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Nov 14, 2011 11:26:30 GMT
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Hi All, After having to sell my last Kadett I have wanted for nothing else other than another one so after some searching I treated myself and brought this one. Currently it has long tax and mot and was in use daily although it still has reasonably low mileage (in the 40's). It has some issues (as they all do) however they are mainly cosmetic. Most of them are the result of the previous owner’s efforts to 'repair' read as hide the beginnings of rust. Here are some crappy mobile pics from the day I collected it to get you started - can you believe its a mid october day!?      It appears to be solid in all the right places, I havnt had a propper dig yet though  |
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will930
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Decked K11 Micra - RetroRunner Mk2 Golf
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Nov 14, 2011 11:28:05 GMT
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that looks proper solid for its age! any plans?
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Nov 14, 2011 11:45:58 GMT
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I don't plan to do any body work (or prodding) at this time although it needs bits and bobs. I do however have some other plans for it including some lowness, a new engine and axle swap, wheels, brakes etc
(more details to follow on these bits later)
I also meant to add that it drives faultlessly i couldnt believe how comftable it was and how taught it felt - i was convinced the springs, shocks and bushes had been upgraded/or renewed but they look standard and they appear to have been there for some time. If it had a 5 gear there would have been no complaints from the 80mile journey home.
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Nov 14, 2011 13:12:22 GMT
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I will probably give these a go to start with, as i just have them lying around  They are FWD offset though so not much dish, they could work with a tuck approah though we will see. |
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barrett
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Nov 14, 2011 18:45:52 GMT
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Cool! I 'spotted' this recently at its previous home in Worthing. Looks like I got lucky if its now moved on. I had assumed this was the elderly owner involved in some sort of 'grooming' tactic with a teenager (come and sit in my Kadett, I've got a box of puppies!), but it might actually be you in the passenger seat?  1978 Opel Kadett C by barrogance, on Flickr |
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Last Edit: Nov 14, 2011 18:47:33 GMT by barrett
Somebody find me a Watling. £££ waiting! (Seriously, I want a Watling. Help me plzzzzz)
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Nov 14, 2011 19:14:02 GMT
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Nice condition, don't see many of these any more!
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Sig pic too big!
83 MK1 Golf 1.3 Driver-sold
83 Mk1 Golf GTI Pirelli-sold
95 BMW 520i Individual-sold
94 BMW 525i Sport-R.I.P
04 Audi A4 1.9TDI 130-55mpg:)
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Nov 14, 2011 19:40:47 GMT
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Cool! I 'spotted' this recently at its previous home in Worthing. Looks like I got lucky if its now moved on. I had assumed this was the elderly owner involved in some sort of 'grooming' tactic with a teenager (come and sit in my Kadett, I've got a box of puppies!), but it might actually be you in the passenger seat? 1978 Opel Kadett C by barrogance, on Flickr OMG yep that's me the day I went to look at it and that pics a bit freaky! I had originally gone to buy puppies but he convinced me to buy the car as well lol |
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luckygti
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Nov 14, 2011 19:57:46 GMT
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Looks like a very good base for some mods  And, yep, that's ^^^ just freaky!! |
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Nov 14, 2011 23:04:21 GMT
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Some of you will have seen this before but for those who havent here's a bit of back ground and some plans Engine wise I'm going to go with the same engine I was going to fit in my last kadett (1.6 16v xe turbo) Its basically the 1.6 16v head, block and crank (from the likes of the mid ninties corsa and astra) with corsa vxr rods, pistons and under piston oil squirters and some stand alone management. The block needs a slight over bore which ive already had done, and i'm most likely to be going with a Garrett GT2560 ball bearing turbo although the corsa vxr turbo does fit the head. The inlet manifold will need to be a custom job as the 1600xe inlet is useful for nothing and the corsa vxr inlet doesnt fit the 1600xe head (yes I have tried). The 1600 16v engines are lighter, cheaper and more readily available than the commonly used C20LET 2lt 16v turbo engine so they seem like a good alternative I will be keeping the from the 1600xe 1600xe block    The block fitted in the old kadett with a manta 1800 gearbox (I'm not sure whether to use a manta box or a stronger omega box at this point)   I'm was really happy with the space around the engine and box   And a comparison of the vxr piston and a standard 1600xe piston    Here is the intercooler I plan to use (pictured in my old kadett)   Core size is 500mm x 320mm x 90mm and its bang on    This is how it looks in the car after some choppy choppy  |
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Nov 14, 2011 23:51:43 GMT
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Back to the actual build in hand - i don't want to go ripping the engine out of the car straight away until i have all the bits i need to get most of the way through the engine conversion so i decided to get on with what i could. Here's the engine on the stand with the old turbo (the corsa vxr unit) and my first unfinished attempt at the engine mounts. I wasn't happy with the engine mounts so i decided to take a different approach.  O/S mount  N/S mount and vxr turbo   This is what i had to begine with - ugly as sin!  And a selection of mounting holes to chose from  Now bare with me here but i started with nothing less than a land rover halfshaft as it happened to be exactly the right size (and it was lying around asking to be cut up) So here it is with the end cut off  Then in the lathe   Centre drilled, 6mm the 10mm  Then to 16mm   Cleaned it up  And put a taper on the front edge then parted it off   Then put a taper on the back  The first 3   Bolted the first 3 to the block (the bolts are just for set up I will use M10 allen head fixings)  Can you see were i'm going with this? Started profiling up some tube    The first 3 tubes in place   Then tacked  And welded  Penetration  I then refitted the original mount to get the correct position of the mounting point on the cars cross member   Cut this ring out with a hole saw  And another piece of tube  Tacked that in place  I will now be able to triangulate off of the engine to the mounting point on the cross member  More to follow Thanks for looking James |
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barrett
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OMG yep that's me the day I went to look at it and that pics a bit freaky! I had originally gone to buy puppies but he convinced me to buy the car as well lol Ha! I got quite excited when I saw it and rushed down the street to grab a photo when I noticed there was someone inside, but it was too rare a car to ignore so I just took a very subtle photo. If you ever get famous at least you have some experience of being HOUNDED by paparazzi Actually, saying all that, I'd already seen another Kadett C earlier the same day...  Opel Kadett C by barrogance, on Flickr Your car is a bit of a celeb already actually, as serial old car spotter 'Brammy' had already papped it a while back  1978 Opel Kadett 1.2 DL Saloon. by bramm77, on Flickr |
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Somebody find me a Watling. £££ waiting! (Seriously, I want a Watling. Help me plzzzzz)
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Were did you find that other kadett?? two in a day is good going!I wonder if its for sale |
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Nov 17, 2011 22:59:41 GMT
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Evening! The last couple of evenings I've managed to find some spare time so i cracked on with what i could.  I made the beginnings of the other engine mount, which turned out well X 3 block spacers   That go on this side  Like so  I also took delivery of one 225hp Audi tt inlet manifold for modification (i only want the plenum part)   Its the right shape and has the curvature at the end i was after  I'm combining it with a third of the original manifold  To make things fit were i want them to there needs to be some savagery Chop chop  So this can go here (ish)  After some more chopping i realised the spacing of the runners was right but the shape of the runners wasn't going to work together Almost spot on spacing  Round hole to oval wasn't good  So i moved to the linisher and flattened off the face of the original manifold   Only to realise the port closest to you in the pic below sits higher that the rest  I went from this  to this   To this    So i could start with a flat piece of 10mm aluminium plate    This will alloy me to weld the original inlet to the plenum and not have to worry about filling gaps and spaces between runners etc. Next job is to mill out the ports in the ali plate then profile the edges and get it all welded together  |
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Anglia68
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Nov 17, 2011 23:31:20 GMT
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Great looking car and some superb fab skills going on,will look forward to more of the same.  |
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Nov 18, 2011 20:04:45 GMT
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Thanks! I'm looking forward to getting really stuck in too. |
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Nov 18, 2011 21:21:05 GMT
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You guys are so bloody clever.
Some awesome fabbing there.
Oh, and I do like the car a lot.
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qwerty
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Nov 18, 2011 21:42:19 GMT
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Fantastic fabrication work. This should be a little blinder of a car once its done!
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Nov 18, 2011 23:35:00 GMT
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wow, awesome work so far ;D
cant wait to see more ;D
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78 Kadett C 2.0 8 valve turbo, holset, rust&other stuff..
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Ginge
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Come on faster!!!!
Can't wait to see this finished, great work so far!
Ginge
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Nov 19, 2011 17:24:35 GMT
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Awesome project
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And, yep, that's ^^^ just freaky!!
