My 1.6 8v itb nova

[therealnovaboy]

This is my nova build. I have been meaning to write this for a while now but never got round to it. I have read so many projects on here for motivation and thought it would be good if my build thread had the same effect on someone else.

I have been building this for some time now in my spare time and hope to be finished (if there is such a thing) soon. I have done all the work myself with some help from my brother who is very knowledgeable when it comes to engine management.

It started life as a one litre and was a not too bad a shell at the time. I drove it for 2 years as I needed a car for work. Looking back I would have started with a better shell, but I could not afford a better shell when I started. At least having a rotten nova has taught me how to weld and spray.

The aim of this build is to have a nova how I have always wanted it, with everything working and set up to how I like it. The car will compete in the hill climbs, sprints and the odd track day when it is finished.

This is when I first got it.
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Few pictures of the rot and rust I was up against.
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As you can see its not the best shell ever. The good thing is that the structural parts were not too bad. The doors bonnet and boot etc were in pretty good nick. All the rust was cut out and new clean metal welded in.

[therealnovaboy]

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The whole engine bay, front chassis legs and rear chassis legs were stitch welded and group A strengthening plates welded in. This was probably over kill for a 1.6 but I knew it was better done now rather than later.
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[therealnovaboy]

The rear arches were in a horrible state. The inner lid has completely disintegrated. I had left this job till last because I knew that it’s the bit would really make it look bad if not done right. By this point id like to think I had a fair grip of how to yolk the welder.
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Panel marked up against the arch. These lines were kept straight as possible so that it would be easier to make repair section fit
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The rot was then cut out, exposing the inner tub.
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The rust was cleaned back until I had some substantial metal to weld to.
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The repair section was cut 12mm or so bigger all the way around. I joggled the repair section all the way around so that it would sit as flush as possible. I wanted to use as little cataloy as possible
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Once I was happy wit the outer arch I drew round the inside with a marker so I knew where the inner tub ended. I made a template then used another repair section to build up the inner tub. I tacked it on and tried the outer arch on to see if the two lips would touch.
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When I was happy with the fit I welded the tub up
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the outer arch was then fitted then welded on. I did it in stitches until it was welded all the way around, allowing it to cool in between to avoid heat distortion.
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I drilled holes down the lip of the outer arch as far to the outer edge as I could get away with. This was so I could trim back the arches and still have the plug welded joining the outer arch to the inner tub. The lip was trimmed back later on.
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Other side arch done using same method.
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[therealnovaboy]

The floor had rusted along the inside. I had never seen a nova as bad as this here before. It wasn’t so bad to fix. I cut all the way along and ground off the rust. I then bent some sheet metal at 90deg and welded it in. I used a jack to push it up against the floor and welded all the way along from the inside.
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I then made plates up for the cage to bolt in. The cage was second hand so I had to make raised plates so that the cage would fit snug along the roof and square down the door pillars. I used 4” box section and cut it to fit. I welded captive nuts on the back so it could bolt in. I then plated up the ends so it was a solid box.
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Once all the plates were welded I painted the floor white. Don’t know why white but always thought it looked cool on rally cars when there nice and clean.
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[therealnovaboy]

I cut out all the rust and welded up the front headlight bowls. I then fitted a new slam panel and valence.
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I built the engine up. I didn’t want to throw money at it until I had it up and running but wanted a good solid base to start with. I changed the usual rebuild parts, rings, seals, gaskets, belts, new oil and water pump and lapped in valves. The head was left pretty standard other than taking the edges off the ports and port matching the manifolds. I lightened and balanced the flywheel and crank. A cam will be chosen once I figure out where the power is and where I want it. Porting can be done once it is running and the teething problems corrected. The plan is to run individual throttle bodies from a motorbike. The manifold was made from old exhaust pipe, bent and welded to an inlet manifold blank.
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I had never sprayed a car before this, other than the odd wing or repair. I decided the best way to learn is to do it yourself and the worst that could happen is id need to rub it all down again. I started with the engine bay to get a feel for it. I was quite happy with the result.

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I Cataloyed the rear arches. This took ages to get right and is not something id like to do again in a hurray.
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I rubbed the car down and made up a make shift spray booth.
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I gave it a coat of primer all over. This was probably over kill but it meant I could get it nice and smooth for the top coat. The Xbox goat a coat and was finished in flame red with the dregs in the tin.
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I sprayed the colour on nice and thick so it could be flattened and polished after. I was delighted with the finish and was better than I thought it would turn out.
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[therealnovaboy]

I then built up the rack and the fitted the brake lines. This was a huge turning point as I was actually starting to put things on the car rather than take bits off.
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The doors were rubbed down and sprayed up. I had to repair the door lock because it was broken into with a screw driver and had dented around the lock.

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The doors have now been built up and the vinyl’s put on. The engine is also in and I am in the middle deciding where all the vacuum pipes and alt bracket will attach to the inlet manifold. The windows are in and the doors on. I still need to fit and spray the wings. I left them till I had the doors on so I can get them to line up right. I have more pictures but I am at work just now so ill put them up soon.

[Angus Closier]

Looking good mate, Keep the updates coming!

[dj_wudgey]

awesome build matey!! loving the rims!!!

[Nova_Tek]

That's some effort you've put in mate, really is. Some people would've given up I think. Quite a lot of tin worm but respect for not scrapping it and saving one to use for competition.

Should be a great weapon when done :thumb:

Keep it up.

[Cle]

Looks very nice cant wait to see it finished :)

[Mike]

Very tidy little build!

[shed-on-wheels]

some very hard work been put into this i can see and you say you have never painted befor well you certainly are talented to get a finish like that dude but prep is the key :)

[wwmnw]

I would have probably scrapped that if it was mine but you've done a good job :thumb:

[shed-on-wheels]

thats exactly my first thoughts wwmnw but yeah he has in my eyes earned a medal at keeping novas on the road and saving from the scrapper

[comptoncj]

Good work there looks good! keep it up

[scorge01]

just read this thro and am very impressed:thumb:
are you going to be using it on the road aswell or just events? wouldnt mind seeing this once its done:thumb:

[pikey1986]

cracking work fella and to think before you pulled it apart it looked an half decent shell

[MattBrown]

Stunning.

Pretty similar to what im doing too fella.

You should be really proud, this impresses me more than alot of other build that use bodyshops and engine builders.

Cash isnt always king.

[Tommy_nova]

What a great build fair play to you fella
lots of hard work and time gone in to this
be awesome to see it finished..

[Connor]

Interesting project mate, i am curently in process of building a 1.6 on bike tb's for a uni project, what tb's you using and also what management you using?
Car looks awesome and i love those wheels :cool:

[peester]

good build, got the skills!

[connor c]

great read lad,nice paint finish aswell

[AdamK]

Another project thread subscribed to cant wait to see it finished mate good work

[shed-on-wheels]

how do i subscribe to this please ?

[AdamK]

Click on thread tools its in there mate

[shed-on-wheels]

thank you fella :)

[therealnovaboy]

Thanks for the positive comments. It’s nice to have my hard graft appreciated.

I’ve found some more up to date photos in my phone. I have more in my laptop but I won’t get them till I get home.

Door built up with GSi window surround and rubbers.
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Boot built up and bumper put on.
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As I said before all the windows are in now with the GSi window surrounds and door pillar vinyl. It might sound daft putting these bits on for a track slag, but I think the grey bits are the bits that make the novas. They can always get removed when I reach a power limit and looking to shed a few kg's.

[scorge01]

as i said bud looking forward to seeing this out and about:thumb:

[therealnovaboy]

Found some more photos when I was rummaging. This is the build of the inlet manifold. I can’t take all the credit, my brother made this up. Its not too bad a job;) .

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The air box will not be used.
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[Count Vaux Alot]

Nice work well done!

[sport]

You and your brother certainly have good skills, looks like a very tidy build youve got.

[mk1nova_rich]

Awesome read so far, and fair play for saving the shell. I would have wheeled it straight down the scrapyard lol. I like the white cage and underside against the red. Might go the same with mine when I eventually get round to it :thumb: have some rep mate

[elizbt]

Very good. It requires a lot of perseverence, as well as skill, to carry through a project like this. It takes even more to keep up the regular posting on this site, at the same time.

Well done, son!!

[merv beckett]

that is brill m8 great job

[therealnovaboy]

here are some more recent pics of the car in its current state.

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[Andy]

That is absolutely outstanding,really well done mate.Honestly thats brilliant.
+rep and subscribed

[ryansnova]

very nice car dus the engine just bolt in ?

[Andy]

very nice car dus the engine just bolt in ?
???? Most engines usually do!!!

[shed-on-wheels]

lol at the above comment.....yes the nova is very very good build keep up the work dude hope to see this at shows ect :D

[novalovingned]

Very nice build you have there mate, nice to see the shell saved. Where about in Aberdeenshire are you? Theres a good few of us on here now :thumb:

[Pistol Pete]

Some work has gone into this! Wish i had space like that! Could have painted mine myself!!

Look forward to updates!

[Tommy_nova]

Fairy bloody play to you fella awesome build love it
there going to be some lovely novas out and about come 2011

[Connor]

Very very nice. You running this on megasquirt?

[Rickyb]

im LOOVING this build its utter awsomeness very well done pall.

[Balley]

Very impressive!

[therealnovaboy]

Very nice build you have there mate, nice to see the shell saved. Where about in Aberdeenshire are you? Theres a good few of us on here now

ye i know what you mean ive seen a few "location: Aberdeen/shire " about on here. I stay in Alford. Thanks for the coments your white nove is a fair tidy wep.:thumb:

[therealnovaboy]

Very very nice. You running this on megasquirt?

No, ill be using an emerald ecu.

[Connor]

No, ill be using an emerald ecu.

Oh nice, will be watching this one.
Builds looking awesome so far :thumb:

[novalovingned]

ye i know what you mean ive seen a few "location: Aberdeen/shire " about on here. I stay in Alford. Thanks for the coments your white nove is a fair tidy wep.:thumb:

Cheers mate :) Your not too far away then, I used to work in Sauchen and know a couple of guys from Alford. Anyways, keep up the good work, should be a cracker when its finished!

[krobinson]

Fair play, a shocking amount of blood sweat and tears ploughed into that shell, but now it's something to be very proud of indeed.

Well done!

[therealnovaboy]

Bit of an update.

Done a lot but not really much to show of it. I got an Emerald ecu and made and fitted a loom. spent a lot of time on this and is pretty much ready to go. I mounted the ECU in the glove box and looks pretty sweet.

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I have also fitted the the radiator and finnished off the inlet manifold. I had to make up a pipe that joins the inlet to the heater matrix and also located the water temp sensors.

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I have been cleaning up and bolting on a lot of bits nothing really that significant. Its coming together now and can almost see the light at the end of the tunnel.

I dont really have a lot of pics so ill get some more tomorrow.

[gary_126]

Great build!! Looks a cracking wee car! Be interesting to see what figures the engines putting it out.

[scott.parker]

This is ace! looks lovely, and I like the idea of a TB'd 8v, should be interesting to see how well it works..

Scott

[GRANT !!!]

loving it !!!! good work, and a high standard!

[16v Nova Kev]

looking really good and nice panel work too :thumb:

[therealnovaboy]

Thanks for all the positive comments. Constructive critisisim is allowed.

here are some more recent pictures, I put the tank in and have started to put in the fuel pipe. I just need to finish off the fuel pipe, finish and tidy up the wiring, fit the crank sensor, and fill it with fluids, then I can get some noise out of it. cant wait!

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[therealnovaboy]

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[therealnovaboy]

Had loads of odds and ends to finish off nothing really worthy of an update. I finally have it in a state that I can start it.

Vid of first run. The car is just running on a rough base map with nothing balanced. Only the base timing has been set up. no exhaust.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyFWWXU6264&list=UUMQtB_nq3_7V180iIqZJSqg&index=4&feature=plcp

Second vid with half an exhaust. Poor sound quality due to being a phone vid but you get the idea. The rev limit is set at 5000rpm for now. Fueling still needs setup correctly with the wide band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ2QPYrBNug&feature=autoplay&list=UUMQtB_nq3_7V180iIqZJSqg&lf=plcp&playnext=1

Not much more to do now. My plan is to get it in a state where it can be MOT'd then get it on the rolling road.

Chuffed :d

[woodygte]

Great work mate. looks great

[shed-on-wheels]

looking brill buddy keep it up fella

[therealnovaboy]

Ok so I’ve got it starting and Idling pretty good now and need to get it on the rolling road. I haven’t taken much pics of the recent work and I always forget to take a camera.

I have fitted my innovate LC-1 and got it connected up to the emerald and seems to be doing as it’s supposed to. I had a bit of an issue with my Ashley exhaust as they decided to send me a mk2 exhaust as they no longer supply the mk1 anymore. I got that sent back and ordered a second hand Ashley from the bay that should fit. If not ill make it fit.

The interior is basically all done now and have the seats in and the door cards on. I have prepped the wings and am ready for a spray once I can get in the garage and the weather is warm at the same time.

I haven’t really been pushing the build as I’ve been up at my brothers working on his workshop. Without his workshop finished there is no rush to get the nova driving. I’ll stick some pictures of what we’ve been up to up there.
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[therealnovaboy]

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Should be finished in the next few weeks. So look out for a RR day in the near future.
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[therealnovaboy]

Ive finished off the all painting the wings are now done. Im pretty happy with the finish of them.
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Ive also finished off all the work in the engine bay for now. Ive fitted conduit to the wiring and you can see my wide band fitted on the firewall. I wanted to get everything pretty much done under the bonnet to save scratching the wings after they've been fitted.

This is the most recent work done to the engine.
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[BRoadGhost]

Holy sh1t Thereal; WHO just decides one afternoon to fit a set of rollers into a barn - bloody awesome!

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[Brocky]

awsome car:thumb:. just subscribed

[steviegsi]

fcuk me thats what you call a workshop...... car looks good so far too. :thumb:

[marc69]

Nice build thread, is this the 1.0 from Midmar? I think I see my SR in an early pic!
Like the RR, I just went to wallace performance the other week for an RR, wish I knew your brother has one.
Anyway, when am I going to see your Nova then?

[Plug]

Legend haha I needs a RR!!

Nova looks sweet mate :)

[novalovingned]

Looking good Ewan :) give me a shout when the rr is up and running ;)

[therealnovaboy]

Nice build thread, is this the 1.0 from Midmar? I think I see my SR in an early pic!
Like the RR, I just went to wallace performance the other week for an RR, wish I knew your brother has one.
Anyway, when am I going to see your Nova then?

Thats the one. Have you still got your 1 litre? I havnt seen it about the same. I dont think its your sr in the pick, there are a few red corsas that kick about in the pics.

[marc69]

Yeah, the 1.0 is still going. Here's your pic and I am sure it's ,my sr in the back. You still got the white sr?

http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af5/69marc/DSCN0075.jpg

[therealnovaboy]

no thats my old corsa sport, red corsa b, red corsa c and a charade GTTI.

Still got the sr. Hasnt done any miles than since you last saw it. I keep meaning to put it on the road for 6 months to give it a run but never get round to it. Then the snow comes.

[marc69]

your right, i thought the charade was the sr, must be my eyesight with age.

You need to get the SR on the road, do some rust proofing because even in the summer it rains continually in Aberdeen!

[novalovingned]

your right, i thought the charade was the sr, must be my eyesight with age.

You need to get the SR on the road, do some rust proofing because even in the summer it rains continually in Aberdeen!


He should just sell it to me lol The SR is beautiful :)

[therealnovaboy]

Ive fitted the windscreen, got the wings polished up and fitted, and also the front end built up. Hopefully i can get it up to my brothers at the weekend and get it mapped.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/6FC9F60F-EC79-4CF5-B16E-07CAE4F3DCF0-1818-000002FDAF3D6B47.jpg

the panel gap on the bonnet is a bit cr.ap but I cant adjust it by myself. Ill sort it out once when someone is about to give me a hand.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/38BCFFA9-9C72-42A4-AB9A-83E683A3C2A5-1818-000002FDA010F344.jpg?t=1345567631

Has anyone got pictres of where the grill attaches to the slam panel. there are holes in the bumper but it has square holes in the slam panel. im guessing i need to get the clips that go in square holes like the ones that hold the rear number plate on.

Im also swithering whether to put a yellow bumper strip or red. Idea was originaly yellow as my calipers are yellow.

[sport]

Looking good mate.

[therealnovaboy]

I Gave the car a wash, fitted the seats and harnesses. I had to respray the drivers door cos I buffed the paint too much and you could see dark line along a crease. It wasnt too bad but knew it would bug me.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/66AC593E-17F0-4044-BC14-A2F4939186F9-338-0000003174185370_zpsb48f7d98.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/B00F5300-092B-4F4E-AE31-8E8116D56881-338-0000003187F81463_zpsf5fd0c6a.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/255C73C6-76A4-4543-9643-B0F84DF96495-338-000000317FDC637E_zpsb8ca2de3.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/8FE5AFBA-3634-4FAB-AC37-77B051DBCACC-338-00000031906BB1E0_zps156e8f52.jpg

I made a radio blank I covered it in abit of left over vinyl.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/A677DCF9-1A20-4B4A-AD0B-2FC479ACB16B-338-000000319DD3FA27_zpsf41f145a.jpg

[therealnovaboy]

Finnally managed get some spare time to take the car up to my brothers house. Finnished off a couple jobs to get it ready. I threw the gauges on it and got it tracked. Set it to 0 toe just now only so it doesnt wander off the rollers. Ill get it set up better after its moving.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_0314_zpsa160921f.jpg

Got the car on the trailer.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1404_zpsca7df238.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/dynoday14_zpsca3dee4a.jpg
tied it to the dyno
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1415_zpsa6b09038.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1430_zps56848c7d.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1438_zpsc67bb4d7.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1439_zpse7a85ea0.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1433_zps15d26610.jpg

We had an issue with the laptops because I forgot to take the disc for the usb to serial driver. By the time we got everything talking I had to head home. I popped round this morning and was pleased to hear it had not blown up yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHWZn7HCz_I

There is still a lot to do.

[bazil]

Looks the part, i love the dyno in the barn lol

[novalovingned]

Can't believe how the paint has come out, top job! Looks like its getting there now.

[sport]

Looks the part, i love the dyno in the barn lol


Was thinking this myself Allan, you should get one for yours once the floors sorted lol

[peester]

looks spot on, wheels are awesome.

[tony k]

Just checked your thread out mate,love the car spot on with hem wheels,would love to see the final dyno on the power out put,always wondered what these would be like with that setup,love the dyno in the barn good stuff,will keep a eye on this

[therealnovaboy]

Thanks for the comments. Im glad the wheels suit it concidering they are not that common on a nova. I also have a set of OZ racing rally wheels in 15" that i want to get powder coated a mistral grey colour. Not sure which ones to put track tyres on though.

The RR is real tidy. It needs calibrated to do power runs but it holds load and RPM great. Plus you can see the hp needle ging up and down with the changes made, which is all we need at the minute.


Can't believe how the paint has come out, top job! Looks like its getting there now.

The paint came out better than I expected and needed. shame really because it meant evrything else had to be better and took longer.

Deffinatley getting there now, itll never be "finnished". Ive already planned what its getting next.

[Benn]

Can't believe i've never seen this before.

What a great build, I think i'd have given up when seeing all the rest, but you've cracked it. Fantastic work. Looks awesome in red with white wheels.

[Stan Wrecked]

Cracking build pal, makes mine look rough as badgers. Have you tracked her yet ? What box are you running ? I run a F13 long ratio and find it way too tall.

[therealnovaboy]

The wheels are tracked. If thats what you mean? I have not driven it yet at all. Its an f13cr in it. im looking out for a lsd and a shorter final drive. I missed out in one a couple of months back. I can imagine the WR would be too tall. you should try get a box out a corsa sport they are CR but only tiny bit longet 2nd and 3rd. There is heeps around the scrappys.

[Liam]

As everyone else has said, the wheels suit the car perfectly. I've just bought a set of 15" OZ Rally wheels and am contemplating selling them and buying a set of wheels like yours now! lol

[therealnovaboy]

Spent sat morning with the nova on the dyno. Its almost ready and mapped. We've just got some fine tuning to do and get rid of a couple holes in the map.

It seems to be getting way hot. I think the fan is a bit under powered and having no cowling isnt helping keeping the engine temps down. I decided to fit an oil cooler anyway to help a bit. Im not sure how much it needs it but it will certinly help. Heres a few pics and vids. vids a bit sh!t, doesnt give you any idea how good it sounds.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/DDF6311E-E4FA-4DB8-A87A-0AC9E4243E22-749-000000CC23CE11F4_zps714f6082.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yy9u-e1jj4

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/60FCC0B4-ADCF-4F97-BDF7-05F646DB72FC-1727-000002557FEEC6A9_zpsb1a620c2.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/EA3A2F71-1567-448B-ADE5-3546FDB41A27-1727-000002556EE4F1CF_zpsf65b30bd.jpg

[meritlover]

i think you might need to prime/bleed this as i see no reason for the oil to fill the cooler naturally. Could you turn it by 90deg?

[novalovingned]

Cooler looks a great fit. What rpm are you holding it at in the video?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

awsome build mate, serious amounts of rott it had !
ive seen alot of people scrap cars in better nick, so well done for saving her :)

[ben doodar]

Read this last night, great project you have going on.

+ fitting a set of rollers in your barn is just funking awesome mate :)

[Iain]

Was going to say the same as Meritlover, vertically (with in at the bottom) or with the unions on top would ensure the cooler gets filled and does its job?

[therealnovaboy]

I cant get it vertically cos its too long.

Itll be fine the way it is. As long as its full of oil before i connect up the hoses to the block i cant see an issue.

[meritlover]

providing its fully bled and primed it will be fine.

[therealnovaboy]

I thought I’d better update this as I haven’t in a while.

I managed to get an MOT a few weeks back after finding that the braided brake hose had been rubbing on the CV boot.

It’s now on the road and has clocked up a few hundred miles with no major issues. The closed loop tuning has ironed out the fuelling a bit and was getting better every time I jumped in it for the first 100miles or so. I also found that the poly V alt pulley was rubbing on the chassis leg on hard cornering. I swapped it out for a single V alt and pulley and doesn’t seem to touch it any more. The front tie bar polly bush had also melted and was causing a bit of play in the wheel under braking. I turned out a new polyurethane bush for just now and have new polly bushes on order.

I have a few Jobs to do before my first event which is a week away. I’ve got some ACB10 tyres to fit, make a beam breaker, some sort of oil catch tank and sort out a knocking/rattle that’s coming from the driver’s side front wheel.
I don’t have much pics since its MOT but it’s not changed much visually anyway. I have a few running vids which I must admit are a bit poor (I don’t really want to spread the good ones on YouTube ;)). Hopefully I’ll get some proper footage at the hillclimb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhzb2rMNkOo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBxCLJYtOJw

http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/316059_503401543055154_721931899_n.jpg

[conad]

great work mate... balls of steel!!

[therealnovaboy]

got my car ready for my first hillclimb. I went for a blast to scrub the tyres in and took some pics.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/F11EF64A-5D61-4F89-BB15-93D38EBF92FE-562-000000864895C999_zps1ef863cb.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/6890ADAC-7A19-4180-AFED-DC9309A2E3CE-562-00000085BEE0A4B0_zps9ccf13e3.jpg

[marc69]

Very good, when am I getting a shot of driving this then?

[therealnovaboy]

lol. i wouldnt get your hopes up.

[novalovingned]

Did you do Fintray this year? Looking good :)

[therealnovaboy]

Yeah I was at fintray hillclimb. It Was a great weekend and the weather was lovely. I was a bit shakey at first but once I got settled in my times got increasingly quicker. I managed a 37.21 which im more than happy with. The other cars in my class were all a higher displacement than me but still managed to beat a 1.9gti which was around the same tuned state as mine. I was about 1 second off an RX8 coming second and about 4 seconds away from my mates 220hp clio who won first place. The fact the car didnt have a limited slip diff was losing me time. Two out of the three bends are tight and it was just spinning up the inside wheel. It was hard to carry speed through the bend and have traction on the way out.

I thought i was going to get chucked off because the marshals were complaining that i was dropping oil at the starting line. it turned out that when i was heating my tyres and brakes up the fuel was surging forward and comming out the tank overflow. I have to run a full tank because i havnt fitted a swirl pot yet. A 6mm bolt up the overflow stopped that.

my times were dead close to the 106gti and the saxo in the class above me so i know im around where iwant to be. once i fit the sccr LSD gearox ill expect to see chunks of time coming off my runs.

heres a few pics.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_1449_zps937b6503.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_3343_zpsbacb0d70.jpg


http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_3345_zps88b10111.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/IMG_3353_zps6af89f87.jpg

[M Sutton]

Looks really cool with those wheels. Well done ;) LSD next then?

[istf]

:thumb:

[meritlover]

it is nice to see a project when it is finished. i agree with the above comments, the car really does suit those wheels.

[novalovingned]

Superb mate. Glad it went well for you :) you competing in anything else this year?

[therealnovaboy]

I'll try and do all the Aberdeenshire ones then maybe doune at the end of the year if I have the guts.

The next one is boyndie 6th and 7th of july then Alford the weekend after.

You should enter yours.

[novalovingned]

I would but I've just bought a house mate. The nova finally has its own home now lol.... Next year for sure. Well good luck and keep the competition pictures coming, it's good inspiration :)

[bazzap8389]

Car looks great! What wheels are they mate? And what size? I'm liking them :)

[therealnovaboy]

Been busy on the nova the last few days. I decided to take the engine out as there was a few little jobs I wanted to do. The main one was to make sure that there were no leaks from the crankshaft end seals as I think they were seaping slightly. I also decided to finds true TDC and fit the fast road cam I had In The back of the garage. I also port matched the manifold to the inlet manifold to the head, fitted a new exhaust manifold and painted up the rocker cover and inlet manifold. I also rebuilt and fitted my sccr gearbox and diff.

Gearbox built up.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/EB15397A-C834-4973-AA8A-9C00B1AEFE71-521-0000013CF3480705_zps852fc644.jpg

Engine out.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/06951965-CDA5-4E12-A2DE-4EC14D9C9CD7-521-0000013D0FED048E_zps15b6c394.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/E1CEE806-D0A7-438D-AA50-08E364FD0242-521-0000013D21AC44AC_zps5634c976.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/2F09CE0E-D719-4ED2-8107-69E920D895CB-521-0000013D2CE60787_zpsa120e4eb.jpg

Engine and gearbox back in
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/8CA57AFE-DA00-4569-921E-C967571FF0D2-521-0000013D3D94A208_zpsad4570f7.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/0E7C00E7-CABE-4636-A950-7DD3C2F39DB4-521-0000013D482145E7_zpsa5ef94cb.jpg

[marc69]

looking good, I know where to come now for engine work lol

[meritlover]

i like your box

[therealnovaboy]

I like my box. Its transformed the car.

Heres the link to the times for the last hillclimb at fintray for anyone who cares.

http://www.gac.org.uk/2013_results.html

[marc69]

Your second run is quite an improvement on your 1st, but a renault bet you!!!!

Your getting into it, are you enjoying it? I did think about it with the 1.4 but looked so expensive for so little driving compared to track days.

[therealnovaboy]

the clio on the first day was a clio 200 and he had done this track before a number of times. By the second day my times were faster than his best time which im quite pleased with.

The other Clio (which was 1st in class) was my mates which has had quite a bit of work to it running around 220bhp, close ratio box and LSD. Im not too bothered about him beating me but would be quite possible for the my car to get his times with a better driver/ few mods ect.

I know what yor saying about the price. for the time on track it works out pretty expencive. n the other hand there is nothing else up here. Ill go down to knockhill, but its handy to have events close buy that I can drive there and back within an hour. IMO the more events you do the more you can justify the expense of the car.

[marc69]

the clio on the first day was a clio 200 and he had done this track before a number of times. By the second day my times were faster than his best time which im quite pleased with.

The other Clio (which was 1st in class) was my mates which has had quite a bit of work to it running around 220bhp, close ratio box and LSD. Im not too bothered about him beating me but would be quite possible for the my car to get his times with a better driver/ few mods ect.

I know what yor saying about the price. for the time on track it works out pretty expencive. n the other hand there is nothing else up here. Ill go down to knockhill, but its handy to have events close buy that I can drive there and back within an hour. IMO the more events you do the more you can justify the expense of the car.

Well if you can get close to the 220bhp Clio times with your Nova, that's quite an achievement. I know what you mean about local events but for me they are just out of reach financially. Although track days are cheaper, there is the risk for a valuable car to consider also. Knockhill is only 2 hours away so it's not too bad, it's after doing 60 miles on a track, then driving home in slow motion at 5pm, painfully dull lol.

[therealnovaboy]

I had a couple events with vids and results to share.

boyndie results (http://www.admc.org.uk/results.html) Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oeiKcodcwg)
Alford results (http://www.gac.org.uk/results/2013/alf_jul14_event.pdf) video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8CmdkMkbak)

Great weather both days and made out to be both great weekends. I was a bit dissapointed on my times at alford. I think the bigger powered cars could make up more time as its a faster track and I could make up time on the twisty track at boyndie.

I wont make up excuses I as clearly slow.

[therealnovaboy]

I've spent the last few days fitting a blydenstein B+ head and kent Ast2 cam, updated springs and followers.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/DCE41609-908B-4351-85E9-E09749C58394_zpsocsnljaz.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/B518E782-2924-4B0B-BD68-DD39E717BC7B_zpswvwzffwj.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/D83C29F7-FFDD-4B1E-93FF-7F01D7DC6CF9_zpsphjd2zqd.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/4804958D-5B6E-4B8C-AF10-59E758339E76_zpschttesne.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/DDE5E688-4FDB-4A42-A13E-C78EF132DE61_zpszdhom8yp.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/6963B187-9D3F-4974-9B27-63235BEE09C0_zpsz79zkhid.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/998461D7-9BA9-4F29-9040-5DD15949F446_zps6jj1oidk.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/966CA91B-C327-47AB-A215-F6323B054F6B_zpsw8vnlphc.jpg

[Iain]

Is that a glass of wine in the garage lol

[therealnovaboy]

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/45A54B5D-142F-451E-BDB2-92E0FC9839FD_zps5tff9un4.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/6B433BCF-7FA4-48EC-9DB0-875B9B66DD4B_zpsunag1zxd.jpg

All finished
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/CED62320-0AC5-4502-99C2-CB2D893345D1_zps8a15sssd.jpg

also made and fitted a short shift gear linkage
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2014-02/60F5409E-CA79-407A-80BB-12198A16C31E_zps5hs3pba7.jpg

[therealnovaboy]

.

[Benn]

Engine looks very nice.

[therealnovaboy]

http://youtu.be/rN7B4w_fmx8

Bring on the hills!

[CorsaBBoomer]

Nice work, what outcome did you have after the dyno? :thumb:

[therealnovaboy]

Nice work, what outcome did you have after the dyno? :thumb:

No idea of any numbers but feels good.

[therealnovaboy]

Some new doings. Fitted some top mounts and tie bars. It gives me a little bit more caster at least.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/91FA7A9E-D09B-41EF-B1B9-897317157C73_zpsbzytiex8.jpg
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/4FB1795D-918D-4126-B9B9-3B82F2B0D6D6_zpsvqmkt65a.jpg

I decided to fit the fibreglass bonnet I picked up some time back. Fitted some catches and cut some manta 400 vents in the top. I don't like black bonnets and will be going red soon.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/4A4F5E69-6996-4B6C-B99D-FE5623923C0F_zpslufxor9l.jpg
I coggled together an oil catch tank. I'm quite happy with it. 1 litre catch tank for under a Tenner.
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/BEA35205-BF3A-4A66-A724-A4B22EA42AE5_zpsa76xexfg.jpg

Found the decals I got for my birthday. Was going to get the wheels refurbed first but they sent bad enough to justify it. Plus I'm very impatient
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/7FC5DC0C-6AA2-44EE-8FEC-6610387FDF8A_zpsrfwqdaas.jpg

[NathanKirkpatrick]

What throttle bodies are these?

[Balley]

That sounds epic! Good work.

[therealnovaboy]

What throttle bodies are these?
Honda CBR600

[therealnovaboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtorMwEidsw

in car vid from the weekend. Was my best time but know it could be quicker. Came third to a double entered Clio. Was good fun, great weekend.

[toymex]

Nice driving ,no room for error on the first bit

[therealnovaboy]

Yeah it's quite tight. That's what makes it to be honest. Gives you a good buzz.

[NathanKirkpatrick]

Honda CBR600

Whats the price for them bud?

[Benn]

Christ there was no holding back.
Great course too, looks like a nice drive.

[tomfromdelmonte]

Whats the price for them bud?

heard of ebay?

[Andy]

This is what a proper Nova is all about!
Class build and great driving!

[therealnovaboy]

Whats the price for them bud?
I think mine were 99p and £10 postage. I got the loom and some fairing as we'll.

[therealnovaboy]

This is what a proper Nova is all about!
Class build and great driving!

Thanks, that means a lot. Novas are best when they are close to death.

[bazzap8389]

Nice driving there! Looks like she handles well. Where is that course bud?

[therealnovaboy]

Nice driving there! Looks like she handles well. Where is that course bud?

Doune, Stirlingshire. Handles ok but seems to want to slide the back end a bit. Could do with a front ARB I think.

[therealnovaboy]

I haven't updated In a while. After the last hillclimb at doune I decided to fit a Front anti roll bar. I've never had one on a nova before and wasn't sure if I'd like it. However having fitted it it feels much tighter. It's not that great on bumpy/rough Tarmac but on smooth tar it's definitely better.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/CE21ACF5-B54C-48FE-8A9B-D40570E2CCAC_zpspmbmxood.jpg

I've also fitted a swirl pot. I could only have a minimum of half a tank so I've managed to save the weight of half a tank of petrol. Which is quite a bit.

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/829CBED8-B8C2-49A6-A095-EA8749600598_zpshp5hrul8.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/C62FC0DC-768C-4E0F-A524-81D4A35368BC_zpsja5wi1az.jpg

Ive had a few hilclimbs since including a class win at fintray hillclimb. I've been back to doune too but due to being a leg of the British championship the classes are combined and couldn't get a trophy. That said I'm still chuffed I got a new PB. The car is much less loose.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wMn0n0h5XIA

[bazzap8389]

Had any more outings in this? Not been updated in a while!

[therealnovaboy]

Had any more outings in this? Not been updated in a while!

Not for a while. Will be of the road till April when the season starts again.

[therealnovaboy]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlav7x99ezY&persist_app=1&app=m

Engine first start 2015

[therealnovaboy]

forgot I had these pictures so ill post them. Some of the work I did over the last few months.

fitted a billet flywheel to lighten things a bit
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/D2B8CE51-1983-4A9F-B818-C5ADC9CA1BCD_zpsw3nwxrq1.jpg

http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/481053D8-DAA3-4C59-B38F-471ACDCB5949_zpsuc2gejfo.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/481053D8-DAA3-4C59-B38F-471ACDCB5949_zpsuc2gejfo.jpg.html)

Fitted a quaife linkage
[IMG]http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/0DC6E053-0569-42A5-A4CB-30437F79B742_zpsotbin5v0.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/0DC6E053-0569-42A5-A4CB-30437F79B742_zpsotbin5v0.jpg.html)

[IMG]http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/BA3817E7-A6CD-4C4F-8289-5D32EBE41ED0_zpsue5pttqy.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/BA3817E7-A6CD-4C4F-8289-5D32EBE41ED0_zpsue5pttqy.jpg.html)

which I don't seem to have a picture of :roll: sorry

fitted a lightweight alternator
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/19B86D8D-2C6D-420A-92B0-5BB7090ED3C0_zpsqoyuwgbz.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/19B86D8D-2C6D-420A-92B0-5BB7090ED3C0_zpsqoyuwgbz.jpg.html)

and some fancy bottom arms
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/655B71D9-F18A-4602-B43D-6F511768A592_zpsumrlmex6.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/655B71D9-F18A-4602-B43D-6F511768A592_zpsumrlmex6.jpg.html)
and a nice strut brace
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/86BB440E-7515-4878-8F05-EBD122674C5C_zpsijphc59q.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/86BB440E-7515-4878-8F05-EBD122674C5C_zpsijphc59q.jpg.html)

[therealnovaboy]

I also have a trailer this year which is great.
[IMG]http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd375/therealnovaboy/Mobile%20Uploads/2C781C1F-D1F5-4020-BF15-4762D055FD74_zpsdktkkfnx.jpg (http://s1216.photobucket.com/user/therealnovaboy/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2C781C1F-D1F5-4020-BF15-4762D055FD74_zpsdktkkfnx.jpg.html)

[boffer8]

Pilbeam bottom arms and strut brace?

Looks very nice work there pal, got any pics of your linkage?

Would you be willing to let me borrow the strut brace so i could get it copied for my hillclimb car? been looking for one for a while and no luck, one on ebay a while ago but went for silly money.

Also.... thats the noisiest fuel pump in the world! lol

[therealnovaboy]

Yeah it's noisy.its the shuttle pump to the swirl pot.its right beside the roll cage loop where the cameras mounted. It's not as bad in the car. Needs rubber bobbin mounts but way down on my priority list.

The brace is pill beam and I think the bottom arms at copy's by Harry Hockle but as far as I know the same. I'm not so sure about lending it oh tbh but it's kinda being being used at the minute. I'd be happy to give you dimensions an pictures it's not hard to copy but would be to get the quality. I payed a lot for it but it's sexy and rare so could justify it to myself.

I'll get pics of the linkage. If I remember. I never remember, just move onto the next thing and forget I've done it.