my new mk3 astra gsi...... turbo ;)

[rc]

i hate dirty engines, spoils the bay!

not that you could realy call mine dirty in the first place! but it wasnt quite clean enough!

i did the same to my nova aswell



it had to be spotless

[rc]

took the gearbox to be looked at today, but he said he prob wont have time to open it up this week and foned up regal, but they said they dont have the sycro rings in stock, so will would be 5 days to get them in!

p.v is gonna be close

[vxlgsi]

did you take it to Craig last?

[rc]

yea took it down there today!

[rc]

got the gaskets today so put a few bits back together tonight! nothing major just lookin a bit more engine like!





will fit some more up tomorrow!

[rc]

little update, painted dizzy cap





now goin outside to build a little more up

[Benn]

looks good dude,

[rc]

couldnt be bothered to fit any more up tonight, so just stayed sitting here lmao

but have just ordered a huge groupA cossy air filter

[Dai G]

stunning car mate.ill be watching this thread

[pineapple turbo]

were did you get your discs and calipers from buddy the 355
4 pots

[rc]

were did you get your discs and calipers from buddy the 355
4 pots

brought them off a mate who abandoned a rs turbo project, he had them all made up custom, widened jaguar calipers and custom godspeed discs i think but im not sure, sold them on and they're on a 4x4 cossy now

[rc]

gave the inlet a bit of a trim on the tophat to get a bit more flowing through there today!





and true to fasion, i painted it up afterwards!



mid day update, goin out to carry on!

[Rs1]

Hmm, this is starting to look a halfords special. Far to much tacky silver paint and a proper botched up painted block imo.
I'm a firm believer in if you gonna do it, do it right.

[rc]

how can u botch up paitin the block? its was red, and i panited it red again?

and the silver, all the metal bits were silver when they're new arnt they? inlet, head, sump, etc

its all proper engine/block paint?

the only bit thats not ment to be silver is the dizzy cap, but then that would of been the only red plastic bit in the bay?

[The Simps]

Hmm, this is starting to look a halfords special. Far to much tacky silver paint and a proper botched up painted block imo.
I'm a firm believer in if you gonna do it, do it right.

I don't see where you're coming from either????

Admitedly, I wouldn't have painted the block black personally.

[Rs1]

Dont get me wrong its not.......that bad,lol.
Yep i agree youve painted silver things...er silver again but its the actual silver paint that looks tacky imo. Its not got a very good finish, imo un-painted but clean looks better. It reminds me of the parts you get back from re-con, like a turbo i once got back from TT....****ing sliver paint all over the comp housing, took me ages to get it off,lol.
I'm not into concours stuff but i do like to keep all aspects of the engine neat and tidy.

[rc]

Dont get me wrong its not.......that bad,lol.
Yep i agree youve painted silver things...er silver again but its the actual silver paint that looks tacky imo. Its not got a very good finish, imo un-painted but clean looks better. It reminds me of the parts you get back from re-con, like a turbo i once got back from TT....****ing sliver paint all over the comp housing, took me ages to get it off,lol.
I'm not into concours stuff but i do like to keep all aspects of the engine neat and tidy.

for me personally goin from this



to this



is so much better imo

[rc]

fitted the throtle body back on and all the vacuum n water pipes



then decided to leave the engine and moved to the bay!

when i took the engine i noticed the loom for the back of the engine was a 'hazard' to say the least



with open joints like this all over the place



and a few months ago i moved all the loom on the left hand side, so now i wanna sort out this mess on the right hand side



decided im gonna have just one wire goin to the battery positive and one wire goin to the battery negative!

goin to remake all the starter and alternator wires usin some amp cable i have, already done the earth one!



goin to get the proper connectors and make up the starter/alternator loom in the blue cable!

and goin to have a juction box up by the bulk head so all the little wires for car loom and accesories that normally go to the battery positive will be hidden away down the back behind the abs unit!

[DarrenH]

really getting stuck in there ! i like your enthusiasm

right idea with the loom, really important to get that happy for a happy LET i highly recommend soldering it all and using shrink wrap insulation (buy online from maplins)

[Spinbitch]

Don't think i've ever seen so much progress so quickly, nice work fella.
I only hope when mine comes out the paintshop i have the same amount of energy and comitment that you've shown lol.

Chris.

[rc]

had another bash at the loom

here's the mess how it was to start with





i took all the single wires that were goin to the battery positive and re-routed them along the lip of the inner wing and to an amp juction box,



barely noticeable with the header tank in



and a much neater inner wing! just the dam abs loom runnin across the middle!



an just goin to have one thick blue wire goin to the battery, and make the starter/alternator loom out of the thick blue cable too!

[Brian Stirrup]

Thats great, do you want to come over and do mine.... lmao

[juggz]

i like the idea,got me thinking of doing mine now

[Brian Stirrup]

That wiring is realy letting my engine bay down, this thread has given me some ideas now.

[rc]

bored now and its pouring down disharting play,

so fort id show the layout of what i have planned! need to get another amp juction box, but with 4 big wire holes!



so they're will only be one thick wire goin to the battery positive!