Carmad Jr’s Rare Vauxhall Viva Ha SL

[carmad.]

@southsky sunrise you deffo dodged a nightmare with this turbo

so one off the small but annoying things holding us up turning this over is the banjo fitting for the turbo when carmad junior got it off our mate every thing was supposed to be included

we called at several hydraulic hose places and no one really had the correct thread 7/16th

now we had fittings that would go to the turbo and fittings that would go feed lines but not both

that won’t beat me

so as you can see any off the fitting we had are metric

now chopped in half

now i needed something to hold it straight while i welded it and i had tried a drill bit but i was worried that if i went too hard with the welder it would grab the bit

so up next home made lathe and a pencil

and i also knew if the pencil got burn it would be easy the get out with out damaging the fitting

finished

and now in

trust me i am an engineer

 

[southsky sunrise]

@southsky sunrise you deffo dodged a nightmare with this turbo

so one off the small but annoying things holding us up turning this over is the banjo fitting for the turbo when carmad junior got it off our mate every thing was supposed to be included

we called at several hydraulic hose places and no one really had the correct thread 7/16th

now we had fittings that would go to the turbo and fittings that would go feed lines but not both

that won’t beat me

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so as you can see any off the fitting we had are metric

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now chopped in half

now i needed something to hold it straight while i welded it and i had tried a drill bit but i was worried that if i went too hard with the welder it would grab the bit

so up next home made lathe and a pencil

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and i also knew if the pencil got burn it would be easy the get out with out damaging the fitting

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finished

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and now in

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trust me i am an engineer

Well Mcivored

 

[Rigger]

@southsky sunrise you deffo dodged a nightmare with this turbo

so one off the small but annoying things holding us up turning this over is the banjo fitting for the turbo when carmad junior got it off our mate every thing was supposed to be included

we called at several hydraulic hose places and no one really had the correct thread 7/16th

now we had fittings that would go to the turbo and fittings that would go feed lines but not both

that won’t beat me

View attachment 429481

so as you can see any off the fitting we had are metric

View attachment 429482

now chopped in half

now i needed something to hold it straight while i welded it and i had tried a drill bit but i was worried that if i went too hard with the welder it would grab the bit

so up next home made lathe and a pencil

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and i also knew if the pencil got burn it would be easy the get out with out damaging the fitting

View attachment 429487

finished

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and now in

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trust me i am an engineer

Done well lad, good solution!! Just hope the weld holds! I'm surprised you couldn't get a metric or imperial banjo fitting from somewhere though. Tried looking through Parker hydraulics, couldn't find any banjo bolts. Found these if they help

BANJO BOLT + WASHERS (BSP) | Steerforth online

 

[carmad.]

Done well lad, good solution!! Just hope the weld holds! I'm surprised you couldn't get a metric or imperial banjo fitting from somewhere though. Tried looking through Parker hydraulics, couldn't find any banjo bolts. Found these if they help

BANJO BOLT + WASHERS (BSP) | Steerforth online

yeah but the prob we have is no where open for the next few days and we have a bit off time off so looking to move forward

 

[carmad.]

up for a few hours this morning and hopefully getting the mrs outta hospital today posting this up while we are waiting on her

we finally have the turbo in position with oil feed and water lines and boost senor / vacuums all done

finally we can move on to other stuff

and the wee man is on to brake flexi pipes

 

[carmad.]

next up

8

yea 8 bent inlet valves

 

[seanmooney]

next up

8

yea 8 bent inlet valves

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What happened there?

 

[carmad.]

What happened there?

piece off metal fell in to the timing belt some where after i did the new belts and pullies when we tried to start it first turn off the key and

 

[svensktoppen]

Ouch!

 

[lennyd]

piece off metal fell in to the timing belt some where after i did the new belts and pullies when we tried to start it first turn off the key and

That instant feeling of "I feel sick!"

 

[carmad.]

That instant feeling of "I feel sick!"

don’t worry the wee man is on the case

we are lucky that i have lots off spares for these engines

 

[svensktoppen]

Sh1t happens, it's repairable. Just stick it on the (long...) list of things not to do again

 

[carmad.]

Sh1t happens, it's repairable. Just stick it on the (long...) list of things not to do again

we didn’t even know we done it

 

[carmad.]

so as you now know it bent 8 inlet valves on the tuesday night before dubshed and i didn’t want to spoil the surprise for anyone who was attending / hoping to see it if we didn’t make it

so we had to completely rebuild the head install valves and finish it in two nights

we just made it with several smaller items not finished thanks to @Darragh for running round after us

we arrived at dubshed on the friday with other people getting their club stands ect ready

as we unloaded it off @Darragh ‘s truck we fired it up ready to drive it in to the hall

just then one off the dubshed staff noticed it leaking fuel

so we pushed it in to position beside @Ged ’s truck

here are some snaps from over the weekend

what a weekend and what a show

the wee man and his sister really enjoyed it and we 100% will be back at some stage

 

[Darragh]

@carmad. was some craic winching it on using the front bumper and watching it lift off the bed when I bounced over the level crossing at full pelt nothing fell off so that was a successful shake down test for the car

 

[svensktoppen]

You can both be proud of that, well done

 

[vw1500]

the wee man and his sister really enjoyed it and we 100% will be back at some stage

If only you’d just purchased another rusty Vauxhall you could debut next year

 

[carmad.]

If only you’d just purchased another rusty Vauxhall you could debut next year

 

[vtec1]

That front mount looks the part

 

[carmad.]

That front mount looks the part

we know it’s not exactly practical behind the number plate but so many people at dubshed had to take a second glance and with the big garret turbo hid well down the bay a lot off people didn’t notice it was turbo’d

and the splitter that we made hides it a bit too and it has started to rust with the metal filings we put in the paint

 

[althebass]

we know it’s not exactly practical behind the number plate but so many people at dubshed had to take a second glance and with the big garret turbo hid well down the bay a lot off people didn’t notice it was turbo’d

and the splitter that we made hides it a bit too and it has started to rust with the metal filings we put in the paint

Some of the old cars in work have black mesh number plates with the letters stuck on - maybe you could do that?

 

[Graham]

Whilst I find the time to pen the article, have a photo... The young man made a fantastic lighting assistant, too!