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primer
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satin black looking factory fresh lol
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and on another note the engine will be painted satin black now aswell, no going back Ive ordered 12 cans of the stuff :d
If you can't be bothered doing the rear beam I still think blasting is a good idea. Nice work tho.
i dont really know what i want to do tbh mate, i have a million diffrent ideas for a million diffrent things but only one car to do it all to, if that make sence
im half tempted to leave the rear beam for now and maybe change it over to disc brakes in the end with a bias controller and i still really like the idea of getting some 4 pot brembos from a fiat coupe, just to be a bit diffrent
but if i do take all that work on chances are the car will never see the road :(
looking good mate keep it up it will get there in the end!
cheers fella, I'm determined she will see the road again!!! and not be like so many things i take on and left half way thru lol
Right thourght i better finish off the roof on the shed otherwise im never going to get a work bench in there :roll:
cut twice messure once
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panel gap :cry:
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(mehhh felt will cover that up lol)
started running out of wood :(, luckly some yobbo stuck this in the neighbours front garden :mad: never mine i will make use of it
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frame is rased 3" at the front and 2" on the back :d
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strenghting and corner suports to hold it square
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felted
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foot started hurting, so i added one peice of flasshing to cover up the gaps, will be running this all around the shed to hide any gaps and brace the roof on
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just need to finish the flasshing around the whole thing, paint it again and get it cleared out and it should make a nice little work shop, very pleased with todays efforts :)
i absolutely f***ing love you man hahaha
righty, lefty, righty
Ive bought this stuff to help clean up rust suspension parts (think it was £13)
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mixed up aload and have some parts in there will pull them out tomorrow and show you guys how good the stuff is :d
QUESTION TIME...
what pump is this from?
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came with this regulator, which looks well past it tbh and needs changing so if anyone can point me in the right direction to getting a new one it would be really appreciated
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pump number if it helps
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also where the hell does this go?? the pump and regulator were attached to it
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you can see in the above photo how rust it is thats been put in the soloution aswell so will see how that comes out tomorow
hopefully will have the suspension stuff all painted tomorow, then just need to get some bushes and thats one job done :thumb:
The fuel pump is a GTE item, also used on plenty of others though: CLICKY on the detailed description part.
so thats ment to be a in tank pump?
No it is an external pump
so could i use this pump and my 1200 tank, the 1200 tank has flow and return ports and is in much better condition then my gsi tank, i know ive already got metal pipes on the car and getting some braided hoses from them to the engine
the 1200 tank may have a feed & return, but it has no swirl pot. so every time you turn right with some vigour & only 1/2 tank of fuel in, it will suck air. this will definitely cause the car to cough & splutter & will eventually knack the pump.Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
buy a late model spi tank & fit an astra mk3 or corsa internal pump - with the intake shortened properly to fit.
cheers mate, ive got a mpi tank it just needs blasting and powdercoating as its in a right state
felt a bit flush so ive just bought a set of powerflex bushes for it aswell (just the fronts for now)
still not found anyone to do the welding on my engine bay so another small update :(
i pulled the parts out of the de-rust/grim soloution and its worked well :thumb:
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(all the grey arears had light surface rust)
the fuel pump carrier was still rusty, the lighter rust had all flaked off but the more substantial stuff was still there
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so i attacked it with a wire brush and a wire wheel on the 4" grinder
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and back in the (now stronger) soloution it goes
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hopefully it will be better when it comes out tomorow
do you think this is going to be enough paint lol
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will get some pictures of the other lower arm all painted up :thumb:
right i better practice my welding other wise this project isn't going to go any where fast, i was having problems with my welder as the wire speed seems to have a mind of its own :wtf: end up with some right ****ty welds and not to mention the wire falling off the motors wheels every ten fooking seconds :mad:
so i opened up the welder
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and with a little bit of modding i came up with this genius solution
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its helping weigh down the top arm attached to the roller, which pushes the top roller down on to the wire holding it in place, this means my wire speed is more consistent happy days :d
^^all this means my welds look alot smarter^^
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penetration
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just need to have a go at welding thinner metal to some thicker stuff, as thats what was causing problems in the engine bay :roll:
now im off for a shower i stink of welding lol
the neighbours will be happy with me today, over 2 hours of angle grinding off old paint,surface rust and rubbery underseal lol
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the tools used
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think i need a new wire brush :/
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no nasty repairs/bodges were uncovered so im a happy bunny, the tiny bits of surface rust were wire wheeled off and covered in rust treatment, left it in etch primer for now, will give it a blast with some satin black paint later, then its being seam sealed and having that rubbery underseal stuff on it and a coat of white paint on top of that hopefully that will be enough to keep out any future rust
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not to bad for a sunday.
Defo got your monies worth from the hand wire brush.
The tension on that wheel is adjustable, and it appears to be wound all the way off in the top pic?
Too much tension is just as bad as if the wire ever gets stuck in the tip etc it will force it down and try and fold it up in the line/torch/welder, which might get messy!
Thinner metal to thick is fairly easy too, it's all about concentrating the heat on the thicker stuff, and letting less into the thinner. Look up some stuff on torch angles and the concentration of heat, that will help a lot.
its unwound on the first picture as i had to reseat the wire in to the grove on the bottom wheel, as it fell out again and it kept doing it, so i flipped the mig reel over so its feeding from the bottom (you can see it in the hammer picture) and that seemed to help for a little bit but its still not perfect
there should be 2 grooves in that little wheel, make sure it's on the right size on for the wire you have.
Im such a :tard: just had a look and your right there is 2 groves, it was on the larger setting so ive flipped the wheel and will give it another go tomorow and see how it goes, cheers fella :thumb:
Nice work on the inner arches
Did you find your engine in the end? lol
the engine hasn't been delivered again was meant to be coming this weekend but its a no show again! I'm going to have to stop commenting on here about it, as its going to be incriminating when i have to do something about it lol
do you think any of them welds would be good enough to mount rails for bucket seats?
Rails are kind of tricky as you're welding thicker spreader plates to thinner sill/tunnel pieces, have a practice welding your thicker stuff to thinner Nova material first. Pop over at some point and I can chop you some Nova roofskin off?
will do cheers iain xxx
Looks good, staying black?
Why paint though when you need to stitch weld it still?
just wanted to cover it in some paint, it been sitting in a thin coat of primer since being sandblasted, and from what ive read and told primer absorbs water so not ideal to leave it like that, also now i can see alot of high/low spots so i can redo the lows in some high build primer and sand the highs
its still being stiched just have to wire wheel off the paint around the seam as and when i find someone to do it, engine bay is staying black and the floor pan is going black aswell
Surely there must be someone in the mids who will do it for you for beer.
Honestly if i was closer i would come and do it for 24cans.If its all prepped its a couple of hours work if that
i will put something up in the midlands section in a bit see if i get any bites, haven't really looked that hard tbh was hoping i would suddenly become better at welding and do it my self, but it seems I'm getting worse not better lol
Have you considered a part time night college course??
I did this a few years ago and am actually qualified in summat now lol
i like to spend my evens drunk tho lol
so did some on my course lol
its something i will look into, but think if i done it my time would be better spent finishing off my gas safe card tbh
start up my own boiler servicing/repair business, ripping off old grannies and just pay people to do my welding lol
Why is it been painted before welding?
just a base coat mate so its not sat in primer, its not finished the paint on the seems will still be coming off for welding then some high build primer bit of sanding and more blackQuote:
Originally Posted by Mieran
Welders are the last to get a new greenstar
is that a nova rear seat bench? lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
oh and Nice project, will be good to see another track car build.