burgess
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I want more info muppet
this is just teasing me really
I am interested in the styling side of some stuff but for my track slag gte
any info in the way you go about making over 400 brake is knowlege worth knowing imo
you have proven that it is possible but dont want to share it with the rest of us! 
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Nic Barnes
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nothing to do with not wanting to share any of it. more to do with previously when i was aiming at doing half of it, all people were concerned about was that i had cut a gsi bumper up for the intercool. everyone said it looked better as a std gsi bumper. well better looking means fuck all to me, im after making some power so if it sacrifices a beloved 400 quid bumper as a few people said at the time fuck em. too many people are so concerned about the way a car looks and need to comment on it forgetting i didnt do the car to have it look good or pose at shows thinking im the man, no, i built it to be used, and to do whatever it did the best i could get it. to suggest the front end doesnt look as good and i should have left it is a joke. it needs an intercooler that size, and it needs air hitting it properly instead of it being behind masses of plastic and basically defeating the object of having an intercooler that size.
i dont know sometimes, i wish id bought a nova or an astra mk2 as those people appreciate effort put in the right places instead of not having the latest trend grill or super flash smoothed in arches and semi smoothed boots etc.
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Matt H
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Ermmm yeah
Really weren't expecting to see that missing 
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SportBoy
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tis a good mod on a let corsa .. makes it much easier to work on
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Ermmm yeah
Really weren't expecting to see that missing
why
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Timbaland
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i dont make the car for other people anyway
I know it was on page 2 but.....
Legend.
My type of person.
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Ben ev
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1st thing to take a disc cutter to is that girly abs!
as for the slam pannel i used to cut my old corsa's one out and weld it back on a regualer basis. fuking nousence they are.
on a serious not though i would bother to weld the cross member to the inner wings as does help.
you getting a bigger intercooler or will the other surfice? any chance in letting on what management your using and weather bottom end will now have a steel crank? not that it effects me in any way but be interesting to read up on as have some future plans for a mk2 gte astra turbo which ime kinda currently building an engine for
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Nic Barnes
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no need in steel crank, dont know what management as yet and old intercooler will be more than adequate for what i hope to do.
abs is useful however
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Ben ev
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abs is useful however
disagree. one of them things i wish people cud uninvent. hade it on my old astra and never felt like you were gona stop. ile decided how hard my brakes will work thankyou.
when however will you put this engine in a proper car. bit of a shed imo
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fir3vip3r
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nothing better than working on your driveway while its pissing it down its what makes cars fun imo..
i respect you muppet, do what you want do it for you! not trying to impress anyone is very admirable imo..
altho you do sometimes come across as a dick at times. other times you can be alright.
keep up the good work!
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Nic Barnes
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i am a dick, there is no mistake made there
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Ben ev
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disc cutter to the power steering 2nd. torque steer must be ruthless
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csweatherston
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you should have a sig' like mine....
if your making the slam panel removable...are you mounting the rad differently?
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by csweatherston
you should have a sig' like mine....
if your making the slam panel removable...are you mounting the rad differently?
nope
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by Ben ev
disc cutter to the power steering 2nd. torque steer must be ruthless
without the pas, its awful to drive. with the pas being electric, pull fuse out, and its not working no more making it better when car oges up the strip
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Ben ev
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Originally posted by muppetsport
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Originally posted by Ben ev
disc cutter to the power steering 2nd. torque steer must be ruthless
without the pas, its awful to drive. with the pas being electric, pull fuse out, and its not working no more making it better when car oges up the strip
very nice thinking batman. should have give it a though before mine got the chop!
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csweatherston
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you didnt take the engine out and cut the slam panel just to replace the inner CV boot did you??...
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Nic Barnes
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no
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Ben ev
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be best to get this one to a engine dyno and run in on the bench. my mate who does silly things with 205 rally cars engines go straight to 4k @ half load. perfect every time
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Nic Barnes
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i like the mad drives. remembering this isnt some proper mental engine or anything, this is just an engine i am building. its not that great and it wont be that great. it will do for me
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Matt H
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Ermmm yeah
Really weren't expecting to see that missing
why
Cos normally it's a case of someone hack sawing their dash in half or random odd bits from inside, not seen anyone take out the slam panel before on a Corsa
Can see the logic in doing it, guess most people only consider vents/louvres when thinking about airflow
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Steve
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben ev
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abs is useful however
disagree. one of them things i wish people cud uninvent. hade it on my old astra and never felt like you were gona stop. ile decided how hard my brakes will work thankyou.
when however will you put this engine in a proper car. bit of a shed imo
decent abs is better and will stop the car quicker than you can
[Edited on 23-08-2007 by Steve]
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Ben ev
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what ime saying is the vaux stuff ive dealt with isnt any good. dunno if its the same unit in the corsa as the astra but honestly it was appauling! the fact it was a 15yo car with 0 maintanence prob didint help but put me off for good
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Steve
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i agree, my experience of vaux abs has been rubbish as was renault stuff
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Ben ev
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fair enough it didnt lock up much but prime suspect was taking so long for the stoppers to get back on the power after the abs had compensated. pops' bmw stops on its nose mind with maintained standed setup....
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