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#1 ·
havent ever done a project thread on here before. mostly just read and not post up.

anyway i have had this car for quite a few years now. since about 2005 it has been a c20let. i will post up sort of the last couple of years updates in one.





used to have 200sx manifold and a cheap and cheerful ebay turbo which was alright indeed for the money. it lasted about 5-6k miles.





randomly one day just snapped the end off the shaft while driving home from tesco's so decided it was time to change some stuff around.



inlet to be replaced with some of these







and a new turbo manifold from nortech.
 
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originally was all made by blueflame. due to changing turbos etc, the downpipe was made by a mate of mine. rest is still the blueflame it had made in 2006.
 
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Love this car, especially the fact your not scared to try genuine "fake" parts from ebay lmao And with surprising results! Its quite nice to see project threads with set-backs, makes us all feel that bit better lol.

Then there's the engine.. Always well impressed seeing it go down the 1/4 mile!!

Top work!!
set backs are all part of any project i reckon. ive had a few good ones over the years. liner dropped down from a cylinder, powder coating incident, valve guide cracking and mashing a head and piston etc.

my latest issues are with gearlinkage and 2nd gear. as it just sometimes wont go in and is becoming annoying :doh: drive it normally, 2nd is fine.
 
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today was local 1/4mile day at kirkbride air field. i woke up after 3 hours sleep, seen the rain, went back to sleep and eventually arrived after lunchtime. some pics.







the van got 16 something. with bigger wheels on back the ratio has changed so is now into 4th so its actually a touch slower.







corsa c with astra vxr engine on dta mapped by the good man himself. got a 13.2 last i heard. also beat the aston twice.



free car, 1800 lotus elise engine. ran low 14's, pure abuse and general comedy. had many battles with a civic all day, very close races. one of my favourite random cars there.



small boy adam got a 15.9 in the cougar.



thats the green civic the rover battled with towards the end. abuse all day. great car that civic.





10 seconds dead. mental.



looks the part. not actually all that quick at all.



mental. just mental.









it really can



as i said before. mental.



that bloke was taking pictures.



my mate chatted up the butty van woman.





banger















didnt see it run but christ thats some supercharger on it. throttles bigger than something thats quite big.





time to go sadly. was a good day once rain stopped off.



jimbo the barbarian drank some ale



that bloke is just dodgy looking.
 
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didnt run, was afraid of the rain. stupidly it would have been a good few hours worth if i had. wasnt that busy. arse.





carbon reflections my new favourite photos



took back bumper off



did some lightening and balancing.





aint in bad condition for a 16 year old chariot.



bumper gaps are the new mod for 2011



polished the back lights



looks fast



cleaned the dash with some cleaner for dashboards.



reflection of a swirl tank



climbing frame





scene style pics like cool people do. oh and to top it off in an all out scene style...........



parked it on some scene grass outside my mates house who i later found out has ran out of tea bags. arse.
 
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broke the thing today. knew it was going to happen could sense it with the 2nd gear issues etc. clutch gave up. was fair wet and damp. did a really not so impressive 12.9 with a 60ft time of 2.69. damp. had to set off in 2nd. then it gave up. later on started it up in gear and took it away. will try another £2 fix on the pressure plate as there is another one sat there. normally shears the rivets. hoping its just the same.

in other news, a mate had his vx220 there that he fitted a turbo kit to the 2.2 engine. it got a 13.1 early on before it chucked it down. was still doing mid to high 13's in the wet. very impressive car indeed.
 
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no mate, just the clutch. box is alright. its done it before i think i put a pic up on 1st page. only issues ive had with box are cracking the casing when it was just a 2 bolt mount. gears etc themselves are fine.
 
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the only pics i took today



decided to move the air filter for a more fast and furious approach



looks fast



johnathans mk1 v6



dave atkinsons vx220 turbo'd ran a 13.1



ferrari 360 that got beat my a pulsar

YouTube - evil gingerbread man

bizarre kids toy i found in the back of vxr-james's vxr while sheltering from the rain.

some videos

corsa vs mk1 escort. missed 2nd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QlFmho_QTc

corsa vs mk1 escort. set off in 2nd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQ1HQeBP5g

corsa vs kitcar. killed clutch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMFT3l2NWMw

vx220 turbo'd vs pulsar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EYjNxx9yig

rover 620ti vs civic type-r - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8OVlKGr0gY

mk1 escort vs pulsar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Eh0HjpnjtI

mk1 escort vs civic type-r - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXNQVcUm-7w

ferrari 360 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9U7SwNkTDM

ferrari 360 vs pulsar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCI8K_FKeI

evo vs pulsar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg0GHlYDDr0
 
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collected car on its recovery device.



possibly the £1 fix and my spare pressure plate that previously broke. will have to see when box comes off if its done same again.
 
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