WIP- Past to Present

Had a good few hours on the car today, and it was sunny :cool:
GSi brake servo and MC fitted, had to recut and reflare the ends of the brake lines though as it seems for some reason the early MC have double flared unions, whereas all the late ones have single "point" flares.
Got there in the end though.

Fuel lines off the old shell have also been refitted.

Engine lifted off the stand
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Pot fly removed, compared with flat
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"New" clutch fitted too (i.e. out of Lee H's garage, pmsl lol )

Oil cooler and F20 fitted, still looks nice and shiny considering its been outside for 5months
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Car hoisted up
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(some swearing at this point)
Engine/box slid underneath
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Rear mount modded for spacers, and cleaned up as im going weld a plate across the top of it for extra strength.
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Then went to hoist the engine up and get it mounted when i noticed that the drivers engine mount has a 1" inch crack through the metal of it :eek:
Not sure whether the crash caused it, or the weight/stress of the old engine did, but yeah its fcuked and has been binned.
So i need a new drivers mount, will probably buy a set of solids though!

So i had to leave it at that until the new mounts arrive.
Not a bad days work though, considering my recent work rate has been zero,Lol.

lol good to see progress. I know where your coming from about not knowing where nuts/bolts go. Ive got 3 buckets worth of nuts/bolts/washers/more bolts mixed together from 3 different cars lol

Whats that inlet hose from? Do you know if the plastic pipes going to fit between the engine/supsension strut. The standard hoses are squashed into place

Its off a V6 i think, with the air temp sender in...

I think it fits as it came off John H's engine, so i assume it fits.

Ive got an original SRi airbox to use too, if i can get it to fit the xe inlet hose.
As the old induction cone is fitted on the astra, and looks a bit chav imo

Yeah the bolts are a nightmare, spent about 40mins today trying remember what a xe starter motor bolt looks like, then randomly found a bolt lying in the grass next to the car, which fits lol lol

lol @ random bolt.

Great that youve got it half in lol

Will be good to see it in and finished.

Good luck dude :D

Cheers.

Just bought some solid mounts off Ebay, so hoping have them this week sometime, so i can crack on :)

wow, make it look easy..
nice one dude.

Cool, good work mate. :thumb: Can't remember if you said, but is this a pure track car or road use as well?

looking good adam, yep, correct, the inlet hose is off a vectra v6.

Looking forward to seeing an Xe with an airbox, I don't recall ever seeing one

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Originally Posted by Graeme Dixon

Looking forward to seeing an Xe with an airbox, I don't recall ever seeing one

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:thumb: 2n'd