Ronnie's PROJECT RWD :D - mk3 astra gsi turbo rear wheel drive ;)

[rc]

no mounts as yet, but thought today id start making up some plates ready for when they do come

only toatally rough at the mo, will be cut down to size once ive made the engine mounts to them

the got the CAD on the go (carboard aided design)

made some more

and will be something along the lines of this

thats that for now, no point cutting down anything to size yet as i have no idea what size the cossie mounts acrtually are, but at least i got the most of it ready for when they do arrive.

then went back to the newly identified focus rs manifold.

carried on with the grinder getting the rest of the flange off (took faffin ages as didnt want to cut into the tubes them selves)

got the T3 flange today for my T38

so chopped off the origional

and there it is, all ready for conversion,

no point in welding anything yet untill the engines all in on its mounts so i can try it all on and get it in the right place.

so thats it for now

 

[corsa_evn]

pure mk3 porn at it's peak !! keep up the graft fella hopefully once its all finished ill make an effort to get to a mk3 meeting to see this in its flesh,

 

[big e]

Looking good keep up the good work..

By the way where do u get your flanges from..

 

[rc]

cheers lads

loads of places do the flamies, ebay, chris astley, few people on mig!

 

[b_bean]

iv just finnishe readin this hole thread took me bloody ages lol but it is lookin very good
keep up the good wor

 

[Adam MK3]

would never of guessed it was off an rs, very sexy tho!

 

[big e]

loads of places do the flangies, ebay, chris astley, few people on mig![/QUOTE]

cheers ronnie..

any look with the mounts arriving..

 

[Adam MK3]

how long ago did u order those mounts now?

 

[rc]

no no mounts yet, they're made to order. was quite a bit of confusion when ordering, firstly sparked wen asked if they were for a 3dr or saffe, and i said mk3 astra and also due to they only do them for a 4x4 cossie not a 2wd, and mines obviously a 2wd box, but im fitting 4wd mounts, and they were demanding they wont fit the cradle and subframe, and they wont, the 4x4 does had a different rear cradle and front subframe to the 2wd, but that doesnt matter as i'm not using a ford rear cradle or subframe, ahh frustrating phone calls, and rayland are a nightmare to get hold of never seem to answer the phone, so dont know when the'll be here

 

[rc]

spent today mostly stripping and cleaning my bike today, but then for some reason i had an urge to try some of my roll cage in, dunno why, then tried a bit more in, then 4 hours and 5 fatal full collapses later got they whole lot in lmao

the cage pops up through the wiring harness holes each side

need to drill a holt through the bulk head for the top pole

im going to be extending the cage down to the rear subframe mounts, like a full bmw cage, the four subframe points are maked out with the areosol cans

wll connect them up this kind of thing (the mounts, not the partition)

so im pretty happy with it, all by my self only armed with a roll of cellotape lamo its all gotta come out again but was fun getting it in

oh and got a gearbox mount through too

 

[Adam MK3]

Roll cage looks proper nice!!!!!

 

[corsa_evn]

this just keeps on getting better and better keep ontop off it ron dont stop !!

 

[kendo]

ronnie amazing work , i want that roll cage looks minted

 

[rc]

yea does look pretty dam cool
there was no reason for puttin it in today other than i was bored! its not goin in properly for a long time yet! its gonna be a total nightmare when it does go in properly!

 

[Kev_mk3]

cage looks mad, are you going to be able to get in

 

[big e]

Cage looks well tasty will look the dogs dangleys when all done and painted..

 

[kevseymour]

Ronnie will be ok getting in, but any short skirted passengers will be in trouble!

 

[Gp1]

looking good mate

 

[rc]

Ronnie will be ok getting in, but any short skirted passengers will be in trouble!

any short skirted passengers are in trouble gettin in my cars, cage or no cage

 

[b_bean]

it bin relly good reading this threa with someone that actualy dose what they say thay will an i personly think this will be the best mk3 in the contry wen finished will be mad to see a mk3 skidding proply