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Old 18-09-2010, 07:12 PM
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Default my orion project little update 11/01/2011

right here goes i am new on here i bought my orion for 170 but i sold the cd player out of it so it cost me 150 now i took it for mot and went flying throw i also give it a good polish, the plan was just use it and leve it but its got the better of me and i have all ready put konis on it with i think 60 mil springs, i hve also just pu deposit on a rs turbo am picking it up end of month to put engine in mine here are few pics for now all post some more soon hope you like


this was when i got it







and this is when i polished ialso got engine steemed al get some pics soom










when i slammed it lol i put some nice wide 14inch steels


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Old 18-09-2010, 08:41 PM
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same colour as mine was when i first got it i paid £40 for it!!!
its now vw jazz blue with a 2.1 zetec turbo running 12.7 secs 1/4 mile times i believe the fastest orion in the country
not enough orions around good luck
Old 18-09-2010, 08:46 PM
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Good look with it mate looks a good solid shell to start with . But wot i did find funny you said your new to here but you have 1,797 post to your name . Good lookwith it
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shit sorry lol i copyed it and pasted from orion reg lol
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i want it already lol
Old 19-09-2010, 03:38 PM
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Great! I'm interested in the following updates
Old 19-09-2010, 06:06 PM
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ha ha john i will update soon as i can
Old 20-09-2010, 07:16 AM
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liking that mate
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Looks bob on mate
Old 21-09-2010, 10:54 AM
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@ Oriurbo, I thought the green orion mk1 that urban racing own Was the fastest one built? Was in ff a while ago. Havnt seen it for a while though and UR is only 5 mins from me
Old 08-11-2010, 08:25 PM
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hi all sorry about lack of updates right i have sold the engine out of the orion so i will be takeing tha out tomoz if wether permits, so i will update with all pics tomoz
Old 08-11-2010, 08:43 PM
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good luck with this mate i love orions ill have one some day for a daily runner
Old 08-11-2010, 08:49 PM
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you gonna update it on the orion reg too or do i have to trawl back through here to find it again ?
Old 08-11-2010, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mk1-stu
you gonna update it on the orion reg too or do i have to trawl back through here to find it again ?

al update on both mate
Old 08-11-2010, 09:00 PM
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love orions , banded 15" steels next

they look amazing simple but slammed
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Originally Posted by jammerrs
love orions , banded 15" steels next

they look amazing simple but slammed
i have a few things in the pipe line for next year i have put s2 turbo wheels on for now
Old 08-11-2010, 09:10 PM
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hope your going to get them wheels blasted and painted fella



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Originally Posted by -beefy-
hope your going to get them wheels blasted and painted fella



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yer i was thinking about gettng them banded but they are only 14s so might be on look ont for some 15s
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here are a few pics of the rs turbo that the engine is comeing out of








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come on then Gav chop chop
Old 10-11-2010, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by jonny s2
come on then Gav chop chop


ha ha this weekend it should be in
Old 10-11-2010, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by A16X_TM
@ Oriurbo, I thought the green orion mk1 that urban racing own Was the fastest one built? Was in ff a while ago. Havnt seen it for a while though and UR is only 5 mins from me
Was the fastest untill mattys beat it's time of 13.3

cracking thread good look with the Orion looks mint!
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Should go allright that turbo has been sat in a bodyshop for a while
Old 15-11-2010, 06:40 PM
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right big update been doing it fir past 3 days i got it running tonight i just have to bleed the brakes as i have put the turbo ones on and sort few daft bits out al let the pics do the talking lol


the clutch i took out lol



lsd gearbox



this is what i found when took engine out the orion god knows how long its been there lol




abit random lol but look at a butter knife i found one day lol




here are the rest of the pics





old engine out


old engine





















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your a brave man working on thaton them wind up jacks mate lol
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Originally Posted by mk2rstaff
your a brave man working on thaton them wind up jacks mate lol
ha ha yer its all i had the axel stands were at the other side lol
Old 15-11-2010, 07:16 PM
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the neighbor from hell lol . good work gavin
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Originally Posted by rst cabbie
the neighbor from hell lol . good work gavin
ha ha grant i know i would of gone fucking mad if it was someone eles lol al buy them all a xmas card lol m
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good progress there mate
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Originally Posted by scottyrs
good progress there mate
thanks mate i was going to paint all engine up but al just clean it up as i go lol
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some great updates there Gav
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thanks john
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brings back memorys i used to rock round in one with chopped springs also in the same spaz chariot blue they were the days
Old 11-01-2011, 03:16 PM
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here is i little update







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Nice shiny stuff there mate and good project! ecu is on route
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