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| Oh yeah, and a special mention for Cass, who made a sterling effort today - a hard days work she can be proud of.
It's not easy sitting in the sun reading Heat all day you know!
(i do have photo evidence, but i think it may be more than my life is worth to post it up!) | 
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16-09-2007, 20:57
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| Go on make her migfamous 
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16-09-2007, 20:58
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16-09-2007, 21:01
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16-09-2007, 21:05
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16-09-2007, 21:06
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| ME?!?!?!?! You told me to do it! | |
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19-09-2007, 11:07
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| damnit you are faster than me I better get a move on!!!! my ex is still sitting in the other astra gearboxless....you gonna go 5-stud???? you know you want to.... | |
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19-09-2007, 12:19
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| Eventually yeah, but not right now - when i go 5 stud i'll be fitting my 17" Softstars, which need refurbing and tyres first so that's £400-£500 taken care of.
...but before i fit them i need to sort out the suspension, and i want Koni, so that's another £300+ unless i can find a good 2nd hand set.
And before that i've got to put a stainless cat back system on it aswell - so that's another £300!
I have just agreed to buy a stainless manifold and sports cat for dirt cheap though, so it's not all bad!
I've had the car nearly a year now, and i can't believe the progress i've made on it - would never have thought i'd be putting an XE in it so soon!
But then i wouldn't have predicted crashing it either.....gotta be the best silver lining ever!
As for me being ahead - you'd better get a move on then hadn't you! | |
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19-09-2007, 12:24
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| I accept your challenge........
I have stuff to sort my baby now........waiting on what insurance gonna give me.......then gonna sort the ex.....no cat for me as mine is a non-cat out a GTE........cant wait till thier sorted then we can do that photo shoot.... | |
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19-09-2007, 12:27
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| what exhuast setup you going for????? I had real trouble sorting mine at the rear end as it has a much bigger petrol tank than uk models and had to be gently shown the way in with some bending.....
what tail pipe you gonna use...I want an oval one...inwardly rolled i think it was....like on teh cuope 888's i think...as thats the momery I have of both mine back home... | |
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19-09-2007, 12:35
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| yeah, oval for me too - stupid not to really with the shape of the bumper cut out.
not sure what style though, probably inwardly rolled with a slash cut - like the magnex ones.
As for the setup it'll be a custom cat back (hence the cost) i spoke to the guys at the Sportex factory yesterday, they're the only 'off the shelf' option, but they couldn't send me a schematic for their exhaust to see if it would fit or not.
The said they would do a custom 1 for me, but they only do mild steel and they're ages away up north, so i'm going to get a powerflow system locally or something. | |
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19-09-2007, 12:59
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| good stuff.....I must really look into exhaust options soon.....atleast when the time comes I can drag the exhuast off my car to someone and say here is the thing make me me one the same.......still no idea who to go up to my end.... | |
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19-09-2007, 14:18
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| When going custom remember to get big silencers otherwise the noise will be too much! | |
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19-09-2007, 14:21
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Originally Posted by Drizz  When going custom remember to get big silencers otherwise the noise will be too much! | Wise words | |
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05-10-2007, 23:18
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| Day 1 of the XE conversion @ Drizz Developments! (Sorry for the camera phone pics, forgot the digicam - will do better tomorrow)
Going up! 
De-restricted the airbox, also removed the carbon canister/resonator bottle from in the wing.      
Look at this \/ What a mess! Got a new one to go on tomorrow.  
Starting to come out. 
Going down!  
Now that's close!   
Dan swapping the steering arms for some not banana shaped ones i acquired at Billing this year. We also decided to junk the air-con - the whole system has been open to the atmosphere since the crash - and I'm told that the receiver/drier thing would now be funked, plus it saps valuable BHP! 
Cheesy "I'm standing in an engine bay" Grin shots!
Drizz 
Me! 
How we left it for the day 
Tomorrow we'll be pottering around sorting out the suspension, rear hub + brakes while we await the arrival of Brian to sort out the cambelt change.
Hoping to at least have the engine in the bay by the close of play tomorrow - then it's off out for what will be a well deserved beer for a belated birthday celebration from the afore mentioned Brian!
Deoending on how much time we have tomorrow evening you might get another update before we go out, if not, it'll be sunday night when i get back home. | |
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05-10-2007, 23:26
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06-10-2007, 07:07
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06-10-2007, 08:25
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| u from south africa? 
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06-10-2007, 08:48
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06-10-2007, 09:08
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| why junk the air con, so what if it saps a few bhp but surely keeping cool and keeping an IE to the right spec is better then just junking because 'apparently' something 'might' be damaged.
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06-10-2007, 13:12
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| keep the air con dude, its a nice touch..... I'm going to try and fit to my astra mk3....
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06-10-2007, 16:06
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| Air con has gone as both pipes were broken, and the rear unit was duff too...
And no Kev isnt south african | |
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06-10-2007, 16:12
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| I've never seen this car in the sedan version...very nice! | |
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06-10-2007, 16:49
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| That picture with you in the engine bay kev makes the car look smaller...
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06-10-2007, 17:05
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#50 | | MIGWeb User
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Originally Posted by Adam u from south africa? | LOL, no i'm not.... Quote:
Originally Posted by mind_crash looking good boys | ....but he is! (and he has 1 of these too - though it's not as cool!) Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom Williams why junk the air con, so what if it saps a few bhp but surely keeping cool and keeping an IE to the right spec is better then just junking because 'apparently' something 'might' be damaged.
Tom | I trust the judgement of those that have advised me, it would have been 2 much of an arse to refit it at a later date and i can afford it right now. That's why. Quote:
Originally Posted by bowman keep the air con dude, its a nice touch..... I'm going to try and fit to my astra mk3.... | I would have liked to keep it, and maintain a shred of originality, but the cars loosing the originality everytime do something to it, so i don't thinkit really matters - plus i can use the button for something else, should i wish. Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Stirrup That picture with you in the engine bay kev makes the car look smaller... | errrr, thanks?!?!
Thanks for you help today Brian!
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