamoC

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19th Sep 09 at 17:11

quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore

quote:
Originally posted by DamoC

quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore
timmy. project is coming along nicely now i take it?

yes mate , engine should be done in a week , just need to get bigger intercooler and boost pipes and some vxr injectors and a few more bits ,

good man, you'll have to come and show me this beast once its on the road and running

will do mate , it will be a couple of weeks yet

lwigmore

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19th Sep 09 at 20:23

quote:
Originally posted by DamoC

quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore

quote:
Originally posted by DamoC

quote:
Originally posted by lwigmore
timmy. project is coming along nicely now i take it?

yes mate , engine should be done in a week , just need to get bigger intercooler and boost pipes and some vxr injectors and a few more bits ,

good man, you'll have to come and show me this beast once its on the road and running

will do mate , it will be a couple of weeks yet

Good man

john_c20xe

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20th Sep 09 at 14:35

quote:
Originally posted by DamoC

how much did that set you back?

DaveyLC

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20th Sep 09 at 14:38

Dont mess with CYBERRAM!

...Ram air induction.

[Edited on 20-09-2009 by DaveyLC]

john_c20xe

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20th Sep 09 at 16:47

hahaha quality

DamoC

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28th Sep 09 at 01:07

bit of a up date , 2 small cracks have been found in the head so i have got a xe head and the xe cams will be getin used aswell

Richardhhha

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28th Sep 09 at 01:11

why not get the head welded insted of having to bin something that can be repaired?

DamoC

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28th Sep 09 at 10:06

i was going to get hellied but not worth the hassel , it cost me 70 quid for another head , and the cams will add about another 20 bhp , so its worth it

DamoC

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28th Sep 09 at 10:50

one very clean block thanks to jhon boy

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