Calibra Progress *!= 56k*

[Gr44]

Blimey....

I can barly change a wheel.....

This puts me to shame Looking good though, more piccys when you can and congrats on the job!

[[GSV]Trig]

Girl, nice crane tho...
YOu ever end up with a proper engine stand, I need some real long bolts to hold one of my blocks to my stand if you have anything that'll do the job..

[fraggie]

didn't bother in the end, i have 3 spare engine mount bolts though, they are rather long if thats enough?

[[GSV]Trig]

Need to be long enuf to go thru the gearbox side of the block and onto the mount points on the engine stand, need to be 30cm+ long and have nuts for them on the end..

[fraggie]

rightyo i had a little time today so out came the drill and wirebrush and i went to town on the inlet



And then a lick of hammerite....



Its only one coat so its still fairly see through but ill put another coat on tomorrow and it should look the mutts

Then i got the replacement backbox for that vectra one that didn't fit.



It needs a good clean but it will do until i can get a full system sorted.

So tomorrow it will be a 2nd coat of paint on the inlet and if i can be bothered i might get around to doing the calipers in the same colour

Cheers

Bill

[fraggie]

right well not many people seem too interested but out of the kindness of my heart ill give yall another update anyway

first job today was to give the inlet another coat, its not holding as well as i'd hoped on the aluminium but it doesn't look too bad now, it may get another coat if i can be bothered



i had to leave that to dry so i thought on such a wonderful day i should be out doing the calipers!

so out comes the old wirebrush and off i set to get em as clean as possible


and again out comes the yellow hammerite i wasn't worrying too much about the discs or pads as they are all being replaced before the cars on the road again.







i have had to leave the backs till either i can find two more axle stands or until the cars back on its fronts.

after that i thought what i was going to do next and thought that cleaning the engine bay may get some jizer or water on the paint drying so i thought id leave that for the day to harden off.

In the end i decided to have a go at cleaning the scorpion backbox up as it had tar marks and all sorts.



I wasn't too bothered about scratching it as ill be getting a full system on it soon enough so i thought id at least make it look presentable so out came the wirebrush again and the hammer and chisel getting the stones out from between the pipes.



Once i thought id got most of the crap off i got the autosol out and put my back into it

Pipe 1...


and done...




Until early april i cant spend much money so im doing stuff that is fairly cheap at the moment and some real momentum will take place soon

[[GSV]Trig]

Let me know when your done, you can come help me

[fraggie]

will do

[Funkstar]

I would have been tempted to put a wire brush head on the drill to prep the manifold and calipers.

Good work there though

[fraggie]

thats what i did had a manual brush too though

[Funkstar]

ah, my mistake, just saw the hand brush in one fo the photos

[fraggie]

right! time for a small update methinks

Ive been waiting for a bit to get the parts ive been needing and ive spent far too much this week on the cally

Here is one of the boxes that turned up...



Theres too many parts to list but basically its enough for a damned good service and to put the car back to how it should be



Heres the spacer ive had made for the driveshaft too, im pleased with how its turned out .



Also my new flywheel came... and so did i when i saw it... love it



my new clutch arrived too so i thought that id just line up the pressure plate to the flywheel to make sure i got the right parts....




It didn't want to line up I was a tad baffled so i thought id stick the part number into epc only to find its the V6 clutch! Because im putting the turbo gearbox on i have a turbo flywheel and needed a turbo clutch. Autovaux have been great about it as to be fair it was thier mistake and they are rectifying it asap, which im happy about

my dad nipped over today to give me a hand with a few bits and bobs (not a lot today) so we set off getting the old flywheel off, and as per my luck one of the bolts didn't want to come out and rounded off not to be defeated we decided to get out the grinder!




One new flywheel later and...



We decided to leave it like that for the time being as theres no clutch so a quick thrust bearing change later and...



Before i decided to finish i thought id remove the altenator, serpentine belt and lower pulley...






Thats about it for now, Will soon have more pics of the new parts that will be arriving soon

Cheers

Bill

[Agent]

Really enjoying reading this, keep us posted mate

[SilentDeath]

Nice How long have you spent on it

Are you doing anything on the new engine before it goes in?

[Tumble]

I like the yellow... very JCB

[stevie lee]

are you going to paint the car when the engines done? i've got a suggestion..



hammerite yellow.

this project, makes me almost want to try something like this. although thinking about it, i will stick to mobility scooters...

keep up the good work fraggie!