C21XE running R1 carbs

[Cheeze]

Well guys after a fair few failed attempts to get a nova project finished, i Am eventually making some progress with this one!
I will update as much as i can but with wee one on way any day now, it may take a while to get going again

I bought the shell back in May 09 from a mate who had it dry stored for a few years, Along with it came some fresh painted cavalier slabs with wolfsburg stickers for some reason.

I had already started to collect most of the parts when i broke and stripped a rally car shell that i had, so i removed the cage from that with the intention of using it in this car now.

Originally i had intended to run a e16se, then it changed to a c16xe and then again to my now engine the 2.1 xe which had been newly rebuilt
with a alright spec of 2.1 rebore, head work, double valve springs and arp and a few other things, I then bought a set of R1 carbs and a bp grassings manifold off of ebay, which included the dizzy for the xe, but i had already bought the mehajolt unit to run it on.

So on with the pics for the moment, and thanks for reading :thumb:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE5.jpg
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE136.jpg
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http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE137.jpg
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http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE8.jpg
I wanted to replicate this now that its been painted but not sure

But thats it for now till the next upload
Cheeze
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/[IMG]http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE136.jpg

[C2VXL]

Should sound good when going! Hope build goes well.

[LEWI007]

I like the painted on boot vinyl, might look better with black grab handle though.

[Cheeze]

Ok some more images of the next part of the transformation

Now once i had it up to my work shop i started to have a good prod about it for rot, we all know what like these things are like lol.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE7.jpg
The rear passengers corner
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE21.jpg
Usual hole in the boot corner a lot of novas seem to go here:wtf:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE23.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE10.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE9.jpg
Yet another bit under the scuttle panel
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE20.jpg
And the rear panel
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE22.jpg
Underside
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE24.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE29.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE25.jpg
THis is inside of the front panel, so i decided that i should change the full front end, just so it doesn't come back

[Cheeze]

Cheers for the replys guys, unfortunatly it never stayed this colour even though i would have loved to, its being built to be used, so white was the cheapest way to go lol

[Cheeze]

So following on with the front panel being rusty up it went on the 360 spit that we have
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE26.jpg
And start choppinglol
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE28.jpg
And more chopping
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE27.jpg
Front on eventually

Now once it was up on the spit we could look at the rusty spring seat at the rear
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE47.jpg
Not to good i think, but it plated up nicely, and all welded back up without a problem
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE48.jpg
Strengthing kit going on, used everything inc sump guard mounts incase i decide to use my guard i have

So i stripped all the underseal off of the underside and arches, what a bitch of a job and by god does it not go like silly string when you use a wire wheel on it :roll:

i Then red oxided the whole of the underside, arches and engine bay one all the welding had been done and dusted where we end up with this
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE36.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE35.jpg

I then used a few bags of 3M bag sealer on the rear arches at the panel joints
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE38.jpg

And the whole lot was topped off with a few tins of 3m black underseal

[peester]

wow look at that...
this shell didnt have anything to do with breeny?

[Cheeze]

No mate im up in Scotland and the shell was only 45min away from me.

How come?

[peester]

just looked like it was the same one; a project that never got started..
will look the bizz this mate, thanks to the spit

[Cheeze]

So during the time all this was going on i was buying parts and selling others

So after a wee pm i secured these from shaun o donnell ( yellow saloon fame!)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE60.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE135.jpg

Some ceseros with all 4 caps of stevie78 (k151rhs)
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE54.jpg
These will be painted white of black im not 100% yet

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE63.jpg
And my original engine i was going to use

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE68.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE118.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE68.jpg
And my new one ;)

And the fueling side
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE33.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE116.jpg
And the ignition side of it, megajolt which used (Cough)Ford(cough) edis ignition side with a 36-1 toothed wheel on the bottom pulley

[Cheeze]

Ah mate the Spit makes it so much easier to work on the underside of the car, its getting it onto the spit which is the problem as its a fair height off the floor, but a few guys and you can lift it in

[scott.parker]

Yeah im sure some one on here use to own that shell years ago, got it painted then did nothing with it etc..

Funny how most mk2's rot in the same place's like the behind dash, and rear inner wheel arch bits etc.

Looks like your on top of it tough dude, good luck with it.

Scott

[Cheeze]

How saying that maybe it is, as it used to be red and it had the metallic clapped on top, and my mate did get it from down the road someplace lol

[deanwilko]

love the colour.

[Cheeze]

Cheers Dean, but unfortunatly it didnt stay that colour

But some more pics i have

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P6130063.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P6130064.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P6130066.jpg
Some better ones of the carbs and inlet

So once all the welding was done i started on the cage, now i had to cut the door bars to get it out of the original shell, so we welded saddle brackets onto it so i could still have the use of it

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE11.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE12.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE59.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE58.jpg
And one of my seats that i won on ebay from nova rally

[Cheeze]

So with all the welding done that car was back on to the deck
and on with the panels to see what like everything lines up with the new front end
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE49.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE50.jpg
Pair of rust free doors i had from yet another failed project lol
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE51.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE52.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE69.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE71.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE71.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE74.jpg
And another one of my seats, these things are silly light, iirc around 25kg with the frames

[Graeme]

What are the centre caps on the slabs on the first page?

[Cheeze]

They are wolfsburg stickers mate, dunno why on a vaux as its a vw badge

[novalovingned]

Looking at those pictures makes me realise how far its come :d

[JordyzNova]

hello mate bike carbs are getting more popular now lol

[Cheeze]

So on with the updates, And i eventually get her painted been a long time coming for this, but with our wee boy being born two weeks ago not much is to happen for a while

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE109.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE114.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE129.jpg
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http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/C21XE112.jpg

[muzzy]

Congratulations on the new addition. Car looks really good, what are you using it for (sorry if already been said).

That last picture is really cool, both nice looking cars.

[Cheeze]

Going to be a weekend toy mate when i can use it, and once i get it running, it shouldnt take to long as i have most of the parts now.

[Vauxhall-Scotland]

Nice work, looks smart :thumb:

[stevie78]

lookin good m8

[puss puss]

motor looking sweet :D

[Cheeze]

Well bit of a time since a last update, since then i have had to cut out more from the inner leg to clear the altenator and also my trigger wheel for the mega jolt as it was a bit tight and would have caught with engine movement.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000595.jpg
Alos got my radiator fitted after waiting nearly a month from the supplier who had ordered a heater matrix first time round:wtf:
I then mounted my Frontera front mount fan which clears up a bit more room in the bay
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000858.jpg

I then set about mounting my cut off switch in the dash, so a bit of head scratching and i decided to mount it in the position switch for the heaters
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000859.jpg

Rear beam was put on also with rally design bushes once i got both as i ordered online thinking you got both to have one arrive at the door lol
along with some braided pipes to tidy the rear a bit, its only a temp beam as going to get one blasted depending if i run drums or discs as i have both
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000861.jpg
Next step was to get my cage in as it has to be in before the dash, so few bolts later and we have this
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000868.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000866.jpg
And at the end of the day carbs are on and the engine bay almost done
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000864.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/P1000862.jpg

[pikey1986]

looks amazing mate :thumb:

[Vauxhall-Scotland]

Nice :thumb:

[Cle]

Looks very clean :thumb:

[moffat]

agreed ^^^^^^^

[vaughanmc]

Very cool :)

[The Simps]

Cool project this.

[muzzy]

Looks brilliant, there's a nice collection of Nova's in that workshop lol

[vaughanmc]

How many are in there ? lol

[Cheeze]

emm, two nearly finished cars, one stripped shell, and a fullish nova lol

Eckas is the other one, on here as novalovingned

[muzzy]

Is that a Chevette I spy too in the background?

Sue and I were discussing scottishnovas the other day, is your old kitted Nova still alive?

[vaughanmc]

Scottish Nova's should open back up - I still have the link in my favourites lol

Get it done fella!!!

[muzzy]

Scottish Nova's should open back up - I still have the link in my favourites lol

Get it done fella!!!

Agreed!

That's how I met Sue :wtf: lol

[Cheeze]

lol, i wont be doing scottishnovas again, other things to worry about now.

Yeah its a chevette, boggo standard but i think its got a new home,

The last a saw of my old nova was on ebay, but had wide arches that silly bonnet and back to standard headlights, God thanks i have seen the errors of my ways lol.

[moffat]

agreed with vaughan, scottishnovas should come back

[vaughanmc]

Would draw in more members and get more 'Nova action' in Scotland I reckon :)

[muzzy]

I'm sure the name is available for whoever wants to re-open the site.

[novalovingned]

I'm sure the name is available for whoever wants to re-open the site.

On you go then mate, do another scottishnovas. lol

Cheeze:

Looking good mate, im down to the workshop friday night and saturday so i will drop that lugged cables dropped of to you. Get this beast fired up soon :d

[Cheeze]

Once i have a battery and a few other things bud, and we will get it fired up

[Cheeze]

Update time, but no pics at the moment, SHE RUNS!!!

After a bit of pissing about with misfires etc she burst into life, holding oil pressure good to, small oil leak from timing end someplace but i reckon its the rocker cover gasket, and shes a bit tappy lol

[novalovingned]

Tappy........ understatment :p Glad it went in the end. Flames had me jumping about once or twice lol

[Cheeze]

Well got a few hours into the car, managed to get the rest of the major stuff done and some minor stuff also

List so far left to do
fill brake system
get the exhaust sorted to have them mated up with original system
some bulbs to replace and thats about it

So now for some pics

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000914.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000913.jpg
Seats in and bolted up

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000915.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000916.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000917.jpg
And then the harnesses, both are out of date now, but thats doesn't matter for me :thumb:

So had a wee leak from the temp sensor so i popped it out, wrapped a bit of PTFE around it and began to tighten it up, thinking it was taken a while to actually tighten then snap i took the head right off of the sensor, needless to say a few choice words were uttered lol

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000910.jpg
The offending artical

So had to take the full thermostat housing off and drill out what was left with a drill, luckily it came out after a bit of pissing about.

Also got my lambda boss welded in for when we get the wideband in
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000909.jpg

And how i fitted my trigger wheel and pully
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000908.jpg

So then dicided to wheel her outside and take a few pics to, i think the back end is a bit high, its on a bilstien kit, B8 i think, so maybe -60 springs i think
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000920.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000921.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000922.jpg

And my messy bay lol
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1000923.jpg

[Will F]

Awesome build - you seriously need some track-like wheels though (after you have slammed the rear) :thumb:

[Cle]

looks sweet but white/silver seats ???? bound to get dirty lol

[Cheeze]

I have a set of ceseros to go on once they are painted and i get tyres, problem it i still have th elip son front and rear arches.

Yeah the grey seats, are going to get dirty, just have to make sure no overalls when your in the car, need as little clothes as poss anyway, those seats are tight lol

[Mazz]

looks sweet but white/silver seats ???? bound to get dirty lol

Just thinking the same!

Looks a nice build...

[Cheeze]

Would have loved black seats, but mah i have them, and its built to be used lol

[Mazz]

Oh well, they'll be black soon enough!!!!

[tom reid]

Car's a credit to you, lovely build.

[Cheeze]

Cheers Tom, been a long time since i had a car this far on.

[Cle]

I can get you some Sparco Rev's in black if your interested

[Cheeze]

Thanks for the offer Cle, but will be more money laid out which could be used for other things, just need to dye the fabric black lol

[Cheeze]

Well a step closer to having her finished, noticed when she was running that i had a bad oil leak from the timing side, so after a strip down i noticed the camshaft seals were seeping, so ordered a new set and have them fitted, just the timing to put back on now,

Also got the exhaust done, the brakes bled, and a set of -60mm springs from tony(cheers by the way)

So hoping for a wee test on thursday once i get some time to spend on her

[Cheeze]

Well im almost there now, after getting my oil leak sorted i balanced my carbs up, and got her running good. just got a small amount of playing about with the maps.

So i got my wheels back last week after being painted, so i got some tyres that will do a track day i had laying about and got them fitted just a balance needed now.

My dash is also being flocked this week by a lad who does it local to me so can get that fitted shortly, so had a itch to take it out after being persuaded my novalovingned so i had a short blast up the farm road and seems to be all running good. so anyway up with the images

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/camera27feb510.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/camera27feb509.jpg
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http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/camera27feb507.jpg

:thumb:

[mk1nova_rich]

Looking impressive now mate, just read through the whole thread :thumb: should go nicely with that engine :d

[scott.parker]

Glad to see it's still ongoing mate.

[add Fab Ltd]

Very nice work keep it up

[Cheeze]

Yeah shes a bit nippy with it lol, need to get a lsd i think eventually, but it will do for the now.

Going to try get a trackday sorted out this year (first one ever for me) lol

[nova ian]

Yeah shes a bit nippy with it lol, need to get a lsd i think eventually, but it will do for the now.

Going to try get a trackday sorted out this year (first one ever for me) lol

This is looking really good mate, Another white R1 carb'd trackday beast in need of an LSD like myself! lol lol

I'm also in the same boat as you with wanting to get on track this summer and it being my first time.

Great work mate. Car looks real smart

[stevie78]

lookin good m8 needs to go lower tho

[16v Nova Kev]

engine bay looks very good indeed.

[scorge01]

lookin good bud il have 2 come out for a rasp in it with you.

[Cheeze]

Stevie thats 60mm springs on the rear and billys on the front, dont want to go to low mind you.

LOL aye a rasp it will be, did you not hear me on sat up the road, amazed brian never came out

[alexgt]

got any vids of it running, nice project matey

[srs1]

only just read this from start to finish. very impressive work.

hope you enjoy the track day when you eventually book it.

[novalovingned]

Goes well and looks good mate, glad its almost there :thumb:

[Cle]

Looks well now :thumb: Hopefully see this some time this year :)

[Cheeze]

Well still not on the road yet, but getting married in 3 weeks time doesn't help the finances at the moment lol.

But ever since painting my wheels black i never likes the whole look of the inside of the arch being black also, so i popped out a tin on white and got brushing, got to admit it does look a lot better.

So started with this lot
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010504.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010503.jpg

And a few hours later ended with this
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010505.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010506.jpg

Also got my rocker cover painted and also sanded down the plug cover as i didnt like the writing on it since i got it.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010507.jpg

Also i few week ago i came across a thread on electrolosis rust removal, which basically uses an electrolyte solution ( water and soda crystals) and a low voltage power pack, battery charger would work but i have an adjustable pack

You connect the negitive terminal to the part you want de-rusted and the positive to a steel plate once powered up it starts to convert rust back to basic form, so i tried it on a set of brake calipers i had, this is without wire brushing with a machine, just a gentle rub by hand

My set up looks like this
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010525.jpg

And a before and in progress image
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010487.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010488.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/Cheeze1982/c21xe/P1010489.jpg

And you can see in the above images of the red calipers thats the ones i used

And also a link to the site http://www.rickswoodshopcreations.com/Miscellaneous/Rust_Removal.htm

[jonn]

good work, when fitting the trigger wheel is it possible for the crank shaft to be 180 degrees out? i have to fit my trigger wheel soon

[Cheeze]

As long as you set it a tdc first John, then work from there, how have you mounted your sensor

[jonn]

ok thanks, i seen the guide on autosport labs and was just making sure.

i have not mounted my sensor yet but here is the mount i am using, i just need to bolt a bracket to the engine then weld this mount on
http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/jonny057/SAM_0849.jpg

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/jonny057/SAM_0850.jpg