Nova 1.0l Project

[John]

No need to use the whole car loom! thats a mammoth job! Dave have a nosey at the xe wiring guide in articles, you only need a few wires and you're away. I'll bet someone has spliced the xe loom into the gte loom. If so just reuse the plug car side and wire it into your car. Simples! If you were closer i'd come and give you a hand

[Riggy]

Dont worry bout any off that Dave , you have all the nw boys round the corner haha

We will do all that if needed

[Spudly]

Lmao, was waiting for that reply to come, I didn't reply in his 'wiring help' thread but I was thinking of putting, 'you don't need wiring help, you need Riggy and co'

[Dave.]

Not updated this all week, due to doing 18 hour shifts in work (8am-5pm, then staying untill 2am msot nights to do the Nova) im quite honestly exhausted, but kept pushing on and kept goin as the list of to do's got smaller and smaller, after a recent split from a girlfriend this has been the boost ive needed to get me back to my old self.

Ill let the pics do the talking...

1.0L engine coming out



The GTE looking sorry for itself





1.0L engine out and prepped for welding





Poor girl doesnt know whats happening



Size difference?



How she looked with no engine, lloking high there

[Dave.]

XE getting dropped in



After i trapped my mate Christians (christian1992 on here) feet under the car , thank god for steel toe capped boots



Bolted in







Dropped down and rolled outside, front sits perfect but the back is too high





All wired in, not long left to go here

[Dave.]

VERY low to the floor





And how the GTE looks now, ready for scrapping tomorrow, bare shell?



Since these photos, buts that have been done to mine:

Wiring done
Tank lines and pump changed
Engine bay wiring tidied up ALOT
Strut brace fitted
Shorter Corsa 1.2 16v throttle cable fitted

Its finished!! from purchase of the donor car to fitted in mine running and on the road, and donor car totally stripped and scrapped.. 6 days, surely thats some sort of record? Couldnt of done it without my good mates Christian (christian1992) Dale, Graeme off here, Mr MattBrown, Riggy and my boss in work for letting me use the unit.

Im the happiest ive been in months, Jawpys finally got a 2.0L 16v, and im yet to test drive it untill tomorrow on trade plates... :D

[Dave.]

This is my mate Christian's Nova too, told him id throw some pics up, was originally the green one off ebay that sold for about £900, he got hold of it and fitted a 1.6 16v C16XE, which threw a rod 6 hours after fitting it, we are currently in the process of fitting a X16XE, which got put on hold to do mine as he wanted some parts off my donor car hes bought the whole GTE interior off me for it, along with a set of Cav expression alloys, and afew other bits and bobs

[Danny s-p]

look good. when the car sat on the ramp it look like the engine a little low on passenger side is that normal

[shed-on-wheels]

looks good bud and that green one was a minter a lad up the road from me had it, its had the sides painted on it am i right? shame about the engine swaps on it

[SimonTW]

Is that the pump setup on the firewall on the 16XE? Is it just using the standard carb tank?