pip's mk2 gsi replica build

[nova_pipi]

hi all, i don't really do much posting on here but i thought i would start a project thread even though im a long way through the build now. At the start i had a 1.2 nova fun that i used as a daily driver with the plans to put in a 1.6 8v gte engine in that i had bought in 2008, i never got enough time though to put the engine in or was never able to insure it but as time went on each m.o.t came round and more work seemed to need to be done each time, heres how the car looked from the beginning to just before the project started
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/DSCF1031.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/DSCF1032.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/thebeast2.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/thebeast3.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/thebeast.jpg

The build started when i managed to get enogh time to do the build properly and take my time with it rather than rush it in a week and it not look as good as would have hoped, i bought nick j's old corsa that a few of you may recognise and used this as a daily and the nova went away into hiding to start the build, just a few pics of my new car and the nova
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics052.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics050.jpg

[nova_pipi]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics007.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics005.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics049.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics008.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics009.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics055.jpg
thanks for looking, ill post some more up later
phil

[Connor]

Look very nice phil, it is exactly the route i want to go down with mine.
What have you painted your bumpers, are they gloss or satin or something else?
Keep up the good work, shall be watching this one
Also love that corsa :cool:

[NovaLad]

Pippyy!!!!
Was over at Gordons yesterday he said you've had it all sprayed up in impreza blue now or something.

[brucer]

looking good, you still got my old exhaust on the nova? lol

[dj_wudgey]

nova and the corsa looking good matey!!

[brainsnova]

is there something wrong with the nova's drivers rear arch next to the light in the last pic or do i need glasses.

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments :) the bumpers were painted in gloss black to match the wheels but the whole car colour has changed now so everythings colour coded, ye iv still got the exhaust lol its going on my 1.6 engine now so should be even louder lol ye there was bad body work done on the rear arch it was just body filler that hadnt been sanded down properly due to lazy people :( i was going to ring you the other day tommy to see if you wanted to come up it looks alot different now to last time but looks well good i think :D

[andy_017]

Weres the pictures of some progress Pipi ?? :cool:

[Nick J]

Nice to see you have a thread up Pip, I see Rick's breaking his xe corsa ...... full conversion goodies for the black one? :)

Nick.

[Riggy]

lol come on pip , cant believe you havent put all yor pics on yet lol

looks mint now tough mate , you have dne a top job :thumb:

[nova_pipi]

im getting to it lol i dont really have enought ime to update, but i do now lol cheers karl i cant wait to get it on the road i miss it :( anyway, two weeks after id got the new car some one tried to steal it from outside my house one night, i woke up to both the doors being open :eek: so i immediatly got it up to a garage near by and the stripping then began, andy_017 ( the ginger one) came up and got the engine out with me before anything else was done
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics059.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics058.jpg
the last ones me doing a bit of a gurn lol
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/camerapics056.jpg
phil

[Graeme]

Come on Pip sort the Nova pictures out and not the ones of you doing your Saxo driver, moody stares face lol

[nova_pipi]

after this i bought two rust free wings, then after this i found out i had rusty sills so i had these replaced along with a few other bits that needed doing after i got it back i was going to do it on the cheap and fill all the sills my self then put my side skirts over them to hide any bits i did a bit rubbish but i decided to get a full respray instead and have some one whos better at body work than me to do it lol i just didnt know what colour. From this i started to strip the car fully
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0025.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0026.jpg
cleanish engine bay after the previous welding
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0029.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0030.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0044.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0043.jpg

[nova_pipi]

after this i went round asking body shops how much they would do the whole car for either just the outside or inside and out and the prices wernt much different so i decided it would be just as much work to do it a different colour so i decided on suzuki swift cobalt blue, and also decided to get the engine bay stitch welded incase i wanted to put an xe in eventually, so the car had the bay done and soon after went up to the body shop, i bought a new bonnet and tank off auzzie as i had a holy tank lol heres some pics of it at the body shop

[Pete]

after this i went round asking body shops how much they would do the whole car for either just the outside or inside and out and the prices wernt much different so i decided it would be just as much work to do it a different colour so i decided on suzuki swift cobalt blue, and also decided to get the engine bay stitch welded incase i wanted to put an xe in eventually, so the car had the bay done and soon after went up to the body shop, i bought a new bonnet and tank off auzzie as i had a holy tank lol heres some pics of it at the body shop

No pics mate? :confused:

[nova_pipi]

i no sorry, i couldn't get the pics up so i just saved the part id written but here are the pics now anyway :thumb:
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0078.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0077.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0076.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0075.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0080.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0079.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0082.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0081.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0083.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0086.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0087.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0084.jpg
these came two for the exhaust and all round :)
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/stripping/Photo0088.jpg

[auzzy-b]

Looks good pip! I see your using that cool bonnet.. looks familiar! lol you'll have to pm/txt me your address so I can come and have a nosey or give you a helping hand:)

[Benn]

Liked it more on the Pokra rims. Is the engine bay covered in stonechip?

[nova_pipi]

im going to try and get the porsche rims on it, i just need to get some smaller tyres for them and yes its covered in stone chip, not exactly what i wanted :( lol

[MattBrown]

im going to try and get the porsche rims on it, i just need to get some smaller tyres for them and yes its covered in stone chip, not exactly what i wanted :( lol

Isnt this the one that already has porsche rims?

And is already built pip?

Came to the xscape meet last year?

Or is that someone else?:confused:

[nova_pipi]

lol that is me but its not built yet, it only had a 1.2 in it at xscape but shortly after that meet the project began, its been resprayed in a different colour and different engine from then just not had chance to put all the pics up :(

[nova_pipi]

update:
its been a while since iv had time to update but heres a few pics of the car now painted up, a few people might have already seen the pics when i posted them up in the general car chat, its now been painted in suzuki cobalt blue, a really nice colour i think, heres the pics
vented bonnet thanks to auzzie_b :D
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0092.jpg
behind shot
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0090.jpg
side shot
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0091.jpg
i forgot to take pictures of the bumpers but they have been colour coded and have come out good in my opinion but i think they could do with being done again and flatted better as they still look a bit orange peely

[Rysee]

That's a really nice colour :thumb:

[MattBrown]

Nice that pip.

When will it be rebuilt?

[nova_pipi]

thanks rysee and matt, its pretty much rebuilt now lol i just need to catch up with the project thread but i cant afford to insure it now as iv just gone to uni and have become poor lol

[NovaLad]

So when can i actually come see this pippy!!! Ring me!

[ward]

update fella,as im liking the way this is turning out

[nova_pipi]

update:
while the car was off being sprayed i got the engine and gearbox painted up ready to go straight in. some bits turned out a bit poorly but some bits came up quite good, a bit of a poor qaulity pick but here it is
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0093.jpg
i eventually got the car back after a long month and half :( we got the car back to the garage pretty much, i couldnt wait to get it built so thanks to the help of rickardo and stu_pot and a crane :) we got the engine and gear box in and then gave up for the day, pics
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0095.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0096.jpg

[nova_pipi]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0097.jpg

[josh-sri]

Great choice of colour that mate:thumb: , going to look stunning when finished

[scott.parker]

Only just seen this, looks well nice mate, textured bay is different! lol least it wont rust so easy eh..

Good start anyway, hope the build goes well.

Scott

[nova_pipi]

lol the textured finish wasn't intentional, it kind of just happened lol ill probably get it sprayed smooth again eventually but it is true that it won't rust very easily :)

[nova_pipi]

update:
after sourcing a 1.8 astra 16v internal fuel pump, fitting the fuel lines, charging the battery and wiring help from riggy :thumb: i managed to get the engine turning over but no success which i wasnt very happy about but after a bit of help we worked out the HT leads were for the wrong distributor so i went to get some new ones and the engine lived :d even though it was a bit spluttery and sounded like a subaru lol i havnt got any videos as my phone is bobbins and i didnt have my camera :)

[nova_pipi]

i no the pictures are a bit late but i gave the car a rest for the weekend and went to pv with my brother (andy_017), rickardo, stu_pot and a few others, i didnt really get any pictures but here they are wot i did get
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0060.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0061.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0062.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0063.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0066.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0067.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0064.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0065.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0069.jpg

[nova_pipi]

then the last one of a random man in the field who looked like a statue untill he moved lol
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Phot0073.jpg

[Benn]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0060.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0064.jpg


Love both of these!

[nova_pipi]

:thumb: thanks ben

[NovaLad]

That be me beasty zafira in pictures 2 and 4 lol.

[Benn]

Pip, have you thought or smoked lights? Or all red ones? Think it would look nice.

[scott.parker]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0060.jpg

WTF is with the lorry, has it just hit 88 miles an hour?????

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0064.jpg

As for rear lights, i say red all over, smoke/black against the gloss of that paint would IMP be too much..

Scott

[nova_pipi]

iv thought of doing the lights all red but i havn't really had the time to get round to doing it to be honest, i did my nova ones a while back and i really liked them, its just a matter of getting round to doing it and im not sure on which bulbs to put in the indicators to make them flash orange again so its m.o.t passable

[nova_pipi]

update:
after pv i got straight back onto building the nova up and got through alot, i built up the front end so it looks like a car again after 7 months :D i also tidied up alot of the wiring and painted underneath but iv only got pictures of the arches as the other pics were bobbins, i made the engine bay look a bit neater and i fitted the tie bars and wish bones after being powder coated and fitted with the poly race bushes thanks to andy_017, i was able to roll the car out and have a sneaky look at wot the car will look like when its completed
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0100.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0101.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0103.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0102.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0105.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0106.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0107.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0111.jpg
thanks for looking
phil

[Graeme]

Looking good Pip

[moffat]

looking really good

[scott.parker]

Looks ace, i saw that bumper bar stood up the wall and thought MY GOD NO..lol my luck it would fall and hit the car.

Scott

[Nick J]

Novas coming on well pip, Loving its stance! Glad to see you looking after my old corsa too, looks awesome in the pics above. :)

Nick.

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments everyone :) i was a bit stupid leaving that bar there really i didnt think but i never do lol

[nova_pipi]

update:
i fitted the drive shafts after alot of messing around getting the cv joints but i was able to get the car out and take a few pics of the whole, iv still got alot of things still to do but this is pretty much wot the car will look like
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0113.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/Photo0114.jpg
thanks for looking
phil

[NovaLad]

Looks sexy as fook pippy!
When it's insured come see me for some pics.!

[auzzy-b]

Looking good pip! Very clean!!! Good to see you today bud

[dj_wudgey]

i no the pictures are a bit late but i gave the car a rest for the weekend and went to pv with my brother (andy_017), rickardo, stu_pot and a few others, i didnt really get any pictures but here they are wot i did get
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0060.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0061.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0062.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0063.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0066.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0067.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0064.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0065.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/pv%202010/Photo0069.jpg

the corsa is looking nice i love andys nova aswell!! my old gte bumpers are looking good on it lol!! blue nova's looking well tidy aswell matey!!

[nova_pipi]

not really done much of an update for a while as iv been to busy really to do much to the nova or corsa but seeing as though the weather perked up a bit last week i was able to wash the corsa and give it a good wax and i was quite happy with how it came out in the end i had also fitted new 165/40/16 tyres to my porsche wheels which let me lower my car down to near its maximum and sits much better now
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/200634_10150108751007936_509092935_6193691_7649594 _n.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/188280_10150108750457936_509092935_6193679_2416662 _n.jpg
thanks for looking
phil

[AdamK]

that corsa looks filthy novas looking good aswell mate well done

[Derick-Sport]

looks good with the 165s on but id be scared of funking a rim with such a low profile. sweet work dude

[Riggy]

dont be a girl pip , get that nova finished , and tell ginge to ge his back out lol :)

[nova_pipi]

not had an update for a long time now and finally managed to get back round to it and a new computer so it doesnt take a week to upload pictures, anyways alots changed since i last did an update so ill try and get it up to speed, i got round to buying some gaz coilovers as iv always wanted some and wanted to make the corsa a little bit lower, i bought some 6" 400 pound front springs to stiffen up the front end and so that the spring seats would sit well above the tyre so i didnt have to run spacers heres some pics of when they came, i was very happy indeed when they turned up lol

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00084-20101203-2056.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00085-20101203-2058.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00087-20101203-2058.jpg

then just a random picture of the car at my uncles work when i had to do the ball joints and didnt want to be sat out in the rain

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00064-20101115-1043.jpg

more updates still to come,
thanks for looking
phil

[Sjb1108]

Is that corsa ever in Chester if so seen it in studentville fair few times .....

[nova_pipi]

ye its there all the time usually, im a student in chester but have to come home on the weekend to work

[nova_pipi]

update: i had some eccentric mounts that i wanted to fit for a while so got new bearings for these then got around to fitting them, they made a massive difference to the feel and height of the car, the car went alot firmer and lowered the car around another 20mm or so, heres some pics.
the mounts with old bearings,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00148-20110410-1545.jpg

bearings out,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00154-20110412-1520.jpg

old top mounts off,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00149-20110410-1705.jpg

coilovers with the new top mounts fitted,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00150-20110410-1705.jpg

suspension fitted back to the car with a few pics of the car at its new height,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00151-20110410-1705.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00155-20110415-1233.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00156-20110415-1234.jpg
thanks for looking,
phil.

[nova_pipi]

update : i had a few problems with cv joints and shafts a while back, everytime i bought a cv joint and fitted it to the driveshaft the shaft would spin in the joint as if it wasnt gripping it, i eventually came to realise that i was pressuming that the driveshafts were 22 spline shafts but discovered they were 28 spline shafts so after finally getting the right cv joints i built up the shafts and this is how they looked,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00152-20110411-1408.jpg

thanks for looking,
phil.

[nova_pipi]

over the winter, i know its a while back but iv been very busy lol i had the car motd and the mot man must have drove onto the ramps to first or reversed off to quickly but he snapped my front bumper in the corner and at the front just above the splitter, i also put the speedlines on incase the mot failed on my stretched tyres. heres some pics of the damage,
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00102-20101221-1451.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00103-20101221-1451.jpg

and then some random pics in the snow,

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00105-20101226-1410.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00104-20101226-1409.jpg

thanks for looking,
phil.

[nova_pipi]

update: back to the nova anyway after not really being able to get much done with sorting the corsa bumper out and uni and things, i finally got round to finishing the car off and getting the mot done finally so nova out,

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00180-20110602-0937.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00181-20110602-1006.jpg

and the corsa away for a well deserved break

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00179-20110602-0937.jpg

then after a good clean and a wax after it passed the mot woop :D

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00182-20110603-1305.jpg

more updates still to come lol
thanks for looking,
phil

[steviegsi]

That's a credit to you mate.... Needs skirts IMO .

Corsa looks tidy too!

[christurboo]

realy nice that mate what coulor is it arden blue?

[nova_pipi]

cheers guys, i know im unsure on the skirts just because i dont want to have to drill my sills to fit the skirts on and i dont really want to bond the skirts on as getting them off, if i ever need to, will be an absolute nightmare. its not arden blue but it is very similar its jus slightly greener and lighter than arden blue, its suzuki cobalt blue that comes on the swifts and a few others.

[Cle]

Really like the nova, imo dont put skirts on it :thumb:

[Benn]

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00182-20110603-1305.jpg

Dude that looks awesome.

[Nick J]

Looks well Pip! I wouldnt put skirts on either but each to their own. Cant wait to see knd with the xe! Top work.

Nick.

[choochoo]

love the corsa and good work on the nova :)

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments everyone, i think i am going to leave the side skirts off it makes the car look alot cleaner imo just as you can see the paint right down to the bottom lol knd's coming on quite well nick, i still need to get a load of pics up of the progress so far but im so behind with all the pics and things iv got, iv still got to put pics up from pv this year lol

[nova_pipi]

update : not an update as such but my mate has finally uploaded all his pics from his camera from the weekend so i just got the few really for the project thread but ill try to get all his pics and upload them to somewhere at some point anyway heres the pics.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/300651_10150255643347554_537817553_8074338_5400806 _n.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/301661_10150255643837554_537817553_8074344_5477630 _n.jpg

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thanks for looking,
phil

[Connor]

looks mint mate, real credit to you :thumb:

[gary_126]

love the colour!! looks similar to lazer blue that came on mk1 nova's. Corsa is also lovely (tho im not a fan of the mega streched tyres, 195/40/16 would be ideal in my opinion) Keep up the good work!

[MattBrown]

Looks really really good phill.

Much better on speedlines IMO!!

[RJM25R]

Just followed this tonight on my way home from work. Looked really nice....

[RJM25R]

Just clicked, your Andys brother. He works with my wife at BMW and lives around the corner from me!

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments everyone,
it is a very similar colour to lazer blue gary its just got a slight metallic green hint in the sunshine the suzuki colour but it is very close match lol i think im going to go to 195/40/16 tyres also as the ride is extremely firm on those tyres as theres very littl give in the sidewalls,
i keep thinking about going back to the speedlines matt but i wanted the corsa to be a little more 'euro' but not over the top stupid, just so that it looked a little different even though corsa gsi's on speedlines are the dogs danglies,
RJM25R, that is me lol andy seems to no everyone these days, i recognise the area and your car now from your pic, its definatly a small world lol

[nova_pipi]

iv not updated anything for a while but iv been a little busy over the summer, after i had got the nova back on the road i didnt really plan on doing much to the corsa just sorting out a few issues such as the power steering rack and few in dash lights and generally tidying things up but after sourcing a pas rack from will F he also had c20xe lying around with corsa mounts for sale and so i happily snapped these off him as the corsa just needed a heart transplant to finish it off imo. Anyways after a long 400 mile round trip journey this is what i cam back with plus shafts, hubs, mounts and loom all ready to go.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00221-20110726-1549.jpg
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00226-20110731-1859.jpg

[nova_pipi]

then from this getting on with removing the corsa engine began, i decided to remove the engine by lowering the car the ground rather than through the top as it seemed a bit easier at the time but proved very difficult as a one man job,
bumper off

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00222-20110726-1657.jpg

everything put tightly in the garage for another day

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another day then came, everything removed off the engine

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car then had been lowered onto the ground to unbolt all the mounts

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little tiny engine out

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then the car raised back up with an empty engine bay

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http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00243-20110809-2012.jpg

thanks for looking
phil

[nova_pipi]

update:
not muc of an update really but i still need to take some pics of a few other things that have been done recently, but before then i took the opportunity to try the porsche wheels on the nova whilst the corsa is off the road, they sat pretty well to be honest but the back wheels didnt tuck into the arches like i would have hoped and the stretched tyres didnt really suit the nova in my opinion and the back rims slightly scraped over big bumps on the passenger side so i have decided to put the sppedlines back on but any way heres some pics.
http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00187-20110609-1341.jpg
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http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00189-20110609-1835.jpg
thanks for looking
phil

[scorge01]

Looking good mate :)

[gary_126]

porche rims actually look pretty good on the nova!

[nova_pipi]

thanks guys, i think its the colour and the tyres that make the wheels not look as good as originally hoped, i think if they were plain silver with 195/40 tyres on they would look a whole lot better for the nova

[Connor]

Yea i agree, silver would look considerably better, but generally looks spot on

[nova_pipi]

not really done an update for ages so theres alot of catching up to do, since i had the car back on the road iv always wanted a new full stainless system made up for the car so after ringing around a few places i decided on going to a company in irlam that do stainless systems on the side of the actual garage business they have. After a qoute i booked the car in the have a 3" outward rolled tip with a back box and straight through system, and at the same time i got a 4 branch manifold, after i got it fitted the car sounded so much better, it went from basically just noise to having a 16v kinda noise, best way i can describe it, the only thing i wasnt happy with was the size of the tip as they ordered a 3" for me but it came in damaged so they fitted a 3 1/2" which i didnt think would be to bad but it ended up looking way to big so iv recently had it changed down a size to a 2 1/2" outward rolled tip, heres some pics of it with the 3 1/2" tip.

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[nova_pipi]

i looked into getting a flocked dash a while ago but could never really find a company that was reasonably close that would do it for me in a short time as i couldnt really go without having a dash in the car as i use it everyday and would annoy the hell out of me, after looking through some project threads i got speaking to alan allpress (known as prey on here) as he had flocked his mk1 dash and had turned out great and he was doing flocking for people on the side, so after chatting to him he agreed to pick up a mk2 dash from colin (novarally) and flock the dash for me then basically swap dashes as i got over to his, heres some pics of the dash in the car and before it was put in

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thanks for looking
phil

[nova_pipi]

recently i was offered some 15" compomotive mo's for a good price and i as iv always wanted some i had to snap them up, they were a bit beaten at first when i got them with a few scratches and scuffs but all were fairly straight and no major dints in the rim so after cleaning them up then sanding them down i gave them a few good coats of filler primer to take out little marks then resprayed the wheels in sparkling graphite then gave them a final coat of laquer, i also got four new toyo TR1 proxes from my brother who fitted them for me too and had two of the centres machined out to 63.5mm to house new centre caps once i get them through from compomotive, iv ordered blue metal caps but just waiting on them now, i really like how theyve turned out especially for a home done spray job and the brakes only just fit under, its extremely close lol

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thanks for looking
phil

[L33 LEG]

Good updates and loving this car :) i remember seeing this when it was white years ago, think my mate bought some seats off you or something, does it still have the cow sticker or whatever it was? lol

[gary_126]

dash looks brilliant! Nice work on the rims, people dont realise how time consuming re-furbing alloys is.

[Nick J]

Looks great pip........ I quite liked the larger rear tip! subtle is always cool and the way forward though imo.

Nick.

[Prey]

The mo's look lovely there mate, glad you're happy with the dash - it did seem a bit of a puzzle with the struggle the steering wheel put up but we got there in the end lol. fitted the pillar trims/visors yet?

[Benn]

Sorry i like the Pokra rims better... Dash is nice. Smaller rear pipe will look better too.

[Riggy]

looking tres bien pip lad , make sure you get your bum bum over to the meet on the 28th , and try get ginge along too lol

[nova_pipi]

thanks for the comments everyone, that will have been ages ago L33 LEG, i think i remember selling some blue and black bucket seats many a moon ago to a lad with an astra if thats who you mean? unfortunatly though the cow has now moved on when i got the car resprayed, hopefully i can get another at some point, it was a bit mad alan with the steering wheel, we got it off eventually though, i think i may have gone to town tightening tit up a bit at some point lol i have got some pictures of the new bits too but just not pictures of them in, i need a better camera really than a crappy blackberry camera, no worries ben im going to have some work done on the porka wheels soon anyway to change the offset slightly so they sit a little bit better and the car can still go lower, i need to take some pics of the new tip too, you can kind of see it in the last picture with the wheels, i'll be coming carl on the 28th i pressume its a sunday so should be good, i'll give ginge a shout to come too

[nova_pipi]

update

well finally got the corsa started with fresh oil, it was the good stuff too, i was extremely happy and couldn't wait to get the car on the road then 5 minutes later i was talking to my mate when he asked whats that on the floor, then i turned round to find my car had had a small vee vee on the floor, heres some piccies to show you what i mean, it looked like it was coming out from in side the gearbox so took this as the rear main seal had gone so got on with the job and a new seal for £16 so cant be to bad, also changed the sump gasket and added washers to the sump bolts so they would tighten up a bit better in the future.

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00369-20120304-1229.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00377-20120309-1606.jpg

[nova_pipi]

then a few pictures of the finished engine bay once everything was put back together

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00370-20120304-1229.jpg

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00371-20120304-1229.jpg

[Graeme]

You'd of thought nick would offer to do you some engine covers in gloss black to tie in with the whole black on black theme but looking good Pip, surely you don't need two nice Vauxhalls lol

[nova_pipi]

after finally getting the rear main seal sorted i managed to get the car out for the first time ages and fitted some new eccentric topmounts which i missed pictures on fitting but made the car sit alot lower and the shocks wernt even at the bump stops, they wern't to far off though, after a bit of a run around to see how it drove it was really down on power which turned out to be no spark coming from the coil pack at coils 1 and 3 so after changing the coil pack leads and plugs i still had the same problem and couldn't seem to figure out what the problem, after much messing about changing ecu's and checking wiring this problem turned out to be a dodgy ignition amplifier even though this was originally bought from new :s but now after running on all 4 and all its power was back it ran alot better and was soon time for the mot :D

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00383-20120401-1524.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

lol thanks graeme, i wanted to do a little bit of a different colour just to break up the colour scheme a little bit, iv now done the wheels a little different too to change things around a little bit, sorry i never got back to you about the bumper, it was going to be for an ebayer who said he never recieved his item but iv given him a refund instead

[nova_pipi]

i managed to get the mot finally sorted for the corsa so it is now officially back on the road ready for billing and the nova goes away for a while to have a few bits of tidying up done, just a few pics after i cleaned it for the first time in ages and a few pictures my mate took a while back before the conversion

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG_5764.jpg

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http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/mycorsaside.jpg

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[Graeme]

Don't worry about it both cars look excellent btw, I'm glad you didn't big block the nova now as well e16 ftmfw

[nova_pipi]

just a few pictures of the nova after a clean before it went away

http://i494.photobucket.com/albums/rr302/nova_pipi/IMG00380-20120329-1831.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

thanks dude :) i try to keep on top of them but its hard with english weather :( i know its not as much power but theres to many with just xe's put in and i wanted to do something a little different so i will be putting bike carbs on the nova sometime soon as i bought them a while back but wanted to wait till the car was off the road then i could make the engine bay look a bit tidier at the same time

[Balley]

Looking clean!

[nova_pipi]

So it's been a while since this has been updated and alot has happened since really with the project and other things going on with other cars etc.
I'll try and start where I left off, so the nova went into hiding and started to be stripped down while I had the corsa on the road, the plan was to strip the front end down and at the same time rebuild the engine with added bike carbs that I got from someone I knew. They had originally come off a 1.4 8v I believe and the carbs were from a zx9r and came with alternator bracket, fuel pump, manifold etc ready to fit. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170702/282d3ecca9bbab5c3267967ebe512354.jpg
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[nova_pipi]

From the whole plan changed and I ended up selling these carbs once I had sold the e16se engine and bought an early c20xe. The e16se engine ended up being rebuilt and transplanted into a mini as the lad who bought it managed to keep in touch and sent some pictures over whereas the carbs ended up going on a 1.6 8v engine in a nova but I didn't manage to get any pictures of this.

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[nova_pipi]

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[torquey]

What happened to being different and sticking to the e16se? Lol. Not enough power lol.

[nova_pipi]

Pretty much exactly that haha it felt nippy but I got bored of it and prefer the look of the xes in the engine bay

Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

[nova_pipi]

From here, everything came to a halt really for a little while, the engine was out and the front end stripped down but with commitments to uni and work and everything else going on in had no time and money to commit to getting the car done just kept saying to myself 'I want it finished for next summer' which kept happening for a few years as I lived away for work and didn't have any time on a weekend so it went a little bit on the back burner.
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[nova_pipi]

After this point me and a pal went over to the opel treffen show over in oscherslebben and met up with a few others from the UK. We stayed over at the show for a few days and then went to the nurburg ring on the way home.
All the way through the trip though the corsa wasn't quite running right and only started being funny the day before just didn't realise until we had gone as the car was running as normal just smokey under load sometimes and the engine light came on now and again. After doing a few 100 miles we also realised it was using alot of fuel only getting around 250 miles to a tank which is pants tbh but it made it and when I got home I found out the coolant temperature sensor had died causing the issues. Here's a few pictures from the trip.
The opel omega 500 evolution was absolutely gorgeous too.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/3337df8ed8becfda578492859a211426.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/bb1daf9895fe6d2168222e930bc3fc6e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/3e7974d11ed2b64804cf90ce3f3c33f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/44a6d3b6e40a3798e3fbe16abbdef9ad.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/c234126960c3e196a5793c3fc193dc9a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/b03303a5033dcaa9e200cbcafcae1f59.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/b0a9829c72730123cd688bcc2c49a1a6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/d8ca3698822e7a8b86380b9b442ad60c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/01cd089159d1fb6ff91efccb0ab90080.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/5889f0065e2d292e7fee920848365fc9.jpg

[nova_pipi]

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[Benn]

Looks great on the D90s.

[nova_pipi]

Cheers Benn, they're going onto the nova now as I sold the corsa a few years ago now on a set of speedlines from the nova, I believe the corsa went through a few sets of people and has since been stripped and scrapped 😔

[nova_pipi]

In around August 2013, I wanted to start fresh and however much I loved the corsa, I put it up for sale with an intention of buying something but I wasn't sure what so just waited to see what would come up for sale, it was advertised with the pictures below but actually sold on speedlines to a lad down in Portsmouth so I gave it a full vaccum and wash with a clay bar and wax then drove the car down with a mate on the promise it being sold and it did.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/434010718ee777bd376d46dfaa34195c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/bcf8a54e03a4d0d036324e327e2263b4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/6d3fa47585754d295f545f8282d2944d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/dd55834490baa9826869f4353ed720e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/30e9e7dde06607be961b0103528c7498.jpg

[nova_pipi]

Some more pictures on the day it was sold and on the way down stopped in the services.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/b28c8780680ff26dbe84a0315621f2d5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/928857c33dce660404fc1e27f315b1e7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/36d42bd8579e2bd9933272ac52c97c34.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/17684afe268c9e2698a90ef6b85789b7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/4cf78b1ae00d71aa18fb8d6d1bd9c8dd.jpg

[nova_pipi]

Still with zero to little progress being made on the nova I bought a bmw 318ti compact on coilovers with style 95 18" wheels. Even though it was so low it still drove quite nice just struggled to go over any remote humps in the road anywhere but looked great so I didn't mind although it may not be to everyone's taste. I added msport bumpers and side skirts to this and made a nexus 7 install as a head unit but after this was done the car was sold on a year later. You can see the install in one of the interior pictures and has made me think about something similar for the nova when it's built up.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/e78eb308a03d1dc421bb1bdeddbc5349.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/408b5e36eb3aad7e83cde9e16114d1f9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/6e8619641da07485b9991d572998ef77.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/a4365dfbc83773c593621d4c9e451f62.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170703/88f55d5ec2eefeb524c4016ef2176a20.jpg

[nova_pipi]

From here I bought an e91 diesel as I was doing alot of travelling but then ended up being closer to the car and had some new found inspiration to get the car finished and thought whilst I'm here I'll get the underneath stripped and painted the car colour then I thought whilst I'm doing that I may as well get other bits sorted I'm not happy with which eventually turned into, 'I may as well get the full car painted now as everything else is being done' which is kind of how the project has gone now so i ended stripping the car right down and working on getting everything back to the beginning again.
I know my welding isn't the best but it's strong and once it has been ground back it is hardly noticeable and it's all a learning curve as I would rather do it myself and pick up new skills.
Here's some pictures as I started taking more this time than the previous build as I want to keep it all documented and help people out with their builds as I've needed it with mine.
Anyway here's the progress. Loads more still to come.

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[nova_pipi]

From here I made two trollies for moving the car about alot easier and will help the painter when it comes to being painted fully too. I've attached some measurements of the ones I made but being a nova will probably differ from car to car.
I then started to make a an intercooler cut out with a sheet of 3mm steel, I managed to get hold of a sheet but I could only get an 8ft x 4ft sheet and it was huge.
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[nova_pipi]

I had a good idea of where I wanted to go with the car now so the plan is a full respray underneath, inside and outside whilst applying raptor gaurd underneath and then paint over this.
The car colour has been decided but I'm going to keep it to myself until it's painted.
I'm going to make the engine bay minimal and have headed down the c20let as I got hold of one for a good price through buying a rally spec corsa.
It had perspex windows
Hydraulic handbrake
Full weld in cage
C20let
Eqaul length Shafts
Big block hubs
F16 gearbox
256mm brakes
Lightened shell and wiring
Cobra bucket seats
It was also a genuine corsa gsi on the log book but had lost alot of its parts over the years and was nothing but a corsa really.

The engine was missing a few bits like ecu and loom but I managed to get it for a good price so was worth while.

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[nova_pipi]

So I managed to get the car rolling and out of the garage for a few photos and further strip it, I was planning on taking all the underseal off whilst the car was on these trollies but I opted to buy a pre welded jig from eBay which worked out brilliantly and allowed me to get into all the required bits that needed welding and strengthening https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/a0c7f3f371e574c3dd64a714961a183e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/380f8f42cc110390933c443c4a18ad4c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/2c076b75c19b0d1358aae102724d47e4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/88ad57f2de8832d9f523951e8e14934f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/7554ba05ea52953b5b9d2b12d617ff98.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/a84664662060c886a2e587377a39a5f3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/3098e72de6d45b69cbdd9d1727b587f4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/ccce57cec219e92d3d132e6de5a4648a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/0481c61cd928e41eba0fb669fd198a9e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/f856346c08f371735af1a7889ce6178f.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

Once on the jig I could underneath the car properly so I fully stripped the underseal off with an angle grinder and a wire wheel which worked wonders but still took longer than I thought it would. As expected it revealed a few crusty bits that required some attention and bits I wasn't happy with.
I started with the chassis legs that were dented and damaged but I cut out the sections I wasn't happy with and welded in sections of 3mm steel and ground the welds back, I didn't want any dirt and such getting in behind the front wheel arch and the chassis leg so made a plate to continue the splash guard into the chassis leg to eliminate this problem.
Ignore the horrible welds they have since been ground back and tidied up as they weren't great and I'm new to welding.
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[nova_pipi]

I decided to then turret the rear end and add a strut brace in between to allow for more suspension travel as I want to run the car low but previously this meant running it very close or on the bump stops which obviously made the car feel horrible.
I started off with buying mk2 escort rear turrets then trimming these down to what I required then measuring into the car and cutting out to suite then weld in both inside and out.
I'm really impressed with how they turned out and from my calculations should be able to run low but at a good height if needed along with the rear bench still bein able to fit. They are roughly 2.5" higher than the standard platforms.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/5575318a1c4e06dba55d214b1b5ed33f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/2020d20f896e26ea0ecb8523f6e620cd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/fba824fe7809f4dd806b6d4c489775f1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/dc2778db79c88db0f969cfc6f122516b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/453ef4f9e295d7b67e4e9a38ea98b076.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/66de954433e1f2f8dc5b3de1f8546f67.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

Some more pictures of the turretshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/7e4ba681e78f9ea296641ef21fc85b57.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/84b3166503d58f825b2effef8a474c8e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/0b857ae11496af6306968833383f90cc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/666165138fe485f491049e26621678c2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/41695bf075b21e1c3561aece7c4467f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/a5510d43ea4fe0fc491c597eb186a21b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/196c6bbbd1edba15e852e88d032523a2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/896d080f7c7033bc5a66e5ad7051f3e8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/115ee96109eea129e7fc51be29f74288.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170821/c01c84cc67ddbfa9ae00788ec349b76e.jpg

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[BRoadGhost]

You need to set the amps on the welder higher / highest & possibly a bit more gas. I like the effort in this - Because you're at this stage I'd advise tubing the rear arches to compliment the turrets (which would also be best with another couple of inches on top).

Now is the time!

[nova_pipi]

I was thinking of doing it at the time but I want to retain the rear seats still and if I was to tub the rear then surely I'd have to remove the rear seats as there wouldn't be any brackets and the width of the back would be too narrow to fit any in?

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[BRoadGhost]

Fill it full of cage & never look back

[nova_pipi]

I've not updated for a while but whilst all this work was going on I decided to start the engine strip down and rebuild, I didn't want to go into to much depth with the strip down as it would probably exceed my abilities and cost but I feel I went far enough to change most parts and clean them up to look new again so started off by removing the belts, pulleys and cam cover then moving onto the cams and head to reveal a damaged piston.
As you can see from the pictures it has been hit at some point by valves and left a few indentations but after speaking with a few people and thinking it over the engine must have ran okay after this occurred as there is a carbon build up in the indents so I think over the years this happened and someone rebuilt it and painted the block red and put it back together running.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/bfe71583c9e4c1b92b3f098c6eaf0014.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/099c9ea4e74e9f4592b644b02e358e60.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/0a77977e878a4e5574caaf9a4f2d9d46.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/259ea7c137503d4d73eeed9f92ad49c8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/5252a6fa933673d4f76a7877df7608b9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/b2cd37bae48f83f92651f50f2103ad7d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/ca112968161734c6cfc38fcc3d0bcc2c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/53c32bc7ab69a2c9e7b39d64ae55a006.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/ac32a4b6fe662034945f78952e389dac.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/271ede7b0fbf9a3e307e045a52900d8f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/c07f1a66308d373a054263659ed99231.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

During the strip down I took a few pictures of the engine numbers and stamps. From what I could find out over the internet HH7 was the later engine c20let I believe? A bit strange how the stamps on the cams were indicating different years though, does anyone know if these are both let cams or is one from a c20xe etc? A picture of the head bolts to reference the lengths toohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/26cd7957725027ae216aa22c93be581e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/ed08e615f5b61488adadb29ba7cbefc6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/74d3aae0ae41ac634d0e7d819b184b31.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/d17d7a03fe08eb054033be3bb1e1a857.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/4b2e953af34527ac98dbf67bd81070a1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/03f8462eb7dc65cf730ea5cd6228f616.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/08291e578e76081488a7e2c76ffb5771.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/f4b70faf6ae4ba62b938ea6d204d2e07.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180511/cce2539d8f9583b61a2c8ca9ed90ed25.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

With everything off the block I gave everything a clean using a wire wheel and multiple washes with a degreaser which helped loads and really gave me chance to clean everything up rather than flinging grease everywhere.
I replaced the seals in the block at the same time, heres a few pictures of the big end seal and the metal piece being resealed at the same time. I didn't replace this previously on an xe in my Corsa and first time it was started it wee'd oil everywhere so didn't want to take the gearbox off once it's in.
I painted the core plugs in the car colour which isn't Arden blue, it's very different to Arden. Then I painted the whole block with hammerite and it came up brilliantly even with a brush leaving no brush marks and I did one side at a time and left plenty of drying time between.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/31571ea161b599c0d317fd235afc909e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/22ddd51c7cab137d28fc23208089c62d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/098c675b9e59da63ba89dd66590699e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/5117e1049e72085764a09668acaa3aa0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/6ec339544547da58e85bf971cb3d3afb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/acfc6c9df5ef153c4fa007dcbea228a3.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

I left the pistons and crank in place as the all felt smooth and working correctly, I meant to previously put the pistons have markings of 86.44mm so I'm presuming this may have had a rebore at some point? Are standard c20lets 86.00mm?
When taking the sump off one bolt had rounded so I had the a nut on to get this out and sand lightly everything back again from any splatter that went on the smooth block part, the pistons and crank were covered so nothing went inside the block too.
I upgraded the oil pump and pick up pipe to a z20let pump and pipe to suit along with a new baffle plate and rubber gasket, Both the oil pump and sump were painted silver and the oil pump had new gaskets too. All sump bolts were then replaced with stainless steel bolts and washers and the z20let pump had to have two larger bolts but I can't remember the size of them of the top of my head but it's all on the internet the exact size for anyone that needs it, rather than drilling larger holes in the sump I decided to add nylon bolts to longer standard width bolts.
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[nova_pipi]

Flipped the engine the right way round on the stand and started working upwards, I got the head cleaned up and painted hammerite silver along with cleaning the base of the valves and tops of the pistons of any carbon build up and gave them a light polish. I fitted a new head gasket and head bolts and refitted the head along with cleaning out the tappets and reoiling them at the same time. I then remitted the cams the same as they came out with new seals and correct torque readings from the Haynes manual.
When refitting stretch bolts in the head are the bolts meant to make a cracking noise as the tighten? Any info would be greatly appreciated.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/8dee22e4476bce2fcc8cd88202625174.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/3e8bf14417cb8065aad141ccea8693e9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/244f413c2f2518b0fb81217d79fa9bde.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/8d4bebf7ca4fc819eb422b28ff582b07.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/b1e869b7e4ed71c517e6ad444880e3f1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/19f468ea6ccfbbdec089d1e367d7898a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/bde30df366fb2dcca12897b9319f67ba.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/7c928881f732a76f9584b0d658ef26d8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/d5f2f704b39c4b3f49671074b9640c4b.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

I got the cams painted up in car colour along with the inlet in silver and the slightly lowered tie bars painted up in black too. Everything came up great. And when fitted look great.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/c0912b4ef78ef2f5dede98da33eb1c14.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/d94bd255910b6d859370b31adec21002.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/ec185bbb7eace08c27b248cfb449d8da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/e062d6cb2f071b90f60f6cb4ca5a7d8a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/0449f342eb1d771e42cbacba17e0cadf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/38af35100ce5e9d29a044bd2d6889856.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

For the main piece of the engine I had the L-piece painted car colour with black writing and the main cam cover painted a very similar colour to rays wheels bronze colour, the different pictures show how it comes up in different lights bit in person is a dark bronze colour with a Matt finish. This colours going to link with a few other bits on the car too when finally finished.
I think it's come up brilliantly and the colours go really well together. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/22f922950c9725775c170fa5dd09628c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/b3b87b0a671fd083617548eb468aeeac.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/ce4ceadff96b33502c94ed498102c01a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/5a0be443e002a74b29e43ee6c5528cab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/003b833945ae977c717adf962c6a7a0e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/270a0f21a7d1c654ce00bfb39bf6f2d7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/1a8750b5fef9cf87c806bf3febf07f8b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/e5842429a5927b9beecc81da7e149e7f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180519/90a4d185e3e3db7a6e8c3f8de89f976a.jpg

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[totalnova]

That's going to one pretty engine, lovely and shiny.

[nova_pipi]

That's going to one pretty engine, lovely and shiny.Thanks, it's already there I just need to catch up on the thread [emoji23]

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[nova_pipi]

From here I wanted to run an oil cooler but I didn't want it feeding through to the front of the car and wanted something compact and hidden so I decided to go with a z20let oil and water coolant part, this replaced the standard pipe and bolts in the same place and connects up same as a standard oil cooler. The hardest part really was getting pipes to fit the various bits and bobs it needed.
I also fitted the cam pulleys, z20let water pump as it had better fins, the backing plate, pulley bracket I have thrown in a before picture to show the difference but it's really coming together now.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/5551347807c6e8aeb0ee9201773d4e26.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/62cfce18ff9f61e2100022b01624ceec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/8489467b42f6f8c570a782eb20d6e4c9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/063ea1864afcdd2717c7c3df2eeaade5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/eb9e69c739794cef941365d6fd5c74c5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/912702eb441efe97bfeb08454112b26e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/3639820d1efb3a4dbba6f013addf61b9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/7e71d7a37466f980016b76f3f4be2db7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/5fdf21ae9136af9a346d9937fc61ac46.jpg

[nova_pipi]

Sorry for the pictures being on there side in some cases they upload as they should then change once finished, does anyone know how to sort this? Thanks in advance

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[Iain]

That oil cooler is a great idea, I didnt know they had them.

[nova_pipi]

That oil cooler is a great idea, I didnt know they had them.I didn't either they're a really good idea and save a load of space and bother I think

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[nova_pipi]

The nova managed to have a few bits of work done on the shell and got moved to the front of the work shop but has been there a while now and has made a bit more progress but more on that later.
I got the inlet fitted and piped up with a few pictures showing the space left and room for the icv and coil pack too, I also got a few more engine bits painted up and smoothed the oil filler cap but I may need to go over it again at some point as it's not overly smooth. I fitted the cam cover but not the belt and pulleys just to keep it from being damaged.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/ad23ce12de24f9cea0850de1df9017d7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/6f0887fe59cb7f9d7045d63656102223.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/58b5acf83c0627b569e5f46fa139586f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/60df04aef1cfe10acfcd4b05d9cd11ee.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/e2a7e1e85c5da46a92942f657fc66435.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/51a933705b30e08220f59305e3ed16e0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/61e0920a1bdaed8638b466999c9d1cc3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/b585acd6d8b9f9ccc569eeec623c29ba.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/23439ee070bb88a3c5811fa375bae84b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/5e27bb618612ed13742d974e810506b7.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

I put the fuel rail back on and heat shield just so I could see the finished result even though it's not quite there, a few bits need piping up but will be done when in the car I think as I'm hiding alot of the pipes. It's come out great I feel and I've tried to build it so everything I have put back on the engine is either painted or stainless.
Can't wait to actually get it in the car now when it comes back from being painted.
The turbo will need plumbing in etc too but will be done in the car so nothing's damaged when fitting the engine.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/f82d5a3014833881b4acc09ed417543e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/0a55c774ccced882276456bb98f4eda3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/28e9cb2cb02fbe108e1632ce695b3830.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/24047a9cc68a00f269c5ae6dde83fa20.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180522/76d14f7bce006cb653430a14b86b62d6.jpg

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[scottmasterton]

Looking Brilliant :thumb:

[nova_pipi]

Looking Brilliant :thumb:Thanks it's come up great, can't wait to get it in the car

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[nova_pipi]

So it's been a long time since I updated this thread, large amounts of the updates were about the engine build with the intention I'd have the car back over the summer after the repaint to begin the rebuild, this took a lot longer than planned and now 2 and half years later has finally been repainted and I'm due to pick it up on Saturday.
So with this news I better get updating, especially on the shell, missed loads of bits before it went off the be painted to so will catch up with these.
Get the welding done on the fuel filler and the cap filed down to give a good fit, this has all since been tidied up and looks lovely and smooth.
This fits nicely in the door shut and doesn't foul on any other parts. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/f6e71dc121bed22c79cfff23baca412e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/02d121034acb349fb131abb8b8b8af1f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/d18f767d7e29cf15a64eef334d289fe1.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

The aim with the engine bay was to have it as smooth as possible, I never really liked how to wiring loom came up through the passenger side footwell and made the shape different to the drivers side on the firewall, so as the wiper motor was being relocated and the wiring loom was being relocated this was a prime time to make something up that I liked, the firewall was cut out and the loom hole was welded up, from here I shaped up some thin steel and welded this in, I'm really happy with the shape and once the welds are ground back and a skim of filler is applied it will look great. At the same time I made a notch in the chassis leg for the alternator, I didn't really like the full box section versions so cut three sides of the section and shaped this with some plate to make a smooth recess.

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[nova_pipi]

Pictures from the firewall modifications and chassis notch. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/7ce8dbbf795dc45d5636c497683a3e25.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/993fb8a0c05fbafd146c4b1a9e279a62.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/8c3cd10a7428cfa80cb905613c61e1f9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/5ebc01cfc1e167a027d488087d45a073.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/40639ca77345d58dc7093bb1a9ba4fb6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/80ddb179ac604b5996f76037642532ec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/fa1f84f3b15aa5e2c03edb4954c67c4b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/af8018bbc8d2f75ff9a8fdd42a4c9b01.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190529/73d7c80f0ae2f5055c8e1e90ed9fee48.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

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[nova_pipi]

I was thinking about leaving the back arches as they were in pretty good condition but there was always something I wasn't sure about on them after previously having new arches fitted by someone else so decided to grind everything back and see what the result was and what I found, upon little digging you can see I found a large amount of filler over both quarters reaching right down to the sill, I then took everything back and found that a repair panel had just been welded over the top of the old panel that had just had the rust cut out.
This meant that moisture was being trapped in between the two panels and you can see from the pictures it looked a mess so a large amount of panel had to be cut back to fix this and get the shape right.
Overall I'm glad I decided to go ahead with replacing the panels. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/043d00c03e1a742afa44674005039d5f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/b197de110de828171489ba4d373a981e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/e3820d5f6d671ed8f7f60f2e39989857.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/5a20646905c63d456499150f370ea298.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/61be8bf98f1a20c6e474a7ed54f75754.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/f4e5853964ebb4df8fc8d224af5244da.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/b17aeec24fa362a5d03ac556f6f3d9f7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/93dcd33791adad9706c55dd2e77070c7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/4f4455a80ad23ef7da9e18a860f88e80.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190612/f89a71de7f9764332940a8c2bbf21551.jpg

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[total_vauxhall]

That is some layer of catty lol .
You will be glad once its sorted again knowing all that hidden mess is gone

[totalnova]

Why do these places do it, if your going to do repair work at least cut the old stuff out

[nova_pipi]

That is some layer of catty lol .
You will be glad once its sorted again knowing all that hidden mess is goneIt was ridiculous, garage was covered in dust after it was all off haha its all been cut out and done now just a lot of catching up to do, need to do it all in the next few days but looks a million times better and the skirts fit a lot better too now

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[nova_pipi]

Why do these places do it, if your going to do repair work at least cut the old stuff outI know, proper rushed bodge job, I didn't have a clue until it was all cut back

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[nova_pipi]

Everything was cut back way more than what normally would be cut back just to get to the good rust free stuff, both inner and outer arch was trimmed back, a new inner panel was then welded in, the fitment on this wasn't great but got beaten into shape and few little bits of metal added in at certain sections, I later found out that people use two outer skins for this process but this way worked.
The outer one was marked up and trimmed back as required until flush then spot welded in to keep the heat down and evertually fully welded to join everything. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/77ccef0561ad26206626cda5a23377f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/e054100ce4ada9d91985eb79756ccafd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/8c9f4e0f72cfd43113d4c15cb831a169.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/ac989a1cece9315c520de69f3b352adb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/6a181e6d8ccff1836fe1fb762df897ae.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/43103e36cf74fb850c595cf27217010c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/b50f3b9e4059e7c0888dce462f12504d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/3137ec0bf6030612a886be53a5287594.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/809d7fbc64d194309f76fef0b7c956e5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/05d3c718d6f755eae29faaf7209bc309.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/3c2d6bfa4581777c52a805920abe54f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/0d2cb79f4250447a6e56206b867b4550.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/7ef40d090344c2d6816bbb7371fef5a8.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

From there decided to see if the other side was the same although this looked a lot better shaped I still imagined I'd have the same situation and I did.
Everything was cut back and replaced with the arch fitting well on this side too.
The shell was pretty much ready now to go off to the painters. This was roughly November 2016.
Lots more progress to update with. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/119ab31f7fe2842cfc499fec69acce1f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/1f6df63f0edc6b527d98a91b4b79d653.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/a289cee261c68e14b6f11ca9c8969aaa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/95d04ad62270c8321d9f4173d5e0eead.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/b13fe3b7b770513fe8e2faaee015d4c9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/d4903016e3b47ac886342897c2341ea1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/01b19054e9b29ced75ef1f185833ee53.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/f8234890bece89c41fc8471a2f61f777.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/01b085edc065d526aae2dc78483c97d5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/ca00f7bb96decb933e83580ed83e366e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/f79439ec92d1704212f66be8786ed5b2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/2eca8a7d4085067570331146fdb34f30.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/30008f884be94ad9b07b4d96fd1bbc82.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190613/80e405e84c4ed573678e4d3b4de8887c.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

More of a catch up update again, so the car went off in the condition below, I made up the trolleys for it to go on and made it easy to get around the spray unit etc.
Prep work started on a few panels with finding a few bits of rust on the doors in section but easily enough sorted.
The boot sections were welded up more flush along with the wings as there were previous sinking marks on the last paint job hopefully stopping this from happening again.
Welds were tidied up around the engine bay along with a section needing replacing due to a weak spot found by the painter.
Sorry for the pic heavy post.
Thanks for looking.
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[nova_pipi]

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[nova_pipi]

So, getting to the good bits now, I was pretty sure on the colour already but wanted a tester doing as in loads of pictures I had seen, the colour looked loads different in every picture.
I donated a spare wing I had to the painter and it came up amazingly well, couldn't be happier with the choice and will look just as I wanted it to when it's all painted.
A few pictures below with one of my mate (the painter) modelling the wing well
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[nova_pipi]

As the shell was off having work done I built the engine up which is further back in the thread and also got on with cleaning up the tank from the previous silver It had on it which had partly peeled up as the pump line had previously been leaking, it was stripped back to bare metal, primed and painted gloss black, I do like the look of carbon skinned ones but I imagine would be expensive.
I never liked the sunroof on the car too as I think it was a non standard tilt sunroof that leaked I just didn't like it, anyway decided whilst all this work was happening I'd weld it up, got a sheet of metal and just spot welded it in until it held up. Ground everything back and left it to be prepped and smoothed. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/317e582eb2199c04a2f473d3cb49342a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/300400d084b20ca83851e0f720c5dcbb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/08c8a034f5e89e2bca628666da207c3d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/97289560a061b267a4b7579e589a5ee7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/6e9f635a96e9bb25f7eff21cd5502f5f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/546e17ee98a40440bf06bd39683a49a3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/ff31fae68a51d1aa5d4787856eab304d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/f5721091026ac237d5825ed3afd5d5cf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/82e72788d5872a3dec0e7ff5052c8d26.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

Sorted some more bits out that I wanted doing, started with strengthening the wish bone arms with some 3mm plate, cut them to shape, welded in and tidied up before a prime and paint.
I also sorted the gearbox mount for the f20 3 bolts, this also got painted but must have missed the pictures.
I then made up some lowered tie bar brackets, welded some 3mm plate to make them roughly 20mm lower, just need to get some box section to make fit correctly on the car. These were painted gloss black too. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/705967ead75d2ed321b58c2008229522.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/c5f13f069cdcce596f406b03f686819a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/2cbe3d61a852f5056d96e37972aabf5b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/0fe20bbb77efa8a9c4859788aff369a5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/fc2651164e94a839f8e586a7283c66e0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/262abb848e8e05daa15735805c486ad4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/54026a78cc5b535a7cbdde633695044a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/faf63345292f56f31e3af6f743e7acd0.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/3d22205b0e9723094942f8e0e9cb11e8.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/7cf93b4a12210792a9492d28474a84e7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/56a2a11c7e1a1b24ed76fc834939f748.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190624/56e48484ef685b78781ddd0af5aaaf0c.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

When I'd previously had the rear disk setup the cable sat to high from the beam so when running the car low it was rubbing on the chassis and never really worked very well, so I've decided to run astra cables for the handbrake but saw that people had issues with the mounts catching on the chassis so decided to run a length of tube through the rear beam to keep the strength but channel the cable at a lower angle and curing these problems, so I cut out a small Grove and welded in the length of tube, had a test fit and looked to work well, as I was also turreting the rear end the coilovers would fit better and a bit more into the car so to reduce the angle and give the suspension that little bit more travel i moved the rear suspension mounts slightly and welded these in, the rear beam then got sand blasted and powder coated black. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/1e95979ae30b3183498c9d42ce9f6706.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/1134c2c857556f47cece9df353ce9a7f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/d2c92cba473f0eb59514c6c63e2821c1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/5c485009fb3e1b8a88a30c1020df9268.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/f233e1ec97d14cf0af865152dbcb62ab.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/e89d95db59f62a84846add702b38201f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/cfe3232c553bea3e70dc3a4ae4b3c53d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/950bdc4edc7be8eabec929db01531df5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/b6b50fc727c5a1ffd9a2dbd1a21f887e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/07cdfd7a4e1487133deaf2d2e23cc8fb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/dde345b10248d49a3d29c20060a40aa7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190625/bdd44a1c3bb10811770fc8fd04c68b10.jpg

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[House]

Top work!!

[Iain]

Neat cable solution on the rear beam, but it would make me nervous cutting into such a structural and stressed part like that. :eek:

[nova_pipi]

Top work!!Thanks, it's getting there

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[nova_pipi]

Neat cable solution on the rear beam, but it would make me nervous cutting into such a structural and stressed part like that. :eek:I know what you mean, I was thinking that at the time but it's only a small section cut out then re strengthened with the pipe and welded back up so shouldn't change any strength to it really I would have thought

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[nova_pipi]

A lot work was done on the engine bay first, both legs were fibreglassed and smoothed along with all other bits in the bay having the same process, the full engine bay was then polyester primed then flatted and blocked to get everything as smooth as possible.
The plan was to give the whole shell and repairs the same process and once everything was blocked and flatted it would then be primed and painted. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/02c51e623e297c18d2acb8e19427cc78.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/ac4e4f7b107c59f25494628aa94c2580.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/352c3b11cb811eceef41f484d71d6d2b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/97ef6e2b207d91f2c35b0859d311e7c6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/eb7b1afa001251a5b111218b902dc01a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/837fdda490ba3062979249f916559a43.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/48fe9230dd99a4fa123f72b6fca1d761.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/132f41008581a0145ddcd89e53205f61.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/bc09bbbf0b87d7f78b69746465ef4c8f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/214deb317b1de4ddb09a7d191251bc18.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/b370cdf30b4fabbe74051ae3e600d7bc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/72c300e5c514964e050ccaed731b6b16.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/68f3916f1df6440b05fee74b26e3077b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190630/3c9b319638fed51832894b73f9b763a4.jpg

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[torquey]

Looking well pal.

[nova_pipi]

Looking well pal.Thanks coming along nicely now

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[nova_pipi]

The arches were reshaped and tidied up with the doors on too correcting all the swage lines on the whole car, everything was then polyester primed, looked nice just being one colour for oncehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/e82e28a834aa929b4285e88899b9e266.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/7ab9880bcd9394858642aaafa9d3f1ba.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/ff696fa9c9f91516a8378515c973924a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/8c9afd4ff0b792658e2eb0dc946a2a1b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/5d5405d32362068eeef9c7fb39fe412a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/8a20852c6c1f8737af90774374d9eb42.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/c1f868329ad80c9b711907f605ec1070.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/ea21fef4416d9eca18c771a1e52470bb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/fdd706d41b4deb76d14c43162c66d4ce.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/b4371610a3147d196d44804e98174671.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/e6039775b92e6f9b14048675588b7286.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/43ad5a995ca9779d65c96570da0b2262.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/8f951c88972dcb268623904675a07f66.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/eea439207355cd5451dba82e437b4b08.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/9471ca12b8868b5e0815b1a05712f940.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

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[nova_pipi]

Everything was then primered including doors and all the panels and all the small bits hoping to get some colour on. The order of all the bits to get painted was the shell starting with underneath, engine bay, interior then exterior and finally all the panels then after the shell is done. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/1987a0b7a270e840e034116f2b4dc15d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/617f2ea5bba8a5e9fd4c93d052764bb3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/a85777ab939d8d9f470d8ebc8c23d621.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/b6dce41ec5afdf8acee7a2df629289e9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/56d0a0d52565edff0f50159ad8f00356.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/945a25000d72d9796476fb9964ddee7b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/c538da8f1e4ff8692fecd06e2e67a9d6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/6c9f255e0d16098ef97eddd6968355a3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/63b9f82d304bddd635b6973e648ec2f6.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

The engine was also primed at the same time as all the final niggly bits had been picked up. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/828d1616ed6b88b0f0d4980f5c2b716d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/77982a0c792380f642ce8a1adf113a0c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/faa5fd2a088a14029e53154b9826d557.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/63ea78d31214ca6b8a24367cdb04d3bd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/393e1108daf0fded4996f620014a054f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/f505176986217c692aa975389dbed90d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/26fda84fe13417d03af5aebd7f37a3fa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/6fa8b12e29edbd3d5cf5ac213073adde.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/d0f84e0da42bffa374482d54a929c8aa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/002217789a30142222ea7e8fb960f10a.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

Starting off with the shell it was put back on the jig and masked up, underneath was then primed, raptor sealed with the non tintable stuff, I did it this way as I wasn't sure if the colour would be altered by the raptor on mixing, it was then painted and lacquered. Absolutely love how it's turned out and even more so the colour, couldn't be happier with it. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/aa5afc076351f40f97075946e6b96183.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/e70a9c45cb6da62e27e0be52693f270e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/4399fa3fe8084f8732ff0df72a28b434.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/07897ab1997784b95af5578911cf73b2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/2ad58dd1e0ae6d6b87ecd6dd01fd73ec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/30d7d5d693e3ca00b5f56cd269e6352c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/aa1b505f543ccbf6aa72e166297f5ba5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/f6861d52e806776dd0d0e8fe099ba739.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/5861fc43b321b33f9369d82192273f67.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/184848fa2247d43655ba8176f8b5d83f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/46afa79a9dd3d4e7c7bd2233cbaed1a6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/bcfdb996a3122a4d639865b6961aeb8e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/83b8931e331c98e361de29e5457d6d3d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/ca2337c23019cdc617e823f06bb3e7fb.jpg

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[nova_pipi]

The battery tray scuttle area was also painted at the same time, this didn't need to be perfect as will be hidden anyway but looks really good. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/9242ba96769ef5f6d8f9fae657ba441c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/145c8e3f29b51a8686386880c48f71cd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/2b9e86c119f283799304e1471b9dae63.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/9361ec24b5f806ee25ed94dad254c95e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/639af3548b254921ffc45cf74157c5de.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/431fad176cd261d9e7a58675339b3734.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/f53db294b67a5c60da894c2242fc8202.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/2909109b4b2905bfcda685992b0b8d99.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190703/65fc23fd9c6d46e0aa9be235d5d35510.jpg

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[torquey]

Looking brilliant pal I am on with mine now getting it ready for paint busy blocking primer the joys lol. Love the underside wish I could do mine. :thumb:

[totalnova]

Looks really good, nothing better then a freshly painted shell:thumb:

[nova_pipi]

Looking brilliant pal I am on with mine now getting it ready for paint busy blocking primer the joys lol. Love the underside wish I could do mine. :thumb:Thanks, blocking primer looks like it sucks lol I've always wanted the underside of mine doing and this was the best opportunity, get yours done if you have the time even though no one will ever see it you'll know its there.

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[nova_pipi]

Looks really good, nothing better then a freshly painted shell:thumb:Cheers, fresh paint is always so nice lol

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[nova_pipi]

Next up were the front inner wings shell and panels, along with the engine bay, the inner wings had the same treatment as underneath, primed, raptor sealed, painted and lacquered. The primer and raptor was done seperatley then everything was painted together.
The finish on the engine bay came out amazing and so happy with the colour and finish, lovely bit of smoothing going on too. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/8c9434370edaa3e00066e3282c83f877.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/d57b83f957d96ebfd24716b585a30bd7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/a211bb202fac4bb8b96b808b9c06b207.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/f3b1a2b8116ef06e63cc1a18f1db20b5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/33f572b70783f52a4a3be697610f65a3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/29a02437109a41b1a50085e017a617af.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/098692a53fc8d72d78c7b91e881597e1.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/060cfc91e24e2deedb3f0e90ab963dcb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/2a2cf54daec34a36e60f1e30ec29987c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/571c5bfc8af65a08bbf0fcc982ae36a9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/421121e8e9c9babaa289457e8afdb505.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/4b6ee2487bb34786f3a7ee83fb300842.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/a58036898cf8a43caf593a9111e8f66a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190704/71ef78a7959ad1c70c021ed9aa4026f5.jpg

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