Danny W
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After a few beers one evening i talked myself into buying another 5 door to re-shell my current car, the idea was to find a clean example with next to no rot underneath and fairly good nick paintwork.
Its taken about 5 months and a lot of hassle to find one but the other night me and my bro drove to leighton buzzard and picked this smoke grey 5 door GLS up for £295
Quite a clean car with all the electrics, only issue was the head gasket had gone so the next day i set about stripping the engine out
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Danny W
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As some of you may have read in my other project topic found HERE I've had a C20LET engine since may this year, i've been spending some time on it re-building and cleaning it all up as i quite fancy a turbo 5 door.
Its standard spec but has new:
Cambelt kit
Water Pump
Oil Pump
ARP bolts throughout
Headgasket
Roose Hoses
I also got Loom, ECU, Hubs, Shafts, Gearbox/linkage, Mounts, Spacers with it a a fair price.
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Jamie_Hastings1
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Engine will look well in the more door. What bolts did you use to mount the engine to the stand? I can never find any lol
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Danny W
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Thanks Jamie, i had the same problem but used M12 threaded bar to bolt it to the stand, works a treat
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fazza
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what was up with your other shell danny?
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Danny W
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Hiya mate, the other car is still on the road but its done over 175k and is showing signs of rot along the chassis rails etc. plus it doesn't have te electrics such as windows, locking that this one has. It's done me well for the past 5 years but i'd much rather get this newer shell mint and converted while having a car on the road for shows/everyday use  that way i dont need to rush anything either
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fazza
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ah good work
will keep an eye on this
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daymoon
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Yep deffo one to keep an eye on!
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Dale
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looking good Danny 
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Archie
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Looks like it has potential. Shame about the old one, looked clean as fuck when i seen it down at Ultimate Dubs show.
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yes danny looking forward to this
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Danny W
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Thanks lads, chassis plates turned up today so thats the job for the weekend sorted
just out of interest, what radiators do people reccomend/use on c20let conversions?
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MarkSport
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i think its a sport one with aircon iirc...think the're bigger?
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Jamie_Hastings1
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Corsa gsi one.
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Dale
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Don't use the standard one epic fail  hence why I'm not on track at tvl! I have an alloy rad now just waiting for it to arrive!
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will be keeping an eye on this.
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Jamie-C
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I'm so excited! 
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Danny W
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Thanks Lads, ok i'll be either looking at a corsa gsi rad or an alloy one i think. Seen one by txautosport? not sure how good they are though tbh
Also looking into keeping the powersteering since i have the rack etc. already fitted to the car, heard nightmare stories using the c20let pas pump and M-tech bracket as the pipes run quite close to the turbo manifold, so i think i'll have a look at getting an Astra G pas pump (electronic) which i could mount anywhere in the engine bay. as for wiring ? i'm unsure so will need to look into that a bit more unless anyone here has used one?
I'm waiting for the weather to brighten up a bit, but hopefully i'll have the chassis plates welded today and start prepping the engine bay
Oh no Dale, whats happened?
Well heres a couple of quick pics of the engine after a bit of a tidy, up i've still more to buy and more painting to do but its getting there, cambelt cover & rocker cover will be going a mettallic grey once its in the car
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Dale
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Looking good Danny hope that's real carbon not fake shite!!
Nothing major I just can't go flat out for long it gets too hot! The tx rad is the one I have on order!
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I can tell this is going to be so good The new shell looks very clean in the pics mate I have to say! Carbon engine goodies are very nice as well. I'll deffo be following this thread!
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going to watch this !
theres a c2let more door running 300 bhp ish on allcorsa.co.uk dearing5
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Danny W
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Haha Dale, nope no fake shite there tis the real deal
ah i see, nice one i'll be keeping an eye on your build thread and if the tx autosport one works well for you i think i'll be swayed towards getting one myself.
Thanks Shaun, yeah the new shell is quite clean, couple of very minor patches but as its up in the air i can take my time and get everything spot on 
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MarkSport
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Heres my mates old more door turbo
was insanely quick
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Graeme
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did u get my pm, this is gona look good and very fast
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