Now I am finally a club member I thought I would start a project build, I am missing so many photos from when I first bought the car but I am trying to gather them all and try to fill in the gaps, but in the mean time here is a spec list and current photo of the my car
The Car
Mk1 Vauxhall Nova 4 door Saloon –1987
46,500 miles
It was a drunken night at university i placed a bid on the bay for the car and got an email the next day saying I won it
And then it all began and the work below was carried out.
Exterior
SR front bumper & grille
Mk2 rear bumper
Cesaros (& spare)
Bonnet lifters
Aero catches
Front & Rear tow strap (Red TRS)
Custom Boot Vinyl (SR style)
Removed sunroof, Aluminium plated and riveted
Interior
Fully Stripped
Bucket Seats – Cobra Monaco S
4 Point Harness (Red TRS Cobra)
Mk1 Dash with - Custom Gauge plate –oil pressure, oil temp & water temp
6 dial clocks
Misc switches
SR steering wheel
Corsa internal shifter
Custom door cards & grab handles
Shift light
Chassis
288mm Front Brakes
240mm Rear Brakes (Corsa C Sri) with braided brake lines internally run with brake bias valve
Adjustable coilovers all round
6 point roll cage with door boors etc
Front and Rear strut brace
Secondary RARB
Fully Poly Bushed
Strengthened lower arms
Cut back chassis leg
Full Harry Hockly Chassis strengthening kit
Engine bay seam welded
Mechanical
C20XE – 1991 (I think) Cavalier Gsi 75,000miles
Adjustable fuel pressure regulator
F20 gearbox with corsa gear selector
GTE drive shafts with mk2 cav inners
GTE radiator with 12” slim line fan
Rose jointed gear linkage
Corsa B multi point injection fuel tank
Fully braided fuel lines internally run
2 1/4” Powerflo exhaust with 2 1/2”out rolled tip
Battery re-location to boot with master cut off & pull cord
Polyurethane engine mounts
Omex rev limiter and launch control
ZX9R Bike carb conversion with H&H ignition
To do list
Exterior
Gsi sideskirts(sprayed Graphite Grey)
Full respray car and wheels
Interior
Plumbed in fire extinguisher
Move drivers seat (make adjustable)
Flocked dash
Suede steering wheel
Driver and passenger footrests
Mechanical
Re-locate fusebox and washer bottle