Project C20 NVA

Just thought i would show you todays work. Stripped the rear beam in the week so i can give it a lick of paint.

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Gave it a clean up and a lick of paint ready to have the poly bushes installed and the new rear brakes and my soon to be nice red anti roll bar fitted.

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Got another bargain off ebay aswell. ?1.99 deliverd !

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Goint to use them on the cage and on the boot and front bumper (probally!)

Picked up my f16cr box from a mate this morning. Its was from a mk1 astra gte. I remember the car it came out of. The thing was rapid off the line for a 1.8. Wasted c20xe mk2 astras.

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Thought while im here i might as well crack her open and have a nose inside at the condition of the internals.

No wear or chunks of metal here !
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Diff looks to be in great condition.
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Gears also look in great condition. Really surprised due to the box coming out of an "A" reg car.
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So i then went about cutting the box about http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/image...es/biggrin.gif

This part makes it easier to get the fan in place http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/images/smilies/nod.gif
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And this one would limit suspension travel if not removed.
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Now its ready for a coat of black paint and a new gasget set.

Has anyone seen the width of the ram in a bilstein damper !?! Its really weird. Its real thick unlike any damper i have seen before. Will get a pic to show what i mean.

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Originally Posted by ashtal

Has anyone seen the width of the ram in a bilstein damper !?! Its really weird. Its real thick unlike any damper i have seen before. Will get a pic to show what i mean.

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I have some Bilstein coilovers and the ram inside the boot is huge - the diameter is nearly as big at the overall width of the damper unit!

Joff

Heres the damper

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The ram is huge ! The mech at work has never seen anything like it ! Must be a good thing tho, right !?!

bigger the better, wont bend as much

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There ATE as well !

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Two rear anti roll bars, can you spot which one is gsi and which is sr !?!

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First job of the day was to finish the welding on the rear inner arches. Had to finish cutting the uber thick plates i part welded in and put a couple more plates in as well.

welded:

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With all the welding now done on the car (yes all the wlding is done !!!) i started to prep the under side and all the wheel arches for a nice thick coat of stone chip. I used some sickaflex to seal some of the joints.

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With all this done it was ready for the stonechip. Now the last time i used stonechip some of the over spray drifted to a freshly cleaned nissan, it took me hours to clean it all off ! So i made my self a little "wall" to stop this happening again !

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Now way it would get over that bad boy !!!

So, then the stonechip to do. I know most people love the wheel arches to be painted and all but i think its far more practical to paint them in stonechip.

Underside all done:

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Next job is to tidy up and fit the engine....

good progress there matey