it was abit tricky. Got my tie bars off today after work and took the top part of the front panel off! Also my chassis plating kit and my engine mounts turned up from chris astley 3 weeks after ordering them. Pics tomorrow of all my progress!!:D :D
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it was abit tricky. Got my tie bars off today after work and took the top part of the front panel off! Also my chassis plating kit and my engine mounts turned up from chris astley 3 weeks after ordering them. Pics tomorrow of all my progress!!:D :D
top work and progress there mate,very impressive spec, and 200 bhp shouldnt realy be a problem for you.should be a nice sight when it all goes back in!
not had a good day today my friend doing my welding managed to set fire to part of the loom and the fuse box and dash so ive bined the dash but iam after a new loom and fuse box, if anybody can help me could they let me know!!! cheers :wtf:
nice mototr mate
how thick is the spacer for lowering compression?
I think its a 2mm spacer i can't remember it was while ago but i bought it from courtenay!
Pic of my engine mounts from Chris Astley
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220029267
Pic of tiebars ready to be cleaned up and re-sprayed and new bushes to go on
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220029454
Intercooler brackets sprayed up
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220029506
Did more work to the car today took it to my mates work for welding! Pics of the penertration marks from the inner wing to bulkhead on the drivers side
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220111188
Passenger side
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220111253
Pic of the front panel in place and all the engine bay welds!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220111490
Decided to place the wings on the car to see whether the front panel was in place!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220111608
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220111668
Nice one dude shame about the fire, dont forget to do the ones under the rack..
Yeah done those dude!:thumb:
lovin this one thinkin about doin turbo conversion on my gsi but dont want to mess it up. lol
ill prob get it wrong.
great!
Chris Astley chasis plating kit! Getting them welded on this weekend!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220464884
Done abit more on the car i cut out the rusty parts from behind the front panel!
Drivers side before
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220646725
After
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220646784
Passenger side
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220647035
After
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1220646934
looking good mate, you know what your doing :) , im gonna mod my nova to the max, like ur idea's
lmfaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Novaboy_1991
Did abit more to the car made a 3mm steel plate to go behind the passenger side turret
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1222030027
Passenger side outer chassis rail plate welded on and primered!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1222030339
Me on the right and my very helpful friend Si because if it wasnt for him holding down the car it would have floated away:D
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1222030522
looking good matey :thumb:
lookin good keep it up
welded the plate i cut to go behind the passenger side turrett
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1224100359
I stripped the underseal off my passenger side splash guard and found a nice big hole, better get the welder out again
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1224100418
Ive decided to fill the seams along the top of inner wings i used metalik filler
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1224100545
Primered up drivers side with zinc primer!
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1224100643
Looking good Mike, admire your enthusiasm TBH mate! Im a lazy mofo, id have just got my hands on a donor shell again lol
Cheers buddy i wanted to keep the shell because its an orignal silk violet gsi otherwise i would have re-shelled:D
Humm, dude i didnt think the wing would come out as good as that to be fair, looks pretty good, will have to come dig in soon (pending tomo's out come)
Scott
What's metallic filler?
Fair play for fixing up a shell beyond its prime though, I did it with mine & its a lot of work.
Its like ordinary body filler but it contains metal, so is supposed to be alot better.
yeah it is alot of work but it will be worth it in the end! I thought i would go for the metalik filler over normal P38 because there wasnt much price difference and like steve said it contains metal!:thumb:
Good work on the shell, just make sure you seal the inner arches well because water can get under that filler in the bay.
Keith
Cheers buddy will do:thumb:
Good good,getting there, cant wait to spray the bay!
Scott
Not working this week so thought i would do abit on the car. I cut out the rusty bits on my passanger's side splash guard.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225300629
Then i made a template from hardboard.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225300714
Template offered up into place.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225300773
Then i made the metal plate from 3mm steel bending and shaping it into position, then i put a couple of G clamps on it to hold it in place ready for welding this weekend.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225300987
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225301043
Humm..dude might be worth diggin out some more of that grotty bit behind it first, i'll come looks'y tomo.
Scott
yeah cleaned up behind there just not a pic of it
Taddar!! as if like magic!Quote:
Originally Posted by mikec123
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6...2008630yj3.jpg
So i went round today to see how Mike was getting on, an while there gave him a had with a few things, lent him my thoughts on some ideas etc.
Mike was busy outside on the car sorting the inner wing splash gards, so i got busy inside removing loads of acoustic sound deadening (why someone would go to the hassle of getting rid of the GM stuff then cover it with this **** i don't know) but i do know it's thiner and more sticky to take of then GM stuff
Inner wings/splash gard before cutting..
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7...2008631ra1.jpg
Mike busy grinding off chunks!
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1...2008633xc7.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4...2008634iq8.jpg
Wallah!
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/3...2008635mv9.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7...2008637rv9.jpg
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5...2008636tm9.jpg
Random bay pic!
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7...2008632ck0.jpg
Then my few hr's hard work inside.
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2...2008638sk9.jpg
Mike has some before/after pics of the sound deadening, and some better quality ones of the other work,and im sure he will upload his of the 3mm new plates he's cut, there spot on mate :thumb:
Scott
Pics of the drivers side splash before the grinder killed it.
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225473315
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225473370
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225473407
After i cut the bad bits out of the splashguard i made a hardboard template
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225473515
Then i transfered it on to 3mm steel and cut the shape out
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225473596
Pic of the inside of my car before Scott's efforts. Thanks again
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...g?t=1225473705
3MM is miles to thick to work with ~ look at the fracture in the hardboard too, you'll never bend the steel like that.
Plus what a waste of material ~ the template should have been laid onto the very edge of the steel not 20MM in.
Mike used the hard board as it was essayer to keep a good edge to it,not like card bord etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
3mm steel was the thinnest his mate could get there hands on (it was free)
We have already bent the steel into position,he's just not put any pics up off it, and yes Mike and i both thought it should probably join straight to the edge, but also thought it was best to leave some over hang,put the wing back on,then temp clamp the new bit in place as to mark out on the back where to put the final cut.
Scott
Ive never had issues when working with 3mm sheet steel?Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
1mm is plenty for the splash gaurds and stuff like that.
Its also easy to cut/bend(hence the work with comment)
True Adam, but as said Mike's mate could only get 3mm at the time and it was FREE.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Scott