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So after having this (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134101) sitting in the garage for 6 months I decided it was about time to do something with it :p
Main focus at this stage is to get the shell done nicely ready for any future updates to the engine/running gear etc, similar plans to my last one in that it will be a summer daily runner most likely (while I'm earning full time off uni) and then get put away for the winter so the diesel can do it's workhorse duties. Obviously depends on insurance etc though.
Anyways, today I took all the panels off the front end, got the wire wheel out and started inspecting for nasties, theres a lot of surface rust thats been painted over on the front end, but most of it seems very solid indeed, and the only major bit is this:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/02042010035.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/02042010034.jpg
Which needs welding up, which I planned to do today since I have a welder now.. but forgot I've still yet to buy a grinder lol
Started cleaning seams up for stitch welding too:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/02042010036.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/02042010037.jpg
Whole bay is going to be repainted yellow, but given it's a goer more than a shower I'm going to prep it up the best I can and rattle can it. That was it for today, was out chasing prospective jobs for summer this morning so didn't get much time on it!
Oh and if you could keep the generic keep it up etc replies to a minimum :p my last project thread was 2 pictures for every 6 pages of "well done" lol
dj_wudgey
02-04-10, 09:00 PM
nice mate are you puting sr gear back on as it should be ha ha?
nice mate are you puting sr gear back on as it should be ha ha?
Was waiting for you to infiltrate lol
Simply put, no :p It's been hacked about, resprayed, barried up and stripped down, to me it's just a shell. However I love my SR's and it's a mk1 and will be staying that, so it'll be going SR styling outside, performance inside. Will be looking at getting a bodyshop to put a textured bottom half on it with a yellow strip in it, to carry the styling of body mouldings without actually having the mouldings, as I'd rip them off again when I went looking for a car diet lol
puss puss
02-04-10, 09:04 PM
keep it up!
what engine is going into this one then?
what did you use to clean up the seams for seam welding i got a wheel attachment on my angle grinder will that do? :)
1.6 8v for now, after that I'm not sure but 130bhp-ish at least will be an aim and that would be a nice free revving C16XE, ideally 180ish would be perfect and I fancy a turbo build if funds permit...
Used a wire wheel attachment on a drill, takes a while as one of the previous owners has put a layer of what looks like seam sealer on it :( I hate seam sealer! :mad:
dj_wudgey
02-04-10, 09:08 PM
glad its at least going to look like a sr ha ha!
Thought I'd actually update with something, although lack of funds has stopped progress for a while, thought recently I should get a spec down on paper so I know what I need to finish it etc so here it is:
Engine
Hmmm :)
Internal fuel lines possibly?
Interior
Internal shifter, carbon fibre tube?
2x Cobra Imola 2 bucket seats
TRS yellow harnesses
GSi dash with metal removed as much as possible
Carbon fibre blanking panels
Momo wheel
Stripped down doors
Stripped down loom, possibly brand new remake
Bigass fire extinguisher to scare passengers with
Drivetrain
Fsomething :) standard hubs etc
Stud and nut conversion
Rosejoint linkage
Speedline Corse 2118 wheels
Exterior
Standard SR bumpers in upol dark grey
Painted lower half with SR style strip
Fibreglass panels added later
Polycarbonate windows bolted/bonded on to save weight on rubber seals
Carbon fibre sunroof blank
Single wiper
Standard glass top tint windscreen
Chassis/Suspension
Custom cages cage
Turreted rear
Strengthened suspension mounts on beam
Harness bar if required for TRS harnesses (kit car ones are cheaper :p)
Quick rack with polybushed or alloy mounts
Plated arms
Lowered tie bar brackets for anti dive characteristics
Gaz GHA coilovers ~50mm drop depending how the arms etc line up will be aiming for toe in on bump
Polybushed arms and tie bars
Spherical bearing eccentric top mounts
Braking
256 front brakes
Standard rear drums
Corsa pedal/mc or possibly a pedal box, haven't decided what I'd prefer yet
New internal lines, not yet decided whether kunifer or braided
craig green
07-09-10, 05:17 PM
Spec is pretty sensible mate. I didnt realise you had a thread up, as empty as it is. :p
Did you ever buy a grinder? lol
Spec is pretty sensible mate. I didnt realise you had a thread up, as empty as it is. :p
Did you ever buy a grinder? lol
Yeah nothing too mad, but a decent base for later improvements, with the bits I already have I think it's around £1400 to get it done with the 8v in. It's pretty empty because of lack of money, granted I could have stripped the paint off of the bay/underside etc and got it in primer but having an empty shell in a messy garage and no money isn't the greatest of motivators.
I did indeed! about £23 through work with discount lol I may well stitch a couple of seams etc and get the engine bay welding done before I go away to uni but the diesel needs work on it too, and I need to sort out the new alloys for the diesel to get the speedline corse ones off it with my nice new-ish KU31's on!
craig green
07-09-10, 07:07 PM
Glad to hear you are going back to Uni mate, you mentioned jacking it in?
Glad to hear you are going back to Uni mate, you mentioned jacking it in?
Yeah I thought I'd failed a resit which would have meant an(other) extra year, so had a few options lined up, but by some miracle I passed it, no idea how but not gonna question it! lol
craig green
07-09-10, 07:26 PM
Damn right! Well done.
More loans for Nova bits hey?
I wish, barely covers rent! Hoping working one day a week will pay for the nova bits, well enough to get it done by the tail end of the show season next year (insurance renewal/1ncb is on 3rd july so can't do the beginning probably). Supposedly my Dad pays for anything else I need that my loan doesn't cover for uni, but he works it out to the penny and then obviously I need other things that aren't thought about... so this year I plan to make note of everything I buy etc so I'm not out of pocket over it like the last 3 years, so hopefully I should be able to build the nova this year, rather than breaking one and selling parts off it to pay for uni!
Those seams always go. They are nightmares.
Those seams always go. They are nightmares.
Other than it is very clean, tiny bits on the arches on one side and seems to be a little rust lurking in the front end as the tow eye came off on one side on Lynz and Dougies flatbed but I'll make sure it's all sorted before it comes out to play. :)
Good stuff man. Well done on passing the Uni test though.
The Simps
07-09-10, 11:24 PM
Havn't you finished this yet? :p
dj_wudgey
08-09-10, 12:38 AM
yea mate made any progress!!
Havn't you finished this yet? :p
Haven't you even bloody started yours yet? lol 16 hour days and about £400+ of mine alone went into that and you fanny off to america instead, shameless :p
dj_wudgey
08-09-10, 12:43 AM
lol get him told lol!!!
The Simps
09-09-10, 02:08 AM
Bad news, just booked a flight to go back again in October! lol
nova_saloon
09-09-10, 02:39 AM
its in my signiture no need to say more
Edit: just realised im not a member anymore (due to reaching paypal limit lol) so i dont have a signiture anymore, so fail on my part, But it was Mustard FTW but still mustard is win so make sure it gets done :D
Bad news, just booked a flight to go back again in October! lol
You big homo.
Might get something done on this before I go away if I finish the 20pt list I have to do on the diesel lol Thinking get the bay in primer or something, but I'll have to give it a quick coat of white or something to keep the moisture out so not sure atm!
Well with a large ish pile of dosh next to me at the moment and good prospects of a decent cage to appear, progress is again a possibility :) Will probably clean up some seams again tomorrow and start stitching around the engine bay
Once the main hoop of the cage is in and front triangulation is done, the bay can be sprayed up etc, and the engine shoved in, which means a lot more room to move in the garage and I can the concentrate on building things up again, as well as the front end of the car basically being finished.
May well be dropping the spec to get it back on the road, as I'm seriously missing having a proper car to play in. Things can always be improved once it's on the road and with the derv around taking it off the road for a few days is not an issue once its running.
The Simps
27-12-10, 11:38 PM
Bout f@cking time we saw some progress...
Bout f@cking time we saw some progress...
Don't you bloody start you massive pansy, your designs been done for nearly a year now! Should have bloody finished it
Bout f@cking time we saw some progress...
Yeah, says the man that's not touched his in ages...
The Simps
28-12-10, 04:24 PM
:roll:
Yeah, says the man that's not touched his in ages...
LOLz lol lol
So today I did some mincing (which is a hell of a lot more than simps has done recently:p) apparently it's a bank holiday which means BOC don't answer their phones the lazy fecks. So no welderage :(
Someone a while ago commented I had a huge garage to work in, think it was Benn, so I thought I'd take a pic to show the true situation, it'd be alright if we didn't need to store anything!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/28122010278.jpg
I decided to do a simps inspired ride height mincing shot, also with some gratuitous "look how shiny it is after being sat for a year" thrown in. No chance of low and slow with this one:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/28122010279.jpg
Does mean I can get underneath it to cover myself in ****e 20 year old underseal though.
And started removing the rear beam with my new favourite tool:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/28122010280.jpg
Then realised there's nowhere for it to go really, and it's not a priority atm, once the roll cage is sorted and engine in it can sit at the back of the car where the engine/gearbox is atm.
Fixed some problems with the welder ready for tomorrow and cleaned up some seams ready for welderage, thought I'd get some practice in on an old bonnet and my hobby bottle promptly karked it as soon as the welder arced for the first time, so tidied some stuff around etc (then made a mess) Came back in to check out welder spares and gas, and some rollcage infos/CDS stock etc.
Tomorrows plans are to do what I planned to do today lol
edit: oh yeah I found some rust, so need to get some sheet metal too.
edit again: also found nasty rustiness and cracking around the tow eye, so shall investigate that one I have some cutting discs.
The Simps
28-12-10, 05:49 PM
Good work Mark. Quality mince.
Danelle
29-12-10, 11:50 PM
looking good, keep up the good work mate!
Tidy the garage up dude. No way do you need everything that is currently there and I don't believe everything has a home. Get some stuff up in the rafters and on the walls. It makes the world of difference.
tbh the garage has been through various tidy up's and has slowly got better, but basically all of the shelving is used by my dad hoarding crap, and I get the work bench, that pic was taken half way through the day and I do work in a pretty messy style, pick something up and drop it behind me to grab the next tool etc lol There's a lot of space in there and not a lot of free space :p
Currently setting fire to things and melting some metal :thumb: Pigeon **** was not the order of the day surprisingly, although first welds were not brilliant, getting better now but I think the wire feed needs a look, it's skipping around a bit. Also seem to be between settings for the best weld, they're sitting up a tad high atm so I'd rather up the volts a bit and move quicker, but it then starts to get a bit too much penetration. I am on the lookout for a smoother machine, but there's not much available atm.
Pics later :)
At a quick glance I can see scores of shelves that are bearly being used! lol
Todays progress!
After a late start running around for supplies and fixing a leaky garage roof, I cracked on with the welder, was going to repair the holes behind the strut tops first, but I couldn't stop goggle steaming up while grinding, was too cold, and after catching a metal fleck in the eye a while ago I didn't fancy the look away and hope method. So stitched up a couple of seams, destroyed a bonnet first for a bit of practice/get welder settings right:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010284.jpg
Then moved onto the strut tops, first bit of welding is pretty shaky tbh as the strut tops are actually thicker than panels it seems, so was readjusting settings etc:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010285.jpg
Seam down the leg is pretty acceptable and all of them should be strong if not pretty.
This is pretty messy but I'm not sure of a better way to do it, checked out chris astleys build thread for any seams I might have missed and to check his technique on this spot, but the engine bay wasn't welded in any of his pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010286.jpg
I think it may be better to just blow through or grind back the overlapping sheet off of the strut top, back to where the metal is a little closer? Other than that it's building up like I've done here.
Moved onto a nice easy bit as it was already wire wheeled back and time was getting short:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010287.jpg
Much nicer welds here, and decent penetration:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010288.jpg
But towards the O/S the welder started to feed badly, hence the lack of smoothness and the skippy penetration so I called it a day there. Temperature in the garage drops pretty fast past 5ish and I'm out at 7 too with dinner to sort yet.
So I set down my colour coded welding helmet:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010289.jpg
And the courier came with my nova repair kit!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/30122010283.jpg
Have my eye on a new welder which is beefy enough to cope with thicker sheet for cage plates etc, and should have a better wire feed so see what happens there, but for now the snap on 130 is more than good enough to crack on with on thinner stuff and simple seams. :)
Hopefully get a fuller day in tomorrow
edit: just noticed how out of focus those pics are, it does actually make the welds look worse not better somehow :/
Good mincing....
Pic1) Blowing through - power to high for that particular gauge steel
Pic3) Pooliness - by the looks of it youve been moving in the wrong "motion" so to speak. Imagine the glow plug light on your TD Nova, move in a motion that looks like that "coil" kinda thing, gradually working your way across the workpiece.
If your bridging a gap or seam (in this case, chassis leg) get a hammer & cold chisel or bolster an smack the seam down so its a close as it can be to its adjoining panel.
Pic4) Looks like your starting to get there with your welder now son.
On another note, a SnapOn 130Amp should easily be capable of even thicker gauge steel work so I thinks your feed must be royally funked :(
The below is 3mm mild steel, 130amp welder, speed of 6.5 gas reg on 6, running on setting 2 & High (high ampage - max output)
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/The%20knacker/IMG00059.jpg
The blow through was semi intentional btw, turn the power up see how it welds, when it blows through drop it back down again, like I say it was sort of between settings for optimum weldage really so I picked the lower one and moved a bit slower.
It's capable for sure, it was running on 1-min or 1-max there I think, the wire feed is not as good as it could be but it does work rather well tbh, but if I'm going to be using it a lot I see it as worthwhile to pick up something a little better and have the capacity to do up to 5-6mm with a bit of V grooving etc. My main issue is the feed skipping around a bit, it's on an all new liner torch etc but just doesn't seem to want to know about feeding consistently. I'm looking at a clarke 160tm atm which has the same feed as the 200+amp clarkes, which I've used before and it was bloody lovely to weld with tbh.
Got the motion down really, tbh that was me being a bit lazy and trying to fill bits I can't see etc as well, smacking the seam down so it meets would have been 100x easier, why didn't I think of that!
Good advice Mike,Mk i welded my bay up fine with a clarke 90amp welder so summat's not right.Further to what mike said,i keep my welding pool "pooling" by doing C imagine going CCCCCCCC CCCCCCCC if that makes any sense???
You'll pick it up,theyre not bad for a 1st attempt.
The blow through was semi intentional btw, turn the power up see how it welds, when it blows through drop it back down again, like I say it was sort of between settings for optimum weldage really so I picked the lower one and moved a bit slower.
It's capable for sure, it was running on 1-min or 1-max there I think, the wire feed is not as good as it could be but it does work rather well tbh, but if I'm going to be using it a lot I see it as worthwhile to pick up something a little better and have the capacity to do up to 5-6mm with a bit of V grooving etc. My main issue is the feed skipping around a bit, it's on an all new liner torch etc but just doesn't seem to want to know about feeding consistently. I'm looking at a clarke 160tm atm which has the same feed as the 200+amp clarkes, which I've used before and it was bloody lovely to weld with tbh.
Got the motion down really, tbh that was me being a bit lazy and trying to fill bits I can't see etc as well, smacking the seam down so it meets would have been 100x easier, why didn't I think of that!
Oh right ok I understand now lol
By the sounds of it youve got the exact same issue as what happened to my old welder! I changed as much as I possibly could on that an still never got it to work properly :S
lol just **** the seams as close together as you can get them else youll be back tracking most of the day by just doing filling out welds.
Yeah it did take ages tbh and it's pretty messy, I may grind it out yet as it's right on display too, it'll only annoy the **** out of me lol there's a chance it's not made good contact either tbh as it's done sort of semi blind half the time, aiming under the seam with a bit of weldage lol
edit: re the feed issue I think it's just a cheap hobby welder 'thing' they normally have low powered motors feeding through plastic liners (can't get steel for the snap on ones!) into bad torches with not so good feed mechanisms etc. The Clarke I'm looking at like I say is the lowest model to have a 'semi professional grade feed mechanism' if you like, used one before and it was really nice.
Have a look at the Clarke 135TE & 151TE
Both very good value for money.
yeah the 151TE is the same as the 160TM/TE that I have my eye on basically, looking at 2nd hand though so it's basically see whats for sale and then look them up, rather than other way round lol
Someone a while ago commented I had a huge garage to work in, think it was Benn, so I thought I'd take a pic to show the true situation, it'd be alright if we didn't need to store anything!
Pfft more room than i have, just tidy up.
The Simps
30-12-10, 07:13 PM
Good work homo.
On my old clarke 110 jobby I used to run it on "High" and setting "2" then just adjusting the weld to suit. On all those chassis seams I wouldnt even need to pulse, just turn up the feed and move along. I was always told make sure you're pointing the heat to the thickest part and push the weld along.
Count Vaux Alot
30-12-10, 07:17 PM
I thought you said you were good at welding lol seriously though well done for getting something done, keep at it and you will get there in the end.
Count Vaux Alot
30-12-10, 07:19 PM
Pfft more room than i have, just tidy up.
I can vouch for that!
these bad workmen lol...............
I thought you said you were good at welding lol seriously though well done for getting something done, keep at it and you will get there in the end.
Cheeky ******* lol first hour I've spent welding on proper gas by myself bar being outside in wind with 4lpm coming out of a hobby bottle and pigeon ****ting my diesel together for the MOT lol Tacked bits together before a mate welded round them before now but that's about it (he's very **** hot at welding so I was hands off for that) but I'm picking it up alright, the wire feed is very skippy on that welder I think, it welds spot on for a second and then not and then comes back again, which means going back over bits etc, picking it up more than fast enough to be happy with though and I generally ask a lot of myself with things like this, expect to be able to do it before I start lol
The taster session at uni gave a lot of confidence tbh, seeing how others were managing and being asked where I'd been taught to weld was giving the ego a 4 course meal and afters lol I've actually still got the g clamp I made somewhere I'll have to get a pic of it, left half the welds bare as I was pleased with them and ground half flat to see how the penetration/strength was
Not sure I'll be up to doing the cage by the time it comes to that, but we'll see, I'll be making sure I'm confident welding in awkward angles etc on test pieces and find some way to test the strength of them accurately before I commit to it, if it means getting someone to weld it up for me then that's what it takes, I can always profile and tack it all and just pay a welder to buzz round it when I'm done which wouldn't be a major set back, I'd love to be able to say I pretty much designed/installed/finished the cage myself though, got an entire shells worth of thin steel to practice on before I get to play with nice thick bits of tube :d
these bad workmen lol...............
Lol perfectly timed just as I'm writing out a post about the wire feed on my welder lol It's not that good, honest!
Then i stand by what i said,i say its a case of user error,nothing else.Seriously,the welder should not "spit" all over the place,id say its inexperience.
Dont waste money buying a higher powered welder,pay someone to do it.Sounds harsh,but thats how it is.
Actually the snap on 130's are well known for their poor wire feed (Limplamp has also owned one and will agree with me on this, you also can't replace the poor plastic liner with a metal on) and I can weld acceptably with a higher powered (still hobby grade) clarke and also whatever multi thousand pound machine they had at uni, the large amount of practice welding on that bonnet is mostly fine tuning the wire feed speed and playing about with it to see what effect it had, and you can tell when using it that the feed is slowing/hear the motor straining.
I'm not saying I'll buy a different welder and I'll suddenly be able to weld like James, but I should certainly be able to produce the kind of welding that's around the steering rack mounts more reliably.
I would rather pay out for the kit and gain a lifetime skill than just give up at the first hurdle and pay someone else to do it.
There are certain things that I am not particularly good at so I do see what you're saying, I have been handed one of the best devilbiss spray guns money can buy and I made a sandpaper effect with it and found it very unintuitive and difficult to use, which is why I have this shell rather than having another go at painting my previous. Hands in the air, I can't paint for ****, I can spray up some mirror caps with aerosols without it going to bollocks, but I'd never attempt a full car again, at least not soon, I'd be willing to be taught starting on scrap panels first, can even teach me with a £25 halfords gun if you like, as long as it doesn't spit paint out like a machine gun :p
There is a point where an average workman needs good tools to do a job to a good standard, I also have no doubt James could make a sealed pressurised container with my snap on 130, but I bet he'd rather deal with one that feeds wire reliably, if my eyes don't deceive me it's an oxford unit he's using in Benns thread, well known for being one of the best and looking at the size around £400-500 2nd hand?
Count Vaux Alot
31-12-10, 10:31 AM
Hook, line..... lol
The welders a migatronic btw
Migatronic I'm not familiar with, must be good, like high end audio. 'audiophile' tells you the best amp maker etc and most of the time you go "who? :tard:" lol
Anyway! Progress, not a full day as I had planned but it's all good none the less. Or at least not a full day on the car, this morning at 7am (:eek:) I set off to pick up the new welder! Guy selling it works from home and had a conference call at 10 after which he was heading up north for a few days, so I had to go up early this morning, expecting M25 traffic, got back and checked it all over etc, only been used for a few hours apparently and does look it too! Reeled off a load of rusty mig wire and cracked on for a few hours :d
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/31122010294.jpg
This was much tidier and easier with the seams bashed down a tad (cheers Mike!) although still hard to weld as you have <1.0mm sheet laid on top of 1.5-2mm for the strut tops, and then a thick chunky bit of chassis leg underneath, came out alright though. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/31122010295.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/31122010296.jpg
Weld weld! Decided to start off in the less important bits and get used to the new welder, has a much longer neck so controlling the tip is a little 'quicker' than with the other welder.
And for all the doubters and haters I promised myself I'd crack out a bit of acceptably 'pretty' welding lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/31122010297.jpg
And just the right amount of penetration :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/31122010298.jpg
Need to do the repair behind strut tops tomorrow I think, and finish off the front end seams, taken far too long over it. After that I think I'll carry on chasing seams, starting with chassis legs and moving back.
Your weldings definetly getting there now by the looks of it sonlips :)
pikey1986
31-12-10, 06:05 PM
getting their pal, i only use a clarke 90amp jobbie and get some great welds out of the fukker
Your weldings definetly getting there now by the looks of it sonlips :)
The Clarke is honestly so much nicer to weld with! Loose contact tip worried me for a bit but soon chucked the scabby ****er and got a new one in there nice and tight and all was good, not sure if it's the 'done thing' but I'm finding welding on the very edge of the weld pool in a zig zag motion to spread the heat is working better with this, where it didn't feel comfortable at all on the snap on. Also keeps the arc beautifully stable that way :)
Sneaky edits: Forgot the obligatory "new welder" shot :p And looking at that, sweeping leaves out is first job tomorrow...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/MK999/Nova/31122010299.jpg
Count Vaux Alot
31-12-10, 09:25 PM
Good work.
^thats the next model up from the one Ive got here. Good piece of kit them.
dj_wudgey
02-01-11, 08:41 PM
good work matey nice to see this coming along!! shame its not going to be standard though lol
good work matey nice to see this coming along!! shame its not going to be standard though lol
The main aim of this project is to make you actually cry when I take a grinder to it.
good work matey nice to see this coming along!! shame its not going to be standard though lol
Yours aint standard lol
Nice work,much better,although im still not convinced until i see a nick/break test lol (joke) lol
Yours aint standard lol
Nice work,much better,although im still not convinced until i see a nick/break test lol (joke) lol
As much as this would obviously please Wudjey I'd like to avoid the break tests lol
Edit: Wasn't actually gonna update it but since Wudjey bumped it dry humping what my V5 says I may as well.
Not much worth saying really but I cleared/tidied the garage a bit, now lacks leaves and has a little more space to walk round it, got a parrafin heater working so it's now a tad warmer, but still needs ventilating so door has to be open a bit so it still got too cold to be grinding with goggles on by about 5ish, but I did manage to clean up more seams to be welded and cut out the rusty metal for the strut top repair. Will experiment tomorrow with various garage door opening widths and their relevance to the warmth, may have to take the budgie in with me to test for good air lol
I was in my garage at -3 earlier (6pm-9pm). No heating and it's over 100ft away from the house.
Man up! Bloody southeners! lol
I don't have an issue with the cold, tbh I barely seem to feel it, I was out in a shirt and thin overalls, it just means goggles etc steam up and make it near impossible to work, even tried heating them but it doesn't last long lol It's not even the design of them, as they're not steaming on breath. Tested this taking deep breaths and they steam up no faster, apparently my eyes sweat a lot lol
My Bono style safety glasses were steaming to. Just wipe them and dive in! The grinder sparks illuminate the working area anyway. lol
All jokes aside though, it is ****ing cold. it doesn't affect me too much, but seeing my breath all of the time - and it not dispersing pisses me off. lol
Washing up liquid and water on a sponge,wash insides of goggles (foam NOT FLOOD lol),wipe off with dry kitchen roll.Works for longer than not doing owt at all.
^used to do that on my JT Mask when paintballing, worked a treat TBH.
I only needed to make two incisions to mount me oil cooler but will remember that for next time Andy. :thumb:
/Spam.
My Bono style safety glasses were steaming to. Just wipe them and dive in! The grinder sparks illuminate the working area anyway. lol
All jokes aside though, it is ****ing cold! lol
Yeah I was doing this for a bit, but working under the car and looking up towards fluoro lights I couldn't see ****, did all I could and got to that point and said bollocks to it lol Tomorrow is the last day I've given myself 'off' from uni, so I'll be aiming to finish the front end welding. After that I'm hoping to be able to motivate myself into doing double time on uni stuff, so following my uni timetable and doubling the lecture lengths to catch up on what I missed last term off ill with the latest ******* virus that took a liking to me. so my last 4 weeks off becomes 8 of uni time, which should be enough to get me up to speed hopefully.
So only be working on this in the evenings if my little heater shows some promise, and maybe give myself an hour on it after a working lunch and obviously sundays.
You have the immune system of an 8/80 year old female. lol
TBH the weather is one of the main reasons Ive not even touched my other Corsa lol still not even got round to moving it into its new home full of rally cars LOL just CBA :(
But working on the other side of the country Monday to Friday doesnt help either :( :(
You have the immune system of an 8/80 year old female. lol
This is true, this year I was actually fine until I caught a virus that wiped out 3/4 of the uni for 2/3 weeks though lol I have crap luck too :p
And pff you get 2 days a week off Mike, Ill only be getting one (same as when I'm at uni :p)
dj_wudgey
02-01-11, 10:27 PM
Yours aint standard lol
Nice work,much better,although im still not convinced until i see a nick/break test lol (joke) lol
you know what i mean a little bit like 40's and that but i hate it when engines get changed ect ect!! the body has to look standard though lol
and ill not cry over it lol will be good to see it done though!!!
I've actually decided against the grey sides tbh, I like it without just as much as with and paying out to have it done properly (or even paying for aerosols) since I don't mind either way isn't worth it, money can be better spent elsewhere when I get it!
dj_wudgey
02-01-11, 10:50 PM
well each to thier own! what engine you going with still the 1.6 16v?
Bit late in the day but notice you were trying to see how Chris tackled that area round the turret. Found a small pic from when he did my car for future reference.
Edit - can't get picture to work from my phone. On first page in my turbo project thread in my sig.
I wish I could weld properly, had a go on the MR2 but couldn't bring myself to do it on the Nova!
Totally missed both replies somehow, cheers for the pic Lee, it looks like he's battered (although skillfully and evenly like you wouldn't even notice) the seam down like Mike said.
Possibly looking at another engine option atm which should work out pretty well :)
Recent progress has been slow as I decided to fix the list of things wrong with the daily, it's been limping for a while and it's only going to build up/cause more issues if it's left.
The Simps
19-01-11, 10:33 PM
Sh1t excuse. If you've got time to make 2hr 40min boom boom mixes u can get your welder out.
Sh1t excuse. If you've got time to make 2hr 40min boom boom mixes u can get your welder out.
Ah but that was made up to 1/2 11 after I'd finished a day doing other things, no gas in the heater atm so can't do anything late as everything steams up/condensates. Will be getting a butane bottle tomorrow so daily can be done during the day and mustard in the evenings :thumb:
Sh1t excuse. If you've got time to make 2hr 40min boom boom mixes u can get your welder out.
Pot kettle saying black?
The Simps
19-01-11, 10:49 PM
I dont get anywhere near the freetime of these student boys ;)
Heaters! Pftt.
I dont get anywhere near the freetime of these student boys ;)
Heaters! Pftt.
Required to actually work, rather than for comfort lol
The daily demands attention! :( It's been trying to blow it's battery up for ages, is losing about a litre of oil every couple of weeks, and has a bearing that rattles around by about 2-3 degress lol and that's just the start of it :p
Change of plans due to placement at engine rebuilding company, engine first er, rest of the build later, unless it's needed to run the engine lol I will probably sort the cage though as that means I can paint the bay etc and leave what goes in there, in there!
Have some different plans for it but need to see what can be pulled off at what cost first, single TB with trick inlet, carbs, TB's and turbo are all possibilities!
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