Project Freeze My Ass Off (rear Poly Bush's Astra G)
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no idea mike ive never fitted one before
is there room down there at the front for the sender ?
found a plug at the rear of the head thats m12x1.75 so will need to get an adapter if i put it there
after a quick call to vx they tell me the standard oil pressure switch is m14 x 1.5 can anyone confirm ?
will have a look under the car to see if theres room may need to run the sender remotely or use that rear plug m12 x 1.75 hard to come by pirtek dont stock anything locally
will have a look under the car to see if theres room may need to run the sender remotely or use that rear plug m12 x 1.75 hard to come by pirtek dont stock anything locally
corsaZ22se
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stick the latest 2L turbo lump in it from the astra gtc, 280hp in standard form. and its based on the good old z22se!
stick the latest 2L turbo lump in it from the astra gtc, 280hp in standard form. and its based on the good old z22se!
thats gonna be sooooooooooo expensive lol
here some its not my car but dads 4x4 i took it for an mot this morning
if failed
rear anti roll bar link and front anti roll bar link and a brake pipe corroded
set about getting some spawning brushes for me pond then realized there was a europart next door to the water life shop lol
what a f**k up that place europarts is not going to be buying there again
brake pipe and fittings (let me know if you need any made up
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kernakerd rear ARB link
new one fitted
the front was a right ball ake euro parts gave us the right part but for the wrong side it was a RH in a LH box
heres dad looking happy
had to cut the link in half then remove the anti roll bar
the lower bush part was stuck on the car and had to use stilsons to get the bit off
happy im not lol not with the 19 year old car and not with euro parts messing the parts up
have been looking just need to find the part numbers for the manifold and turbo thenstick the latest 2L turbo lump in it from the astra gtc, 280hp in standard form. and its based on the good old z22se!
overnight parts from japan
twin scroll turboage
corsaZ22se
Senior Member
wount be long before they are around in the breakers complete engines for a few grand. work out cheeper than converting a n/a to turbo. or just get a b207r lump I think it is from a saab for a lot less! saab boys running into 400bhp with out major mods just bolt on parts.
i have already found a complete vxr j engine but its about £2500 out of my price range
dads car almost done just need to make the brake pipe up
arb links done after a 2nd visit to europarts
right on to my car its not good :s
my oil pressure light on the dash has not worked for as long as i can remember so picked up a new pressure switch today for europarts when getting the right part for dads car well they f**ked it up again its the wrong part i'm just going to leave it unplugged for now
i then went on to redo the center joint on the exhaust as it was blowing but found a problem broken flexy
so started to take off the the down pipe and had one of the studs snap off in the flange
then went to take the manifold of to fix the broken stud but then found 4 of the studs on the manifold loose and one broken
one broke the tip while trying to remove it
b*****d! thats where my ticking has been coming from
all out
and here shows the blowing and the broke off stud
next step
no idea cars off the road till i can get it sorted
but its about £2500 out of my price rangedads car almost done just need to make the brake pipe up
arb links done after a 2nd visit to europarts
right on to my car its not good :s
my oil pressure light on the dash has not worked for as long as i can remember so picked up a new pressure switch today for europarts when getting the right part for dads car well they f**ked it up again its the wrong part i'm just going to leave it unplugged for now
i then went on to redo the center joint on the exhaust as it was blowing but found a problem broken flexy
so started to take off the the down pipe and had one of the studs snap off in the flange
then went to take the manifold of to fix the broken stud but then found 4 of the studs on the manifold loose and one broken
one broke the tip while trying to remove it
b*****d! thats where my ticking has been coming from
all out
and here shows the blowing and the broke off stud
next step
no idea cars off the road till i can get it sorted
lol mani studs dont like you
it is so easy to snap em off
I refuse to use a socket on em
its tru lol
but this one was already broken all that was holding it was 2 threads
you can see the end of the broken stud is dirty meaning its been broke a while if it had been just done it would be shiny like the star bit that i broke off
it was done when the cat was bashed on a mates drive some time back
corsaZ22se
Senior Member
good work as allways
when you refit the manifold use copper nuts, makes removing in future much easier!
should be copper on down pipe to mani as well.
i'll have to see if I can borrow a can of JD penetrating fluid for you, its great stuff, even better because its free!!
stripped the head of my cousins disco yesterday in 1.5hours with tidy up time too soaked all bolts with fluid easy job
2.5k for astra j engines not bad if its the new gtc one, bit steep if its the old z20ler though.
when you refit the manifold use copper nuts, makes removing in future much easier!
should be copper on down pipe to mani as well.
i'll have to see if I can borrow a can of JD penetrating fluid for you, its great stuff, even better because its free!!
stripped the head of my cousins disco yesterday in 1.5hours with tidy up time too soaked all bolts with fluid easy job
2.5k for astra j engines not bad if its the new gtc one, bit steep if its the old z20ler though.
yes mike its the pain in the ass one as theres no room for a drill lol
i used an old m4 tap to mark the center it took 2-3 hits to get it marked then i did start with a 4mm drill but was too big and starting to go blunt so dropped down to an 3mm i think
found the center and went about 8mm in
bit of plus gas on the stub and a wait of 30 min for it to penetrate
#2 stud extractor fitted
woo fuking hoo
not alot of room to work lol
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