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mk1nova_rich
14-05-10, 08:56 PM
Is there anywhere sells them?
floydy13
14-05-10, 09:24 PM
ebay, or on here in the forsale section!
craig green
14-05-10, 09:36 PM
Can I just say.

DONT DO IT
burgo
14-05-10, 10:39 PM
just use washers, thats what i did lol
L14MNP
14-05-10, 10:40 PM
I'm gonna guess he means gas lifters not the raising blocks?

As above, don't do it. lol
wwmnw
14-05-10, 10:45 PM
Why not do it?
craig green
14-05-10, 10:46 PM
If you want bonnet lifter/struts. I got a stainless/chrome pair. £10 delivered.
burgo
14-05-10, 10:46 PM
Why not do it?looks gay apparently
craig green
14-05-10, 10:49 PM
scene wagon.
burgo
14-05-10, 10:56 PM
lmfao far from it. maybe he has to raise it like me and jack have
craig green
14-05-10, 10:57 PM
Thats fair enuff, why have you raised yours?
wwmnw
14-05-10, 11:00 PM
Don't you have to lift the bonnet a bit to fit a V6 under using the Vauxhall inlet? Also, Craig, if you still have them for sale next friday let me know :thumb:
burgo
14-05-10, 11:00 PM
corsa master cylinder is in the way lmfao
mk1nova_rich
15-05-10, 08:22 AM
corsa master cylinder is in the way lmfao

exactly the reason why i need them :thumb:
burgo
15-05-10, 11:04 AM
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/nova100.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/nova98.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/nova95.jpg
MK999
15-05-10, 11:13 AM
Got my uncle to turn me some aluminium blocks... Guessing measurements late at night ftw lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/DSC00188-1.jpg
L33 LEG
15-05-10, 11:38 AM
I just used a big washer lol
TRICK
15-05-10, 12:57 PM
I have just put some on mine, and i used some small peices of copper pipe.. Worked pretty well, but not sure if i like them yet.
Jack
15-05-10, 03:54 PM
Don't you have to lift the bonnet a bit to fit a V6 under using the Vauxhall inlet?
The 3.0 inlet is the fat one that doesn't fit.

Raised bonnets are ghey, hopefully if hotbit's bulged bonnet fits over my inlet I'll be able to have one that fits and shuts properly
Hobbit
15-05-10, 04:03 PM
Is not my bulged bonnet, I found it lol
Jack
15-05-10, 04:06 PM
You came across a bugle?

Snigger
Dan Stanley
15-05-10, 04:46 PM
I was chatting to a mate of mine about these bonnet raising blocks, he has them on his Escort. He's doing a motorsport mechanics course and his tutor worked at Fords helping with the design of the Escort Cossie. The tutor reckoned that raising up the bonnet messes up the airflow through the engine bay. Apparently they spent a lot of time researching where to put the cossie vents in the bonnet for maximum effect. He's point was that by raising up the bonnet it messsed up the airflow and probably wouldnt help with keeping under bonnet temperatures down. I know some people raise it up to clear engine parts, but most people think do it to keep there engine cool. Im just passing on what I heard, so dont start questioning me! I wouldnt know!
lol
p.s Wouldnt you start getting engine fumes sucked through the heater and into the car if the bonnet wasnt sealing against the bulkhead/firewall rubber seal???
Jack
15-05-10, 05:03 PM
Yep, the base of the bonnet is a +ve air pressure area, hence why the air vents are on the scuttle panel. Air gets pushed back in under the bonnet up there and as you say, mucks up the underbonnet air flow.

I've got a link saved at work where a fella with a BMW mini measured the air flow and underbonnet temps with the bonnet shut properly and raised. Having it raised increased temperatures.
blue_peg_16v
15-05-10, 06:11 PM
meh my bulge will be back soon
Hobbit
15-05-10, 07:37 PM
You came across a bugle?

Snigger

I just want to make it clear that no money is changing hands in case it looks **** lol

So we gonna do a trial fitting at nats?
tony k
16-05-10, 12:06 AM
correct me if im wrong didnt trackdaynova do this in his project thread,with the results
Jack
16-05-10, 11:33 AM
I just want to make it clear that no money is changing hands in case it looks **** lol

So we gonna do a trial fitting at nats?
Yep :)

Oh the mileage I can get from variations on the "getting my hands on your bulge" jokes lol
AlexW
16-05-10, 11:44 AM
theres no need to raise the bonnet for the corsa setup? Just have to have it around the right way, or cut a bit out of the underbonnet bracing?
Jack
16-05-10, 11:49 AM
^ With a 180 inlet?
AlexW
16-05-10, 12:05 PM
No, for the corsa Mc ****, which is why burgo/Op has/want it?
burgo
16-05-10, 01:24 PM
theres no need to raise the bonnet for the corsa setup? Just have to have it around the right way, or cut a bit out of the underbonnet bracing?turning it round the other way looks gay and i forgot to chop my bonnet before getting it painted and im not doing it now so meh