~Opel Lounge~

[127 Gordo]

Weird place to have a tensioner, if that is what it is - maybe something to help stop belt whip affecting the inlet timing?

[020 Brad]

I'd say so Gordo, or possibly trying to stop it stretching at 8500rpm.

[168 Derek S]

just had some more work done by the team an Franklin Engineering Services in Pukekohe

This time it was to machine up a female boss and weld it into the radiator for me.

Would recommend

http://www.franklinengineering.co.nz/index.php



The radiator was made in the UK for a OMOC member but never fitted. I took it to a radiator shop in Manukau and the guy there took one look at it and without any prompting said "that's not a Chinese one"

Job was a bit too much for him so he suggested I take it back to Pukekohe and get the guys at FES onto it (why didn't I think of that?)

[127 Gordo]

Not a fan sender unit?
May have been an idea to have a drain tap fitted at the same time, if you don't already have something sorted for it?

[168 Derek S]

yeah I thought about a drain connection, but after talking with the radiator guys decided not to

[020 Brad]

Pipes right at the bottom anyway - will be easy for draining. Drain plugs are a good idea, but many of them end up in difficult to reach places or over other things so they don't really make it any better than just popping a hose.

Looks good. I like hearing success stories, especially when using local people.

[021 Chad]

I took a BMW driver for a blast through the tightest back road that I could find today. It's the first Opel he's been in and I dare say he was shaken and possibly stirred at the end of the run. I could hear plenty hooting and cheering coming from the passenger seat over the engine roar.

[168 Derek S]

I had a drive of a S14 200sx Nissan last week. SR20DET. Might pay to avoid going head to head with one of those

[021 Chad]

I had a drive of a S14 200sx Nissan last week. SR20DET. Might pay to avoid going head to head with one of those

In a straight line of course, but we both know my car isn't a drag queen, nor would I want it to be. Hell a new Toyota Camry could probably take the Vectra on a strip! However it would need to be a rather special S14 to lose the vectra on a road track.

[021 Chad]

Check out this guy. Doing the Hotrod magazine drag week in a 500Hp 1960's C20LET powered Vauxhall van! The yanks must have been completely confused!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-KvDGo3nPc&feature=share&list=PL02BFD5CBAB9D4DE2

[021 Chad]

Check out the new Chevrolet Impala, raking in very good reviews at launch, of course built on the Opel sourced Epsilon II platform.

http://jalopnik.com/consumer-reports-says-2014-chevy-impala-is-best-sedan-t-908047948

[020 Brad]

Sounds pretty good, looks pretty boring though. I guess this is what the next Insignia will be.

I wonder what will happen after Commodore finishes up, whether these things will replace it.

[021 Chad]

The neighbour had a visitor the other day, he turned up in a VL commodore with.....wait for it....... a C20NE hiding under the washer bottle.
Holly smoke, what an unhappy vehicle. You'd need to get out and push to get the skin off a rice pudding!

For the Europe based members, were talking a Senator based sedan, only heavier, with a hard working CIH 2000cc under the hood, poor motor.

Literally when I opened the hood, I swear the motor let out a yelp and leapt behind the brake booster! Poor little guy. It's the equivalent of transplanting the heart of a housecat into a bison and calling it a day.

I have pics, will upload them soon.

EDIT: It was actually a newer VN Commodore, even worse!

[021 Chad]

[026 Nik]

The neighbour had a visitor the other day, he turned up in a VL commodore with.....wait for it....... a C20NE hiding under the washer bottle.
Holly smoke, what an unhappy vehicle. You'd need to get out and push to get the skin off a rice pudding!

For the Europe based members, were talking a Senator based sedan, only heavier, with a hard working CIH 2000cc under the hood, poor motor.

Literally when I opened the hood, I swear the motor let out a yelp and leapt behind the brake booster! Poor little guy. It's the equivalent of transplanting the heart of a housecat into a bison and calling it a day.

I have pics, will upload them soon.

EDIT: It was actually a newer VN Commodore, even worse!

You know thats factory? They didnt get them in OZ though/