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thought it was time to start a project thread on what ive been doing to my car

few months ago was told by my dad that i could have the engine out of our vectra, so i jumped at the chance

this is the car the engine will be dropped in


i had the vectra engine out in a few days and in the shed to be painted up as it was filthy, also painted the rocker cover and cambelt cover



once it was in the shed the old gearbox was taken off and sold on to fund the new one, and everything was stripped off the engine so i could clean it and paint it

there is loads more pics of progress so far but need to find them, will upload them when i do

comments welcome

i wondered how long it would be before you put summats like that up

this kids on the ball

just watch this space for more updates......

looooks yummmmmmy , cnt wait to see the badboy in , looks really nice in blue ( is it just normal high temp paint ? )

yh its just normal high temp paint, its the stuff you would use on you brakes, ive used it on my 1.4 engine and has never been a problem, ya just gotta put it on really thick and only cost me £3.99

ive had a look around and ive found the other pics of the progress ive made

we went down to chelmsford last weekend and got a f16cr gearbox, 90mm springs & uprated dampers & part of the conversion mount i needed, got them all off a mate on MigWeb


trail fitted the gearbox and all was ok


also fitted the 90mm springs with the new dampers



and got bored so painted the cover which goes on the bottom on the gearbox the same colour as the engine


and heres a few more pics of the engine



thats about it for now i think, but will update when there is more

comments welcome

looking good...but you REALLY need to get the lexus lights off it. Put some standards back on and it'll look tidy!

and swap the bike exhaust for a full sportex system or similar lol

Corsa's comin along really well mate, cant wait to see more pics of the progress with the new engine in

Chrex wrote:looking good...but you REALLY need to get the lexus lights off it. Put some standards back on and it'll look tidy!

yh i plan 2 mate, ive really gone off them, just gotta get hold of some standard ones as mine are nackered

ollie-91 wrote: Corsa's comin along really well mate, cant wait to see more pics of the progress with the new engine in

cheers bud

danthemann wrote:and swap the bike exhaust for a full sportex system or similar lol

might do at some point but i like the bike can for the minute, sounds weird cus it whistles , but think i will go fully stainless at some point

lovely job lad keep us posted

update...

finally got a clutch release bearing for free off my older brother who works at a car dismantlers, also sourced the last part of the engine mounting i needed and the astra mk3 engine loom, they should hopefully be here in next few days

got the bearing fitted and gearbox bolted back on


all ready to go now as soon as we get some decent weather....