if going to mount the box to see where the motor is going to sit, id luk at maybe tacking a couple of pieces of 1inch box or half inch solid bar across the car, and with a MK1/2 escort Large tranny tunnel, mark your floor out, and cut it out, than way you can keep the car straight, and be able to play with mounting the box/engine.
Is putting the cage in and then cutting the floor out an option?
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theres not going to be any problems with the car folding in half when i cut the floor out, as long as i dont do anything stupid like jack it up on one corner or anything. there's two options for the tunnel, wither use a sierra tunnel (makes sence as its a sierra box) or make a mini 'spaceframe' tunnel, as the guy with the cossied mk2 did
and so did the guy on here doing the RWD vectra, lee something?Originally Posted by Kev Read
going to cut in the reare floor first i recon.
right went down to the unit this morning, christmas day bla bla bla lmao
time to take the engine out of the astra, 2 reasons, it needs to have the block crack addressed, and adding oil squiters, and 2 its got a very expensive FWD gearbox on ready to sell!
inlet and bits off (that shant be returning)
and everything else off
just engine mounts then its ready to come out, getting to good at this, engine ready to come out in an hour :lol: lmao
had to come back for christmas dinner now tho
i like your style, i was gona go down my unit this morning to move my gsi panels/kit down there and help with mates mk2 scort, but late night last nightlmao
id look at the escort tunnel, and start from the front to rear, get engine/box in, and work back
why a escort tunnel?
are you going to cut a tunnel out of a sierra or buy one new from likes of hadrian panels?
the larger mk1/2 escort tunnels clear the type 9, and t5 boxes, cheap and easy to work with.
one of my mates is about to scrap a sierra!
Go and grab it off him! It's not as if you've got nowhere to store it! lmao You might find some other useful bits on it too, and it might be worth looking at the front legs/rack...etc.
Teeth? LUXURY! When I was a child we ate by putting rocks in our mouth and jumping up and down.
ah rite, thought you were gona buy one from likes of peter lloyd rallying, prepfab, rally design
did you miss page three? lol
Seems that way
lmao
Oops!
Teeth? LUXURY! When I was a child we ate by putting rocks in our mouth and jumping up and down.
lmao
went back down after christmas dinner!
started getting the engine out, one mount off
and the rest
not an easy job all on ya own lmao :lol:
gearbox and clutch off
gearbox ready for andy a2 in exhange for some more moneys for project rwd
and an empty bay
but it seems to like the idea of its new home
so end of an era for this set up!
some people were asking for comparesens between the old GT28r and the new T38
theres not alot in it size wise
the inlets are the same, maybe a tiny bit smaller on the new one
but the insides are a whole lot different
sweet update
have you decided what you are going to be doing with the block yet??
was flicking through the frost catalogue the other day and there was a few products in there that sounded good, carnt remember the names of them. i know you have tried it but just a suggestion.
i miss my vauxhalls breaking down
sweet update
have you decided what you are going to be doing with the block yet??
was flicking through the frost catalogue the other day and there was a few products in there that sounded good, carnt remember the names of them. i know you have tried it but just a suggestion.
got two options really, not going for any stick on puttys as ive tried loads now, the pressure is just too much!
i have got a spare block, but that would be starting from scratch, needing an over bore, need fully cleaning out, block decking etc, and is an unknown c20let block, the other option is to keep my block, one that has had all the work done to it and i know is a spot on block, apart from the cracked take off, and have the oil gallery where the take off is sleethed, it will need milling out to make sure its perfectly true and have a pipe put in, so wont be using the block's casting as the oil gallery now, will be using this tube inside it, totally loking off the cracked union.
the company that built up my bottom end is very confident in this method, they use it alot on mini engines where the cylinderes are bored out so much the wall between them and the oil galleries become too thin and they sleeth these the same, he siad he can bench pressure test it and will make sure he can garrentee it. the engine needs to be dismantled for the addition of oil squirters, so the milling out of the gallery can be done then, where it will be a bare block.
Sounds like option B might be the way to go, especially if you've got an engineering company that are confident doing it and are happy that it will work.Better the devil you know!
You certainly don't hang about when it comes to whipping stuff apart!
Teeth? LUXURY! When I was a child we ate by putting rocks in our mouth and jumping up and down.
well theres no point hanging around lmao
that gt28 is gonna look fabulous on the nova mr ron!!!
Wicked
how do you get the engine out that way without scraping the paint?
Carefully! lmao
It's easy enough out the top. Even easier if you take the bonnet off.
Teeth? LUXURY! When I was a child we ate by putting rocks in our mouth and jumping up and down.
ALOT of practice! lmao must of had it in and out 10 times in the last 2 years lol
spent most of the day in bed today so only half a days progress lol
so had mid afternoon lunch and headed down the unit again
today i decided it was cutting time
something id been putting off for some time, that first inital cut, once the firsts cuts made theres no going back, well here it is :lol: lmao
defo no going back now lmao
the pile of bits cept growing
as did the hole :lol:
this was all i could do with the grinder, it was now time to start drilling out the spot welds, one job i DONT miss as a pannel beater lmao
few ours later and one side totally off
nakered now, not used to this manual labour anymore lol, that'll do for today!
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