My man car, no Vauxhall tat here thank you! - Page 2

wayne451 · 31-08-2008, 01:25

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Originally Posted by tathan

lay off my user notes, i'm staff

/pisstake

did you replace one liner? with en24?

head was pooled?

what pistons?

should make alright power, it's a hell of a build with ALL the right components... o wate... what dat on inlett? it a carbbyrettur? kitteh seh fail.

Semi right, 2 liners were changed, head was Pooled, standard pistons with mirror polished crowns. Noble are setting it up on Friday. It beats whatever Jap ****e you have bought this time? Stick to tuning your horse and trap with pesticides on the carrots with a 10 shot of fertiliser. Gayer.

Rick Draper · 31-08-2008, 09:59

About time wayne, and the corsa has even made it into the garage!

TBH i thought it might neverbecome a runner again!

**Benn** · 31-08-2008, 10:24

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Originally Posted by wayne451

Corsa is on the back-burner, it's about fun not straight line speed.

Rather have a turbo and a single carb than a set of twin 40's on an XE!

But didnt you crash it on a corner? Or was that Ben? Either way "fun"

Least 40s wouldnt melt the engine... again.

LongLiveTheNova · 31-08-2008, 13:42

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Originally Posted by wayne451

True but at the end of the day they are basically a 50 year old engine with a turbo bolted on. They have so many of the worst characteristics you could imagine; inlet and exhaust manifolds on the same side, inlet above the exhaust, non-hemispherical head, push rod etc, etc,etc. They still get the numbers though and thats from a 1397cc which many people forget. Compare the quarter times, numbers don't lie.

Exactly my point

Lee H · 31-08-2008, 19:24

Well done Wayne.

I still miss my 5 GTT but not its appetite for optimax or its crap running on startup. Wouldn't have another though I don't think.

**Lugy** · 31-08-2008, 19:31

How does the fueling work? Is it just very rich at low boost?

**Benn** · 31-08-2008, 19:37

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Originally Posted by Lugy

How does the fueling work? Is it just very rich at low boost?

Same as a single pioint carb would, just with air forced in i guess...

Lee H · 31-08-2008, 19:56

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Originally Posted by Lugy

How does the fueling work? Is it just very rich at low boost?

Has fuel pressure regulator so as boost increases the fuel pressure increases.

**Lugy** · 31-08-2008, 20:45

Ah, I see. So you would jet the carb for max boost.

wayne451 · 31-08-2008, 23:41

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Originally Posted by Rick Draper

About time wayne, and the corsa has even made it into the garage!

TBH i thought it might neverbecome a runner again!

TBH, so did I!

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Originally Posted by Benn

But didnt you crash it on a corner? Or was that Ben? Either way "fun"

Least 40s wouldnt melt the engine... again.

No, that was Ben.

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Originally Posted by Lugy

How does the fueling work? Is it just very rich at low boost?

As it runs in car adjustable boost, yes you are correct. I will just get the actuator set for about 22 PSI then it will go down to 15 IIRC.

Mitch2.0 · 01-09-2008, 00:02

It really has a certain something the R5GTT, yes; the engine was invented before fuel and they're a little bit less reliable than a 48 year old alfa... that's on fire. But still.. they have that special something, when hot hatches were the bollocks! GTEs, 205 GTIs, RS turbos, R5GTTs, magic stuff!

**CraigGreen** · 01-09-2008, 08:51

Wayne you are a legend! Lovin it dude.
I keep wishing you'd put up a thread with some pics. Glad its up & running again, make sure you keep it that way.

It makes me want a 5!

wayne451 · 01-09-2008, 21:39

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Originally Posted by Mitch2.0

It really has a certain something the R5GTT, yes; the engine was invented before fuel and they're a little bit less reliable than a 48 year old alfa... that's on fire. But still.. they have that special something, when hot hatches were the bollocks! GTEs, 205 GTIs, RS turbos, R5GTTs, magic stuff!

You speaketh the truth!

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Originally Posted by CraigGreen

Wayne you are a legend! Lovin it dude.
I keep wishing you'd put up a thread with some pics. Glad its up & running again, make sure you keep it that way.

It makes me want a 5!

It's booked in for the MOT tomorrow, my Dad has spent almost all day on it sorting various things whilst I was at work, including cleaning it inside and out!

Been trying to sort the sidelights this evening and some playing with the Morettes has the sidelights and main beam sorted on the outer lamps, just got to remove the O/S inner lamp in the morning before dropping it off for 8am or so.

Lee H · 01-09-2008, 22:05

Good luck. My sheddy XE Nova is in for MOT tomorrow as well, can see more welding ahead!!

H656HAY · 01-09-2008, 22:11

That has got to be one of the ugliest cars I have ever seen.

Jamie_F · 01-09-2008, 22:16

*slaps forehead then promptly falls over*

wayne451 · 01-09-2008, 22:30

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Originally Posted by Lee H

Good luck. My sheddy XE Nova is in for MOT tomorrow as well, can see more welding ahead!!

Good luck with yours as well chief, I will text you tomorrow to compare the sob stories.

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Originally Posted by H656HAY

That has got to be one of the ugliest cars I have ever seen.

Check Billy sodding Connely here; Drives '1990 Cav GSI!'

You must think Mo Mowlam is horny and Christina Aguilera is a pigdog?

There is one born every minute. I wish I had a car that is now renowned as a tired old cheap rep ripper rather than a bonafide recognised classic hot hatch. Damn, look at me turning green - not!

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Originally Posted by Jamie_F

*slaps forehead then promptly falls over*

Jamie, I have the same problem when I get kicked in the balls. The Doctors can sort that you know?

Rysee_sri_130 · 01-09-2008, 22:44

our "tired old cheap rep ripper"s will have their day again

nice project

**CraigGreen** · 02-09-2008, 08:25

Good luck for the MOT today mate.

wayne451 · 02-09-2008, 20:13

Epic fail. I thought the brakes would clean up with a few stamps, even after going about 5 miles they hadn't. I got it there and on the last left junction before the place my front left indicator stopped working and when I got to the MOT place it pissed it's water out!

Oh well, better luck next time.

Paul · 02-09-2008, 20:14

Bugger, few more jobs to sort.
Where is the water coming from? Dont say the engine! LOL

**Lugy** · 02-09-2008, 20:17

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Originally Posted by wayne451

Epic fail. I thought the brakes would clean up with a few stamps, even after going about 5 miles they hadn't. I got it there and on the last left junction before the place my front left indicator stopped working and when I got to the MOT place it pissed it's water out!

Oh well, better luck next time.

The question on everyones mind is........

How many miles before it broke?

wayne451 · 02-09-2008, 20:23

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Originally Posted by Paul

Bugger, few more jobs to sort.
Where is the water coming from? Dont say the engine! LOL

Water jacket return on the turbo.

TBH I am not as gutted as I thought I would have been. Obviously it won't be getting set up at Noble Motorsport on Friday anymore and won't be on track at Trax but it means that I can have it really sorted before using it;

*New drivers door.
*New tailgate.
*New grill.
*New bonnet.
*Get rid of the horrible mesh in the bumper, get it back to standard looking and spray it.
*Sort the Morettes as the N/S had a vent put in as in the picture below but when I removed it there was a load of fibreglass filler there which had previously been used to house a piece of mesh so I couldn't fit the inner lense back in. I removed the O/S inner as a result and had just the outers running dipped and main beam.
*Clear the crap off the brakes.
*Get the exhaust sitting properly so it doesn't try to do a clangers impression on the back bumper.
*Get the valve clearances set.
*Maybe some different wheels - White MO's?
*Maybe fling the nitrous on it by tapping the alloy lobster back inlet?

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Originally Posted by Lugy

The question on everyones mind is........

How many miles before it broke?

It didn't break as such. You always get niggly problems after a rebuild and especially when a car has been stood and open to the elements for almost 2 years.

I even drove it home this evening, popped a litre of water in and off I went as my Mum was following me back until my local country road then the R5 got 'opened up'.

The new turbo is far more usable, even though not exactly on song it boosts a lot earlier than the previous effort which was as flat as a flys fart until 5k RPM.

My Dad keeps saying to get rid and after driving his Lotus VVC engined Metro this morning I was almost tempted until I sat at work and thought about it for 10 hours!

The big man · 02-09-2008, 20:50

there nice cars tbh we had 1 as a buisness car lol n that kept breaking it had 4 engines in total the fourth was out of a volvo 1.7 turbo and that went well god ide have one as a toy lol. piccy

H656HAY · 02-09-2008, 22:16

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Originally Posted by wayne451

Check Billy sodding Connely here; Drives '1990 Cav GSI!'

You must think Mo Mowlam is horny and Christina Aguilera is a pigdog?

There is one born every minute. I wish I had a car that is now renowned as a tired old cheap rep ripper rather than a bonafide recognised classic hot hatch. Damn, look at me turning green - not!

Shame the 1990 cav has gone and no-longer a reference, then again allways liked kicking the arse of the sad tw#t's in their little Renaul 5's with the cavalier... Nice seeing the little boys cry when there sad little cars are piss#don by a proper man's car!