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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Adam-D on 06 December 2004, 09:10

Title: weekend work
Post by: Adam-D on 06 December 2004, 09:10

took this out
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0042.jpg

old engine
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0022.jpg)

(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0023.jpg)

engine bay clean
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0024.jpg)

new engine going in tomorow
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0025.jpg)


(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0027.jpg)

(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0028.jpg)

old engine again
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0029.jpg)




to do this

ride height before engine is fitted :lol:
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00321.jpg)


new engine
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00331.jpg)


my new toy "engine crane" wont need to hire one again :D
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00342.jpg)

it flying :!
and it had to higher again to get the engine in
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00352.jpg)

(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00362.jpg)


new engine frame wouldnt fit "bolts wouldnt go throu so i drill them 2mm bigger
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00371.jpg)

only to find that the frame was to f**king short anyway :mad:
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0038.jpg)

car up in air still
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00362.jpg)

then thanks to mrac thinking it had the correct mount well it didnt :mad:
thanks marc :| i headed off to the scrappy to get the one and only mount out of a xr2i from the only scrappy that was open on a sunday :o
heres the two mounts side by side
(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt0039.jpg)


wooooooooooo engine is finally in :D

(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00401.jpg)

(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00411.jpg)

(http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/765/cnxt00421.jpg)




its my bros car btw

Title: Re: weekend work
Post by: topher on 06 December 2004, 09:19

i once did something similar.. but on a mk2 fiesta, totally stripped out.. boy did that thing fly !

Title: Re: weekend work
Post by: Rain on 06 December 2004, 10:04

down hill with a tail wind?

Title: Re: weekend work
Post by: ...joe on 06 December 2004, 19:17

wait a sec am i on the wrong website? ?? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? :wink:  :laugh:

Title: Re: weekend work
Post by: JMallows on 07 December 2004, 01:49

Yo Adam, you know drunken fool from corsa sport??

Title: Re: weekend work
Post by: Hedfree on 07 December 2004, 20:35

isnt the engine suppost to be dropped in to the car, not the car dropped over the engine!!!!

looks like you had fun!

stu

Title: Re: weekend work
Post by: Adam-D on 07 December 2004, 20:47

its easyer to drop the car over the engine in my experience

yes i know drunkenfool

cant wait till my golf is done and his fiesta there our track cars  :smiley:

obviosly the golf is faster  :cool: