Lovely fella.
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Lovely fella.
Thanks. Bit more progress...
PAS rack is now fitted (well hole drilled) anyway & the pipes are ordered up from PIRTEK.
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Got these Samco's from an SR I broke last month, should be able to use a couple of them with a bit of luck.
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New Walbro fuel pump arrived today aswell (thanks JoeThrelk). Nice.
just gotta sort where I want to put the battery & the PAS pump, then I can calculate the lengths needed for the pipes.
Put the battery in the boot :thumb:.
Saturday 28th Oct 06. My mate Rob came round wiv BIGG Mikes crane. This is Rob hauling the engine out the garage whilst I hold the camera & keep my hands clean. As it happens I helped lift the engine out to here & had my fingers in the muckiest place possible, really gacky oil on my hands. (Not good for the camera) LOL http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress020.jpg
Here she is sittin under the raised front end in anticipation for the car to be lowered over the lump (sorry Benn, its the best way!). Consequently we only removed the wheels & tie bars for this today, easy with an impact gun.
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And here sitting pretty... in quite nice time, my TAS mounts arrived from Karl Rowntree this morning, thanks bud.
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Here it is just hanging out in the shade..LOL
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Now the engines in out the way, my Dad will quit moaning & I'll have a much better idea as for where to put the 12v PAS pump & where to route the pipes, locate the reservoir & hide the battery.
Any suggestions, mainly for the PAS graetly accepted. By the way! Does anyone know the ins & outs of a Corsa GSi PAS rack & which union is pressure &/or return?
nicely done:thumb:
Heres my brake bias valve for the rear disc brakes..
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The BRAND new Walbro fuel pump I got for ?65..!!
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Should be busy this week, Ive got plenty to be getting on with.. Slap me if I'm SLACK!
Hi mate, looks a great build, sorry to be a pain but could you give me abit of info on whats needed to fit Corsa PAS and also Turrting the rear
Cheers
looks good craig, im really likeing thise rear turrets aswell
The Corsa hydraulic PAS is using a Corsa B hydraulic rack (GSi) & then shorten the track rods 1". I will have to get custom pipes made to plumb it into the 12v electric pump Ive bought. The rack needs the hole into the cabin enlarged as the hydraulic rack is a bit bigger here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stu16vT
The turrets are hard welded into the rear chassis legs & boot floor/inner wheel arches so that the coilovers can take the full weight of the rear of the car & then the inner arches wont have to be dressed with a hammer to clear the coilover bodies. (std body shells with coilovers @ the rear can pop the inner arches apart). My shell was really rusty at the chassis legs, so I chose this expensive option to do away with rear springs, which essentially means the chassis leg/spring cup isnt structural anymore.
My Dad made the turrets or you can buy off the shelf mk2 Escort (rwd) ones from rally accessory suppliers.
The old servo mount is quite handy for running the loom into the cabin. Grommet fits a treat too.
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I think I'm going to mount the battery here via a welded tray bolted to the servo bracket. Should look factory & then I wont sacrifice volts or boot space by having it in the boot, not to mention a kilo of positive cable!