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    Little somthing me and daveo on here knocked up over the the last 2 days on his nova, retired the old 12st and fitted a 16sv from a mk2 astra. No powerhouse but drives a lot nicer especially with the addition of a 5speed f13 box from my old corsa. Hopfully see more from this car soon!https://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5ac260b4...402_161934.mp4

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    What better activity on a bank holiday weekend?

    I have respect for people who do swaps outdoors, not something I fancy doing anymore!

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    I forgot how easy these come appart, even the corsa is move involved than a nova. Good laugh was had and it all went pretty smoothly, I wish I had room in the garage but you can't beat getting rain on half way though a swap

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    is that my engine charlie ?

    did you notice the modifed cambelt cover, where i had a mk.4 astra engine bracket on it, haha

    was it a cr box ? ive put one in a nova before, on a regular wide box, and it felt a bit held back, cr box woulda been much better

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbob-mcgrew View Post
    is that my engine charlie ?

    did you notice the modifed cambelt cover, where i had a mk.4 astra engine bracket on it, haha

    was it a cr box ? ive put one in a nova before, on a regular wide box, and it felt a bit held back, cr box woulda been much better
    Yep this is yours, I do notice the square out of it. I have no idea what the box was it was the only one about so it was chosen on that premise alone

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    Awesome work. Closest I got to the engine on the Nova was refitting the scuttle cover and fitting some new bump stops to the rear of a Corsa D....
    Same job on the Nova, 1 nut each side, the Corsa, 4 screws, 5 nuts, 3 bolts and a top nut per side!

    Do love working on the Nova. Lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by millworm View Post
    Yep this is yours, I do notice the square out of it. I have no idea what the box was it was the only one about so it was chosen on that premise alone
    i never got to daily that car, i only racked up about 600 miles in it altogether, but the engine started and revved up nice, and did a 3 hour drive from dorset to london without missing a beat, so will hopefully do your mate proud.

    good job getting it there in a day, and if you had the box laying around already, then that worked out nicely

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    Quote Originally Posted by NovalutionGSi View Post
    Awesome work. Closest I got to the engine on the Nova was refitting the scuttle cover and fitting some new bump stops to the rear of a Corsa D....
    Same job on the Nova, 1 nut each side, the Corsa, 4 screws, 5 nuts, 3 bolts and a top nut per side!

    Do love working on the Nova. Lol
    The corsa d isn't my cup of tea, I don't really rate them at all to be honest. Prefer a c myself of the newer ones

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbob-mcgrew View Post
    i never got to daily that car, i only racked up about 600 miles in it altogether, but the engine started and revved up nice, and did a 3 hour drive from dorset to london without missing a beat, so will hopefully do your mate proud.

    good job getting it there in a day, and if you had the box laying around already, then that worked out nicely
    It started first time and ran perfect, even had it running with all the standard ignition setup using that little ecu and the 3 pin dizzy, just needs an exhaust sorting and she'll be mega as the 1.2 system isn't the best

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    my engine swap has taken me three years so far turned into a full rebuild. Great effort.

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