100 pound Nova

[tom reid]

A mate bought this a few weeks ago with a blown HG
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2933137933_b1d1c16f85_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933137933/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2933994664_b4f620b9c4_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933994664/)
Put some 13in wheels on

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2933991902_9fd2c3a924_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933991902/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2933991902_9fd2c3a924_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933991902/)
Put a few new bits on
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2933138865_3947f48d7c_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933138865/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2933136457_cb91e4e97c_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933136457/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3190/2933136969_1ab0dc64a6_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933136969/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2933996892_0be4f0f859_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933996892/)
New suspension on the back too, now looks like this
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2933997344_31479c0403_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933997344/)
A quick bit of bodywork, now looks like this
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3191/2933998318_ac9d2d0dd0_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2933998318/)

[Stoo]

looks fairly clean!!

bargain

[Lynsey]

Well done, looks much better. Try getting some bigger photos!

Have you sorted the head gasket?

[auzzy-b]

:wtf: im well jealous!!!lol BARGAIN..

[tom reid]

HG sorted, he's now pestering me to put R1's on it!!!!

[NovaJackie]

thats excellent, quite a find!

[Pistol Pete]

Looks good. Got any better pics? Only a few small bits of rust in the engine bay!

[Iain]

I still love the wheels on this :thumb: Looks better now its lowered though

[tom reid]

pics should be clickable now

[Novaload_Nick]

bargain price, retro wheels!

[Adam]

Tidy as fook for the £££ :cool:

What wheels are they?

[Iain]

Wide 13" steels, Weller I think.

[Jack]

Niiice :D

[beno-nova]

hi there everyone, the nova in queston is mine, its a little beauty lol and a bargain, and with help from my good friend tom its guna be awesome, iv got big plans ahead for it,

the wheels are weller there 5.5" wide 13's and luckily was the last set in that offset until weller make the next batch in the summer

and its not going on r1s its guna be on cbr 900 fireblades which i have got already and will post sum pics of the tomorrow, they look the business with powdercoated trumpets,

thanks for all tha goodcomments

[hendrix]

looking good there. Tom's garage is ace :thumb:
Do I spy that ecotec Vectra still sat in the garden?? lol

[craig green]

Nice runner for the money.

[Prey]

Looks smart that.

[C14se]

bargain

ya and looks like a Jem now

[tom reid]

looking good there. Tom's garage is ace :thumb:
Do I spy that ecotec Vectra still sat in the garden?? lol

No,Vectra gone to a good home, but if you look closely you'll see a Corsa rally slag

[The Simps]

will keep an eye on this!

[stuartyj21]

lucky find mate, well done...

[draper]

mincers

[tom reid]

mincers

You jealous Draper?:p

[belly257]

looks well mate and a bargain, happy days:thumb:

[tom reid]

I'd be grateful if Admin could move this thread to the Projects section.
Regards

[tom reid]

Did a bit of work over the weekend on Dan's Nova.
Sold Dan a GSI smoothed front bumper(at a loss!), got it painted along with the rear .
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2961387793_63bf761a3f_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2961387793/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3059/2962234548_4839bdf8e7_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2962234548/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/2961389253_edccd2593a_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2961389253/)http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2961390075_3eec124015_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2961390075/)
Next job is to fit one of my manifolds and these bike carbs.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/2961390525_cf44fbf683_m.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/16764489@N05/2961390525/)
Do you think he likes orange?????
Cars going to be named TANGO,lol

[Connor]

looks mint m8

[Cle]

Thats looks amazing with the smoothed GSI front and the splitter in white. lovly car well done :thumb:

[tom reid]

Update
Dan's been wanting bike carbs on his Nova for sometime now, so with a few days off this week we set to it.

I had a SE head, this was stripped, cleaned, inspected.
It needed new guides, so these were fitted, then measured the head height versus the height of the standard head, cc'd the chambers in the head and pistons and took 30thou of the SE head, this got the compression up a good bit but not excessively so.

Head on
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/Bikecarbs%20and%20manifolds/novahead.jpg

with manifold
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/Bikecarbs%20and%20manifolds/novscarbstango.jpg

Dan's CBR 600carbs were not up to the job as they work by being gravity fed with fuel, not pressurised with a pump, we did fit them and they ran, but in the end we decided that a fuel tank on the roof above the windscreen was not really on, would be asking plod to tug himlol
So the trusty R1's were used.
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/Bikecarbs%20and%20manifolds/novacarbfinished.jpg

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/Bikecarbs%20and%20manifolds/novacarbs1.jpg

[tom reid]

We made an alternator bracket using the standard item and adding a bit, it mounts off of the top two head studs nearest the alternator
The temp switch was fitted to the thermostst housing and the wire lengthened.
we did get a bit carried away when filming the start up, Dan wanted to see the pwetty flames coming out of the exhaust ports.:cuckoo:
Vid will be up soon

[tom reid]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-OyBPOKbFdY

[Jay]

Sounds cool as funk!

[nova_saloon]

hehe 2nd person to view :) very cool mate, well impressed sounds really nice, just gottaget it to a rolling road and get the best perfomance u can outy of them! u will have a rightlittle winner theere

[Plug]

loving it very nice looking nova

when you selling them wheels to me then?? ha ha

[twistysnovagte]

nice motor mate,loving the video at the end toolol,sounds dam sweet too.:thumb:
andy

[tom reid]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZILOcFLqSxs
First run up the road.

[Plug]

the neighbours are going to love him

[Adam]

Sounds cool :)

[Cle]

Sounds amazing :thumb: I like the engine the white/orange/black goes well :)

[wizzy]

sounds great good idea with the bike carbs
:thumb:

[Prey]

Sounds cracking chap, im upset tho.... Even after I offered to make tea u still didnt ring me when u were doing this ha ha....

[tom reid]

Well then, get yer **** down here tommorrow, were going to be tuning the carbs/timing, so you can make the tea/coffee, weld in the bung for the lambda sensor, keep the central heating going,make the tea/coffee, drill out/change the various jets, go to the shops for the world famous Tesco's chocolate filled croissants, only a quid each!, we'll need at least 8, sweep the floor, oh, and did i mention make the tea and coffeelol lol lol
Me, i'm supervising!

[Sloth]

as it should be boys. is it a 1.2 btw? what pump etc ya using?

[chimp007_uk]

sounds nice, i've been tempted by bike carbs for the xe :) but cant make my mind up...

Whay do you need a lambda sensor?

[tom reid]

yes, 1200 bottom end and 1400SE head.
New elec fuel pump and filter king.
Why you ask?

[tom reid]

sounds nice, i've been tempted by bike carbs for the xe :) but cant make my mind up...

Whay do you need a lambda sensor?

The wideband LS gets fitted so that I can monitor the AFR's using the innovate kit.
As it turns out I've been itching to do this to an XE, but no contenders as yet, can see me doing it to my own car, lol.

[chimp007_uk]

u can borrow mine lol :)

i get you now, make tuning them a darn sight easier as well, without a rolling road.

[tom reid]

I'm willing to cut a deal on costs to do this, so how serious are you?

[chimp007_uk]

pm me :)

[Sloth]

just wondered. im looking at a 1.2 c reg to do this to. can you use the 1.2 spi head to keep c/r up? i thought the 1.4 had bigger chambers? what pum exactly btw? ta matey!

[tom reid]

just wondered. im looking at a 1.2 c reg to do this to. can you use the 1.2 spi head to keep c/r up? i thought the 1.4 had bigger chambers? what pum exactly btw? ta matey!

I used a 1400 SE head as that is the only manifold I get made for the 8v engine, I did skim a lot off the head to get the slight compression loss back, and made some.
I could get a manifold made for your head, same cost as others, or can you source one?.

I used this pump.
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=30&products_id=1697

[Sloth]

i can fab a mani matey, thanks, ill keep ya in mind, how much do ya charge btw and can ya do exhaust manifolds?

[tom reid]

i can fab a mani matey, thanks, ill keep ya in mind, how much do ya charge btw and can ya do exhaust manifolds?


Pm sent

[tom reid]

Tuned the carbs this morning and adjusted the timing.
Carbs on their backs exposing their bits
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/DSC00705.jpg

[tom reid]

Need to get some new thin hose clips to tidy up the installation and some longer fuel resistant pipes between carbs and manifolds, this will help with alternator clearance issues.
Alternator brackethttp://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/DSC00708.jpg
Took us a couple of hours in total, Dan insisted on fitting the Tango rocker cover.:eek:
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/DSC00710.jpg

Shut the bonnet and go playlol
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w195/tomreid/DSC00709.jpg

We also need to get a ood four branch exhaust manifold and system.
Job done.

[Emmy]

Sounds like a bargain to me,looking good :thumb:

[LEWI007]

Thats awesome, not keen on all the orange on the engine though........youve been tangoed

[matt_vaughan]

Wow, very interested in doing this myself to my 1200. Does anyone know of any 600s with pump fed fuelling, I dont really want to be messing around with jets in some R1 carbs, plus they're rather pricey these days.

And anyone know of any carbs with 32 or 34 mm jets.

[dougie_boi]

hey great car and ewsome sounding looks like a job well done :thumb:

glad i read this post as i nearly went a bought the 600carbs there lol as theres a few sets on ebay for around the 40 quid mark as im really intrested in doing this as well would like to find out as much as possible as mines is a standard 1.2 carb just now so should have to worry much about the timing set up just not sure of jet sizes needed etc or which bike carbs are gravity fed or pressure fed thanks

[jimbob-mcgrew]

the guy filming at the end of the first video ... lol

[toymex]

Looks the nuts mate ,i gave the old fella the manifold last night:thumb:

[tom reid]

the guy filming at the end of the first video ... lol

Sh1t myself when the carbs backfiredlol

[chrisnovaturbo]

sound the nuts

[jonn]

well lads i want to put bike carbs on my standard 1.2l carb engine. can u use gravity fed carbs by using the fuel pump on the engine beacuse i dont know much about electric stuff.what would be good carbs to use. are they easy to set up? thanks any help welcome :) :thumb:

[matt_vaughan]

Pump fed carbs are needed I think.

Looking round for the ideal donor bike carbs at the mo to go on my 1.2

[chimp007_uk]

someone on here is selling some zxr9 carbs saw it in a forsale ad. Use the bike fuel pump and run it off the ignition live... blank of the mech pump mount. I doubt the mech pump will supply enough fuel or pressure. could be wrong lol

[gunny]

car looks and sounds awesome mate! just read from start. i dont mean to come along and be a prick but is there much benefit putting carbs on a 1200?

[tom reid]

car looks and sounds awesome mate! just read from start. i dont mean to come along and be a prick but is there much benefit putting carbs on a 1200?

No problem mate, you can be a prick if you want, free membership to The Bumshunters Corporationlol

We did it because we could:thumb:

[Graeme]

Sounds mint mate I would of done also back in the day also

[gunny]

No problem mate, you can be a prick if you want, free membership to The Bumshunters Corporationlol

We did it because we could:thumb:

lol quality shout, is it quick then?

[dj_wudgey]

looks a good project how is the engine with the bike carbs??

[tom reid]

lol quality shout, is it quick then?

Yes, its quick enough to beat a std 1400 SR on accelaration and thru the mid range, the gearing has been adjusted though, so it's quick off the line.

[matt_vaughan]

Tom I'm after some info about slapping some bike carbs on mine soon.

Mine will be 1300 SR engine, Kent Cam, 4 Branch, so should be looking at carb setup similar to yours. Although I dont really want to fork out way over 100 quid for a set of R1 carbs. You know of any others that will do the trick? And what jet sizes did you use in the R1 carbs?

[tom reid]

Sorry, I have no experience of other carbs, although I'd think that R6's might do the trick, a few tuners around my area swear by them for small engines.
I don't think the jet sizes i use will be relevant to your engine, but I'd start somewhere around 140 see how you get on.

[matt_vaughan]

Cheers Tom. Ball park figure of 140 should get me started thanks. Going to be putting some R1s on an XE soon so will get the hang of tuning them before putting some on mine.

[~~joycey~~]

My eyes! :eek:

[draper]

now mine !!

[tom reid]

So the 100 pound Nova now belongs to Draper, thats 2 project cars and 1 road car, feck me Draper, you'll soon own all the cars in the districtlol

The bike carbs have been taken off , as has the manifold, elec fuel pump, etc, the original std head's been stripped, cleaned, rebuilt and fitted.
I took my wee chipping hammer to the n/s chassis leg and found quite a large hole, well it's bigger than Draper's gob.:D
Draper has pics to post later.

[toymex]

Now you can hurry up and get that other one done m8 so we can get out on track together Team Tedder styleelol i take it its going to be auto as you only have 1 leg:thumb:

[draper]

i take it its going to be auto as you only have 1 leg:thumb:

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[dj_wudgey]

looks and sounds awesome matey!!

[draper]

looks and sounds awesome matey!!

it did ;)

its back on the original 1200 now and without the wellers

[tom reid]

Now you can hurry up and get that other one done m8 so we can get out on track together Team Tedder styleelol i take it its going to be auto as you only have 1 leg:thumb:
`
Jezz, when I kick yer ****, and then fall over, please pick me uplol

Draper, that's 5 I owe you:tard:

[nova+nitrous]

that is a lovely nova what size are the wellers and what tyres are you using???

[tom reid]

Funk me, forgot about thislol
13 in wheels, tyres were just a bit of rubber,nothing special.

[nova+nitrous]

im interested thats all im after some weller do you know what the width and the et was at all because they look amazing on that nova

[tom reid]

they were 6 in wide, and the offset was all wrong, ffs, they stuck out of the wheelarches, until we manually adjusted the archeslol

Get in touch with Weller direct.