My Toy!

[ste193]

This is my Nova GTE Redtop.

I brought this for a project over the winter and to track day next year.

Here's the spec im working towards....

Engine:

Super Chip
Kent Cams
Power Cap
Induction Kit
Ported & Polished Head
ARP Con Rod Bolts
Auto Sprint Up-rated Bigger Valves
Auto Sprint Up-rated Springs
Auto Sprint Up-rated Lifters
Auto Sprint 4 Branch Heat Wrapped Manifold


Gearbox:

Standard F20 Box
Valeo Clutch
Lightened and Balanced Flywheel
AG Quick Shift Linkage


Brakes:

256mm EBC Front Discs
Red Stuff Pads
Braided Hoses All Round
Standard Drums On Rear


Exhaust:

Custom Made 60mm Bore Exhaust From Manifold
Twin 3” Stainless Steel Back Box


Suspension:

G-Max Shocks & Springs (60mm)
Power Flex Polly Bush Kit


Wheels & Tyres:

15” Cavalier GSi Slab Alloys
195/45/15 Tyres


Interior:

LCD Dash
2x Bucket Seats
4 Point harnesses
Custom made rear strut brace
Replaced Rear Windows With Perspex
Removed Sunroof


Here's a few pics from the day i picked it up...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6613&d=1228776517
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6614&d=1228776527
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6616&d=1228776544
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6615&d=1228776534

[Jay]

Looks good matey, will be looking forward to the build.

[tom reid]

Should be a right wee pocket rocket.

[ste193]

Got it set up in the garage and started to check it over, found quite abit of welding that needed doing.

Before...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6617&d=1228776554

After...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6720&d=1230072406

More pics of welding...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6643&d=1229801925

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6644&d=1229801938

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6645&d=1229801946

And while the welder was out i stitch welded any joints i came across...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6714&d=1230072348

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6715&d=1230072356

Also welded a bar in the back...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6716&d=1230072371

Cleaned under the rear arches, ready for new under seal...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6646&d=1229801960

Under seal...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6647&d=1229801973

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6648&d=1229801986

[tom reid]

I'm liking you, another welding whore:thumb:

[ste193]

While i was working at the rear end i checked the rear brakes, they where nearly new so i cleaned them up, put new wheel bearings in and gave the drums a lease of life. Then cleaned up the boot lid, the black GTE bit had gone manky. And brought a new GTE badge to go on. :thumb:

Recon drums...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6650&d=1229802479

Wheel on...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6651&d=1229802494

Cleaning the boot lid...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6649&d=1229802003

Sprayed up...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6722&d=1230073744

New badge...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6629&d=1229463693

[General Baxter]

where the hell have i seen that reg before lol

hold on, ste- and in ste from sr ?

[ste193]

where the hell have i seen that reg before lol

hold on, ste- and in ste from sr ?

Yep thats me Baxter! :thumb:

[General Baxter]

core blimey, small world, check out the region, we hold the meets at the chase gate pub, your OK not to come in the nova, theres only about 1 there anyway lol

all tho now your a member we have got a mega deal with GAZ coil overs,

seeing as your new ill warn you, don't take ANY of the banter to heart, if you last it out you will be accepted lol

[ste193]

Next i wanted to get on with the engine, im original plans where just to replace all the gasketts and seals. BUT after more thought... i may aswell add a few extras while im there. ;)

Engine before it came out...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6654&d=1229803231

Its out!

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6656&d=1229803257
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6655&d=1229803247
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6657&d=1229803297

Head and old cams...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6661&d=1229803383

Block...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6663&d=1229803409

Gearbox...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6662&d=1229803397

Dark and dirty engine bay...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6658&d=1229803314
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6659&d=1229803322

And after a clean and a lick of bright white paint...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6682&d=1229978970
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6684&d=1229979004
http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6685&d=1229979017

Here's how the lump looks after the rebuild, head skimmed, de-coaked, DIY porting 'n' polishishing, valves seats ground out, lager valves, double vales springs, new oil seals, new gaskets, new lifters, bigger cams, cam belt kit, oil filter. Painted block and rocker cover.

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6670&d=1229977461

Heat wrapped 4 branch manifold...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6671&d=1229977501

[Jay]

Looking good dude, get some elbow grease on the engine bay parts :thumb:

[ste193]

core blimey, small world, check out the region, we hold the meets at the chase gate pub, your OK not to come in the nova, theres only about 1 there anyway lol

all tho now your a member we have got a mega deal with GAZ coil overs,

seeing as your new ill warn you, don't take ANY of the banter to heart, if you last it out you will be accepted lol

Yep small world it is!

Yeah the Chase Gate is only down the road, ill come down when the Nova is on the road.

Whats the deal on the GAZ coil overs then dude?

[Jay]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100092

:thumb:

[ste193]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=100092

:thumb:

Nice 1!

When are you guys going on the next track day?

[Jay]

When my new Xe arrives!

[ste193]

All timed up and been turned over by hand, so far so good!

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6672&d=1229977517

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6674&d=1229977541

Cleaned up power cap...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6675&d=1229977555

Painted...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6725&d=1230073820

Polished inside of Power Cap...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6677&d=1229977571

Dizzy fitted...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6679&d=1229977597

Fitted new thermostate and houseing...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6680&d=1229977617

Old flywheel...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6686&d=1229979053

New lightened and balenced flywheel...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6687&d=1229979068

New Clutch...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6688&d=1229979076

New flywheel and new clutch fitted...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6698&d=1230059081

Engine in and bolted in, ready to plum in tomorrow...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6696&d=1230059019

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6695&d=1230059006

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6697&d=1230059032

Fingers crossed she is running tomorrow!

[Ernie]

good work mate keep it up.

[novalicous]

good looking project :thumb:

[thegingerwhinger]

looks the dogs danglies mate, lots of hard workk all ready. :thumb:

[ste193]

Good news! Had it running today! :cool:

I can sleep at night now!

Sounded like a drag car though with only the manifold on lol!

Oil in...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6739&d=1230156886

All in and ready to be fired up...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6740&d=1230156901

The blue pipe is only for now...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6741&d=1230156910

Also started making the exhaust...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6742&d=1230156934

Jacked up ready work on the exhaust...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6743&d=1230156941

Started cutting the exhaust pipe to size...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6744&d=1230156949

Modified some brackets and fitted the bucket seats...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6745&d=1230156979

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6746&d=1230156989


All coments welcome! :thumb:

[Mike]

where the hell have i seen that reg before lol

hold on, ste- and in ste from sr ?

lol i used to use SR back in the day prior to it turning into a bit of a chav fest circa 16months ago+

Looks a good project chap, some nice neat work gone into it.

[Ricky G]

http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/2919big.jpg
http://www.pngclub.com/images/car_images/2919big6.jpg

this is how the car used to look when my friend owned it back in 2005.

[General Baxter]

i knew that car,

its anthonys old xe, he sold it, then it popped back up on here with a set of TB's attached to it, and was sold again

[ste193]

More progress! :thumb:

Made the exhaust up, a b!tch to do but sounds good! Fitted the polly bushes on the rear beam, replaced a wheel drum due to the threads being fooked! Then fitted a new wheel bearing on the passenger side front and 2 new track rod ends. Fitting the drivers side wheel bearing at a later date because they only had 1 in stock. Then got the gear linkage sorted and drove her out the garage for the 1st time since the rebuild! :)

Here's some pics.... (needs a good clean)

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6766&d=1230664822

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6767&d=1230664831

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6768&d=1230664839

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6769&d=1230664850

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6770&d=1230664862

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6771&d=1230664872

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6772&d=1230664884

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6773&d=1230664894

All coments welcome! :cool:

[General Baxter]

remove the vynal on the boot, fit that big hole in the bumper lol

[Nova_Sean]

wow! Which i could do what your doing mate, the whole engine rebuild & clean! my engine & bay has 17 years of grime and sh!t all over itlol

Keep up the good work :thumb:

[Steve]

Good project mate, although I think you should lose that back box lol Nice to see a gte that hasnt had a mk2 front thrown on it, and coilovers sounds like a good choice, I had gmax on my 1.2 and the handling was pants, then had the 2.0 fitted and it was just dangerous!

Any other bits planned for it?

[Ernie]

looks good mate but imho please re-paint the cambelt cover as would look so much better all in white or red but not both.
It's your car at the end of the day but thats the only bit of the build i dont like.
See you at a track soon.

[sillynova]

Wow. I owned this car at one point for just over a year.

Found some old pics
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/MCCMCC/Image002-2.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/MCCMCC/cfv1.jpg

When i had it i spent a fortune on it. had throttle bodies, smoothed boot, lightened and balanced flywheel ect.

I then sold it to a Daniel White also in maidenhead. Who then sold it to someone up north????? Then it was on Pistonheads.com for sale.

[wizzy]

very nice getting a nova soon and going to start my project keep up the good work mate :thumb:

[General Baxter]

in another word, its had a few owners lol

[dalenova]

i like white ones

[ste193]

LOL the cam belt cover was done 1 night when i was waiting for the mrs to pick me up from the garage, bit of fun!

Yeah its had quite a few owners, 17 on the log book!

Ive replied to your PM "sillynova", thanks!

[ste193]

Update:


Suspension!

Fitted purple polly bushes to my brand new lower arms, fitted new ball joints, track rod ends, new wheel bearings all round and fitted purple polly bushes to the rear beam. Cleaning and painting bits as i go to tidy it up!


Polly Bushes...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6784&d=1230920898

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6785&d=1230920911


Fitted on the lower arm...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6786&d=1230920922

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6787&d=1230920938


Anti roll bar before being cleaned and painted...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6788&d=1230920961

After...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6789&d=1230920972

Polly bushes on the rear beam...

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6790&d=1230920985


Also just brought some Vmaxx / Gmax coilovers from Larkspeed.

Front adjust from 20mm to 60mm and rear adjust from 30mm to 60mm.


http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6815&d=1231358682

http://www.streetrace.co.uk/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6791&d=1230921001


All comments welcome! :thumb:

[ste24]

you havent done to bad really mate, your painting a too bad and i like your welding,, looks like mine,,,,,,,,