whizzisat114

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you not worried that you've not mocked the rear end up yet beef?


i would of liked everything in there at least once .

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HI, New around here, Hope you dont mind me commenting, Just a suggestion, but have you thought / Tried eco black. ? It's still quite new, It Is a plating process, designed to go under paint / powder coat, although i have stuff done in it and leave it. Pretty much has to be machined to remove it, so rust is not an issue. Ask your local platters about it.

-beefy-

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hi fella,


no ive nevr heard of it ? but it sounds ideal as im not a fan of passavate coatings tbh ,


will look into that thanks !!!

dingla rs

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beefy get some running gear on it mate mite be passing ur way satday with any look will give you bell if i am

-beefy-

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ill be in the garage mate time i got it sorted

new ceeling to go up and daz goin to rewire it 4 me ,

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Here's a link to my local Platter, a bit far for you, but it give's the proper name and explains a bit about it. Another place i know who do it are talking about having a tank big enough to dip car shells. Be excellent if they do.

http://www.foleshillplating.co.uk/se.../e-coating.php

-beefy-

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little update folks ,

plates been made for the shock mounts , k's got the shocks , going to fab them up tomorrow , going to get together the various hub / shaft sections ect to do a mock up on on side of the rear corners and hopefully borrow a wheel again to test mock build to set everything up on the car ,

should allow the final bits to be machined up , and rear shocks worked out

also new mains and bigs are here , so just need some main cap bolts , and will start on the bottom end assembly !!


beef

Red16

Those billet hubs are sexual

What's the red "BEEFYS BUILT NOT BOUGHT" metal strip for?

Oh, and do you use the pistonheads forum?

andy escos

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fuel injector rail

Red16

Oh aye... so it is Cheers

-beefy-

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as andy said mate ,

no dont use ph ,

should i be lol

m.ohlsson

this car is really nice!!!!

it is ready this year??

micke

-beefy-

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i doubt it micke ,


been spending the weekend working on the new garage , so the shells got a new home ,

its current location means i cant do anything with it lol ,

home next weekend

RUSSELLB1904

Looking good now, been a while since i last looked on here....

It'll soon be the exciting stage when all the shiny new bits start going on the shell. I'm in the same boat as you, saving for respray then can get cracking rebuilding....

-beefy-

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aye fella, working all the hours i can get at the moment , hopeing for overtime with the long nights coming in ,

but . works commenced on sorting out the rear end setup , and getting it dailled in so the hub pack cam be made by mark


also , had a result today , won a compomotive mo alloy wheel on the bay today

its 18x9 - and 5x112 with a 225/35/18 tyre on it , not sure on the offset , but its ideal for my mocking up !!

also big big thanks to daz aka cragrat , who came up saturday completely rewired my garage and helped me board out the ceeling ,

so just got a bit more to do this week to the garage and then the shell should be bk at the weekend with a bit of luck


beef ,

whizzisat114

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Bet your looking forward to the shell coming back ay Beef ?

Just so you can sneek into the garage and give a cheeky stroke


Wish i had a garage

-beefy-

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cant wait mate,

be nice when its gone for paint ,

tbh just nice to finally have somewhere to call my own lol



and i got another project to start

fezzajsy

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sweet. quick question mate, on the granada hubs are you using 4x4 bearings?thanx

crazycage

love the built not bought mate

-beefy-

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using the bearings that came with the fronts ,

and 2wd bearings in the rear iirc mate




thanks fella

whizzisat114

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You gonna spill the beans on the new project beef?

-beefy-

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yeah dave ,

its been itching away at me for a year or so now

but basically my dad owned i kawasaki gpz 750 a2 motorcycle , had it since i was around 9-10 yr old , was the first thing i ever went 100mph on and got me hooked on all things fast , took me everywhere on it , then it needed some repairs and got stuck in the garage and he bought a new bike ,

anyway its been in the family go knows how long and for the past 4-5 year its been sat rotting away in his garden and obv when he passed away just over a year ago i vowed i would put it bk to like new ,


and with the onsett of my future child ect its really had me thinking about it and wanting it to stay in the family,be passed down ect ......



only small issue i have atm is my bitch of an ex stepmother isnt planning on giving me it to spite me and my brothers .......so a plan is in action to steal it back whilst at the same time re register it in my name !!!

soo should be all sorted in a cpl weeks with a bit of luck ,


may have doubts bout the escort from time to time but that my friend will never be sold !!!!



beef

whizzisat114

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Fair play to you Beefy some thing's have just gotta be done

Sentimetal value is worth more than any money in the world

Cragrat

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Not a problem my large strawberry blond friend...


Shame u didn't get the parmos in tho Lol


Did 'loadsamoney' sell the 4b Dya know

Brettski mk2

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Great read and really liked the head work part step by step,and can't believe all the fabrication these projects have done to them
Will be nice when done .....cool fuel rail

-beefy-

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no idea mate , but could of swore i heard it burbling away sunday morn , ]

YOU DIDNT WANT A PARMO U LYING GIT !!


most deffo mate , pm replied

thanks mate , few pics coming this way in a sec

-beefy-

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ok folks a mini update for yall

coliovers i got off the bay ,



avo fronts , in need of a rebuild , drained the fluids out of them

if the heights i need measure up ill have k weld on the brackets and send them away for overhaul

k fabbed up some brackets




and fitted to the hub




the shocks are mounted at a 14 degree angle to suit the turrets , as if they had been mounted square to the hub theres now way they would have sat the wheel square ...

so then we popped round and pulled the car up for a mock fit up

and forgot to take any fucking pics of it in situ ( im a usless fucker sometimes )

did get two snaps of the shell ,as its the first time its seen sunlight lol







and thats coverd in dust and aint been polished yet !

more to follow when the shell gets home , got to get some bits together and then pop to the engineers

cozzy jeff

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some great work going on beefy,i love the colour choice cant wait to see it in the flesh.

Cragrat

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[quote=-beefy-;5392724]no idea mate , but could of swore i heard it burbling away sunday morn , ]

YOU DIDNT WANT A PARMO U LYING GIT !!



was still full after me din dins



is that a wing i spy fitted or just mocked?







Looking well sweet mucka

-beefy-

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cheers mate ,


going to try and get a bit done over the weekend and possably get the shell home sunday eve

cutch

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yo baby. I'm back!

stevenhayley

lookin good beef

-beefy-

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happy days , home long enough for a visit ??? - ill expect a call tomorrow lol


thanks fella ,




ok peeps been alot of sways between selling up and keeping on , spoke to k about it and the missus bout it ,

i think im just getting overwhelmed about what i want it to be and where it is at the moment ,

going to press on with car for the time being , almost cleared the last bit i owe out from getting the car to this point , then the plan is to paint it


till then theres things to be sorted , bits to powdercoat , paint , refurb


and the bottom end to build , which may happen over the weekend or one eve next week ,


beef

crumpet

amazining

whizzisat114

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Jolly good show beefy

would be a shame to get it this far and then sell up

Mark V8

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Get the YB sold and fit a V8

cutch

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yeah mate will call later, will be coming down to see you too this trip , Cheryl and the boys are going on holiday without me so i have afew days to burn!! haha, will bring down the cossie seats and spend the night, hopefully go for a couple of beers if you fancy it?

-beefy-

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deffo mate , new pad and guest room all sorted for ye ....


update to follow tomorrow ( sunday ) folks , been busy with the bottom end

-beefy-

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update - 27-3-2010 bottom end assembly


evening all been a busy weekend but made a good leap on the car build


i think k had noticed ive been a bit up n down with the project of late , and with that a prompt call was made to me saying " get ya ass up , we building ya engine up "


so with that said , it was up and a bit of parts collecting later 99% of the bottom end assembly was plonked on k's lap




freshly ground crank


new piston rings


along with gaskets , seals ,bearings . re bushed rods ect ect ect



so with that sorted the block was degreased and cleaned ready to install the crankshaft







big thanks to rs shaun for the main cap bolts





crank was then torqued down


rear seals installed


brand new oil pump and and pic up / spray bar installed



then i got on fitting the new rings to the pistons , big thanks to jimbo/scs for the valve cutouts





all done




now it was at this point around 7 pm last night that i noticed the circlips from one side of each piston were missing , " no worries i know where they are " revealed i didnt pmsl

so , that stopped play on piston - rod - block installation ...

but .... still had things to be getting on with so the and plates , engine arms , aux pulley ect were cleaned and prepped for painting






so i made a brew whilst spesh laid down some 2k silver ( same as what head and sump are painted in )


. and whilst making a brew a distress call was answerd in the form of lawnsy , who said he had some spare circlips i could have , just cost me delivering 3 parmos

LIVING PROOF THAT PARMO POWER RULES !!!!

so garage was shut up and a run to see lawnsy around 9:30 pm got me some circlips


which brings us to this morning

walked into the garage to see some freslhy dried painted parts








and time to fit the pistons to rods


a liberal smear of graphogen paste




k was fitting up end plate and aux pulley


breather holes been tapped out for a aeroquip fitting


block was stood on end and pistons fitted




eye spy





arp pro 2000 rod bolts






rods the torqued


cometic gaskets thruout



water pump installed ( also been tapped for aero fitting )


then it was time for the big wing sump





note the -12 breather return already welded to sump




at this point we had a dilemma , the sumps too nice to turn over the motor onto so ......


engine stand was fabbed



k used his long range infra red laser welder ....................



and whist that was being welded up , engine arms were temp fitted ( need some new bolts for them ) , oil press takeoff and power steering bracket put on




and with that the engine was turned ova

nearly there .....









" 200" is the magic number






then it was time to fit the long studs ,


bit of a struggle at first tbh , as there seemed no real way to lock them down ,



maybe a redesing for mark (mk ) poss retro machine an allen key socket into the tops , ( constructive comment )

in the end we flipped two of the nuts face to face and locked them off , bit fiddly but got there in the end

pics



with that all done and the alternator bracket fitted , the motor was bunged in the car for a trip home to mine

rear engined clio maybe ??



have to saw a huge huge HUGEEEEEEEEEEEE thanks to my main man k for all his effort and help , engine looks fucking stunning !!!


also a big big thanks to MATT LEWIS MOTORSPORT for supplying all the rebuild parts , all top notch

seriously woulndt use anyone else for my bits


beef & k .

rst-g

looks the foookin bollocks beefy lad!!