1.6 8v T project

[AlexW]

Good progress. That bracket bit on the rad is for the rad fan.

:)

[mikec123]

Good progress. That bracket bit on the rad is for the rad fan.

:)

Cheers! thats what i thought but tried the fan on and it dosent need it there are two bigger clips on the bottom of the rad and then two bolts at the top:d

[mikec123]

Just read this thread right through! Very impressive work, that shell was fairly rotten but you're done a great job in making it mint again! This should look brilliant when done!

Cheers dude:thumb:

[S1M0N]

Lookings good, been watching this thread for a while now.... well about a year actually! Lol

When you hopeing to finish?

[mikec123]

Yeah its been a steady process just found loads of other things to do to it as ive gone along, hoping to finish it this summer im missing driving it:thumb:

[scott.parker]

Nice one dude, just one thing, Ware about are you going to put the filter then this time? going for a fully hidden IC? as the filter use to poke through the left.

Scott

[mikec123]

Nice one dude, just one thing, Ware about are you going to put the filter then this time? going for a fully hidden IC? as the filter use to poke through the left.

Scott

Going to try and trim the 90 degree samco so the filter sits behind the grill and the intercooler im going to hide behind the bumper thats the next thing to mock up might have to make some adjustments to the front panel and some of the pipe work:thumb:

[Count Vaux Alot]

Nice project keep at it!

[scott.parker]

Going to try and trim the 90 degree samco so the filter sits behind the grill and the intercooler im going to hide behind the bumper thats the next thing to mock up might have to make some adjustments to the front panel and some of the pipe work:thumb:

Give me a bell dude, i'll always pop over to help etc.

Also let me know how works getting on.

Scott:thumb:

[mikec123]

Give me a bell dude, i'll always pop over to help etc.

Also let me know how works getting on.

Scott:thumb:

Ok dude nice one might get you to give me hand with the wiring:thumb:

[mikec123]

Thought it was time to do abit more work on the car havent had much chance as ive been really busy with work, the pics arent the best as i used my phone.

Right i bought some new flexi brake lines from merlin motorsport

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/flexibrakehoses.jpg?t=1266094942


Ive put my front suspension back on and fitted my driveshafts and fitted new cv boots then put my front wheels back on, just need to sort the ride height out as it "is way to low"

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/caronfourwheels.jpg?t=1266095157

So then i thought i would attack the wiring ive been putting this off but i thought sod it! so i labelled up most of the loom and proceeded to strip my old one out
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/wiringout.jpg?t=1266095184


And this is my new loom ready to go in

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/wiringloomondrive.jpg?t=1266095311

I got the loom in place by the end of the day so its just a matter of connecting up plugs and then wiring my DTA back into the new loom!:d

[auzzy-b]

Liking this build! lots of welding & grinding:eek: keep it up for the silky violets:thumb: lol

[scott.parker]

Good going dude... Need to catch up soon....

[mikec123]

Liking this build! lots of welding & grinding:eek: keep it up for the silky violets:thumb: lol

F**k yeah all part of owning a nova:d

[mikec123]

Good going dude... Need to catch up soon....

Cheers dude! defo have to catch up give me a buzz me and sam will pop over one night:)

[scott.parker]

Cheers dude! defo have to catch up give me a buzz me and sam will pop over one night:)

Will do, oh if you have not fitted them goodridge bolts yet, need to compare them to STD one's. :thumb:

[mikec123]

havent fitted them yet mate so your more than welcome;)

[mikec123]

Right got abit more done on my build i changed my rear solid brakelines

First of all i got my copper/nickel piping and made a copy of the orignal

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/bRAKELINEREAR.jpg?t=1269716135

Then after making a copy i cut the pipe to length

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/Brakelinecutting.jpg?t=1269716301

Then i slid the fittings on both ends

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/Braklinefitting1.jpg?t=1269716368

Then i flared the ends using my pipe flarer

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/Brakelineflaring.jpg?t=1269716462
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/Brakelinefitting.jpg?t=1269716492



Finished and ready to fit to the back of the rear drum, then repeated for the other side

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/bRAKELINEREAR1.jpg?t=1269716593

[scott.parker]

About time you did more to it! lol

[novasrikev]

them brake lines look sweet just read the whole thread awesome build keep up the good work pal

[craig green]

Nice work, keep going. I'd like to see this at a show this year maybe?

[Nova_Tek]

How easy it is when you have the correct tools. Looking nice :thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

top work gone into this! Get it done and to the shows this year!

[Benn]

Good work on the brake lines.

[mikec123]

Cheers for the comments guys. I'm getting there slowly hopefully have it running by the end of the month, fingers crossed:thumb:

[Tommy_nova]

love this thread dude awasome build
anymore progress on it ?

[richardt]

just took nearly an hour reading this. mad skills on the welding, i scrapped my first nova for far less. i wish my girlfriend would buy me parts! get it finished!

[mikec123]

love this thread dude awasome build
anymore progress on it ?

Sort of hopefully im having my downpipe re-made as the old one has rusted so after that i have a few electrical gremlins to get rid of then i should be able to get her running:d

[mikec123]

just took nearly an hour reading this. mad skills on the welding, i scrapped my first nova for far less. i wish my girlfriend would buy me parts! get it finished!

Thanks for taking the time to read through! I thought about maybe scrapping but i couldnt do it to a silky!:thumb:

[scott.parker]

Thanks for taking the time to read through! I thought about maybe scrapping but i couldnt do it to a silky!:thumb:

Why not i did! lol

Dude it's going to be messy tomo, it's fecking raining!

[mikec123]

Why not i did! lol

Dude it's going to be messy tomo, it's fecking raining!

All part of the fun!:d

[shrtwrec20]

Nice work m8. Hoping to start my turbo project soon when work quietens down. Slowly aquiring parts for the conversion at the moment. Are you running a standard ecu by the way?

Jule

[dj_wudgey]

Cheers for the comments guys. I'm getting there slowly hopefully have it running by the end of the month, fingers crossed:thumb:
Good good mate hope you ar runing it soon! You going any shows this year?

[mikec123]

Nice work m8. Hoping to start my turbo project soon when work quietens down. Slowly aquiring parts for the conversion at the moment. Are you running a standard ecu by the way?

Jule

Cheers dude! I'm running DTA Standalone management:cool:

[mikec123]

Good good mate hope you ar runing it soon! You going any shows this year?

I hope so as well, should be having my downpipe sorted this week so thats another thing out the way! Don't think it will be in show condition this year so probably next year:cry:

[mikec123]

Bit of an update ive finally managed to find some where to make me a new downpipe a local rally team have a workshop by me and i poped down on saturday and had a word and he was really helpful. So if i can get the bends 2 90degree and 1 30 degree from Jetex this week he will do it saturday, well chuffed:thumb:

[scott.parker]

Give us a shout if you need a hand, always willing to help dude.

[mikec123]

cheers dude will do:thumb:

[mikec123]

Managed to get down to Jetex today and pick my bends up for my manifold ready for saturday:thumb:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/maniflodparts.jpg?t=1274200161

[scott.parker]

What dia are they dude? they do look small?? Have you mocked it up against yours?

Scott

[mikec123]

2 inch o/d

[dj_wudgey]

I hope so as well, should be having my downpipe sorted this week so thats another thing out the way! Don't think it will be in show condition this year so probably next year:cry:

as long as its there thats all that matters matey!

[mikec123]

Managed to get everything down to th garage today so it will be ready to pick up saturday, he is going to just tack it together then i will check if it fits ok then get him to weld up!:thumb:

[craig green]

as long as its there thats all that matters matey!

err Yeah. Nothing like rushing it. :confused:

[mikec123]

i will get it done eventually one step at a time, downpipe, plumb oil cooler in then tidy up DTA wiring then get the bugger started:thumb:

[craig green]

Thats the attitude mate. Do it once & once properly.
Missing a show is annoying, but nothing compared with stripping it back to go over what you have already (half) done.

Your courtenay downpipe rusty aswell then?

[mikec123]

Yeah it was fooked! It was under the heat wrap so didnt notice it! But took it to a local rally team by me and the chap there wasnt overly impressed with the standard of fabrication and welding!

[craig green]

Its just bits of the original downpipe, welded up to met the turbo & system together.

Infact I thought the silver GSI this engine came from a had a complete custom scorpion system & downpipe??

[mikec123]

its definetly a scorpian custom exhaust system but the downpipe looks like it wasnt made very well couldnt tell you if that was scorpian:confused:

[scott.parker]

The system was Craig, with just one silly big box! lol but now mikes got my old box on it from my power flow system.

[mikec123]

The system was Craig, with just one silly big box! lol but now mikes got my old box on it from my power flow system.

Forgot i had your old powerflow backbox:tard:

[mikec123]

Right more progress ive been waiting for my new downpipe the chap has been really busy, but he rang me and said he had made it but just tacked it in a few places so i could try it on the car to make sure it fitted properly.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/newmanifold.jpg?t=1275727620


So i tried it in place and the last bend that matches to the rest of the system is slightly out, only by about 5 degrees it is a stock 30 degree bend from jetex so i thought it may need a bit of tweeking but thats it the length is perfect and the two other bends are sound. Here is a couple of pics

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/newmanifold3.jpg?t=1275727620

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/newmanifold2.jpg?t=1275727620

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/newmanifold1.jpg?t=1275727620

[mikec123]

right i took the downpipe back and had the bend slightly adjusted and with help from scott parker it fitted a treat:d so ive just got to take it back to the garage to have it welded up.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/SDC12705.jpg?t=1277828318

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/SDC12706.jpg?t=1277828318

[Tommy_nova]

Looking good mike i think im goin to do this at some point mines abit rusty lol
what turbo isit your runing ?

Tommy

[mikec123]

Its a garett T2 dude! defo worth doing, i didnt realise how bad it was under all the heat wrap!

[Tommy_nova]

mines not got any wrap on it so i can see its still ok to use think its fine for this year will look into it after i have got the car on the road, isit your engine thats putting out 200bhp ?

[mikec123]

almost dude its 191bhp but i want to break the 200bhp limit watch this space:d

[Tommy_nova]

See im amazed at that i have no idea what mine is now all ive been told is that its around 130 thats crap lol i want 190 200 how would i go about doin that dude

[mikec123]

i take it your running standard ecu setup? mine is a dta standalone setup its so versatile you can adjust pretty much anything:d

[mikec123]

right downpipe all sorted welded all up:thumb:

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/downpip2.jpg?t=1278257260

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj320/mikec1234567/downpipe.jpg?t=1278257260

[scott.parker]

Dude, cheers again for the help yesterday, was fun lol just like 10 years ago...

And im glad your getting back into this now mate, it's going to be a big block killer (yeah i did just say that...)

New flange though me thinks.

PS: Did you call James?

Scott

[scott.parker]

Mike, you really need to get this back on track! Its been to long...

[ben doodar]

just flicked through this from the start. fair amount of work has gone in to this, id love to turbo my e16se its just the expensive management that stops me.

so is this car been finished yet as I think the last update was 2010? lol it would be good to see it finished.

[scott.parker]

Its been put on hold, Mike re build an old bay vw buss before this as he needed it for his wedding.

[rich a]

wow mike what a wip thread im in the process of a front end tidy up feeling a little deflated at finding some small rust holes so hats of to u for seeing this through think id have lost the will to live by now if it was mine. can I ask what under seal u used on the front arches ? cheers rich