Richards XE Nova Track Car

[projctnova]

Hi,

Just thought id post all my pics of my build so far. Im building an stripped out nova with throttle bodied xe lump up front. The worst part of my build is that ive set myself a 6 week deadline to get it down to USC at the start of august.

The nova was one I bought locally and personally it was hideous. But it had a gte engine in it so it was fair nippy!

The donor car was my very rotten astra gsi the engine almost fell out it was that bad. Engine is stripped and it all looks in good nick.

Constructive critism welcome as always

Thanks

Richard

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[let_nova]

when it had the ronal teddys on it
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116576&highlight=ronal+teddys

[let_nova]

top looking work there pal. when you hoping to have it finished or is there not a deadline?

[projctnova]

im hoping for 31st julyfor USC at santa pod. Working on it every night from now till then. Most parts are bought. Got full engine rebuild parts full bush kit and paint and seats and cage. Just need some wheels and steering wheel

[stevie-p]

looks top and great work will be watching this

[projctnova]

when it had the ronal teddys on it
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116576&highlight=ronal+teddys

haha only just seen these. It was a truely awful paint job but at the same time a lot of women loved me in it. was funny wiping the smirk off saxo owners faces when i fly round a roundabout topping a ton!

the car is going to be ST orange now so still stand out but nothing like the pink!

[raymond]

ill be watching this thread mate cause my younger brother got this painted and engine in and down to usc year before last in less than a week and you have 6 weeks to do it this could be fun lol

me against the said car at usc

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[siby]

hi its simon here rick cant post till tuesday cuz got banned lol

thats some achievement in 1 week bet he dint have to paint everythin including the interior plus we have to do the full engine rebuild and fit throttle bodies

[Pillar]

no pics?? or is it just my computer??

[siby]

there was but because rick got banned they have been removed. :-( will uplaod them all again when unbanned!

[Pillar]

there was but because rick got banned they have been removed. :-( will uplaod them all again when unbanned! lol ok

[projctnova]

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[Plug]

cracking on with it then mate i see :thumb:

looking good will be watching this

[projctnova]

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[projctnova]

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[Rickyb]

some good graft going on there top work.
rick

[projctnova]

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[projctnova]

hi,
sorry for just posting pictures and no explanations.

so far we have filled in the sun roof and are just in the process of fibre glassing it. Will filler it then spend a lot of time sanding it to the right shape...oh the joy!

Got my head back from the workshop and is now all cleaned and skimmed so we are going to port and polsih it along with port matching my inlet and exhaust manifolds.

just awaiting chris astley to deliver my oversized main bearings and i can then rebuild the engine.

will keep you all updated anyway

[siby]

dont my daughter look cute in the seat

ill make a girl racer out of her yet

[projctnova]

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[projctnova]

well i got my engine fully rebuilt. Everything went to plan apart from the oversized bearings needed to be 1200 gritted to fit. The last pic shows it shrinkwrapped as it needs to stay in my garage whilst we spray the car. The Rocker will be being painted but for now its just sat on.

[projctnova]

Well i managed to get the car in paint now. These are all the photos of it going from red/pink/silver/rust to Orange!

As you can see i had no luck in blocking the sunroof off so i got myself a fibreglass roof. It went on perfect and i cant even tell its there.

Car is now in the pearlecent colour as well but i havent got pictures yet.


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[Rickyb]

that is looking the nuts matey its a shame your going big block but everyone to there own.
rick

p.s what hapend to the 1600 lump?

[projctnova]

i sold it to a guy who then blew it up.

I wanted to go big block as i already had the engine. I fell in love with it in the astra gsi and i fell in love with the nova's driving characteristics so thought i would combine the two

[7ova]

stunning work mate
good luck with the dead line
are you still on track for the end of the month?
+ rep

[Ernie]

First time ive looked at this thread.
Good work keep it up and have fun on track.

[projctnova]

well i have my engine built all parts are painted ready to go back on the car. Car is being laquered tonight so im hoping for rolling shell at weekend. once thats done its wireing up the megasquirt to the throttle bodies and if i can have it running by the end of next week then yes im well on track. Got a week off at the end of the month for tweeks, finishing touches and running the engine and tires in!

hectic!

[Andy]

Great work lad.looks well

[projctnova]

thanks...its always good to post on here now and then. keeps the motivation up!

[corsa444]

nice nice..

[siby]

me and rick are in the garage now

didnt realise laquer was so sticky but looking good so far

[projctnova]

car is in full laquer now so were looking good for having engine in and rolling shelled by weekend! pics to follow

[projctnova]

Right guys engine is going in very shortly. Going to get it to a rolling shell stage by Saturday.

First off we are under sealing it all tonight then tomorrow we can start bolting parts on. We have started building the rear beam up and having it all painted. New bearings going on and fully poly bushed. We have also done the disc conversion.

Once engine is sat in place we will connect the motorsport shafts up to the hubs and paint up the bottom arms and tie bars. Again these are all poly bushed.

Got a brand new radiator to go in and we will be painting up the old oil coolers etc and having it all put in place. Got an oil catch tank coming through the post that looks quite nice. Not aiming for a mint show condition engine bay so won’t be going for the whole bailey tanks and chroming. Just nicely painted parts and most importantly keeping it clean!

Got the coil overs through the post too so hoping that these will make the car sit really nice. Wheels will also arrive in the post this week. I couldn’t quite afford OZ Super T’s as I wanted but have got some that look near as damn it. They also come with Yokohama S Drive tyres which my mate has and are really quite nice and versatile.

Just need to locate some GSi side skirts to finish it off.

Got to start the wiring soon. Going for megasquirt so will need a bit of mapping before santa pod. Wiring in the shift light and push button start too.

Will post pictures as I go.

[projctnova]

right well its been a very busy week for us. We have got the car painted, rear beam on, front suspension and hubs on and engine in.

we have started wiring up the megasquirt and also ported the inlet manifold ready for the throttle bodies.

Also had delivery of my wheels, oil catch tank and filter among a million other little parts

Hoping to have it running this week and the rest of the panels on my early next week....count down is on!

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[Cle]

holy fuk thats looking good

[projctnova]

why thank you! were getting all the rocker cover spark plug covers and cam cover shot blasted then getting them painted up!

Hopefully you will like all the other goodies we have for it

[vaughanmc]

Looks very nice mate! Going to be a well built car

Should definately turn a lot of heads! :)

[7ova]

great project mate, are you getting the engine covers
painted the same colour as the car?

good luck with the rebuild!

[sulphur]

Holy sh!t that's lovely. Every part looks to be brand new, looks stunning.

Gonna be a beaut when complete. :thumb:

[projctnova]

great project mate, are you getting the engine covers
painted the same colour as the car?

good luck with the rebuild!

hi mate yea im going for an st orange rocker with a satin black spark plug cover should look quite good.

Got the megasquirt in today only a few more wires to join and were looking good to have her firing.

Picked up a sytec performance pump and filter for the fuel system.

throttle bodies are on and not to sound big headed or nothing...but by god are they amazing! should give me plenty of go!

pics to follow

[7ova]

big plans fella, keep the photo's coming :thumb:

[projctnova]

big plans little time.

hopefully have her running soon. just need to try and find the parts i need to finish her.

I need some top mounts to sort my camber out. thats a big one and im waiting for some one on here to post my digidash. Thats getting urgent.

[projctnova]

Right well so far we have the car out of hte garage and working on getting it running.

Got all the fuel system in and all wireing complete. Just waiting on the panels to be finished being painted and have her mapped.

will let the pics tell the story anyway

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[Rickyb]

this is looking amazing but i must say you cutting it fine my friend as USC is this weekend good luck buddy.
rick

[projctnova]

cutting it fine yes....its going to be hit and miss

[stuartp]

looking good fella is it all running yet?

[scott.parker]

Looks ace! i take it thats ST orange?

[projctnova]

yea ST Orange. looks good with the black ive got too.

engine hasnt started yet as i have been mad busy picking up parts.....should be good for fire tomorrow!

[k925franny]

hi lads you 2 still cuming usc this weekend car looking good

[Rickyb]

did this see usc???

[LEWI007]

My god that is awesome ! cant believe ive only just saw this !!

[k925franny]

this car got to usc but unfortunatly didnt get home on its own the good old trusty AA took them home lol

[stigy bud]

thats lookin good mate, keep up the good work.

[projctnova]

Hi,

We did make it there but with a fuel leak, sticky valves and mapping issues we didn’t manage to get it down the strip. Took 3 tanks of fuel to get there just down to massive over fueling and the leak.

I see it as a success though as we did build the car and get it to Santa Pod as we planned. Going to be fixing it this week then try again!

Will post some pics soon

[novaload1992]

like what im seeing :thumb:

[Rickyb]

did you take anypics love the look of this.

[Bobminda]

looking good...Pics pics pics pleaselol

[Rickyb]

any updates on this?

[Mazz]

The Tango can made me chuckle! Love the colour..

[projctnova]

hey sorry for th elack of updates...the car has been in my garage looking sorry for itself for a while. Turns out i had an air leak on the throttle bodies and a fuel leak. sorted them and just need to time her up and we should be out and about. Going to get started on the interior chequer plating it out and sorting out my clocks and wireing.

Will have some pics up soon

[Rickyb]

woo looking forward to these pics i bet it looks the b*llox all built up.

[projctnova]

it needs another spray really but yea its looking good

[Rickyb]

it needs another spray really but yea its looking good

wheres the pics tho lmao

[projctnova]

yea sorry...i was trying to upload them last night without much luck! I will definitely get them on here though. Getting her out the garage at weekend hopefully and get her running sweet.

going to do a bit of checker plating too

[Rickyb]

if you strugle uploading the pics mate send them me in an email and il upload them

[projctnova]

i took some pics but now ive lost my camera cable....ill sort it out later tonight as i have a night off.

[projctnova]

Right got some pics finally on the computer. This is how she currently stands

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I am relocating the battery in to the boot and im checker plating out the footwells and tunnel. This should neaten up the inside and make it a lot more usable

[Rickyb]

that is fhooking sexual i realy like that top work my man.

[projctnova]

right well the car is booked in for a respray again in january. This time its going the colour it was meant to be!

Still having problems getting her running right but im close. Just needs a few tweeks before im on the road again.

After getting myself a saloon now as a daily driver project. Small block and leather interior. New project thread will come for that