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All wired up and tested. Now I can turn the 225/45/17s on the front with one finger if I should choose :lol: The assistance can be wound up and down and you can really feel the difference, the motor is completely silent apart from a click from inside the original ecu when I turn the power on, the little dial button will fit well with the dash. The wiring is long at the mo and will be done properly once the overhung bias pedal box goes in, the fag lighter is for size comparison and the ecu and it's piggyback will need hiding and they are a fair size, I added a 7amp fuse to the incoming power for both ecus and a 30 amp ( as that was all I had ) to the main feed for the motor power, both earths are on rings that fit onto the column holding bolts I added a temporary on/off switch to isolate the power while testing The whole column is heavier than the manta one but fits in well and I'll just have to add a couple of washers welded with captive nuts to hold the back brace but it probably doesn't need it Job done :thumbup
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Last Edit: Sept 28, 2013 22:02:41 GMT by mantakev
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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE :lol: OK, so iv'e added the electric power steering also see forums.mantaclub.org/topic/24970-corsa-electric-power-steering-part-2-inc-wiring/page__pid__179131__st__0entry179131so i'm looking at the axle, I looked at cossie and doing a de dion type, nope I looked at the 1041 volvo they were using in Sweden, too hard to get parts for. So I settled on the 4ha mega axle as used by aston martin, scimitar and jaguar as it is unbreakable Pic is a 4ha compared to a 400 axle I removed the axle from a scimitar gte and it was a 4 hour fight, at the end of it the bloke who owned the yard felt sorry for me and carried it( hmmmmm, him and 2 others as it weighs 150kg) to my volvo PCD on the hub is 4x108 and I need 5x 120 so I went out and got a set of geometry school stuff, plotted the center of the scimitar and the bmw and transfered it onto graph paper So after a plug on one hole And a weld then grind flat The 5x120 can be drilled I had to add a milled surface for the back of the stud parallel to the hub so I got a counter bore drill It did this Studs in and ready for the wheels I am removing the links from the 4ha and replacing them with 400 type ones , the stuff is rusty though so I have built an electrolysis set up to de-rust stuff Next is to use all the mounts cut off the 400 axle and transfer them onto the 4ha
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Last Edit: Feb 3, 2012 23:49:51 GMT by mantakev
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excellent build thread, just love it. i've got a 16v kadett c, manta a rear end, and another coupe which i'd like to have more power in, so i'm interested to watch the axle fitment progress. can't get the link above to work tho, so i'll pop over to omoc and try and find it manually! ;D also driving an astra mk1 with xe fitted, as my daily driver. it desperately needs power steering so this was additionally interesting mate! keep up the good progress!
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Apr 16, 2011 10:12:41 GMT
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picture Hello, William from which car did you get the rear suspension?
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Apr 16, 2011 10:16:00 GMT
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lovely build cant wait to see it finished
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Giving away my mancona and seeing Johns project gave me a kick up the . So. Iv'e never liked the T5 and sierra tunnel... Yuk After a little googling I found out the RS500 Touring cars used a Getrag box, the 265 I have a couple lying around so what the hell. 265 monza box, yea Need to join the two Ali 4mm plate( cheers Cliff ) Cut big hole in T5 bellhousing 10 hours of measuring and measuring and measuring and swarf everywhere That's just together, not bolted up yet, spigot not done Spigot was a PITA, tried getting it out of the cossie ... Arrrrrghhhhhh, ended up welding a nut to the race and drifted it out New oilite bearing fitted ( thank's Rutts ) after boiling it in oil It went a different colour Info, Sierra cosworth spigot bearing outer is 21mm, inner 14mm Manta outer 21mm, inner 15mm I needed a 21OD, 12ID Lots of angle measurements later as I had built a stand for the YB to sit the engine at 4 degree to Exhaust and the box had to be level Bolted up I now have a ' Martin' 400 kit for it and hope to bring the car home next week. Loads of new stuff bought for it
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Last Edit: Feb 3, 2012 23:51:35 GMT by mantakev
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Updated pics
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Last Edit: Jan 22, 2012 1:40:09 GMT by mantakev
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Power steering video test The motor needs turning 180 degree to put the motor on the other side away from the fusebox, easy to do tomorrow. Can't embed it so here's a link to click Looking in the boot for the first time in a while and it's still mint B) Inside too Car up onto it's bread tray movers This one has to come off so it's off with its lead I'm cutting carefully and in sections as I only have one spare rear quarter! Looking for spot welds on the window surround Door pillar ones hard to find Rear panel edge needs tidying up This is a tricky bit as it has about 3 different places where the rear quarter joins to it
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Last Edit: Jul 8, 2012 21:55:22 GMT by mantakev
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Beer and mantas in the garage, a combination made in heaven Getting the rest of the quarter off I needed access where the spot weld cutter won't reach so I use this I made a speed controller from a 500w dimmer as I hate using these dangerous things on full A tricky area Rear quarter removed and cleaned up the mounting areas New panel thrown at it and it stuck Some fine tuning needs doing and a small rust repair at the inner bottom section of the 'b' post and it's out with the spot welder
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picture Hello, William from which car did you get the rear suspension? Fanastic work mate! I love Manta B's and this one is top of the pile! I'm also interested in what rear suspension you are using. Can you tell us please?
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1974 Skoda S100 tarmac car 1998 BMW 750 daily 1994 Mitsubishi Evo2
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luckyseven
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Inspirational work on a beautiful car. That steering mod work... Fanastic work mate! I love Manta B's and this one is top of the pile! I'm also interested in what rear suspension you are using. Can you tell us please? I'd put money on that being a Mazda RX-7 FD rear end in there. Sorry for the spam/hijack
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xrtsi
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Very cool, what cars were fitted with a Getrag 265 gearbox?
And what length is the axle?
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bstardchild
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Very cool, what cars were fitted with a Getrag 265 gearbox? And what length is the axle? Opel Monza 3.0E and GSE's Some 6 pot Jaguar cars Getting really hard to find these days as they have removable bell housings so were really popular with the kit car boys
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I looked at the rad crossmember on the car and it's in very good condition, so I decided to just change the drop mount. This bit needs cutting out in the middle It left some distortion due to the heat put in while welding the modified mount on so the slide hammer was unleashed Spot welds drilled out of the new rad crossmember Then added to the old one I was feeling a bit flush so treated myself to some Bilt Hamber and some Clecos 200 quid later I wasn't so flush The rad support was stripped of primer and prepared for clamping, treated in SAS weld through primer. Was told by the bloke I personally bought it of " It's the best, everyone rates it" Welded in and dressed off, for the really Manta anal ( who? me?) out there you will see I've changed the rad support by grinding it into a more aesthetically pleasing shape :ph34r: So the next job will be spot welding on the rear quarter I don't use the spot welder that often so I needed to find the parameters of the weld and test the integrity of them . I also am using an unknown weld through primer.... Test 1.... spot welder and a piece of Manta panel Cut Manta panel and treated with SAS weld through primer I clamped the SAS primered panels together and put the spot welder on max. Not a single brrrrrrrssssstttttppppp from the welder! Weird? Again and again I tried, nothing. The small test panel in the same picture above was squeezed with the same spot welder on the same power and it stuck hard. The weld through primer doesn't seem to be a weld through primer.......... So I stripped it off and reprimed with the Bilt Hamber electrox.. Bssssssppppppttttttttttt, it went through the Bilt Hamber stuff I tested the weld strength and it was stuck so hard I had to crack out the spot weld dril l Next thing is to find out why my compressor isn't working and it's in a real tight space!!
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Not done any Manta work as the compressor was broken so I decided to take a good look at it and remove the heads to see if anything was broken What I found was that one of the valves was split and part of it was missing The spring was also NS so I nipped to work and got my orthodontic pliers and wire and made a new spring I made a new valve from 1mm stainless and set it an after giving the heads a full strip down and inspection clean New headgaskets made from gasket paper and built up Up and running and a full power:clapping: It just shows how quality engineering doesn't have to be thrown away and can be fixed :hug:
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I need to change the motor position on the EPS so it was time to remove it and also look and the bottom column bearing Old pedal box off Servo and MS off Ready for the new bias pedal box and EPS bottom mount
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Brilliant build with excellent engineering, Looking forward to updates, Bookmarked, :-)
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BMW E39 525i Sport BMW E46 320d Sport Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 325 Touring (now sold on.) BMW E30 320 Cabriolet (Project car - currently for sale.)
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Yesterday I was cutting up a hatch that had most of it's useful parts before I got it ( 1800 stuff!) I gassed out the tunnel And I also need to replace the 'ears ' for the radiator as I have a radtech racing one Replacing this and making them look factory again is going to be loads of fun :blink: Horrible sierra tunnel top cut off ( I should of been shot doing THAT to this shell Used a new panel removing chisel on the air hammer, worked a treat! You can now see the remains and notice I've stupidly cut through the seat belt mounts and the Manta handbrake hole/ bulge too Also because I like to do loads of jobs at once, I started to strip the roof rails for the roof inner
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Engine and box are out so i can look at replacing some of the parts i have changed to suit a different intercooler and rad. I have chucked the 400 kit at the car and it's ok but not as good as the Trevor Lewis 240 kit i sold, slight gaps but this can be sorted. I may have stored it with slight stress on the panels? One of the 3 different sets of wheels i need to choose from, rev 16x9 Nice kit
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This is amazing. The work you've put into it is just astonishing, bookmarked!
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