Benn's on going build

benn if you decide to 4 stud again give me a shout if you wanna sell the 5 stud setup with the turbo wheels :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Benn

Cheers Ben, plan wise.

Swap gear box,
Weld on mount and smooth in, which means paint side of or whole bay.
Re build gear box with a Quafe diff, make box look pretty,
Billet flywheel with new clutch,
Rebuild engine,
build up for Ph2,
Fully polish exhaust system,
Strip under side, bare metal, plate o/s rear sunroof drain, re seal under sides with the 3M stuff and paint,
New fuel lines,
Still want new wheels, so that means going back to 4stud.

Think that's it.

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Originally Posted by Benn

Really? I drove Jamie F's Astra GTE with a paddle and didn't like the on/off ness of it, i want normal clutch feel...

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See i don't think it's all that bad, i know it is not slippy/sloppy like standard stuff, but then if you get the feel of it you'll learn to love it, i did/do, and can drive it fine with it, just takes a bit of thought to use it first.

Ask Iain/Mazz what they thought of it in mine, i just love the fact you can nail it, then dump it into the next gear and bang your in the back of seat and straight back in the power band again..

Rebuild plan sounds bang on mate..

Scott

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Originally Posted by damen

Nice choice going for the f28 benn will really finish the car IMO how are you going to get round the ARB lowering side of things run spacers? or mod the crossmember? will be intresting to see.

Damo.

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That's a good point, i hadn't thought of that till now.. A spacer on the rear of the wish bone and then a bit of mount play on the front should sort that i hope.

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Originally Posted by w_wall_2001

benn if you decide to 4 stud again give me a shout if you wanna sell the 5 stud setup with the turbo wheels :thumb:

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Some one else has already asked about it all, sorry dude.

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Originally Posted by scott.parker

See i don't think it's all that bad, i know it is not slippy/sloppy like standard stuff, but then if you get the feel of it you'll learn to love it, i did/do, and can drive it fine with it, just takes a bit of thought to use it first.

Ask Iain/Mazz what they thought of it in mine, i just love the fact you can nail it, then dump it into the next gear and bang your in the back of seat and straight back in the power band again..

Rebuild plan sounds bang on mate..

Scott

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I'm sure when your used to it its great yeah, but in traffic and stuff its not easy or nice is it... I still want the car to be fully usable and for me to be happy to take it on long drives to get parts.

Cheers.

nice work on the gaitor benn, hopefully the one i had made will fit as i put an extra flap/skirt on it to go under the console

haha new lady , good news, like you said ud happily be a kept man lol

did you see my steering wheel?

tbh, at first i didn't realise Scott's had a paddle in it! Yes, it was a little snatchy, but nothing mega..

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Originally Posted by Mazz

tbh, at first i didn't realise Scott's had a paddle in it! Yes, it was a little snatchy, but nothing mega..

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There not as bad as some people think, and I'm guessing they are all different pending on the type and what car there fitted in, as you say mines not massively off-on but is always there ready for the power when you need it to PERFORM.. :thumb:

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Originally Posted by sparkie1401

nice work on the gaitor benn, hopefully the one i had made will fit as i put an extra flap/skirt on it to go under the console

haha new lady , good news, like you said ud happily be a kept man lol

did you see my steering wheel?

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Cheers dude, when did i say about being a kept man? But yeah i would.. Think of the Nova you could build..lol

See your steering wheel?

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Originally Posted by Mazz

tbh, at first i didn't realise Scott's had a paddle in it! Yes, it was a little snatchy, but nothing mega..

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Yeah? Cool, Jamie's was proper on/off, didn't like it at all.

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Originally Posted by scott.parker

There not as bad as some people think, and I'm guessing they are all different pending on the type and what car there fitted in, as you say mines not massively off-on but is always there ready for the power when you need it to PERFORM.. :thumb:

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Yeah i know you get 6 and 4 which must make a big diff. Think i might do with a std clutch for the time, means i can spend the money on a diff in stead.


Think what i might do if remove the F20, tie bar and lower arm, remove the gear box mount and get the F28 in, work out to get it fitting right and get the mount fitted. So i can test it all. Then remove engine and box and smooth and paint everything.

Then refit engine and box, then do the under sides.... But not sure if its best to do it that way or not..

Do it that way when. Getting the mount and especially linkage right can be a pain! Will be better to get it all running then strip down, smooth and spray.

you said once in "pics of your mrs", you'd happily be a kept man lol

my steering wheel in my WIP thread

Good choice on the box benn. Just take your time fitting the mount and take into account the fact the rubber engine mount will sag that will drop the box down a little bit once its all bolted up and the engine and box are hung off it properly.