Hi guys,
this projects been running for a little while now and i know its not going to be totally up your streets but i thought id stick it on anyway and see if any of you are remotely interested
This first post is an amalgamation of a few seperate posts elsewhere so if it reads slightly wrong just ignore it
//Post 1
right guys well a quick update, no pics at the moment but i thought id let you all know my plans since the headgasket went on my white V6...
Ive managed to get hold of a V6 lump which should be pushing 200bhp ish, (Cams, FRP, Throttle body enlarged + inlet enlarged, 3.2 alternator, vectra camcovers etc) and a turbo balanced flywheel. Ill be hooking that up to an F28 and ive got almost everything i need to do the conversion.
So thats the engine sorted, just all needs dropping in now.
Now the bodywork will be changing a little and i know a lot of you wont like this but never mind Tongue
The Team Dynamic DTM's ive got will be totally refurbed in white, a full wide arch kit and then the full DTM vinyls will be put on.
Ive managed to get an irmscher spoiler with a 3rd brake light so that will be going on soon and hopefully it will look almost identical to this...
(except for the rear spoiler will be smaller and the front splitter will be the reiger front splitter but apart from that im going for the same look)
Few months of work left
Im fairly sure its going to look good but obviously better to be sure
Let me know what you think
//Post 2
some more photos of whats been going on
Been mostly taking the engine apart getting it ready for the old heave ho...
//Post3
right well where to begin, yesterday was the day of the old heave ho.
Me and dad were going to start around 8am, until i got the news that i was wanted for a job interview and yesterday was the only day they could do it! So off i trundle to Derby for a 7.30am job interview, back at dads at 10, and at mine for 10.30.
Finally we got started
Heres how it has been stood for a while, most leads off, exhaust still attached.
So while dad gets the exhaust off i start on the offside driveshaft.
Tada!
Time to help dad with the exhaust, of course its a pain in the arse to get one off with jacks :lol:
Although we persevere and finally had enough and junior hacksaw the rubber mounts
One exhaust out of the car
Whilst the car was running it did sound rather blowy... wonder why....
oh yeah, a big hole in the backbox will do it
After that off with all the gearbox mounts and any remaining loomage. Once we finished that it was time to get in the crane
Bit by bit it started coming....
30 minutes later....
Leaving this...
Its harder than it looks pulling a gearbox off a driveshaft when the F25 is so damned heavy! So off with the nearside wheel and hubnut. Slowly but surely we got the driveshaft out the car, and then the driveshaft out of the gearbox.
And heres how she stands now... looking a bit sad for herself!
Ive got some other problems with the replacement parts but hopefully will get them sorted before the new block goes in.
//Post 4
rightyo i had a little time today so out came the drill and wirebrush and i went to town on the inlet
And then a lick of hammerite....
Its only one coat so its still fairly see through but ill put another coat on tomorrow and it should look the mutts
Then i got the replacement backbox for that vectra one that didn't fit.
It needs a good clean but it will do until i can get a full system sorted.
So tomorrow it will be a 2nd coat of paint on the inlet and if i can be bothered i might get around to doing the calipers in the same colour :P
//Post 5
right well not many people seem too interested but out of the kindness of my heart ill give yall another update anyway :P
first job today was to give the inlet another coat, its not holding as well as i'd hoped on the aluminium but it doesn't look too bad now, it may get another coat if i can be bothered
i had to leave that to dry so i thought on such a wonderful day i should be out doing the calipers!
so out comes the old wirebrush and off i set to get em as clean as possible
and again out comes the yellow hammerite
i wasn't worrying too much about the discs or pads as they are all being replaced before the cars on the road again.
i have had to leave the backs till either i can find two more axle stands or until the cars back on its fronts.
after that i thought what i was going to do next and thought that cleaning the engine bay may get some jizer or water on the paint drying so i thought id leave that for the day to harden off.
In the end i decided to have a go at cleaning the scorpion backbox up as it had tar marks and all sorts.
I wasn't too bothered about scratching it as ill be getting a full system on it soon enough so i thought id at least make it look presentable so out came the wirebrush again and the hammer and chisel getting the stones out from between the pipes.
Once i thought id got most of the crap off i got the autosol out and put my back into it
Pipe 1...
and done...
Until early april i cant spend much money so im doing stuff that is fairly cheap at the moment and some real momentum will take place soon
Right well thats all thats happened so far and ill try to keep this up to date
I was a tad baffled so i thought id stick the part number into epc only to find its the V6 clutch! Because im putting the turbo gearbox on i have a turbo flywheel and needed a turbo clutch. Autovaux have been great about it as to be fair it was thier mistake and they are rectifying it asap, which im happy about 
