January 2011

While i wait for the weather to get better (or just stop raining!) so i can get on and cut out whats left of the rush and start making up the new plates, i thought it best to get on with a few other bits that i can do inside. So its the petrol tanks first. I need to cut a 100mm hole in the top to insert the new pump as this will be used as the main pump for the injection. As it has a built in swirl pot and high pressure pump so no remote tanks etc…..

Here is a quick list of the modifications I’m doing to the car: BMW angle eyes in place of the original lights. Aluminium radiator. Full webber alpha engine management system with 45 throttle bodies. Servo less brake system with willwood adjustable bias front-back pedal. Willwood 4 pot front callipers and cosworth read callipers with disc conversion. Hydraulic clutch using willwood pedal and hydraulic puller. In tank electric fuel pump with built in swirl pot. Fully updated suspension front and back with coni adjustable shocks and all poly bushing. OZ racing wheels 205/55/15 with yokahama tyres. Limited slip diff. And a…

Ok, so i thought it was best to add a bit of history about the car here. Where do i start! any one who knows the car will know that it has spent more of its time off the road than on! but it has made it to Hockenheim and the Nurbergring in the past when it was going! So about 6 years ago i decided it would be a good idea to do a proper rebuild once and for all. It should have only taken a couple of years to complete! so i thought…. i should have known it…

Ok so now we are into the new year it’s time to really get going with the Opel. I have the new rad and water pump that arrived back in November so the only real bit that will hold me up are trying to get some silicon water hoses and the exhaust manifold apart from that I think I have most of the bits. I’m going to post a list of all the things that are going to go on the car and some info on how I’m getting on with doing them and also some pic, so watch out…