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[Kam]

Definitely weird about the noise you had before, it couldn't of been something trapped as you went out for a drive and then started it up again and it was a bit better, take the rocker cover off mate and have a nosey whilst turning the engine slowly by hand (19mm crank bolt) hopefully nothings catching up there, check near the driveshafts aswell incase anythings catching on them

My angle is on standby mate, but you first

[ginger_monkey]

Well it has begun. The first cut. Well the first and second and maybe a third as the frame has a big bit missing and the fiberglass front has a bit missing too

humm that's a nice bit of frame




But who wants that there anyway. get the tape out...



No stopping now


and it's gone. Just like that





I used a hack saw as I wanted a clean cut with minimal material loss so I have more to play with. Will be just flipping it over and welding it back on with some mods. Now the fun of offering up the rad to see if it'll fit in that area before welding it back up.




Not bad fit. A bit of fiberglass trimming and we are at this.



More messing around with position tomorrow and will get the frame welded back up.

Edited by ginger_monkey, 13 January 2011 - 08:41 PM.

[Kam]

Brave man! Good work though!

Is your fan on that rad? And does your grill fit?

[ginger_monkey]

Brave man! Good work though!

Is your fan on that rad? And does your grill fit?

Cheers for your PM Kam looks like we have the same ideas. The fan looks like it'll fit on the front rather than behind which should be fine and that picture is deceiving as the rad looks to stick out more than it does. All we be revealed soon mate.

I am using the bit I cut off with some extra steel welded onto the top in a box section. WARNING... MY WELDS ARE NOT PRETTY! But they get the job done. First bit today offered up the section and trimmed bit by bit till it just fitted in.



Then found the back was touching the gearbox (good guess KAM ) So I trimmed the bottom corner and welded in a new plate so it had more room.




Then tacked the section on and checked out the gaps. All is good.




So went ahead and made up some box section and welded it all together and made it as strong as possible. The top is done and just needs a little tidy and some paint and the bottom just needs some plates welded onto it to beef it up. All looks promising as the rad sits nice and should solve a lot of my problems.

[GreaseMonkey]

Them welds look good to me!

[ginger_monkey]

Them welds look good to me!

Cheers. GreaseMonkey I like thick metal. It's so much easier to weld. I struggle with panel thick metals.

[Spenner]

The bolt (that came off mine) only holds the rear part of the timing cover on behind the belt, you didn't remove yours did you? I thought you only took the two front sections off when you got them painted and changed the belt?

Also if that bolt does come off trust me you would know, when it drops it can only go one way......whichever way the belt is going! which means it will lodge itself somewhere and get trapped stripping the belt along the way! I know its a PITA mate to take off but you should take the water pump off and investigate, and if that bolt is still in there - take it out and thread lock it!

Also I think I've finally worked it out?



Your door cards make a bit more sense now!

This is Chris's SHAG pile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

[Spenner]

Them welds look good to me!

You must have been blinded by pigeon poo lol

I wouldnt let the GingerMonkey near my mini with a welder or a grinder!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wait a min i already have lol :thumbsup

Looking good Chris good progress from yesterday

Might just see you up the pub later if im aloud that is

[ginger_monkey]

Them welds look good to me!

You must have been blinded by pigeon poo lol

I wouldnt let the GingerMonkey near my mini with a welder or a grinder!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wait a min i already have lol :thumbsup

Looking good Chris good progress from yesterday

Might just see you up the pub later if im aloud that is

Oi watch it Mr Spenner. Yes come up the pub you know you want to.

[Kam]

Good work mate

I'm still contemplating going on the 'outside' with mine as I mentioned before, we'll see

How much clearance you got now between the gearbox and extra bit cut out the back? Only reason I ask is because on hard acceleration the top of the engine goes backwards (inlet against the bulkhead) which means the bottom of your gearbox is gonna swing out forwards (against this bar) I don't think its much maybe 3-4mm, if your engine mounts are in good shape that is

[ginger_monkey]

There is a gap of about 7mm now so should be fine. If not I'll grind a bit more off. With your idea of going around the outside I was thinking it might get in the way of your wheel so you'd have less room to turn the wheels. Might be ok but it does look close.

Well in between hangovers today I got the bottom plated and welded. Slapped a bit of paint on it and will give it another coat tomorrow. I found out now it's really hard to grind and weld in the dark But I got there in the end. Looking forward to getting out there and getting the final position of the rad.

[Kam]

7mm should be fine, good work

With your idea of going around the outside I was thinking it might get in the way of your wheel so you'd have less room to turn the wheels. Might be ok but it does look close

Don't worry mate there is already a plan in action for that besides I'm gonna do my usual - measure once, cut twice, it'll be fine, trust me!

When you get a chance can you measure the depth of your new rad as I'll be needing one, its just yours looks a tad deeper than my standard civic one, mine is 26mm at the sides

[ginger_monkey]

Got the rad out and had a measure then though I'd find you the link to where I got mine. All the measurments are on there RAD EBAY LINK and the sizes are

Core size 350mm x 350mm x 42mm
Over all size 430mm x 370mm x 50mm

I will be getting as big a fan as I can fit on it too so should cool nice.

[mhamps]

Very very nice build.

Matt

[ginger_monkey]

Very very nice build.

Matt

Cheers Matt glad to see you like it.

Just spend £880 on getting my ecu set up sorted. Have coming through the post an OMEX 600 series ecu with semi assembled wiring loom. Then from Watsons am getting the crank sensor, bracket, pulley machined, Ford DIS coil pack and bracket and head bung. Can't wait to get it through only thing I have to do then is wire the bad boy in But I'll get it working soon enough. Just got through a 12 inch rad fan too so that should be a lot better than the 9 inch one I was using on the old rad.