12k mile mrk 1 C20let Project!!

Good 1st days work! Looks a great shell.

Roll on tomorrow!

Excellent work, keep it up :)

well very little progress today as i was on call :wtf: and got called away so only spent a very short time on it quite frustrating :mad: :tard:

new injection tank ready to go in

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removed the old brakets taht are not needed

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the slight surface rust cleaned off afterwards

next marked out the cut out for the alternator

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then made a start

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oh and modified my regal enlarged top hat

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comparision with a standard top hat

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had a few problems with the chris astley conversion mounts and the solid mounts the bolts supplied with the solid mount kit would not fit the conversion mount they are to large a diametre so have to enlarge the holes npics on my phone bit my phone is playing up and wont let me get pictures off it

welding WILL be done tomorrow aswell as the strengthening kit fitted

well a bit of progress today my brother welded the strengthening kit on and stich welded the engine bay and we trail fitted the engine and f28 and he then welded the mount on the chassis leg

rear beam support brackets


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1 of the 3 lower arm strengthening plates

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o/s/f crossmember strengthening plate starting to be welded in

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n/s/f

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tie bar support plates

o/s/f and a bit of stitch welding

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n/s/f

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strut top plates

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bay in the middle of the stitch welding

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cut out chassis leg ready to box it in

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looking good and a good write up/report/pictures etc

Coming along nicely.

we then grabbed a spare c20let and f28 to trail fit and see were the new f28 mount had to go

so one engine and box

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under the car

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slam panel removed for easy access to turbo etc

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mount in place

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bolted up and then tacked in place

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solid mount beinge removed

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engine removed and welded up


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so the plan for tomorrow is my brother has 2 more plates left to weld in, do alternator recess finish off welding all the plates in fully (very little to do ) then the car can go to the body shop and the engine bay painted

but at least the engine will physically bolt in the engine bay now which is nice!

spot on mate :thumb:

cheers

Nice work.

You not welding the bulkhead seams?

yeah they are being done tomorrow car carpet and interior are still in it thats why we couldnt weld the last of the pates in due to the carpet etc will be removed tomorrow and all around bulkhead will be welded 5 min job compared to trial fitting enigne etc and figuring out where the plates go lol

You lot don't hang about!
Good job,nice welds too..

lol yeah my mate Mike found out the hard way on the bulk seams, i told him to make sure it was all cleared of carpet/deadening etc so when his mate welded it up, woopsy some one didn't,and a fire broke out,costing his mate a new driver window (punched it through to put the fire out) new dash-wiring loom-toad alarm, not good eh!

Keep up the good work.

Scott

Keep it up mate, looking good! :)

cheers no point hanging around is there!

did a little bit more mincing on the nova today

started by finishing off the alternator recess

went from this

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then used the bit that we had cut out

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tacked in so recess is formed

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then weld it

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then clean things up as plate was to large and protruded out form chassis leg nothing a bit of sanding couldnt fix

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bulkhead seams

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on its wheels welds primed and engine bay being scotched and things masked off ready for paint shop tomorrow

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Some quick progress there.. going to be a cracking car this :)

i think what will make or break the cari s the quality of the plug cover ;)

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i think what will make or break the cari s the quality of the plug cover ;)

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I only hope it lives up to the rest of this quality build! :)

Make sure and remove the servo and the plate on the oposite side, along with the steering rack etc to make a proper job of it.

servo is gone mate , rack will be left in place until it gets to the bodyshop we are pushing it round 20-30m from current unit, new engine and box on its way from bony scotland they should be here tomorrow or saturday

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I only hope it lives up to the rest of this quality build! :)

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it shore will mate, as for quality build i wouldnt quite go that far i am trying my best put it that way, i am by no means an expert and wont pretend to be, but hopefully the car at the end will turn out OK :)

well bit of a slow day today

we seam sealered the the welded seams etc to day at 9.am this moring was supposed to go roud to be painted this after noon but i think due to the fact it was so cold the seam sealer was only just starting to set at 5pm this evening so will have to be tommorw or monday for paint now :cry:

everything was masked off whilst rubbing down and priming the rack is loose and will be removed for paining when at body shop
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but whilst the seam sealer was setting we painted all four arches and the whole underside of the car 15 year protection better then your usual underseal!

battery died on phone so the pics are during the painting process the struts were removed after these pics to get in behind and up inside the turrets :) suspension is just temporary untill my coilovers arrive

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will get better pics tomorrow before the shock absorbers etc are refitted and when its dry a second coat will be added added aswell

Looking good all underneath painted mate - Did it take long to do ?

Your thread confuses me, whose typing? Kris or Gary? lol

Either way - looking stonking, very neat application of seam sealer :thumb:

Did you weld the seams insides the arches? Looking good.

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Looking good all underneath painted mate - Did it take long to do ?

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yeah all painted underneath took a few hours will be doing another coat today

Your thread confuses me, whose typing? Kris or Gary? lol

Either way - looking stonking, very neat application of seam sealer :thumb:

its me kristan than usually posts up the progress (its pretty much a joint effort maybe more so on my part as my brother is relatively new to all this and is an electrician by trade and i am a mechanic etc but it is his car and his ideas for the build i just help it happen sooner rather than later lol) i user my user as garys (my twin brothers) internet isnt working at present thats the reason for thw 2 wip threads on the same user sorry for the confusion glad you like though olly :thumb:

yeah benn the seams have all be welded and the full strengthening plates added, didnt feel the need to seam sealer inside the wheel arches painting is more than enough in my opinion:thumb:

Nice build so far. One concern, is the F28 mount welded to the chassis plate or the chassis leg? Wouldn't want that to tear off with the plate!

its half welded on the the leg itself and half on to the plate!

i am confident the plate will not come off it has been welded heavily, considering the std mount had 4 spot welds i dont think it will come off in a hurry

Good work.
The hammerite smooth blue is a good match.

yeah once it has dried a little it darkens down and is almost a perfect match for the exterior :) very happy with it once it has gone of i can get cracking mounting the pump and new brake and fuel lines :)

cracking build there matey - talk about a perfect base to work from.

Looking forward to seeing the final thing...

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cracking build there matey - talk about a perfect base to work from.

Looking forward to seeing the final thing...

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thank you mate it should be about in 2009:)

well had a few things delivered to day the engine bay still isnt painted :mad: which is holding this up massively but any ways a few things turned up today for the nova my turbo pre filter

after having a few turbo failures in the past and all have been blamed on oil contamination imho (absolute rubbish) decided to by a prefilter

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brand new cv joints inner and outer for the shafts the one below is of the equal length shaft with out the calibra part of the setup its at my garage at home so built up what i had

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new wheels bearings all round were purchased aswell to day

and guess what turned up at 3 pm this after noon my new steel bottom end engine with arp head studs and every arp bolt avalkible for the bottom end installed done 400miles so is still in the running in process

and my fully rebuilt 2k ago quaife diff'd f28 with f20 speedo drive and 2wd drive converted :D

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fitted mount as it has already been pre tapped etc :D

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waiting on my lightened flywheel wheel and paddle clutch to arrive so it can be bolted in but no rush as am still waiting on paint shop

Cracking on now, cant wait to see the bay done, and engine in!

Scott

me neither will be worth the wait

Good work :)

thanks alot

might be worth welding in a brace across that rear mount mate as they tend to flex, especially the power you'll be running. The GTE/GSi had them as standard.

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Good work so far dude.