Swiss Trackday Nova

[M Sutton]

This car is awesome!! Love the fact you rip it apart quite often but it always goes back togeather better than before!

Keep the updates comming

[ExTrEmeOc]

Quickly i began to assemble the throttle bodies


and mounted it to the engine.


the leads for the throttle position sensor was too short, therefore i cutted the leads...


... and elongated them


nice clearance to the throttle linkage


after that i installed the new camshafts


and made a special EGR blanking plate to fool the ECU I have milled a groove into it so the engine now gets fresh air instead of exhaust gases.


i redesigned the bracket for the idle speed valve provided by dbilas


so it is more compact and could mounted to the inlet manifold

[scott.parker]

First of all, never seen this thread before, and im gob smacked at the work you've been upto mate, looks amazing! love it allot!
The matig bumper is awesome too..
I cant believe you have to place your original engine back into the car for your "MOT" that crazy!

Will that EGR blank work properly?

Im looking to put a X16 Turbo into my new Loon Project.

Scott

[ExTrEmeOc]

I cant believe you have to place your original engine back into the car for your "MOT" that crazy!

I would be possible to get it legal even in Switzerland, but for me its way to expensive and i dont plan to use this car on the road. I just want it MOT tested so i can do little test drives around the block.

Will that EGR blank work properly?

Sort of. I works much better than just blanking it completely. i takes a lot longer for the ECU to recognise that there's a problem. If you drive normally the ECU is perfectly fooled, if you floor it a few times (>5000rpm) then the ECU is complaining.


the plastic shell for the wires was now completely useless


i trimmed it and replaced it by a flexible solution


what a mess of wires and hoses


with the throttle bodies you need to lower the alternator


As i run a 8V alternator, the bracket wich is holding it was to long :-/


a few days later my Nova was MOT tested. Now i've got 2 years till the next MOT, but i think it will reach a point wheres no turning back and it will become a racecar.


and just ONE DAY after MOT... i ripped out the engine


and on the SECOND DAY after MOT an old friend returned

[autoworksnovasport]

very good mathias i will enjoy keeping an eye on this

[ExTrEmeOc]

after shortening the alternator bracket the clearance was perfect.


Cold start... shake it baby!


and warm engine


had a bit of a wiring problem, the engine had run a bit rich... can't guess why


replaced the connector by a 8V Connector with better insulation


got myself a new toy. GoPro HD Hero2


and mounted (screwed) one of the baseplates at a very special place


the wheelarch hope to get some spectacular pictures


after installing the engine i realised the throttle cable was to long, so i modified it by using two aluminium pipes.


gopro picture of the XE ...nice view

[ExTrEmeOc]

First test drive with throttle bodies


with gopro monitoring the wheel awesome footage, how the tire is working at normal driving


had to make a new mounting point for the exhaust system. The exhaust kept touching the rear axle.


mounting point from inside the car.


took some pictures after couple of test drives






Engine is running good. But you need to get revs, under 5000 rpm theres not much happening. after 5500rpm its ...woahhhhhh until revlimiter at 7200rpm
rough idling speed at 950 - 1000rpm. tick over sounds very racecar-ish.

[ExTrEmeOc]

one day later i changed the fuelpump to a C20XE one... just in case and for no particular reason


it was a beautiful day and perfect for some nice videos and pictures.




here with its little brother


X16XE and C14SE




Thanks for reading an have a nice evening!!

[Benn]

Last few photos are fantastic! Love the camera in the arch, im guessing cause of mot law you cant upgrade the brakes?

Awesome wprk on the engine and tb build.

[ExTrEmeOc]

im guessing cause of mot law you cant upgrade the brakes?

I upgraded them to astra gsi 16V brakes, and nobody at the MOT noticed