SAL
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 thunder HAS landed  fair play mate, hope the engine comes out allright. is steve taking the shell back after ?
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Hamish
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nah, its all mine now apart from the wheels which he wants back at some point. Spent all evening an a wild goose chase with steve trying to find the locking wheel nut key  got there in the end though. I still ahve no idea how he drove/fitted into a corsa for 7 years though
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7 omm
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so then whats the overall plans for this?.
you taking off the kit etc or keeping it on?.
and the lights?
i take it a mammoth cleaning session is in place for you lol.
also. will it be ready for PVS
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Hamish
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the overall plan is to take the engine out of the black car, rebuild it and then stick it in my blue one. Then sell any bits of the black one to try and make as much money back as possible
Ready for PVS, maybe PVS 2008
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antscorsa
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would you want to sell theose league bandit wheels?
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Hamish
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i would want to but they still belong to steveW... so ask him. I dont know if they already have a buyer though.
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ed
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My parents are going to be very happy when they come back from holiday Just need to get rid of the blue one now
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Hamish
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no they wont. toms ones taken its place now was down ther last night getting the locking key. cheers for being so patient with me collecting it though 
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Hamish
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Update:
The engines out
Finally making some progress. Engine crane arrived at 9am saturday morning which i hired for a very reasonable rate. Rolled thunder out of his hidey hole and started work.
First things first: up on axle stands
The hoses were originally white
Next up was to drain the fluids and get rid of any bits that i could think of
V6 brakes tht will be going on mine
Interior
2 of my mates were ment to be coming to help me, one phoned up and said that he had blown his mums rover up and the head gaket had gone . So only one mate turned up with his girlfriend
Engine ready to come out:
Strike a pose 
Engine out:
1 engine
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1 F28, Drivestafts and loom
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Turbo and manifold
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Clutch
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Randon bits and pieces
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My garage
Only managed to snap one bolt all day  Was the stud in the turbo exhaust housing which the downpipe bolts to. Got pissed off so i hacksawed through the other one
And this is how thunder stands now. The end of one corsasport chapter and the start of another 
[Edited on 03-06-2007 by Hamish]
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ed
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Those downpipes are a bugger for snapping studs in  Tis good to see something happening now thouh
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Hamish
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yea ill jus have to get them drilled out, shouldnt be a biggy. Can i have the name and number of the powdercoating company you used ed?
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ed
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Spray Blast Engineering in High Wycombe.
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Hamish
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thanking you
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Mattb
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Those downpipes are a bugger for snapping studs in Tis good to see something happening now thouh
i replaced both of those when i did the headgasket a few years back!!
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STEvieXE
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will u be tuning the engine anymore or just rebuilding it the way it was,
good work by the way
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Hamish
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Rebuilding it the way it was atm. Cant afford to many other fancy parts. Who knows what the future will hold though .
Also where would sell 8.8 grade bolts as i need to bolt the thing to my engine stand and the standard gearbox bolts arent long enough, so i need to get longer ones? 
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ed
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Bee Fast fastenings on the trading estate at the top of Marlow Hill in High Wycombe if they are still in business. Otherwise just look in Yellow Pages, I'm sure there is somewhere in Uxbridge which does bolts.
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willay
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keep the good work up.
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Hamish
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cheers willay
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alan t
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looks like fun mate really like the blue corsa looks mint. gd luck with the conversion, hope all goes well. will be keeping an eye on this thread to see how it comes along
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Hamish
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the funny thing is, i dont have a clue what im doing . I shall be cleaning bits up at the weekend untill i get the engine on the stand
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alan t
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quote:
Originally posted by Hamish
the funny thing is, i dont have a clue what im doing . I shall be cleaning bits up at the weekend untill i get the engine on the stand
at least u'l be learning as you go along. best way to learn and get experience mate is by doing it yourself mate. and it keeps the costs down (slightly)
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Hamish
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True, still costing an arm and a leg though . Started cleaning the intercooler up tonight. Pics when its finished
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deanmcreynolds26
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nice project, engine crane looks fancy, usually when i hire one its a bit ancient and i end up tieing a seatbelt to the engine and then use the hook on the crane to get the engine out
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Hamish
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well thunder had no seatbelts so thats my mates balencing bar and it proved very usefull. the engine crane itself was 60 quid for 3days with collection and delivery
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