Ronnie's project RWD :D - mk3 astra gsi turbo rear wheel drive ;)

[mikegray]

Very nice mate, top work. Thats certainly alot of welding

[stuartp]

very nice RC keep up the good work... i can see another TV feature again lol.

[philip2]

will be interesting to see how mapping goes with using the throttle bodies.

gona take a hell of a long timelmao

awesome progress on shell though

[rc]

more progess today,

started off grinding down the finished side



on a normal build like this you'd just seam sealer this all up, but as its all on show im gonna be filling and smoothing it all in nicely



but not gonna start filling till the cage is all in and fixed!

then started with the other side



all unnesserys drilled off



cut and cleaned up



and in place



someone asked how i got the inner arches in the right place on the other side. as the inner arches are origional to the floor, i just lined the spot welds up again



and got a very nuce weld on this side if i do say so myself might even leve these bottom welds on show



then tacked the 2nd half of the arch in place



and all welded in





had to weld in a plate again at the fron due to the angle the arch sits now, different tot he calibra, and double welded all the joints again



and double welded all the overlaps at the back too!



the helpfull tip from shanger about the holes needing to be blanked off as the arch will sit higher can be seen here



always easier doing the second one, and this side went much more straight forward as i new how to do it this time lol

[Drizz]

Nice one fella!

[brad35]

Very impressive.

[keithcdb]

Awesome welding

[thumbs]

good progress, well impressed as said before

thati s a lot off welding, will look the nuts all fillered nice and smooth and am i right in saying red again!

[The Simps]

you make it all look so easy!

[mikegray]

you make it all look so easy!

Indeed, top notch

[rc]

Thanks

[Frisco]

Excellent work, It will look standard when its all smoothed off

[shanger]

looking really good mate

[dodge_one]

Going back to what you were saying about your F1 wheels, I knew someone that had the bolt holes welded up in his wheels and then re drilled to fit his stud pattern. (19's on a corsa b lol) Don't know how good (or safe) that sort of thing is but he did it and it worked. It's really a shame that you couldn't use your old wheels as they looked so good, thought this may be a solution! May be worth looking into.

[rudd86]

quality welding rc, I love checking out your daily progress lol

[rc]

Going back to what you were saying about your F1 wheels, I knew someone that had the bolt holes welded up in his wheels and then re drilled to fit his stud pattern. (19's on a corsa b lol) Don't know how good (or safe) that sort of thing is but he did it and it worked. It's really a shame that you couldn't use your old wheels as they looked so good, thought this may be a solution! May be worth looking into.

er think i'll pass on that :lol:

if i was that passionate about the f1s you can get them in 5 stud!

[novashed]

weldathon lol!! i havent done any in ages love to get the mig out, im needing an excuse to do some now im seeing all this

[KeithRobinson]

You rock my world!!

[Brian Stirrup]

You rock my world!!

Is it Valentines day already? lmao

[rc]

You rock my world!!

wow thankslmao

[Benn]

Very nice work dude, will look great all smoothed.
Why have you exposted the stop welds along the window frames?

[rc]

some more progress today

finished welding the last few joins and the turret on this side



then finished welding along the back pannel, spot weld holes and added bits in the corners





i added a bit of angle in the two corners as the calibra is alot wider at the rear so i had to cut the origional lip off



went out to my van to get a drink and wen i came back in i realised how smokey it had got in there lmao



so took the time to open all the unit doors and have a mid session tidy up as it was getting a bit of a tip



look like it needed it :lol:





then started grinding down the otherside down. need to get a compressor down the unit so i can use a powerfile to get down in the corners



started grinding down the weld where the floors been shortened, gonna leave them slightly raised and when i fill it all i'll make a 'rib' out of filler to cover it nicely and match all the other ribs in the floor





so structually the floor is now just about finished





pretty ****ing impressive if i do say so my self

left it at the today and took the engine out of my bike

[rc]

Very nice work dude, will look great all smoothed.
Why have you exposted the stop welds along the window frames?

it had new full quaters just before i got the shell!

[Benn]

Ah cool. Legend.

[Drizz]

Awesome Ron, ill have to pop over, need a favour anyway when youre next on MSN