Rysee's B reg Loon

[Rysee]

I recently purchased my very basic 993cc Saloon on 30k miles with some service history, she's not mint but not that far from it. I plan to put a 1300cc in at some point but just keep her standard...ish for now...



How I got her

Cobwebs
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Nad yes the pen tray is staying
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More Cobwebs haha
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[chimp007_uk]

Looks good for a B. Loving the poverty spec!

[AlexW]

Dont look bad, get the rust sorted on the archs before it gets too bad!

[The Simps]

Welcome to the club!

[Rysee]

I treated her to some Spax RSX after a 320miles round trip that she was supposed to make but couldn't due to having no will to start then stay running in the rain

So we had to strip the standard suspension and leave it on blocks until we returned

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Levitating nova
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Elliot's trusty DERV
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After getting back far too late to fit sunday night i set my alarm for 5:30 adn set to work at 6 with the hope of driving her to college
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And Made it
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She's low
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Absolutely love her handles brilliantly apart from a lack of grip which some wider steels and new tyres should sort

[Rysee]

Yeah thanks guys, i'll get to work on the rust, needs a good clean underneath and maybe a lick of black Hammeright

[General Baxter]

can i have the carlton ?

[Rysee]

can i have the carlton ?
He's had her for 10 years it's not seen the road for over a year now, i'll chat to him for you haha

GSi 3000 24v

[General Baxter]

thats the one im after :) tell him ill offer scrap value ;)

[Rysee]

thats the one im after :) tell him ill offer scrap value ;)

Haha it weighs 3000tonne

[General Baxter]

its about £80 per ton, lol

[The Simps]

Good to see you've done the important mods first.

Mine was a poverty model but mine at least came with the black back panel, albeit broken! lol

[Rysee]

Good to see you've done the important mods first.

Mine was a poverty model but mine at least came with the black back panel, albeit broken! lol


Haha yeah this one isn't perfect but i've forgotten all about my mk2

Coilovers = win. I have seen the light!

[Rob]

looks awsome mate :thumb: i,ll be keep my eye on this

[Rysee]

Had to get a lift to work in a corsa the loon wouldn't start as it was raining need check the dissy and maybe change it

might got for the trusty marrigold

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

the loon wouldn't start as it was raining need check the dissy

:thumb: car!

Check the coil while you're there. The same happened to mine the first time is was subjected to wet weather.

The pen tray as you call it is actually a coin tray.

Oh, and, can I have your drivers door mirror?:thumb:

[Rysee]

I've had pm's about the tray already haha

would you suggest just getting a new coil Shaun? I'll try cleaning the dissy i've been told to seal it with vasline

[Rob]

dry the coil out,new dizzy cap,rotor arm and then possibly leads and spay all over with WD40 lol thats what i did to mine with the same problem and was fine ever since :thumb:

[Rysee]

:thumb: car!



Oh, and, can I have your drivers door mirror?:thumb:


Haha well not that I really use it but I think I might need it pass side would be a different story

[jafanan]

looks well chap

deadication getting up at 5.30 before college

i woulda been getting the bus, lol

keep us updated

[Rysee]

I've washed her and degreased under the bonnet a bit, not enough shinys to warrant pics though

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

I've had pm's about the tray already haha

would you suggest just getting a new coil Shaun? I'll try cleaning the dissy i've been told to seal it with vasline

Can't do any harm in trying a new coil. I've changed mine as you can see here>

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[Rysee]

Very nice Shaun, mines not that clean haha but getting there. How much was the coil?

I'm thinking about swapping the grill to the same as your's looks far better

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

The coil cost me a fiver from an AA man. Was stranded in Centre Parcs at Sherwood Forrest whilst on honeymoon. Collected the Nova from Swindon during our honeymoon. Very forgiving nova loving wife.

It's a mk1 bumper grill, got it from here:
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[Rysee]

Yeah good wife you have,

My ex GF bought my white nova for me haha she did like Novas too

Not a bad price

[Rysee]

Quick update for new wheels. I think i'm going to soften the coilovers as my teeth hurt haha'

She now starting 1st time too which owns

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[Graeme]

Good effort, needs to be in the weeds now

[Rysee]

Those wheels are et33 not sure i should go much lower haha

[saloonwoody]

looks good mate .... i likeee :)

[Rysee]

Just washed under my arches now about to tcut/wax hopefullly it wont rain and i can whore it out after

[saloonwoody]

whore it out lol

[Mark]

Love it!

[Mk1'SR'Dan]

looking good mate, i was thinking about a loon myself, do the old vectra supertouring flying chips livery and deck it like a touring car...

[Nobby]

lookin good pal whats with the seaside pics?? no sea like that in telford lol

[Rysee]

haha yeah that was on route to get the coilovers it was abereiron or aberaaron or something down the coast from aberystwyth.

Were you not at that huge meet in oldburyi think it was tonight mate? Some mental cars

[Nobby]

haha yeah that was on route to get the coilovers it was abereiron or aberaaron or something down the coast from aberystwyth.

Were you not at that huge meet in oldburyi think it was tonight mate? Some mental cars

na not out tonight pal everyones heads down towards greatbbridge on some industrial estate but not been down there nova should be out midweek maybe so may pop down for a squint!

[Rysee]

na not out tonight pal everyones heads down towards greatbbridge on some industrial estate but not been down there nova should be out midweek maybe so may pop down for a squint!
last night was some sainsburys with a carpark with a roof somewhere just off the M5

[Rysee]

Small but exiting update,

These are courtesy of John H, They're awesome, cheers

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The backs are placed in until I possible get the material sown onto the standard bench seats as I've seen Will F achieve great results. I never have passengers so I'll wait
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[nova josh]

love the new interior mate slow but keep going your making me want a loon now oh and nice car shaun always have liked it when i saw it in tv a few years back.

[Graeme]

I hope you hoovered that rotten carpet before putting the new seats in

[Rysee]

Yeah she's my daily so progress is slow really, might fit my 2ltr brakes next when i find a rebuild kit for ATE calipers

Then fix my damaged wing/front panel and she's ready for something bigger under the bonnet which will pay for itself pretty soon as i get 80miles to £15 on the run atm

[Rysee]

I hope you hoovered that rotten carpet before putting the new seats in


Yeah but hoover barely picked up so i'll take it to a garage

Carpet was frozen, need to find the source of the moisture but i have a suspicion in the boot shut

[Rysee]

Some random pics to celebrate being unbanned

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[vaughanmc]

Red body goes nice with that interior! Excited for my Mk1 now lol

[Matty Winslade]

Top stuff fella, nice wheels. the clean and lowered look really suits the loons !!! The recaros look the dogs bollox in the last picture !!!get the rust bits sorted and it will be a minter !!!! :thumb:

[General Lee]

looks really smart does that, loving the interior, i want to do the same sort of thing, but with gte items.

[DAFTJOHN]

Thats, looking very nice.

[Rysee]

Cheers guys, yeah love the interior it rocks. I've got minor rust to sort when it gets warmer and erm... check the valance

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I have a C16XE sat at my grandads :cool:

[Rickyb]

looking good what did you get banned for?

[Graeme]

Hiding the damage well there lol

[Rysee]

looking good what did you get banned for?

Replying in the testing forum... silly I know




Hiding the damage well there

I could teach the girls on myspace a thing or two about angles :thumb:

[Rob]

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it looks just like mine appart from the wheels and seats :thumb:

[Rysee]

Yeah i love yours mate. Also the dash and engine, mines got the Povo...sport dash and steering wheel and all the other base model "Treats"

[Rob]

cheers mate,and mines soon to have a gsi interior to spruce things up a bit

[Rysee]

Grey manta recaros would suit it's D reg if you can get them to fit... I even have a spare set :p

[Rysee]

Picked myself up a bargain magnex today mmm

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Some Polir pour metaux... Whatever that means :D
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[John]

Will need a bit of modding to make that fit fella!

[Rysee]

The guy i bought it off for Peanuts took it off a customers car to make a custom exhaust as he'd come 1.6 8V to LET, he said if i measure it up he'll post me some SS pipe so i can mod it

Paid £50 for it

[maddogdaz666]

Bargain! i need one too :-( Can u find another plz! lol!

[Connor]

Love your loon Rysee :thumb:
Is that exhaust for a hatch?

[General Baxter]

that exhaust is not even for a nova, looking at it lol

[Rysee]

Is it not??? Oh poo, i just thought it had an extra box he said it came from a GTE

[dj_wudgey]

that looks ok matey a bit off work and will be a top motor that i do like saloons though!!

[burgo]

the middle bit looks ok but the back is nothing like ive seen

[Rysee]

I'll offer it up sometime then see, It can always go back on ebay

[Rysee]

Decided to paint my ATE's today, Not a fan of the Yellow for a red car. I set about with some Nitromors, a wire brush and plenty of elbow grease. I forgot to get a pic of them stripped but I got most of the yellow off but not all as I left my tools at work(planning fail). I'm happy with them, a couple of coats of High temp Aluminium coloured paint and a couple of clear lacquer and they look alright :)

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Probably going to regret not Etch priming them but I forgot to buy some oopes
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[Rysee]

Covered in sap but looking good
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Shiney :)
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[milko96]

Sell me your mirrors! ;)

[Rysee]

I'd sell you my 1st born before my mirrors

[John]

the middle bit looks ok but the back is nothing like ive seen

Yeah thats deffo a 1.3/4 mk1 sr magnex exhaust. They're only 2 piece, unlike the usual 3 piece nova system.

[Rysee]

Yeah thats deffo a 1.3/4 mk1 sr magnex exhaust. They're only 2 piece, unlike the usual 3 piece nova system.

Cheers John, i saw someone selling one and the only thing different about mine is it hasn't got a bracket between the box and tail pipe, it'll fit somehow

[John]

You'll just have to extend the tailpipe bud.

[milko96]

Haha... cant fault ya buddy..

[Rysee]

You'll just have to extend the tailpipe bud.

I need to get onto the guy I bought it off with the measurements, he said he'd wack me some pipe in the post

[fessernick]

i really like this and the bbs look sweet dude

[dj_wudgey]

looks good in the pics buddy!!!

[Rysee]

*Update*

Just a small one, fitted 256mm Disks and ATE calipers, it pee'd it down most of the time but well worth it. They old stuff was in good nick, GM pads half worn, and the calipers are in good condition


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The milktops
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Who needs this crap?
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For the scrap man
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[Connor]

Rysee what coilovers do you have?
spax's ?

[Rysee]

Rysee what coilovers do you have?
spax's ?

Yep Spax RSX, nice and low

[Rysee]

:thumb: Forgot this one :thumb:

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[Connor]

Haha yea sits real nice :thumb:
Loving the national trust sticker
needs a 1985 one though ;)

[burgo]

you MUST be on the bumpstops, i had shortened my bumpstops but even then i had to leave the spring seat wound up about an inch to get any shock travel, any less than that and they bottomed out

[Rysee]

It handles ok, a bit of bumpsteer but nothing too bad

I've been looking for one can't find one Connor. My 2010 is usefull

[burgo]

i used to think my civic handled ok until i realised it was on the bumpstops and raised it abit. completely different funnily enough

[Rysee]

I admit it handles differently and not as good as before but it seams more stable now, I can't explain it. Stops me from trying to get air too don't want to mince my wings... well the good wing anyway

[saloonwoody]

i cant believe you didnt take the screws off the backplates lol

[Rysee]

i cant believe you didnt take the screws off the backplates lol


They were rusty as my sheriff's badge, but in hindsight after the metal plate was off it would have been mega easy

[burgo]

I admit it handles differently and not as good as before but it seams more stable now, I can't explain it. Stops me from trying to get air too don't want to mince my wings... well the good wing anywayif your definition of stable is that there is no body roll then thats my point proved surely lmao

[saloonwoody]

hmm i see your point lol loons lookin shweeeetttt btw :)

[Rysee]

There wasn't really any body roll anyway

[Rysee]

if your definition of stable is that there is no body roll then thats my point proved surely lmao

I've just realised that it isn't too clever in the wet, i shall raise it a tad

[Rysee]

Will these brakes take time to bed in? I bled them twice, the pedal is a bit slack and it's foot nearly to the floor braking, no worse then they were before really just not quite right

[burgo]

Will these brakes take time to bed in? I bled them twice, the pedal is a bit slack and it's foot nearly to the floor braking, no worse then they were before really just not quite rightdid you adjust the brake pedal?

[Rysee]

did you adjust the brake pedal?


Only just noticed this. No I didn't think you needed to

[Rysee]

All Ready for the National day. Squeaky clean and wipers now working

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Dirty
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[dj_wudgey]

looking good mate i do like the rims!!

[88ESR]

Looks the biz!

Nice one...:thumb:

[Rysee]

Hopefully the back will get lower with my camping gear and might put my mate in the boot

[milko96]

When you doing the C16 swap bud?

[Rysee]

When you doing the C16 swap bud?

Possibly starting next weekend, need to take delivery of my new push bike 1st though, I hate walking to work

[milko96]

Haha yeah cant fault ya!

Started mine last wkend, should be done except for the rad, by tomorrow.

Good luck with it.

[Rysee]

Really thinking of selling, off to my credit union to see the health of my savings for a new motor

[scott.parker]

Humm if the price was right and not silly i would consider buying it....maybe..

Scott

[Plug]

break it lol interior my way haha

[Rysee]

Scott & Jimbo, I probably would put the standard stuff back on and keep the parts I want, I have been looking(every 2 seconds) at an SR on ebay but my insurance company want to take me from £67pm to £147 which is mental so I'll do some thinking

[scott.parker]

I would only buy the car IF it's as it is dude.. Sorry.

[Rysee]

I would only buy the car IF it's as it is dude.. Sorry.


I could be tempted, Pm me an offer sometime

[milko96]

Sell for an SR.... why? Loons have far more character than the hatch and I thought you were fitting a C16 so it would be quicker too...?

[Rysee]

Sell for an SR.... why? Loons have far more character than the hatch and I thought you were fitting a C16 so it would be quicker too...?


I just think i'll have it off the road for a fair while doing it myself, I have most of the parts but a mk1 SR was just tempting

This loon every time i start to enjoy it something small and niggly goes wrong with it. It hasn't given me anywhere near the pleasure to drive my old 1.2spi hatch gave me and that never gave me any trouble

[Rysee]

Managed to see my engine today for the first time since it arriving in the dark, bad pics cause it was raining
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[milko96]

Get it chucked in bud, you wont regret it.

[Rysee]

Get it chucked in bud, you wont regret it.

How long did it take you?

[Rysee]

Started my fist audio install today, I have a crafty plan for these which should fit the style of the loon. Vibe SEK60. No powertools were used in thr making of these... gay. Would have saved a good while

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Still got the tweaters to put in as we were stuck for time

[scott.parker]

Humm, good efforts, lol

[milko96]

How long did it take you?

20 hrs in total, but I spread it over 2 weekends as I dont use my loon during wk so didnt 'have' to get it done.

[Rysee]

Humm, good efforts, lol


Come on Scott no power tools haha, and they will be hidden


Milko - I realised before not having a car seriously affects your summer. So i'll probs do it september time. Handy as my insurance is up start of oct and i can take a new policy with 2 years NCB rather then cancelling this one and getting one with 1 years NCb

[milko96]

Come on Scott no power tools haha, and they will be hidden


Milko - I realised before not having a car seriously affects your summer. So i'll probs do it september time. Handy as my insurance is up start of oct and i can take a new policy with 2 years NCB rather then cancelling this one and getting one with 1 years NCb

Yeah good call, give you time to get it all painted up n shiney! ;) lol

[Rysee]

Yeah and take it's welding virginity

[AlexW]

What has got to be welded then?

[Rysee]

Front panel and a patch in my battery tray :(