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Darren
NickG:
Yeah the carbs might cut it down a bit. It'd probably sound a bit nicer with webbers too though :D
Yeah it probably was at the time, the Astra was pretty damn quick though, was it 156bhp standard?
I bought most of the panels from a bloke that does them up all the time, full floor, inner and outer sills, still need some arches and it needs either some patch up work on the chassis legs or the whole new leg. I bought a mig years ago with the intention of doing the welding myself, one of my best mates is a welder by trade so he could help out / teach me, i tried a couple of practice runs and you're right you can seem to pick it up fairly quickly. I'd need some sort of proper gas bottle and regulator though as the 1 that came with it was just cr@p and ran out really quickly too. I suppose a few things are putting me off, even though I have a double garage now so I have the space - making all the racket of grinding and cutting stuff out, welding on the bench I had no problem with but under the car or in awkward positions with bits splattering on me may be a different kettle of fish and I'd need to know what to do to support things / the order in which to do things when cutting bits out such as the sills.
The welder I got was this http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/135te-turbo-mig-welder/path/diy-mig-welders so I think it should be ok with the panel work and hopefully the structural stuff in the right hands.
Excellent stuff anyway, you look a dab hand with the painting too, I will keep watching.
This is what's so tempting about asking the guy I bought the panels off, as he has done many such projects before, lots of escorts and other fords so knows them like the back of his hand, he also paints, he works in a body shop and does all this extra work for people at home.
I would like to do it myself but just not sure I have what it takes really!
Darren:
Yes carbs will prob do that, I was thinking a set of bike carbs not webbers as they should be better/more precise. Deff help with the fuel. At the mo I'm thinking of using R1 carbs.
Injection bodies would be better but would mean a new fully mappable ECU which kinda gets expensive. Carbs of course dispense with all the electronics in the ECU. More power with TB's though, carbs about 180bhp, injection about 220bhp. And all without a turbo in sight. My main reason for not wanting to go down the turbo route is that they rob bottom end power and that's not helpful for normal road driving. But with a turbo 400-800bhp is possible. Most peeps stick to under 400 as that is what the lump can stand reliably without crank changes and the like.
All at the wheels which of course Vauxhall quoted their 156bhp at the wheels and not the crank like most other manufacturers. Since the dynos have cropped up all over the place this has proven to be an under estimate as many of the earlier GTE 16V made more with the Coscast heads sometimes giving 170bhp with just an exhaust manifold change, again at the wheels. So prob around 185 or so at the crank.
That welder should be up to the task ..... just get on with it :poke:
NickG:
Yeah throttle bodies are nice but expensive!
You're right, 156bhp at the wheels is good for a 2.0 na even now.
Cheers, I was getting lots of :poke: from my mates at pub last night to get on with it. One of them has just bought a 40 year old beetle though so he's about to find out how hard it is to get the time to do it, as he has wife and daughter now too! From what I've seen the beetle looks a bit of a rot box too!The other 1 has all the time in the world as he's got a young, understanding? girlfriend and only sees his son on saturdays, so he's got plenty of toys and plenty of time to use / fix them!
I'll get there 1 day!
Darren:
A little update for those following.
Ralph, almost bought a stand alone fully mapable ECU on Ebay tonight, but bottled out at the last min thinking I'd be better getting back together first.
Can't decide if to go carb or throttle bodies (cheap/not cheap!!)
http://tiny.cc/dcfea
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: Darren on August 01, 2010, 07:55:06 PM ---A little update for those following.
Ralph, almost bought a stand alone fully mapable ECU on Ebay tonight, but bottled out at the last min thinking I'd be better getting back together first.
Can't decide if to go carb or throttle bodies (cheap/not cheap!!)
http://tiny.cc/dcfea
--- End quote ---
If you are gonna do it, do it right. Go with the TBs and get a Megasquirt setup. Getting ready to do a microsquirt on a bike for a mate. The tuning, mileage and driveabilty are worth it in the long run. Well, just my opinion ofc.
Eric
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