wip full rebuid (gte)

why buy direct from vauxhall tho ?? surely a motor factors would be much, much cheaper

yeah i know but would prefer genuine gm parts but it all depends if we sell the red tops this week or not if we do its all gm bits if not it will proberly have to be motor factor parts

Go to www.autovaux.co.uk then

well done mate looks like a awsome project, ill keep my eyes on this one

thanks

picked up some more bits today

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M-Tec conversion kit including shafts hubs ect and a safety devices roll cage which we are not 100% yet wheather or not to use this its near enough brand new but for the right offer we may be persuaded to sell it

went yesterday to east sussex to collect this

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came with shed loads of recipts has done near on 80 000. had a courtney clutch late last year uprated actuator ect cam belt 2 weeks before it was removed with all asosiated bits ect. the guy also gave us the down pipe ecu good condition non butchered loom all boost and water pipes boost gauge and boost controler all in all its been a good weekend spent near on 1200 quid and were that little bit closer to collecting all the parts we currently need. first job to day strip the engine down check condition of the turbo thoroughly ect and start thinking about engine mods. pics of the engine strip down later today

well started the strip down today and made some interesting discoverys(sp).
seams it has an uprated courteney actuator not a singal scratch or mark anywhere on any of the turbo wheels and very minimal play in the shaft with no signs of leaking oil seals which was a bonus. we belive the turbo to have not long been reconditioned but as soon as the engines in and running its going to be replaced with a hybrid spec one any way! also did a compresion test today all the cylinders varied ever so slightly by about 10 psi or so but im not concerened as they were all roughly 180 mark and the test was caried out with the engine cold and had not been run in 3 months so we will see once its running

we was originaly planning on completly rebuilding the motor with low comp pistons ect before fitting but on the time scale we have thats just not going to happen now instead its going to be tarted up fitted with all roose hoses ect and make it to pv and then straight after pv when we have ironed all the teeving problems out the shell its going to be removed completly striped and rebuilt again from the ground up ready for the summer show season

put the red plug cover on the black engine and itll look mean lol

nice work keep it coming :thumb:

the engine wont stay black were undecided what colour to do it what do you all think?

car as you have seen has been freshly painted flame red what does everyone think would look good?