This is my long running w.i.p.. Done a lot to this car so far in the 2 and a bit years ive had it. New brakes all round (V6 vectra brakes on front), All new supension (And i mean every thing new),new petrol tank/ sender unit and pipes, new rad, new power steering pipe and lots of other new bits ive forgot about. Some of the mods ive done are,leather turbo front seats and cdx rear seats, electric rear windows, omega elec sun roof, astra mk4 gear stick, omega intermitent wipers, vectra cruise control,cally dials, a good I.C.E system, vectra steering wheel , trip computer and the list goes on and on.
Heres some pics
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Then at the start of the year I turned to the engine, Full strip down and rebuild inculding lightend and blanced crank, rods, pistons and flywheel. Heres some pics of that .
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The engine half gone
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The engine all gone.
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one dirty box ready to be cleaned
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The car at the end of a long day striping it.
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Now some of the new parts.
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the block painted up
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the box painted
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head rebuilt
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New brake pipe (wos not needing replaced but very easy job with no engine in the way)
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Engine and box ready to go back in the car.
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and thats it back in.
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Well that took a wile to do (and so did this thred, lol)
Part 2 the oil leak and body work later.
Greig