removing firewall

[saloonwoody]

pro's n cons , whos done it , how and why ?

pic whore away lol

[let_nova]

looks tidy but IMO to make it look the best put the battery in the boot and run AX wiper setup. just to clear the crap out there

[wwmnw]

My mate did this so he could put the bigger trumpets on his throttle bodies, does look tidy.

[Benn]

I don't think it looks that tidy.

Con, if you still run the fan, your sucking every smell and gas in to the car from the engine bay.
Con, to do it right you need to remove the very good working wiper set up for something crap.
Con, for it to look nice you need to move the battery.

[Edd]

unless you need to take it out whats the point ?

looks gash imo and ruins the look of the nova bay.

[that farmer]

i chopped the lot out on myn it was semi cut out when i got the car so i thort sod it its goin! i had an ax wiper linkage sitting about, so it was done using an anglegrinder

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss96/crazyfarmer_2009/Jeremy14009.jpg
this is haw it was when i got it, it had been cut out to allow for xe air intake


http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss96/crazyfarmer_2009/Jeremy14014.jpg
then i cut it all away and welded up the hole's for heater and heater matrix pipes, reloccated battery to the boot now my bay looks like this


http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss96/crazyfarmer_2009/Jeremy143004.jpg
sorry the pics are turd

http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss96/crazyfarmer_2009/Jeremy143005.jpg

[Iain]

I don't remember why I ended up removing mine, but it makes the bay seem big roomier which is nice.

I drilled the spotwelds out but realised there wasn't a lot of point and used an angle grinder. Then stitch welded it together.

[Edd]

i think it a good thing to do for a track car if you blank off the heater blower vent as i would keep temp down in the bay.

But if you decided to do it then dont like the engine fumes inside the car your pretty fooked really. lol

[The Simps]

I'm with Benn on this one. I relocated stuff and smoohed it and I think it looks great as you can then use your scuttle cover to hide the ugly bits and keep the exposed bits looking smooth and simple...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Nova%20Coupe%20Project/22-06-095.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Nova%20Coupe%20Project/6400_103241932738_710152738_2133145.jpg


I then had to sadly remove mine as a matter of space for my conversion...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Nova%20Coupe%20Project/26-11-092.jpg

[Al3x]

i want to do this to have longer trumpets on the tb's too. just wondering how the best way to do it... cut it flush with the bottom piece and weld the seam?

[MattBrown]

Cheesus that looks serious, no turrets?? Shesshhhhh lol

[The Simps]

Cheesus that looks serious, no turrets?? Shesshhhhh lol

Read the project thread mate, tis only the beginning! lol

[Al3x]

Read the project thread mate, tis only the beginning! lol

i think 90% of people on here have subscribed to that build thread lol :thumb:

[MattBrown]

i think 90% of people on here have subscribed to that build thread lol :thumb:



Must have slipped my beady eyes!

Link to thread?

[The Simps]

Must have slipped my beady eyes!

Link to thread?


http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?p=775669#post775669


I warn you its long and changes direction a fair bit! lol The 1st sentence on the 1st page makes me laugh now.

[alan b]

Must have slipped my beady eyes!

Link to thread?

that many posts and you havent seen his thread!?

[The Simps]

His post count will drop theis afternoon as he spends the next 5hrs reading to get up to date! lol

[Al3x]

lol took me ages to get to the latest point... what a read though :thumb:

[saloonwoody]

hmmm seems like a load of work to me lol methinks ill leave it where it is :)

[burgo]

get rid, it weighs to much.

also a corsa wiper is much better than the ax imo

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/19-07-07_1548.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/nova71.jpg

[mayhem]

I don't think it looks that tidy.

Con, if you still run the fan, your sucking every smell and gas in to the car from the engine bay.
Con, to do it right you need to remove the very good working wiper set up for something crap.
Con, for it to look nice you need to move the battery.

and while driving there's always cold air coming in through the heater.

[novaload1992]

looks a lot better IMO

[Benn]

and while driving there's always cold air coming in through the heater.

Wha? The matrix will heat it up...