78 Kadett C Saloon - V8 turbo.

[ExJarkle]

Fantastic fabrication work. Car looks brilliant too.

[qwerty]

Lovely looking work and a fantastic car. Look forward to reading more progress.

[countvauxalot]

Thanks Guys much appreciated ;D

[countvauxalot]

Well its been a busy week so far however there is always some time some were to do a little.

It was time to go back to the calipers, this is what i started with



here are the 'delicate surfaces' that need cleaning





To do this I'm using fine sand as the blast media

The results









Then i taped all these surfaces with gaffer (as its the stickiest and most durable) in preparation for some more abrasive blasting, stainless steel shot this time.





Finally the finished result - much cleaner!







The cleaning really brings out the casting details





I will paint these once I've sourced some new pistons (any one know a good supplier???) but for the time being i spray greased them and bagged them.



Thanks for looking

[countvauxalot]

Manifold update time!

I started here some major tidying up needed





I need to chop the centres out between the runners



Chopped



And cleaned up



Then i moved on to the EGR arrangement, I cut it off and cleaned that up too







Cleaned up the inner edge of the runners



Smoothed out the edges of the inlet holes



Then V'd up the edges ready for welding



Prior to welding i wanted to blast the bits to make them nice and clean

Before





In the blaster



All done







Then it was off to the welders (unfortunately i don't have the gear to weld Ali )

It came back like this





I'm really pleased, all it needs now is some cleaning off ;D





This is how it look bolted up to the head - nearly OEM



And with the fuel rail















Sorry for all the pics

James

[curryracer]

Proper job there! I love to see clean, welded ally.
You are going to have to move the fuel supply connection on the fuel rail, but that should be nothing to a man of your talents.
Be interested to see what connectors you are using too. The Goodridge ones don't have the same male taper as OE fittings.

[countvauxalot]

Thanks CR yer the fuel rail needs sorting (there is another type that fits the 1.6 so I will try that first) then there's the custom option too.

Hopefully the gearbox will arrive this week so I can start fitting things!

[countvauxalot]

Presents arrived today ;D

What could this be??



You guessed it - yep omega 3Ltr V6 box. R25 - R28







along with these



Selector



Rear box support bracket



Release mechanism



Let the fun begin!

[leigh]

Man, I just read the whole thing - fair play. That manifold looks great, I hope you explain the amount of work that went into it to everyone that ever sees it! Bookmarked

[MaDSeB]

I'm loving reading this. very impressed with the fabricatio thats goign on, cant wait to see this finished.
keep up the good work

[countvauxalot]

Hi People!

Thought i would add a couple of pics of the car all together before i start the engine fitment.

Here goes













And in the workshop ready for her new heart ;D

[g111mds]

yet another nice project James! You still using the engines from Ayrshire? Cheers, Jamie

[sumpcracker]

As per - top drawer.

[dude]

Why isn't this flooded with comments?
Awesomly cool car, loving the colour, and the wheels look great for what they are.

The fabrication is also great, would love to have access to a mill and lathe myself

Bookmarked!

[qwerty]

That fannymold looks fantastic, as you say very OE. Looking forward to seeing the engine in the bay! Going to be quite a sleeper!

[coggers]

Dec 18, 2011 13:02:38 GMT dude said:

Why isn't this flooded with comments?

Well , quite .

A great base car to start with , looking great in those last pics and some fabrication work to die for - hats off , keep it coming .

[ExJarkle]

As above. Lovely car with some cracking metal work to boot. Nice to see something other than a C20XE being swapped in too.

[countvauxalot]

Thanks Chaps - I'm trying to put my stamp on it. Hopfully i will make some more progress over the christmas period. It would do me wonders if i could decide what i was going to do about the rear axle!

[curryracer]

Lets hope we ALL get some time to get on with our projects!
Looking forward to your seasonal update ;D

You do have a few choices depending on power output / effort / availability etc

1. Manta A axle with LSD. Just need to find one!
Benefits are its an easy known swap. Power capacity may be marginal depending on above. I know some Manta owners running 2.0XE power still use the original (wider) axle without grief!

2. 5-link something else with fabbed brackets, links and body boxes etc.
Ford/Atlas (expensive).
Volvo (availability? - re-drill hubs)
Salsbury (Scimitar/Jag etc) (as above)
Again, these have been done before so some parts are off-the-shelf.

3. Mount any of the above by another means such as those discussed in your other thread
These will take a lot more time / effort and need more work on the shell.

Good luck with your ponderings

[countvauxalot]

Thanks Curryracer i'm still pondering and I don't want to completely immobilize the car and take the engine out etc until I have a plan of action. I am also considering something a little different however i'm unsure if it will work yet.