nice work fella. good to see something different:thumb:
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nice work fella. good to see something different:thumb:
Are you back from the garage it's been two days lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul
I like it :cool:
Not your usuall, it wont work? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by srs1
any more updates on this
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A bit of an update, to be honest quite a lot has been done, but too many pictures taken.
Our mate Kev broke Sipo's Astra Turbo a while ago, so a fair few parts from that have come Glens way. We changed the rear beam to a disc one from that. It now has the rainbow cream interior, the digidash from it, and got the spare bodykit off of sipo's car.
The plate for the front mount alternator was not substantial enough, and when the alternator was put under tension by the belt, it was causing the bracket to bend, and the alternator to sit on the piss. So we had to redo it. We used a nice big lump of 6mm plate, and mounted it where the power steering pump would sit. The Saab alternator was very meaty at the back, which made it sit too close to oil pump. So we had a scout round the scrappies for a slim multi groove alternator, and came up with a Micra jobbie. We grabbed the tensioner too. So now it has a proper tensioner (one where you just wind the bolt in/out) and it sits lovely.
We also had to replace the rod bolts, we didnt run into an problems with this.
We got a T3 turbo in exchange for out T25, complete with t25-t3 adaptor, downpipe, actuator. So thats now fitted, when we fitted it we also decided to make the downpipe, which now finishes just behind the sump.
We had a bit of a nightmare with the gears on this thing, when we dropped it back onto its wheels, and selected a gear the wheels didnt lock, and we couldnt understand why. The pressure plate was clamped tightly onto the flywheel and drew the fingers flat, the vauxhall friction plate was exactly the same thickness as the saab one (that was the only bit we changed, as the saab friction plate and less splines the vaux gearbox). So we took the gearbox back of and measured up the Saab flywheel to the Vauxhall flywheel, same thickness size etc, the bolt holes were offset different to the Vauxhall flywheel, so we decided that we definitely had to use the Saab one. So we drilled out the vauxhall pressure plate to fit the saab flywheel. So it now had a brand new clutch in, again the finger pulled up flat, we checked it again and stuck the box back on. Dropped it back on its wheels and again, no bloody gears! At this point it was looking as though the gearbox was knackered. We got under it to have a final check, and noticed that on the back edge of the Saab sump there is a lug which was stopping the OS Shaft from going completely in (doh!), ground it off and it worked exactly as it should...
We built the front end to fit around the Astra radiator, but when we went to put the radiator in, the pipe from the water pump to the radiator would have had to be the most funky thing you ever did see, so we decided it would have to be the Saab radiator. So we made the brackets up for that yesterday. A friend of ours was unlucky enough to drive through a big puddle recently and hydraulic his engine (starlet turbo), so thats being broken for bits, so Glen snatched the intercooler and boost pipes off of it. We got all that fitted yesterday too, and with some rather crude measurements, we managed to get it to sit pretty well in the front bumper.
The sump has got to be modified, the saab engine sits forward in the saab's and where we have straightened it up, it sits very low to the ground, and the oil pickup sits on the piss. So we are taking the lowest point out of it (under half a litre of oil we will loose), and going to modify the oil pickup to suit.
We had the oil cooler lines made up the other day and thats is now fitted, well attatched to the engine. lol
So some pics, i will get more detailed pics of what weve done in time...
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Custom headlight anyone?
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Til next time
Paul
looking :cool:
Well done :D
Fook me, the poor car! lol
Looks like a right ballache of a job, fair play to you all, i would of kicked the **** out of it by now with all the hiccups, just a short patience i have..
Well done all..
Scott
looks good buddy
that rocker cover ****s me up every time lol lol lol
its alive, it runs but knocks, so maybe new engine time.
Its been painted too, pics to follow