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Old 27-05-2007 | 01:31 PM
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some steel items and top pistons

staying 1.6

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you dont mess about do you dave
Old 27-05-2007 | 01:31 PM
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it will chage slightly, think he wheels are ging to be changed
Old 27-05-2007 | 01:37 PM
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it will chage slightly, think he wheels are ging to be changed
are the ones on it at the mo azev A's? are they for sale
Old 27-05-2007 | 01:39 PM
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hmmmm some new competition

Best get started on getting mine back together

Looks nice mate, and if anythin like your other cars will be a mint car once all done
Old 27-05-2007 | 02:14 PM
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azev a mate, but no centre caps pm me with regards to them

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cheers carl, she should bea good one when finished. nothing like the spec of yours tho,

but will still beat you
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minto!! my bros clearing garage out tomo so hes gona phone me about the 16i interior etc etc you want some standard wheels? slightly different to s1 alloys i believe. what sort of spec you goin? think it will be quicker than my micra bus?
Old 27-05-2007 | 03:53 PM
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interior stuff would be great mate, give me a ring, will have as much as possible probbly, i got some rs16i rims already mate, they are at refurbers

spec is hush

and yes, quicker tha the micra
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interior stuff would be great mate, give me a ring, will have as much as possible probbly, i got some rs16i rims already mate, they are at refurbers

spec is hush

and yes, quicker tha the micra
really?? jeez it must be a flying machine then!!
Old 15-06-2007 | 05:01 PM
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looks good mate keep us updated,im missing this car already but good to see that it went to a good home
Old 15-06-2007 | 05:28 PM
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125scouseazev a mate, but no centre caps pm me with regards to them
These are available from UK distributers at Ł96 for a set of 4.
http://www.dtmotorsport.co.uk/
Old 16-06-2007 | 08:51 PM
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cheers people, ordered the management, cam and dropped the engine block nd head and crank of at machine shop.

car due to go to body shop for paint some time this week coming
Old 17-06-2007 | 10:30 AM
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all going good then Andy.
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hopefully dave
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cant wait to see what u gonna do
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Cool project
Old 19-06-2007 | 06:28 PM
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cheers, may be a few month before shes let lose
Old 20-06-2007 | 06:33 PM
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dropped the old girl of at the body shop today, few goodies turned up too

new brakes, cams, pics added soon, need to take some first
Old 20-06-2007 | 06:53 PM
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fair play m8

Keep us all updated
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pics!!
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i think once its done you need to sell it to ME!!!!
Old 23-06-2007 | 10:57 AM
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ha ha, wouldnt be cheap

car is at bodydhop, will go on monday night and take some pics,and get some pics up of all the parts too lots n lots there is
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your slow as a tortoise WE WANT PICS!! lol
Old 28-06-2007 | 06:17 PM
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going to upload them soon
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What you doing with the rest of the saff?
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What you doing with the rest of the saff?
gone, sold to my mate who is goign to give her a new lease of life
Old 28-06-2007 | 08:23 PM
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here we have hoses, cos throttle body, the sheer amount of parts and mess in my garage at the moment hate mess

and a pic of the car before i took it to the bodyshop

car should be out the body shop for end of next week read to start building it back up

Refurbed wheels










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wahoo he learned to use a camera lol!! looks cool as whens the donkey back??
Old 28-06-2007 | 08:39 PM
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need a good crank and my pistons and rods yet,

then where flying

oh, and got a newman 280 cam too
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going to be spot on when finised Andy.
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oh rite thought youd got them prob best just goin streight to burton eh!! will a good unground crank not be good enough? jus get rods n pistons? what compression n turbo you goin for or is it all secret?? . . . . jus been on the turbonetics website . . . . ot oh!!
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Going to be looking mint when it's finished

Ave got the black plastic trim for one of the bumpers still in the bag if your looking for one
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Originally Posted by NEEDFORSPEED
oh rite thought youd got them prob best just goin streight to burton eh!! will a good unground crank not be good enough? jus get rods n pistons? what compression n turbo you goin for or is it all secret?? . . . . jus been on the turbonetics website . . . . ot oh!!
Mark,

The plan is to use a standard crank. The issue is a few of them that we have got, have worn oil pump drives so we need to sort out a decent crank to start with!!!
Old 29-06-2007 | 12:33 AM
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answer for you above mark

turbo will be t34
Old 29-06-2007 | 07:08 AM
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cool nice one. presumed you meant you were getting a steel one. its gona be a bad lad!! more pics!lol
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This looks like a nice project


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