SRI Daily runner

[LETSTICK]

a little update



off with the saab 900 alloys

trip down to kwick fit in my mate jonos mrk3 saab powered astra van


to fit these






then all was well until , the following morning , changed gear a little to hard



luckly i had the metal selector rod from my old astra , think thats why they changed them to metal , swopped over in 30 mins , in the ice and snow , 45 mins late for work

[humbucker]

nice work on the tubby rims although the saabs were definitely unique. i reckon they'd have been perfect if they were an inch or two bigger.

bad lick up with the selector! good job you had a 'spare'. an impromptu upgrade hehehe!

[Gaz]

i did exactly the same thing with my shifter, i think they get brittle with age, i got a new one to go on to see if i can cut down on the play on the gearchange.

[LETSTICK]

when i removed the shifter , it had 94 stamped on it , so i think is passed its best , think the metal selector rod was out of a diplomat cavalier ,

after crimbo , the bumpers are going on , and the engine has had a few christmas presents

M.O.T january 28th

[Envoy CDX]

So where can I get one of these metal selectors?
Some nice progress made there, I did like the Saab wheels though.

[Gaz]

im sure the metal ones are out of a calibra, well all the ones ive seen have been

[Envoy CDX]

im sure the metal ones are out of a calibra, well all the ones ive seen have been

Will have to have a look about

[LETSTICK]

After a few to many pints in the local Thursday night


decided to chuck the LET engine in the cav , only had phone pics
, will get some daylight ones .


had a bit of a drama with the compressor inlet of the T3 being so close to the ribbed PAS set up , but a few bends sorted it just



Holding 1 bar for the time being on EDS Phase II , External gate screamer pipe is a bit weird to get used to , might plump it back into the downpipe as its a bit to loud

[LETSTICK]

At the moment i have a GSI front bumper in burgendy with the big mouth cut out so i could get the cooler in , looks odd , but will be getting it sprayed soon.


got a few pics to upload when i get my camera back tomorow

[TurboDan]

Looking good! Should be quick with that turbo setup. Not too sure on that AFM - Turbo Pipework but will do the job for now.

[LETSTICK]

Afternoon all , bit more playing this weekend

after a week of driving with no issues , it started blowing around the manifold , stripped it down and was right



took the bus to work with manifold in my pack pac , skimmed the face & fitted new gasket all mended

[LETSTICK]

next on the list was the F28 swap , as after only one week on the F20 + 1750 kg,s of cav at 20psi , the box started whining

F28 box



and the mess i made in about 1 hour

[LETSTICK]

vid from last week , f20 nackered clutch & screamer pipe at 10psi with alot of clutch slip





all is back to normal , no clutch slip , and 6 gears have made such a difference on the comuite to work

[LETSTICK]

looks a bit ropey , but get some funny looks when you pass them in a 16 year old vauxhall coughing and sneezing

bumpers will be sprayed this week , and square plate will be made up

[Greig Sri]

Youve been busy. When you swaped gear boxes did you manage to do it with the sub frame still fitted to the car?

Greig

[LETSTICK]

Nope , had to remove the subframe , started with ball joints first , rear engine mount , then starting from the rear , undo the 2 wishbone bolts 16mm socket

then the 2 main subframe bolts in the middle 18mm socket , then undo the other to 16mm socket at the front

support the engine on a trolley jack with a bit of wood


and the f28 is a heavey box to lift into place , when the engine is still in the car

[Gaz]

and the f28 is a heavey box to lift into place , when the engine is still in the car

f20 is bad enough but a f28 is bloody heavy, least it has the thicker splines on the input shaft so its a little easier

[garygrady]

looking good mate.keep upthe good work

[Squig]

and the f28 is a heavey box to lift into place , when the engine is still in the car

f20 is bad enough but a f28 is bloody heavy, least it has the thicker splines on the input shaft so its a little easier

I'll agree... it gets so much harder the second time because you used the wrong flywheel/clutch...

[Greig Sri]

Nope , had to remove the subframe , started with ball joints first , rear engine mount , then starting from the rear , undo the 2 wishbone bolts 16mm socket

then the 2 main subframe bolts in the middle 18mm socket , then undo the other to 16mm socket at the front

support the engine on a trolley jack with a bit of wood.

Ive been there and done it. Was asking because in the pic I couldnt see the sub frame off the car, and was wondering if you did it with out removing it.

Greig

[LETSTICK]

Had the day off work today , so pulled the F28 box out

and found this





managed to get hold of another thrust relief bearing , so will be back together saturday

[Greig Sri]

Not much left of that. What condition are the fingers on the presure plate like? It might be 'miniced' to

Greig

[Envoy CDX]

progressing

[LETSTICK]

Not much left of that. What condition are the fingers on the presure plate like? It might be 'miniced' to

Greig

was a bit munched , but had another F28 pressure plate , so swoped them over .



have been using it every day for work , about 30 miles a day , no problems atall .

Apart from the grill fell off last week

so after a white grill , dosent have to be a gsi item

[LETSTICK]

Not much off an update , Garrett T3 has blown its rear oil seal , so burns alot of oil out of the exhaust when ever it comes off boost , easily sorted



couple pics of how it looks as the daily drive , now 50 miles a day











Turbo is coming off this wknd , for a light rebuild , it this dosent stop it smoking , T34 is on the cards along with some car tax , and 2 x Toyo proxes