Sadly to build greatness you have to send the money at the start.
Think Roma was cheap to build?
Sadly to build greatness you have to send the money at the start.
Think Roma was cheap to build?
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one PepsiFar from suicidalStill I get them tendenciesBringing back them memories
That I really miss when I reminisce
ok change of plan!
time to start back at this again. since the turbo astra is finished i decided one turbo car is enough for now. so going to fit a c20xe instead of a c20let into the nova. i planned to build it into a fast road/ trackday car but i think this the best way to go for now as i all ready have a good engine and gearbox with quaife final drive and LSD. plan to just build this into a track day car and hopefully do rallycross in the future.
A little over a year later and i have still not went near nova
brought in my old rwd nova and pulling out the c20xe and f18 box now. plan is to put in engine and make sure everything is ok then sort a few other bits and bring shell to a bodyshop and let them sort that out and full respray. also bought a new stainless 4 into 1 exhaust manifold as new parts always help with motivation when building a car
You wont be using the RWD one any more? Shame it must be awesome.
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one PepsiFar from suicidalStill I get them tendenciesBringing back them memories
That I really miss when I reminisce
It was pretty awesome! Main reason i am using the engine and box is that it only done a few events a year and i kinda lost interest in the autocross i used it for so would like to have the running gear in new nova as that will be used a lot more as will be a road car and do the odd trackday.
Plan down the road is to put a bike engine in the rwd nova and race it again at some stage. I want to get fiberglass bonnet and bootlid and get a full respray at some stage. Maybe a job for next year! I don't think i will ever sell it as to much blood sweat and tears went into it along with months of time!
dropped the whole subframe today so gonna take engine and box out at weekend and drop into new nova to make sure everything fits ok.
new manifold
Bang a engine in the RWD one and enter a few drift comps? I love to do that in a Nova.
All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one PepsiFar from suicidalStill I get them tendenciesBringing back them memories
That I really miss when I reminisce
it would certainly be fun to drift the rwd one! i never really got a chance to but hopefully have it back together someway next year!
some progress today. engine in but i need to either modify the firewall or else remove it all together. also is it possible to buy solid engine mounts separately? reason being i bought a rear gearbox one secondhand a few years back but it was basically new and now i need the engine one and other gearbox one.
not much clearance for pipercross filter but i want to fit is so gonna have to modify firewall. not really a fan of the trumpets or single small filters.
bonnet just about closes so should be ok. thats where i plan on fitting oil cooler. i will run a cold air feed to it and if thats not enough i filt fit a small 4" fan to cooler.
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