Benn's on going build

Is that euro?

pounds

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Originally Posted by The Simps

No graft done today then?

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Nope, sadly. To they i dropped the sump and exhaust to the polishes, pm Steve about parts and ave sanded and refilled the mount.

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Originally Posted by matthew172

good work benn,

if you decide to run a cometic gasket you will need to skim block and head, if you just going to run stock let gasket then just give the head a light skim, id probs chuck a set of arp rod bolts in while your at it too

phase 2 aint exactly going to put massive amounts of strain on things so i wouldnt worry about splashing out big money on uprating everything

matt

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Cheers dude, right in that case screw that. I'll go with a gen GM gasket instead.
At the mo i'm looking at fitting Arp just so i can abuse it and not have to even think about it.. I'm not looking at uprating everything, i'm going mostly at the mo with new GM stuff.

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Originally Posted by mayhem

from what i've heard, a Coscast will hold more heat (dont ask me why, thats a story that goes overhere), and that the best head is a fixed KS.


benn... i have some HUGE news for you ;)

i picked up my new wheels for the mk1 astra yesterday, and the guy turned out the be a distribiter for Image wheels in his spare time.
he had a very nice set, 3 piece, with the bolts in the back (so no bolts are in sight)
afaik the can do that with any wheel the do, just ask for it.

so you get this look (he had these laying around, there porn)

http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/wheels/...dm_classic.jpg

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KS head?

That price is almost the same as there website dude... But i'd love them rims, but 250+ a rim i don't think i can push too...

yeah, KS, kolbensmith, the GM head.

you know you can do it benn, maybe in a few months, but some day.. ;)

lol That's over a grand with out tyres dude... Even i can't just think "funkit it needs it"

Making a brilliant car better!

Top work fella!

Joe:thumb:

Thank you very much.

Been doing bits here and there, order stuff and getting the mount finished off.

Picked up one of these..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...kingplate3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...kingplate2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...kingplate1.jpg

Gonna polish it i think..

Got this a while ago from Mr Fly,

No pic but its a Zlet oil pump and this pick up pipe.. Does the pipe look right? (to fit a xe/let)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits9.jpg

Fiber glass sanded off..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits8.jpg

Don't need that...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits2.jpg

Minging under there..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits1.jpg

Cleaned that up, welded the holes up.

The didn't like the panel join of the front panel to slam, so ground it off, welded it over, ground that off to be smooth, then filled it all in one hit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits6.jpg

Have also shaped the front part of it so it looks nicer and is easier to sand around the mount...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../baybits10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...n/baybits4.jpg

Need a tiny bit more shaping but is mostly done.

Exhaust is done too .... :)

Top work as always Benn

Nice to see a update too

Looking good. How will you mount your rad now you've cut the mount off?