Best reply so farOriginally Posted by jimbob-mcgrew
Best reply so far
Give the x16xe a gasket and seal rebuild including skim head and nova flywheel, paint engine bay and fit into my Nova.
I plan to fit my 2.0 8v turbo technics conversion into my Gte and get the rear arches welded up on my mk1 merit hopefully
Well, after two years of hillclimbing a saxo that owed me £40 I finally sold it to make me concentrate my time on my nova.
At the moment its a matt black 1992 1.2 spi in full road trim with a set of coilovers.
Last winter I did some welding on the front panel and fitted part of a chassis strengthening kit at the same time.
Fitted a strut brace a few weeks ago.
Painted a 6 point cage that I have for it.
Collected some metal to aid fitting the cage and also the bucket seat for the drivers side.
Still to do:
Fit the powerflex black bushes that I have for it
Mount the bucket seat
Fit the cage
Source some wider wheels (7 x 13)
if I have time find a new engine with more power
Tidy the bodywork up
New paintjob ( still matt black but with some gloss black and maybe some gunmetal too)
All in time for the local hillclimb season to start on easter monday. Sounds like I have a busy winter ahead and will start a project thread when I start fitting the seat and cage
Dust and hoover the interior. Also start it and run it up to full temp every couple of weeks. The fuel tank is brimmed and exterior is cleaned so no need for anything else
Remove my hybrid kkk turbo and fit a tubular manifold and a t34 turbo and aim for 340bhp
I know everyone will have projects on here but it would be nice to see progression shared in this thread to back up what people are saying once they've done things, pictures are a must
My Nova is getting weighed-in next week. Sad times but need the space in the garage.
Make a start on the restoration, been garaged for 12 years
fancy whipping brake servo and MC off and selling them to me before you do?
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