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Title: a little engine mod.....
Post by: v6venom on 18 September 2007, 13:25:18

as above decided to fit the cams i had for sale
 whilst doing swapped to alloy cam covers with a homemade pearl kinda paint affect ...

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/vectra_02/IMAG0064-1.jpg)


(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/vectra_02/IMAG0058.jpg)

thought best to tidy up the plenum aswell so tryed to match my earlier paint affect ... ::)


(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/vectra_02/IMAG0066-1.jpg)

(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/vectra_02/IMAG0067-2.jpg)

visually well happy ...for now !!! ;D

performance wise certainly a far better experience now a massive improvement !! ..... :y

so decided to give her a well earned full valet ....


(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m286/vectra_02/Image171.jpg)

appoligies for poor quality pics .... :(

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: Dazzler on 18 September 2007, 15:53:35

Nice job matey, well done :y

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: v6venom on 18 September 2007, 16:41:20

cheers mate ... :)

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: carper on 18 September 2007, 18:07:52

Nice shiney pic of the side on view, I'll take me shades off now.  8-)

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: paul.c on 18 September 2007, 19:38:07

very nice :y

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: v6venom on 18 September 2007, 22:45:59

thanks again .... :)

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: Jim on 18 September 2007, 23:13:22

Looken Good Mate 8-)

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 19 September 2007, 00:02:58

I notice cams 1 and 2, the pulleys were not locked, with the belt off. I hope the crank was at 60deg BTDC !!  ::)

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: v6venom on 19 September 2007, 00:20:49

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I notice cams 1 and 2, the pulleys were not locked, with the belt off.  ::)

not if ya know what ya doing  ;)

runs like a dream ....(old cams rattled like crazy on start up :( )

appreciate the comments ..
cheers al

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: Olympia5776 on 19 September 2007, 18:57:40

So you never sold the wheels then Alan... ::)
Looking very nice......

Don

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: MikeDundee on 19 September 2007, 19:47:51

Looks very nice :y...you can do mine next if u like :y

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: Jay w on 28 September 2007, 23:27:24

nice......how do you get on when trying to top up the engine with oil?

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: v6venom on 03 October 2007, 09:59:30

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nice......how do you get on when trying to top up the engine with oil?

a adapted funnel will be used for oil changes etc ...
just had 1 so ok for a while yet ..

thanks for all the comments peeps .. :y
wheels fitted to the car in pics now up for sale in for sale area .. ;)

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: Baz006 on 10 October 2007, 19:34:03

Hi mate....where you get those alloy cam covers? I really like the look of them.... :y :y :y

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 14 October 2007, 12:32:11

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vectra-2-5-V6-blue-mica-glitter-cam-covers-Gsi-SRi-CD_W0QQitemZ190161738820QQihZ009QQcategoryZ122141QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Someone has nicked your idea!!

Title: Re: a little engine mod.....
Post by: GastronomicKleptomaniac on 15 October 2007, 17:27:09

Loving the outside shot, I'm going to have to photo mine under some lights now...

 Like what you've done under the bonnet, though I wouldn't have it on my car. Different strokes and all that. :)