What have you done to your Nova today?

[maddogdaz666]

Hoping its just a shagged oil cooler (this is #2 already) and not the rear head gasket


[edit] Giving tech support to people back at work over the phone whilst taking the thing apart is ace though

Is it possible to remove the oil cooler and fit one externally like some C20xe's ?

[Jack]

Yeah, but there's not a lot of room for it in the front. I did consider mounting one under the bonnet and dremeling a big hole though

[MK999]

Should be able to fit it to one side of the rad with reasonable ventilation through the bumper/grill still?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

jack, that engine is far too big!

[mowgli]

jack, that engine is far too big!

go and sit on the naughty step.... there is no such thing as too big

[Jack]

Should be able to fit it to one side of the rad with reasonable ventilation through the bumper/grill still?

No room either side of the rad. I could possibly try and fit one in front, behind the bumper I suppose if it was reaaaallly small but there's no ideal mounts there and I don't want to be cutting bits out the valance FMIC style

[scott.parker]

Finished fitting this, I bought it of eBay a week or so ago, it's the old school swm snap off kit, with hub boss adapter and swm wheel, ok the wheels a polyurethane one, but it's good enough.. Cost me a £52 delivered.









I had to buy a few bolts and just gave a few parts a lick of paint..

[MK999]

No room either side of the rad. I could possibly try and fit one in front, behind the bumper I suppose if it was reaaaallly small but there's no ideal mounts there and I don't want to be cutting bits out the valance FMIC style

Most people I've seen fit one there move the rad over to a non central position... but really, I've seen people fit FMIC, alloy rads and oil coolers! You're not trying hard enough

There's always the Jap option:

[Royston]

I had to buy a few bolts and just gave a few parts a lick of paint..

I love the autolok Scott, I had one on the SR years ago, I had a collar made that fitted to the gear lever stalk and went within the Autolok neck, held with an allen screw, as theives use to just pull the gear lever knob off and remove it

I still have the collar and the autolok somewhere

[Spudly]

I just walked past mine!