My new V6 Project. A sad update!!

[rover]

And then there were two



Rover.

[AndyG]

And very nice too

[Valsheda]

Another good job done Rover, what motor are the seats from ?

[rover]

Cant swear to it but I think possibly Astra SRi or similar, definately Vauxhall though cos I recognised the seat belt arrangement!


Cheers for the comments so far folks

Rover.

[Luke]

The steering wheel is deceptive in that pic Luke, the Boss is quite long and it sits only 4mm closer to the stalks than the original

i can see from the last pic better. must be a different boss mate mine was an astrali transit one

look like cavilear seats very nice

[rover]

Bit of an update...

New disks and pads yesterday, new ball joint also
Made an new exhaust system from the back of the downpipes over the weekend, sounds absolutely superb now, took a lot of welding/cutting but now its is a four piece system that would be easy to replace/repair if anything untoward happened

Waiting for the windscreen chap to arrive at the mo, so thought I'd play around with a few bits and came up with this.....

Looking for somewhere to put your keys and mobile etc??? Look no further than a Volvo 940, cut the rear brackets off the seat pockets and it looks like it was meant for the job





M.O.T is tomorrow so I will find out what I have left to do

Rover.

[rover]

Well the M.O.T threw up a couple of unexpected things...

It needed the other bottom ball joint doing, and the power steering rack was knackered managed to get another from the breakers though

Sorted now though and on the road legally gona take her down the M1 tonight and see what she'll do

Re shaped the front end again yesterday, wasnt happy with the grill etc, much happier now Looks a little more like a proper smiley...



Rover.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

nice one you have put a lot of work into that just make sure your tyres are rated to those sort of speeds

[madmark]

she is a great looking motor! well done mate!

[rover]

Thanks

Still some bits to do(but isnt there always), but at least she's road legal now and I can go out and have some fun , I'have already seen off a boy racer in an Astra "special"

Rover.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

i can do that with mine it's the amount of plastic bolt on crap thats all over the car it slows it down no end they are so thick they dont seem to realsie it

[Valsheda]

Well done Rover, great work and glad you now have yer MOT ticket, look forward to hearing about your road test report after a good screaming down the race track, ooops i mean the M1

[rover]

Well I gota say that Cougar made a great choice with the gearbox!

Dropped onto the M1 at J26 at 10ish last night, headed back towards J24 as at the mo there are no active cameras on this stretch, and all the local plods are in the city centre slapping fines on the 'Cruise Nottingham.Com' boys

I dont know what the 0-60 time is exactly but I reckon somewhere in the 11-12 sec region and flat out (according to the ever inaccurate Transit speedo) she's doing 125mph, so I think thats probably more like 110mph at that speed she felt absolutely stable on the road and the power steering works a treat, theres the usual whine from the axle but its by no means excessive, the only annoyance is the whistling from the 'peaked cap' (sunvisor) with all the lights on(which incedently are not wired up ) at anything over 90mph, but then how often do you get to ruise at that speed nowadays

I've worked out that all the running around I have done in her over the last two weeks she is doing about 22mpg with a light foot (obviously I didnt want to get stopped before she had an M.O.T) which I think is pretty good for a 2.9I V6 , although I reckon she used about a gallon just going two junctions of the M1 falt out

All in all I'm very happy with my new toy Like I said there is still stuff to do, but I hope to get her to Billing next month

Rover.

[100ps_drw_hicube]

cant wait to see this beast

[rover]

I'm very sad to say this but I have to sell the V6, due to the missus and I trying to find a deposit for a house we are both having to sell anything we can..........So my baby is up for sale

I will of course put it in the for sale section, but heres a few more pics just so anyone interested can have a good look.



















As you can see even the chassis is rock solid.