nah you misunderstand chap, ONLY the blower, no turbo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gsi_Jimbo
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nah you misunderstand chap, ONLY the blower, no turbo :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gsi_Jimbo
SOD1 was awesome, but I didn't get a chance to do much to it because someone wrote it off (rear ender) :(Quote:
Originally Posted by cunit
Well basically everyone was being cool, you know saying how interesting it is and asking a few questions about various VX parts I have adapted to fit.Quote:
Originally Posted by cunit
Then Allisterolsen (sp?) come on and said about the Akerman angles on the front, basically because I turned front hubs back to front it's effectively reversed the angles which messed up the handling. Although he was 100% correct we already knew this but planned to correct the issue at the end of build by chopping off the steering arms and mount very thick steel brackets bolted to the hubs (AstraG hubs are bolted to the carrier not pressed in, so we can use these bolting places to our advantage), then we can place the steering angle where we want :thumb:
We explained this and he wouldn't take no for an answer as it were, kept badgering about it, then Rick Draper came jumped on the band wagon backing Allister up about how the entire front end is flawed, I have wasted my time with the front end etc....
I came on and wrote a small novel on how we know how to fix and problem, we know what we are doing and my friend who is the technical advisor on this project has 18 years experience building kit cars and hot rods. If it were to continue I have asked mods/admin to automatically delete the thread. I have seen countless project threads slated to hell and back and had it happen to me once before, I really don't have the patience for idiots.
Anyways I went to bed that night, came back on the next evening to find the thread gone. According to the mod Rick Draper and another member came on at like 2am totally wasted and proceeded to put 3 pages of spam on the thread (nothing to do with the build, just random stuff and swear at me basically). Then at 8am Allister came on gun's a blazin'
So the thread was deleted, simple! I spoke to simps about it on the phone and he suggested I post it up here as people are more open minded.
I did however get one really good laugh out of the thread, the convo on the thread went something like this:
Rick draper: I agree with Allister, I cannot understand why you would want to build the car with a large design flaw. It's totally pointless.
RC: What you mean like building a totally lairy FWD 500bhp nova?
ME: PMSL lol
Rick may have thrown his toys out the pram at this point.
Quality work man, absolutely amazing what folks can do. :thumb:
At the end of the day theres always folk that think they know best where ever you go, even on this site but hey ho.
What works for some people may not work for others but thats their prerogative eh :tard: We all have our own ways and means ;)
Keep up the good work :eek:
The weekend update:
To be honest I didn't get a huge amount done this weekend, we had a supply issue with cutting discs so I couldn't do any fabrication.
So I decided to install the engine and gearbox (not the mock ones, the proper ones)
I removed the engine and box from it's old car (Carlton), it needed a fair bit of prep before it was ready for it's new home.
Exhaust cam change from LET exhaust to late-spec XE with sensor drive
Late spec XE cam end cap with sensor
Replace the modified breather pipe with a standard unit
Fabricate shortened oil pickup pipe to suit bigwing sump
Swop the old sump for the custom bigwing (reuse 2.0 8v one piece gasket)
Fit engine mount brackets and rubbers
Grind down the top gearbox support fins (the 2.0 8v gearbox I used to build the tunnel round doesn't have these fins on the top and therefore they would rub)
This engine was rebuild by me severel years ago, hence it still being sparkly clean internally:
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DSC00269.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DSC00270.jpg
Engine in
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DSC00272.jpg
The rad needs moving forward to clear the supercharger I think
Exhaust manifold on
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DSC00273.jpg
Right now lets see if it will fit!
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...DSC00274-1.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j1...c/DSC00275.jpg
That will be a yes then :D
ha! this is like watching my dreams in a forum project thread!
normally stuff only reserved for big money fords and vw's..
hope u manage to see this through to the end and its as good as it potentially looks
Top stuff
Would that be this engine?
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4995/dscn1225small.jpg
yes mazz, it seems a bit lost in that engine bay lol
Got a 4.6 v8 going in it now ;)
lol
that was billing 2006! I didn't think it was that ago...
scary ain't it