ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 5 minutes ago, Jessopia74 said: Other way around maybe.? (2.4 block with 20e head )? Nope just as I said mate. 2.0 block and 2.4 head. Block was bored to accept 95mm pistons 🙂 Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEPETE Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 The first generation 2.4s (Irmscher) were based on 2.0 blocks...assume at the time (1988) Manta 400 blocks were rare and expensive.. both 2.4 and 2.0 had 95mm bores but different crankshafts...as discussed, the 2.4 Frontera engine did not come out until 91/92... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Ah, that explains it, thanks guys 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-400 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 The i240 was presented to the press in spring '84, I'v got a catalogue of Irmscher with the pricelist of the engine and parts. Remember it was 360.000 Belgian franks, the same as 9000€ but that was in the late '80's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Still has the irmscher cam fitted which was a good find 🙂 Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Big strip down started and first load of rusty, crusty stuff removed 🙂 Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Lots more done today. All glass out so it dont get ruined with welding spatter. Passenger swan neck and chassis rail removed, rotten section of inner removed, new section fabricated and fitted, lots of built hamber hydrate 80 used, then zink rich primer then satin black over that. Rotten section of floor removed, jacking point removed, sill removed, wheel arches stripped of the under seal, so I can see what's under it. Big welding session tomorrow 🙂 even found an old 10mm snapon socket in the sill, bonus. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Edited April 17, 2020 by ANDY ABBOTT 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessopia74 Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 Great work mate, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, Jessopia74 said: Great work mate, Thanks jess. Really enjoying this one. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealExile Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Great progress 👍what Zinc primer are you using? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-400 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Impressed how much work you'v done, great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 2 hours ago, TheRealExile said: Great progress 👍what Zinc primer are you using? Electrox built hamber stuff Today's progress more scraping of under seal to clean see what I'm dealing with. Trial fit of the sill and tacked in with tapers to offer the door back in place. Cant go any further with sill, till A posts arrive. Passenger swan neck and rail fitted and dressed back. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 Bit more done floor section made using the making tape and dirty finger trick 🙂 Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Bit more done floor section made using the making tape and dirty finger trick 🙂 Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 Finished floor repair on passenger side, and moved onto inner wing and A post. Rot cut away, patches fabricated, welded in and dressed back, treated with built hamber hydrate 80,sink rich primer then satin black. Outer A post skin removed, inner is solid. Cleaned inner post up, treathed with hamber, sink primer and satin black. Removed the last section of rear of sill. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Progress came to a crawl on this the last couple of weeks, as I've been putting the 400 v8 together, and working on the starmist coupe. But got some progress the last couple of days. Repairs made to passenger inner sill, front rad crossmember replaced for a nos one, cut out the drivers inner wing, A post skinn and A post kick plate. And began to replace it all Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 Bit more done Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H-400 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 If there was a speed limit in the workshop you had problems... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted May 6, 2020 Author Share Posted May 6, 2020 2 hours ago, H-400 said: If there was a speed limit in the workshop you had problems... Yeah I know. I've been a bit slow on this one herman 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GTEPETE Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I remember checking the underside of the front foot wheels, A panels door posts when my car was about 3 years old. I found surface rust under thin flaking underseal. More worringly the panels were bare metal where they had been welding. Remember being pissed off as this was my first nearly new car (bought in 1990)! All the dealer could offer was that I had a 5 year body penetration warranty which was useless. So spent a week or so cleaning all the bare areas and repaint in smoothrite primer/paint. Still looks good today.....maybe the last Mantas were not so well treated in the factory as they were end of line models...???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jessopia74 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Shazam - just like a wizard 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, GTEPETE said: I remember checking the underside of the front foot wheels, A panels door posts when my car was about 3 years old. I found surface rust under thin flaking underseal. More worringly the panels were bare metal where they had been welding. Remember being pissed off as this was my first nearly new car (bought in 1990)! All the dealer could offer was that I had a 5 year body penetration warranty which was useless. So spent a week or so cleaning all the bare areas and repaint in smoothrite primer/paint. Still looks good today.....maybe the last Mantas were not so well treated in the factory as they were end of line models...???? That's crazy that they rusted when still almost new. I remember my brother telling me, he was welding one up when it was only around 6 years old. I know the early cars was made of better and slightly thicker steel. Edited May 7, 2020 by ANDY ABBOTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monaco Blue Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, ANDY ABBOTT said: That's crazy that they rusted when still almost new. I remember my brother telling me, he was welding one up when it was only around 6 years old. I know the early cars was made of better and slightly thicker steel. I had the front grill panel on my 87 GTE replaced free gratis just before the 5 year perforation warranty expired. It had almost rusted through above the lights on both sides. It may have helped that I was on very good terms with my local Vauxhall dealer. Interestingly, I later noticed that they had also resprayed along the top of the door sills local to the door seals as that had started to rust as well. Was well pleased. As an aside, never seen it mentioned before, but my GTE had clear vinyl strips on top of the rear wings to stop the standard rear spoiler end pieces marking the paint when closing the boot lid. By the time it was scrapped in 1999 they had worn through which shows they did the trick. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY ABBOTT Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) Bit of fab work for inner sill this morning Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Project images are available to Club Members Only, Click to become an OMOC Member. Edited May 8, 2020 by ANDY ABBOTT 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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