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

[Steve!]

You have the skills....

I know a guy called Pete, who just does engine conversions for the Russians, they send over the car. He fits the engine and gets about £7k a turn. They would love you Ronnie

[Gaz86]

You have the skills....

I know a guy called Pete, who just does engine conversions for the Russians, they send over the car. He fits the engine and gets about £7k a turn. They would love you Ronnie

I know a guy called dave iranians give him a car he changes a few numbers and gets 7k also lmao


JOKE FFS

[stuartp]

I know a guy called dave iranians give him a car he changes a few numbers and gets 7k also lmao


JOKE FFS

think we all now some one like thatlmao sometime he can get more then 7k

[rc]

i wanna be that guy

[stuartp]

i wanna be that guy

no you dont trust me.

[rc]

got a bit done today

in the sierra bit there where two little bits of rot that needed doing, its right at a bit where its 3 skins thick, where the gearbox mounts, and it was only the top skin that rotted through





cut out the top skin and started wire wheeling





and welded a new bit in





good as new

i started sticking the sierra cross brace, but then mr mig had an empty belly



yum yum all topped up



but within 5 mins of welding the brace in, the welder died the gearbox that drives the wired is full of plastic gears and ones died bloody plastic gears



so the welder needs to under go some surgery of its own!

so with out a welder i couldnt do anything else,

next on the list of things to do is make the rear turrets to clear the coilovers, ive found some nice pipe that'll do the job, but the back of the car is full of crap



so cleared all the cage out



and hoovered the whole car out as it was very full of griding and sealer everywhere



so thats how i left it today..

[Carneyste]

starting to take shape nicely now. Top work as always

[Johnny A]

Keep it coming mate, RWD bruvva!

[stuartp]

looking good. my welder died the other week £100 quid later its alive again. u dont realise how handy there are untill ur without one. ovb its differnt for you ha ha

[novashed]

nice progress, out of interest ron what welder is that as i may treat myself soon to a new one

[turbo gav]

uh oh open welder surgery lmao

[rc]

cheers lads

nice progress, out of interest ron what welder is that as i may treat myself soon to a new one

this is the exact puppy i have from these people too

[novashed]

cheers lads



this is the exact puppy i have from these people too

??

[rc]

you know those people who forget to add the link,,,,,,,,, god

Mig Welder 160Amp, PORTABLE INVERTER, SHOP SOILED on eBay (end time 27-Sep-09 09:46:50 BST)

lmao lmao

[novashed]

lol

noice bit of kit free shipping too, hhmm get my trip to munic out the way first and see whats left in the bank i think

[the-real-stig]

OMG rc you amaze me, loving this thread, YOU ARE MY IDOL

[dearing5]

looking good now mate

[the-real-stig]

did you get your welder fixed yet mate??? any progress today???

[rc]

well i can't big up RTECH enough

sent off the little gearbox and my regulator as one of the gauges just started to miss read, sent it tuesday

and received two brand spankey new bits today, no questions at all



cant grumble at that

[Steve!]

Fast for the posties too

[rc]

was on nights again the last part of the week, but had afternoon free today and was in a real astra-in mood

so got the new little gearbox back in the welder



and mr mig was all back and operational



so could carry on where i started before it died, stitching up the sierra cross brace



next thing to do was finish the ends of the sierra brace too



started making



and all welded in, and the seat mount and the drilled holes of the old astra brace



and the other side





a few more underseal fires :lol: the underneityh looks like a right war zone now, but will all look factory when i get it up on its side



and there was one more little bit of rot in the sierra floor that needed cutting out and plating



so thats all the top of the floor all finished now woo

next thing to do was turn the attention to the rear turrets.



i put the calibra 4x4 rear tubs in as the astra ones would of has the dampers in the wrong place, and the calibra ones are a fair bit bigger than the astra ones too, but still not big enough for these



and so the rear end needed 'turreting', ive seen the turret kits every one buys and uses, big massive boxes, does the job, but would look a bit gash in the back onf mine as im still trying to keeping it looking like it could of been a factory rwd astra

so had a dig around up the farm, and found this lol



started cutting down, and you can see the size of it a bit better now



started cutting and chopping





you can see how much further this comes in now compared to standard



all cleaned up



and welded in





inside i'd deliberatly left the pipe way too long so i could trim it back to suit



and all trimmed back and welded in



and then just welded around the top of the factory pannel join,



and so the comparresen.......









i'll be grinding it all down and filling it somoot, so they'll look like factory turrets

loads of room now





so next the other side, not sure when though, family day tomorrow

[djivesp]

very niiice! you can't beat a good rusty freebie, that made a beefy as hell turret good work mr rc

[turbo gav]

Nice cheap turret good work

[rc]

its not what you can buy that matters... its what you can build

[Johnny A]

its not what you can buy that matters... its what you can build

I know someone who needs to listen to this very good advice lmao