Council block specials.....

[Benn]

ahha love them. Look new...

[turbojolt]

80 quid with the tyres aswell, wtf how you manage that!?!?!?!

[_Jake]

shoulda been left in the 90s!

[Alex J]

well they dont fit lol, and jake, if we all had speedlines and comps the scene would be very boring lol

[turbojolt]

best mod ever!!!! lol

[Alex J]

Braided brake line burst the other day, could of killed me or someone else!! Then to top it off ive found a nice rot hole inside that wasnt there before!! Anyone wanna weld it up before i break it up for parts, its testing my patients ...

[Benn]

Ouch, very scarey popping a line.

[scott.parker]

Ive already asked you on fb, let me know what you think of selling the engine setup for! If its cheap i might....

[Alex J]

Well after calming down, and speaking to a pal he is going to weld it up propley, if i broke it up id be at a massive loss, wont be at any shows i doubt this year tho due to my ****ed leg :-(

[Spudly]

Doesnt matter mate, nova will keep, getting you fixed and back on ya feet is priority, glad youve calmed down on it though, seems to be one of the few things keeping your spirits up at the mo, given some of your FB statuses, and i dont think i have your new number so the cnuts trick certainly wasnt me buddy!

[Southie]

Merris hang on in there with this old sucker, your far too in now. Couldn't you get a mate to drive you to the shows in it though ;)

[scott.parker]

Well after calming down, and speaking to a pal he is going to weld it up propley, if i broke it up id be at a massive loss, wont be at any shows i doubt this year tho due to my ****ed leg :-(

That's the most calm normal thing I've ever heard you say, but im glad your seeing the light and positives dude :)

[blue_peg_16v]

Braided brake line burst the other day, could of killed me or someone else!! Then to top it off ive found a nice rot hole inside that wasnt there before!! Anyone wanna weld it up before i break it up for parts, its testing my patients ...
My braided line did same last night and rad has gone now too bloody pile

[Alex J]

My braided line did same last night and rad has gone now too bloody pilewas it a goodridge one?? im gunna get on the phone to high spec today, they make them for £16.50 each plus vat!! cheaper than buying a set..

i mite try and get someone to drive it to pv and billing, altough pv is only 4 days after my op so i doubt ill be there, billing maybe..

heres the line thats split....

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1.0-9/10300781_745341438863097_870682230223797517_n.jpg

and here is the hole thats turned up!! wasnt there under a year ago, and the cars just sat in the garage!!

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/10336843_745341515529756_7790577789451159162_n.jpg

ive got a pro to weld it up this week, ive had enough of welding!! as for facebook, ive had a massive cull of people, not that i dislike people, its just most of the people on there i cant even remember adding, or who they are, most of my local friends ive deleted aswell as its one of them that thought it was funny to put my mobile number were it was...

[dgbnova#1]

Thsts inside the chassis rail prob been on it's way for a while and not gona see it till last min

[Benn]

Looks just like what happened to my hose. Popped on the brake tester on the mot.

[Alex J]

Exactly that benn! And the chassis legs were all seem welded, under the car looked ok, pulled up the carpet on the drivers side to this! Passanger side is fine! Probley not sealed propley after welding was done!

[Spudly]

ive had enough of welding!! as for facebook, ive had a massive cull of people




Woohooo, i made the cut lol


And back on the braided hose thing, my first valver went to a mate after me and he had one of the goodridge hoses fail on him too!!

[blue_peg_16v]

Yeah was goodridge but I had a spare so all back together now

[Alex J]

trip back to high spec, new hose, made to my own length for only £18 with the fittings, not bad, all bled up and off for welding friday!

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/1904013_746152648781976_2899307401325127450_n.jpg

[scott.parker]

Good lad! :)

[Alex J]

well im so glad i got a pro to do the welding, he re made the driver chassis rail, and the floor for £50....

cut out all the ****
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then had the plate welded in propley without burning holes like i would...

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and sprayed up..

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/10365955_748090961921478_1480729151700264487_n.jpg

and got him to remake the drivers chassis rail as i wasnt happy with the way it looks

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/10336784_748090768588164_7466928346565837456_n.jpg

drove it home, then the next problem, the central locking has packed up:mad:, its been non stop problems this month this car..

[Southie]

Who's are all the other Novas Merris?

Good work on the welding, looks far better now ;)

[Alex J]

what novas lol

[dgbnova#1]

Is that a mk1 escort and a 106 or saxo?

Glad it's all welded now no more flintstones lol

[Novasport]

Glad you have not given up on it. Looks like a tidy job they have done for you, at a good price too.

[Novasport]

Is that a mk1 escort and a 106 or saxo?

Poss a Phase 1 106 Rallye looking at the wheels.

[Alex J]

well, its been on its final drive for a month or two, im going in for major surgery again on monday on my foot to hopefully put it right, fixed the central locking, id screwed through the wiring that runs along the sill when putting the trims back on after the welding lol, a tigra donated the new window switch so its all ready, mite made billing, but no chance on pvs:(

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its now covered up untill i can walk again :(

[Benn]

Great photo, nothing in the background. Love it, car looks great too.

[dgbnova#1]

Nice one mate another doggey suspect screw then lol
good look with your op lets hope it's done this time around

[Benn]

Get the wife to drive? Or get Paul to drive.... Or pay a Hooker.

[Jeff16v]

fingers crossed this time on the op Alex. car looks great.

[Alex J]

cheers all, im home, but in alot of pain:(, pv is this week isnt it? unless i can get missus maris to drive it, i wont be there, maybe billing, not missing out on my curry and chips lol

[Alex J]

new knob, nice and smooth, bit smaller than i expected, but aint that always the way....

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[Novaload_Nick]

Nice knob

[Alex J]

Laptops broke! Cant upload from this **** phone lol

[Alex J]

got meself a new google chrome toshiba book thing, **** me its fast compared to the laptop witch took a year to load one page lol, only thing is it takes a while to get used to the lay out and how to copy and paste, been using windows for about 20 years lol, anyway...

took the nova to pvs, was a great show yet again, and was great to catch up with the png crew, this is the only pic i can find of the nova on the day..
http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x361/alex_merris/Facebook/Timeline%20Photos/10461631_757314210999153_2172931124179278825_n.jpg (http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/alex_merris/media/Facebook/Timeline%20Photos/10461631_757314210999153_2172931124179278825_n.jpg .html)

been bored so made a job of tidying up the engine bay as best as i could and hiding some wires etc..
http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x361/alex_merris/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/10275379_766169473446960_6387883628934405463_o.jpg (http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/alex_merris/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/10275379_766169473446960_6387883628934405463_o.jpg .html)

the end result, probley dont look no diffrent to you but it took 6 hours to do lol

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x361/alex_merris/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/10497410_766255783438329_8140259761091052530_o.jpg (http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/alex_merris/media/Facebook/Mobile%20Uploads/10497410_766255783438329_8140259761091052530_o.jpg .html)

and lastly a present from the missus a new air filter, all im waiting on now is the lamba sensor and should hopefully sort out the bloody eml light problem!

[Benn]

Looks tidy enough, looked great at PVS, nice to catch up with you too. TV have a few pics of it too...

[Plug]

Scrap it!!!!

[Alex J]

well after another dig around i found the main oil leak on the car was coming out the ****ty oil level sensor itself..

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x361/alex_merris/Mobile%20Uploads/20140626_115954.jpg (http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/alex_merris/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140626_115954.jpg.html)

so made a plate up that sits behind it, happy shopper style..

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x361/alex_merris/Mobile%20Uploads/20140626_165737.jpg (http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/alex_merris/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140626_165737.jpg.html)

then these turned up in the post, im hoping this sorts the stalling issue i have, ive cleaned the icv out, and fixed the other problems, see what happens tommrow, also did another oil and filter change, the cars only done 1600 miles since ive owned it, but ive changed the oil about ten times now lol

http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x361/alex_merris/Mobile%20Uploads/20140625_114521.jpg (http://s1178.photobucket.com/user/alex_merris/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140625_114521.jpg.html)

[scott.parker]

Good call on the sump sensor!..

Hope you fix this stalling issue dude.

[Alex J]

I do aswell lol

[TonySR]

My nova has the same problem, stalling when depressing the clutch? Change lambda, ICV and TPS to no avail. Someone has recommended checking the brake servo hose isn't leaking/seated properly?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

fresh colours, fresh plates, new knobs, and no discrimination

[jimbob-mcgrew]

... i like it

[Alex J]

You drunk still lol

[Alex J]

My nova has the same problem, stalling when depressing the clutch? Change lambda, ICV and TPS to no avail. Someone has recommended checking the brake servo hose isn't leaking/seated properly?only dose it went its hot, ive changed everything and its still doing it lol

[jimbob-mcgrew]

i saw this on ebay a day or 2 ago, how come your selling mate ?

[w_wall_2001]

alex have you tried the crank sensor? a family mambers corsa used to do the same when hot and it was the crank breaking down, maybe worth a try

[Alex J]

bored, want something new, and could do with freeing up some cash as i havent worked since september last year lol

[Alex J]

alex have you tried the crank sensor? a family mambers corsa used to do the same when hot and it was the crank breaking down, maybe worth a tryi havent even looked at it since, it was ok last time i took it out, but ill have to wait and see when i go billing this weekend in it!

[Alex J]

well, got bored on the weekend so i went to the garage were it was hiding, got a little polish on it and took it to the coastal customs show held round the corner , was very surpised to win 3rd place in the show and shine!

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[Benn]

ah ha well done, into polishing since......

[Alex J]

ah ha well done, into polishing since......never lol , mrs maris valeted it and polished it before we went lol

[Benn]

Aaawwww good wife.

[Andy]

I thought that trophy was a wasps nest hahahahaha lol lol lol

[Alex J]

well well, after doing another massive jonny one wheel the clutch **** itself lol

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limped the car home with it revving up to 6k before any sort of movement lol, and set about stripping it down, **** me clutches are expensive on these ****ters, once aprt i found this lol
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fried clutch plate

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and this is my favorite, it looks like someone has tried plaining it off like a piece of wood lol

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a quick trip to the motor factors as bought me a new Luk clutch kit, and this bag of bits form vauxhall, new pintch bolts are mine were both rounded of, new gear nylon bush and new flywheel bolts, just waiting on the skimmed flywheel back then put it back together to burnout again lol

[Alex J]

bag of bits

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10660168_814772148586692_4720586704273883239_n.jpg ?oh=45bdcef0dbd205e983cd6e8405d5b6df&oe=54997DCC&__gda__=1422230032_211fafd8271077cea0f929c1fe8fbe7 6

love a bit of bag!

[Alex J]

well the mint green box was a bit of a risk as i didnt even know if it worked, but chucked it in and its been mint so far, back on road , just need to get the speedo to work again, and the other thing that has annoyed me is i put a new main oil seal in because the other was leaking, and guess what!! it still is!!:mad:

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and the new clutch..

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and the flywheel as new..

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bedded it in with a massive smoke out, cant belive how light the clutch peddle is now lol, no wonder it snapped so many cables before lololol

[Benn]

Lighten fly do make a njce difference. Have they just cleaned up the side in the pic?

[scott.parker]

My let has a pot type fly, I'm in too minds as to put a standard flat type on, as I think it would give it that snappy throttle response the xe had, but might make it a bit more harsh, where with the pot type it might be nicer to actually drive.

[Will F]

Just a warning re flat type - if your running big torque, the clutch will start to slip earlier (not last very long) compared to using the pot type...

[Alex J]

Last clutch as been in since 2009, with the flat type and if anyone knows how i use the heap you know it gets driven hard lol, didnt have it lightened, was more money and things are tite atm

[Benn]

My let has a pot type fly, I'm in too minds as to put a standard flat type on, as I think it would give it that snappy throttle response the xe had, but might make it a bit more harsh, where with the pot type it might be nicer to actually drive.

After drive with a pot one in a XE for a few years, i will fit a flat one everytime!

[blue_peg_16v]

Flat one on mine too but ready for a clutch now at feast the box dosent have to come out with a flat flywheel

[Andy]

Im in tears at a massive jonny one wheel hahahahaha

[Alex J]

well after loads of ****ing about ive decided to keep it as its to much fun!! so took it on a track day, spent all day skidding about and beating poc gt3s and ferrari 458s etc lol

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[Southie]

Love the first picture Merris ;)

[Andy]

Im surprised your passenger could see with that stickerbook in front of his eyes lol

[Alex J]

I couldnt see **** i was going to fast , stickers held it together lol

[dgbnova#1]

I like the first pic also looks class

[novadave24]

looks very good mate looks like fun bet you ant got much tyre left lol

[Benn]

Magic tree G meter is working well.

[Alex J]

vanillarama ftw

[Alex J]

after another sick track day at snetterton on my jack jones, we had a few issues of cv joints blowing up, and i found that i had no brakes due to boiled fuild lol, roll on the next one!!

heres the new lines, im changing all four as ive already had one goodridge hose split and another one dont look to good...
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also got poly bush spring seats as the others had fell to bits!

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and we know what this is for lol

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there was this fight in the pits lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhd2pFCULfc&feature=youtu.be

no idea what it was about tho lol

here she is with me truck before battle began..

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and here it is around lunch time lollol

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good day out again, still hvent looked on the cd they gave me, all this you need a diff and coilovers etc nonsence , car handled fine on the bilstien set up on happy shopper springs and on an open diff!

[turbojolt]

lmfao she lampped him with a helmet lol

[turbojolt]

.

[Novasport]

LOL at the fight. Thought she was going to come over all Carlos Sainz and throw the helmet through the rear screen of the M3.

[Alex J]

Seems trouble follows me lol

[Benn]

Always wimmin making fights.

Good times on the track day.

[Southie]

Sad that road rage appears on a track day, adrenaline must have been high or someone cut someone up maybe.... or a poor loser maybe.

What happened to the shaft then Merris? Too much wheel spinning lol

[Alex J]

came out the corner, full boost, bang lol

[8valve-craig]

There's a rear facing vid from the M3 somewhere showing what happened. It was just the same old thing, people getting carried away and thinking its a race.

RE the diff and coilovers, if you are having fun without them and not timing laps (which you shouldn't anyway) then no need. They would definitely improve the car though, no question. A decent plate type may reduce CV failures too.

[Alex J]

There's a rear facing vid from the M3 somewhere showing what happened. It was just the same old thing, people getting carried away and thinking its a race.

RE the diff and coilovers, if you are having fun without them and not timing laps (which you shouldn't anyway) then no need. They would definitely improve the car though, no question. A decent plate type may reduce CV failures too.id say more cv blow ups as more stress on it lol, ive owned full blown track novas with diffs and coilovers and this handles aswell almost!

[brucer]

Looks good out on track! Be careful with them poly spring seats as they raise the ride height a tadge.

[8valve-craig]

Spinning the wheels on lock is what will kill CV's. A plate diff will decrease the amount of steering input needed and limit wheelspin. Extra load from your new corner speed wont put nearly as as much stress on them as they have at current.

[Alex J]

Looks good out on track! Be careful with them poly spring seats as they raise the ride height a tadge.the new ones are shorter than the standard ones, the old ones had broken up lol

[Alex J]

not much as really been going on over the winter months, just busy trying to recover from my bike crash two years ago, on the mend and started my own transport company with this! check out my page on facebook if you need your nova moving around the land... https://www.facebook.com/groups/272317049618927/

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back to the nova..

all ive done over the winter was change the brake lines, new pads and one of these!!

https://scontent-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10956216_900351533362086_1585048161694647717_n.jpg ?oh=11645237fc9ff12fa2e986f900c56b92&oe=558653D2

off for a rolling road bash last night and very pleased with the outcome!

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the power is up 15bhp on the last outing , but its the torque that surprised me the most! its now got 305lbs of torque!! thast up 35lbs from last time , must be down to the new clutch, box and flywheel, shes off to snetterton on the 8th of april if any png crew wanna join??

[Benn]

Nice power dude.

[Andy]

Chrome on a transit?!
You gyppo lol

[Connor]

Haha the rapid recovery truck.
You going pvs or billing this year Alex?

[turbojolt]

Do you run yoko spec 2 tyres on the track? How well do they hold up?

[Rob H]

I wouldn't recommend parada spec 2's for track. They are a great budget street tyre but the sidewalls are abit to soft for track imo as they tend to fold on hard cornering. I personally really like yokohama though and have used ad08's in the past and they held up great with bags of grip. A fair bit more price wise but worth it and alot cheaper than r888's.

[Alex J]

the spec twos are the best all round tyre, ran them for years now, hold well in the wet, and in the dry, i mite do billing and pvs, i run standard billy shocks and spax springs and a full interior, none of this million pound track spec rubbish lol, come to snetteton on the 8th of april and ill take you for a lap, open diff jonny one wheels all day!!

[Alex J]

well, quick update, stuart deleted me of facebook lol.. and ive done a few bits to the nov lol..

number one, did a few shows, and burnouts...

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got a few likes on the old facebook for the engine destroying burnout...

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and did around 6 track days over the winter..

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but there became a time she was over due the main thing in her life.. this..

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now, most of you know how fucking easy it is to chnge one of these, but ohhhhhh no not on this, the nut on the side wouldnt come out for shit, but nothing a hammer wouldnt sort out, along with a grinder, air chizzle , and swearing!, and during fitting i had to get the lds to grind the inside of the gearbox to get the bloody thing to fit!!

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soon it was back together, but ive found it a shitter so far as it dont have a speedo drive on the diff so going to have to buy a gps thing! crap!!

[Alex J]

whilst it was apart , we done abit of tweking to the handling , with 10mm welded in the lower arms, and the caster done by chopper the tie bars etc , was going to look into buying after market tie bars etc, but at 850 you can keep it!!
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also got rid of the dodgy washer set up on the tie bar bracket and had these fabbed up

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now she is running 10mm camber each side , 4 weighed weighed and tracked and drives slightly crazy..

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the underside is all sorted, painted and ready for battle

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last job to do is a new exhaust flexy, turbo oil return, and found the drivers side floor had vansied over the last year lolol, so a bit of welding is being done as we speak!!

[Iain]

What diff is that?

What is the camber in degrees?

[Alex J]

ts a 3j gripper, and i think its 10 degrees, but not 100% , i just gave the car to my friend at ATspeed and said do what needs doing to make it corner better without spending 10000000000million on it, im looking for a brake upgrade aswell to fit under 13inch wheels..

[Benn]

Love the mods, could you not have used Corsa arms? They are 1mm wider arnt they?

[Iain]

Ah plate diff yeah, may not have provisions for a speedo ring then. Heard of grinding casings before for anything that's not an ATB.

10 degrees sounds far too much for anything but oval racing. Mine handled awfully with about 2?!

[Alex J]

it couldnt handle handle worse lol, diff was grinding inside, had to take it out and shave the inside of box , piece of shit!

[boffer8]

You have to do it on most plate diffs, was it around where the speedo drive sits?

[Plug]

You not bloody scrapped this shitter yet!!!?? Haha mines like a fish tank again not touched it since trax year before last lol, hoping to make it to Pvs this year Mind,

needs to get one of them diffs myself aswell, 1st dibs when you break haha

[Alex J]

More pics to follow, but sheds done, needs a gps speedo and then ready to burnout, put new flexy pipes , fuel lines and welding@