kieran_macca

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dont be saying that lol

tjRS500

text me when u get it up

kieran_macca

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forgot to text lad, so instead i have a nice update for ya. got it on the spit no problem, will do a 360 easily and takes little effort to turn. so i then bought a wire wheel, it lasted me 45 mins and was worn flat. so i then seeked the help of my uncle who had a huge wire wheel for a 9'' grinder with steel bristles. i put it onto the big grinder and it took the underseal off the whole car in not time atal i now have the whole underside free of stonechip/underseal and in a hefty time of 5 hours. ive never worked as hard in my life and by fuck my arms are sore lol. next im going to prepare all parts for welding, theres a few very small holes which need a spot of weld, and as per usual the seat mounts need work and im replacing the back of both sills, the 2 arches are near perfect. after that the only other work needed is around the 2 headlight panels. then it will be time for some white
now some pics, quality not perfect but it gives an idea.

cossie09

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its looking good mate(told you it was a good shell)

kieran_macca

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thanks lad, yea it does seem pretty good lol. now i need a welder

tjRS500

your flat out!

looking well, 80% done now

kieran_macca

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your right im flat out lad, my deadline is donegal rally my favourite weekend of the year lol

yea just some bits in the corners and that now to remove, i dont think i need to take the whole thing to bare metal as any rotten bits can be seen once the underseal is gone, once shes patched im going to get her sanded up and etch primed, then stonechip and white me and the bodywork dude at work have discussed this alot now and this is what we have settled on lol

tjRS500

my favorite to!

will u be taking it to smoke signals? lol

kieran_macca

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letterkenny is just the best spot for seein unreal cars that weekend, my ideal s15 silvia was there lol

when will it be? and im guessing its a diffing session? lol

tjRS500

aye its in stjohnson,,, diffin from 12-7 friday, saturday and sunday!

kieran_macca

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aw fuck aye, forgot that was it, i useta work near st.johnston so it will be easily found ill do a we bit of diffing :P

phil robson

good work

-beefy-

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looking good mate

bubs_rsturbo

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great work there mate will be keeping an eye on this one especially as im from n.ireland too! cant stand the footery wee bits lol that made me laugh as its only over here u get that! respect mate u know what ur at there! i also have a d turbo are they hard to tweak? also is the bosch ones better?

cheers Neil

Rob_DOHC

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keep up the good work mate, all be worth it in the end... Still have an old twin cam saph in my lock up that i need to do something with!

kieran_macca

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thanks il buy those diamond cuts btw lol

kieran_macca

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thanks lad, must get another look at your thread

kieran_macca

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thanks lad its only over here you get what? lol
well i know what im at to a certain extent :L i get alot of advice from work and that lol
very easy to tweak lad and bosch is better by far, theres a boy down your way that has one dyno'd at 171 bhp, only a few simple mods to get there as well, you should maybe get onto him if youre on jon44w

kieran_macca

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thanks, and yeah it will definitely be worth it
you should get that in the same way that mines is :P

bubs_rsturbo

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its only over here u get people saying footery wee bits lol! i think my dturbo is a bosch one lad! would like to get her tweaked a bit but dont think id fancy doin it myself, maybe not to 171 although thats pretty impresive! just a bit to give her more poke! im having some trouble with window runners really doing my head in mate! guess thats french cars for you! lol

kieran_macca

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aw ay thats ireland for ye lol. lad its really easy to tune a bosch pump, ill get ye a we guide for it in a minute if you want, no need to touch the turbo though lol. well ive had to fix the window runners on each of the dturbos ive had, its something that gives up on all 306's lol

crumpet

easy to tune the bosch, the lad with 171bhp and 250ftlbs has a merc e300 garrett turbo, lots of pump work, front mount and some other wee bits. He used to have a 2.1 miami dturbo.

Easy to get 150-160 though if you weld a saab 9000 t25 to a standard manifold and run 28 psi with a hard tune

tjRS500

pugpollution.com lol

Rob_DOHC

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lol, one day when im bored (and its summer!) i've got all the cossy kit and wheels for it etc, just want some leather recaros etc....

Need to finish the rst first! or the girlfriend will castrate me.

kieran_macca

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he has no front mount mount on, i know everything he has done to it because i spent weeks emailing him about it lol. but lets not turn this into a dturbo thread, thats what jon44 is for

kieran_macca

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dont i know it lol

kieran_macca

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it wouldnt take you long getting it sorted id say, and its not easy having more than 1 project on the go lol

bubs_rsturbo

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yes please mate if you could! i need more power!!! lol

kieran_macca

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http://www.ottewilly.plus.com/pug306.../tuningtd.html
thats it there lad.



anyways, wee update should be done tonight

bubs_rsturbo

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thanks for that mate!

kieran_macca

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bit of an update here
been getting on really well with the sierra now, i now have the 2 wings off and battery tray drilled out, fuck its a boring job lol. also i was off on thursday so i decided to tidy up the engine, i wire wheeled all components(alt, pas pump, pipes, brackets, etc) and painted some silver and other bits that looked really shiny i gave a few coats of laquer pics of these will follow when i take pics lol. also i have the bootfloor almost ready for painting except removing the towbar bracket. and lastly i got myself something i really needed and now ill soon be ready to paint , but ill tell you what that is once i get pics
so heres just a few pics of the wings off.

clyde 1800

how far are you stripping it?
did you take the sound proofing out?
and where did you put the engine bay wiring loom fuse box etc??

kieran_macca

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just to where i have it now lad, its as far as i want to take it and as far as i need to reali. the soundproofing is still in im not sure if ill take it out or not, likely not.

all the wiring has been taken back inside the car, very easily done, and should be easy enough to put back out as it will all fall sort of into place.

im not doing a full nut and bolt reastoration here, im simply want it to look the way i want: absolutely no rust or rot and gleaming white with everything looking fresh

clyde 1800

im just going to run the bolts under the bench wheel and all my axels propshaft etc will be done in satin black
dont think i will go as far as taking wings off etc
what you think of hydraulic handbrakes?

kieran_macca

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im thinking about zinc plating my bolts, are you stripping down yours underneath? Hydraulic handbrakes are good if your going to drift it, otherwise it would be a we bit pointless, i waz gona put 1 in mine but i dont think theres much point

kieran_macca

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big update now, havent updated this in a while
so now i have got all my welding almost done except a few spots around the front panel, and i have just fitted a like new front panel i got alot of parts sandblasted last saturday and these turned out really well (axle beam, complete trailing arm, driveshaft, gearbox mount, engine mounts, and the front panel) got some of these etch primed until i ran out of etch primer lol
also i have pics of the engine components that i painted, look pretty good
i also took apart my diff and tightened it all by myself :P a real learning curve there and really glad i did it myself rather than send it away (about Ł50 saved there lol)
lastly i now hav the head off the engine and timing chain etc, i have the cams and tappets out and im in the process of trying to reset the hydraulic tappets, we'll see how that goes when she starts up
oh and one more thing, i got my boss (www.cbradleymotorsport.co.uk <take a look ) to order a pair of brand new genuine wings for it these should be here on thursday, then ill get those lined and fitted and it will be time for a bit of sanding and prepping

anyway heres a lot of pictures of my progress



























got these from 2wdryan; really really pleased with these, like new




















new front panel








tightened diff










the pugs are takking over badly lol


excuse some of the random pics in there lol, thats all for now

tjRS500

great work kieran

im jealous how far on you are! lollol

kieran_macca

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thanks

you see lad you need to get yourself a shell and a really big shed :P

do you think donegal rally deadline could be met?

tjRS500

i have a big garage at my own house not much good to me atm though as the cars 50 miles away lollol

the rate your going id be shocked if it wasnt ready for then lad

kieran_macca

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why dont you take the car and put it in your garage? lol that way you can work at your car every time you have spare time.
i think what helps me is that i have everything i need here, and if i dont have it my uncle has or my boss has it lol

jeez lad your putting the pressure on me here the only thing that will hold me back is the wiring, i have a growing fear of wiring cars lol, at least i have the old shell, and the pics of dismantling it on my phone, il just view the pics in reverse lol