Little project on my GTE XE

[Brodie_Sri]

Hi all thought i would start this thread to show some of the changes that i have made to my nova.
I bought the car in july 2009 i dont have any pics of when i first bought it but i have some pics from shortly after heres a couple:)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009013.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009014.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009020.jpg


Anyway when i first bought it there was a c20xe fitted along with R1 bike carbs and MBE management, now the not so good bitslol it had a chavey sunstrip which went straight away, also the car is fully stripped out and it had a small race type steering wheel which i didnt like so that had to straight away and in its place went the standard steering wheel from my old SRi. That was how it stayed for the rest of 2009, i enjoyed a few months of B road blasts and had lots of fun:)
here it is after a good clean and polish
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009030.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009031.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009032.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009034.jpg


I went to york raceway in October 2009 had my first bash on the 1/4 mile only managed a 14.6 was hoping for abit quicker but i will have another go some other time any way on my last run down on the day i snapped the drivers side engine mount and put a little dint outwards on my bonnet, this was it for 2009 it got parked up in my lock up for the winter.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/picsjulyaugust2009009.jpg

[dj_wudgey]

looks good matey!! ive liked this gte for a while now does look tidy!!

[Brodie_Sri]

Right over the winter i got the engine mount sorted gave it a bit of a service and i started useing it again in March 2010 the only things that got changed this year was the GTE grill badge added
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/15062010435.jpg

and the c20xe inside sticker was added

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/14032010355.jpg

And then i came across a problem i was out in it went to overtake a line of cars i took right through 3rd and 4th and put it in 5th and when i came back on the power it was running on 3 and the carbs was popin i thought oh ****lol i drove the car steady home. Anyway a mate of mine looked in the engine with a bore scope? i think they call it, he found the problem the valves on number 3 werent closeing properly and took the rocker cover off and went through the top not takein the head off and my friend found the problem a broken valve spring,
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/19062010444-1.jpg

with this now sorted all was good again and i used the car most weekends and had more fun then about september time my daily driver was off the road so i was useing the nova daily for a week and it started useing alot of water then i noticed oil in the water, it has a gm head so i am guessing the head has gone porus so i have gathered up a early coscast one from a 20xe. Heres my water what i drained outlol
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/21122010555.jpg

[Brodie_Sri]

I havent been a fan of having it fully stripped out so i wanted to make a few more changes maily to the inside so here is how it has been since i bought it,
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/07112010534.jpg

just a bit to much gone for me and i havent been a fan of the seats or harnesses

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/07112010536.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/07112010533.jpg

So i started with fitting the seats from my old SRi

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/07112010541.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/07112010540.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/07112010542.jpg

I preffer these seats and it feels a much better driving position anyway was still not real happy with the lack of dash so i got a good mate of mine to tackel the wireing and fit me a mk2 dash from my old SRi which wasnt the best of jobs to do the wireing took a while, the heater had to be swapped for the standard nova one but there was loads of wires running through where it should go, so they all had to be moved and re routed which did take a while but my mate has done a good job i am happy also before the dash got fitted it also had a internal shifter fitted which i do prefair:) anyway heres how it sits now

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010565.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010564.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010563.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010562.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010561.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010560.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/29122010559.jpg

[dj_wudgey]

gte grille badge just gives that touch to the front end imo!! i love the buckets and harnesses in my sr there ace i feel like a rally driver lol each to there own though!!

[Brodie_Sri]

looks good matey!! ive liked this gte for a while now does look tidy!!

Cheers mate:)
I like your SR its a credit to pal:thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

thanks matey!! i want her restoring to be utterly mint then garaged she's nice but bits let her down!!

but thanks matey!!

[Brodie_Sri]

This is how it is now, next job when the weather gets abit warmer is the head needs sorting, also i have a full exhaust incuding manifold which came from Oli Hewitt (trackdaynova) so with the head coming off the exhaust will be getting fitted then, also thinkin of geting some arp rod bolts and a baffeled sump while i am on. I will hopefully have all this done by the end of March then i will start useing it again and have more fun:)

My plans for the future is the battery is goin to be back in the proper place under the bonnet and then i want the bottom lips and the side skirts painting the proper colour i think there is to much silver it should break it up nicely, also i am hopefully havin the half cage from my mate who owns this
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/12062010433.jpg
and hopefully i want to get myself along to some of the shows this year:thumb:

Thats all for now folks but i will update any changes and keep posting my progress:thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

sounds good mate!! the cage will go in there quite nice!! but yea ill be at york a few times this year so i hope to see you there!!

[Brodie_Sri]

sounds good mate!! the cage will go in there quite nice!! but yea ill be at york a few times this year so i hope to see you there!!

yeah hopfully it should look well in there,
ok mate yeah i will let you know if i am goin to york:thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

it will look good lol and yea sweet matey will be nice to meet another new face with a nice car lol

[Spudly]

Wooo bout time you pulled your finger out and got yourself a work thread up, i think you should throw on your doorcards and a spot of front carpet aswell bud, would finish off the interior nicely, and please ffs give the dash a clean, and to think you used to be a valeter lol

[Andy]

Nice work Brodie good to see a project thread!!
Also good to see im not the only one blowing valvers up on the Yorkshire coast lol
Was that Gsi a Let that was bought from a lad up here in Scarborough???

[LEWI007]

Nova GTXE :cool:

[Archie]

Awesome wee motor :)

[Spudly]

Was that Gsi a Let that was bought from a lad up here in Scarborough???




I think so but he is using the let out of it for his or vice versa but might be selling a 2.0 8v turbo which i thought you might be interested in so i asked Brodie to find out a ball park figure for ya:thumb:

[Andy]

Nah im buying another redtop y0-but thanks anyway.
Need to find a local one thats cheap to rebuild.
Edit whats that gsi like underneath? i heard it was amass with weld lol

[Spudly]

Need to find a local one thats cheap to rebuild.
Edit whats that gsi like underneath? i heard it was amass with weld lol





Err message Asa, as he was selling one for £200 notes!



And im guessing that might be why its being broken then if its a patchwork of welds lol

[Brodie_Sri]

Thanks for the comments guys:d

Spud, yeah thats the plan it needs a couple of lil finishing bits for the dash then yeah door cards and front carpets will be goin in, oh yeah then a top valet :thumb:

Andy, lol i think we are the unlucky ones on the east coast or we drive them to hard:thumb: , yeah the gsi is from scarbrough the lad who has it now lives at stackston?? (i canrnt spell very well lol ) Yeah the shell isnt the best of shells there is a hole on the chassie leg it looks like the alternator has been moving and has rubbed through, his brother has a white mk3 astra gsi that also has a let in,
i was speakin to your mate rich him who you was at york with that day i was in the pub with him on newyears eve.

[Andy]

Ah yeah he mentioned about speaking to someone,i gather he was rather blasted?? lol
Yeah i heard the gsi shell was in abad way,cant believe the alt has rubbed through the leg,lucky it didnt set on fire!! It looks really nice though!
I think mine was a bit of bad luck but i was pulling away from a focus st after chasing it from just outside of pickering all the way here,and blew 4 litres of oil all over him/the road when it went bang lol
Still it will be back soon hopefully.
keep up the good stuff mate,have to get it to some meets this year.

[dj_wudgey]

lol andy sounds fun covering a focus st with oil!!!

brodie will look much better with doorcards and carpet!!!

[Brodie_Sri]

Ah yeah he mentioned about speaking to someone,i gather he was rather blasted?? lol
Yeah i heard the gsi shell was in abad way,cant believe the alt has rubbed through the leg,lucky it didnt set on fire!! It looks really nice though!
I think mine was a bit of bad luck but i was pulling away from a focus st after chasing it from just outside of pickering all the way here,and blew 4 litres of oil all over him/the road when it went bang lol
Still it will be back soon hopefully.
keep up the good stuff mate,have to get it to some meets this year.

Yeah i wasnt in the best of states eitherlol
yeah i was shocked when i saw the hole he has a white gte now.
lol bet the guy wasnt happy in the focus, 1 getting beaten by a old now and 2 getin his car covered in oil afterlol
yeah get it sorted for summer mate yeah i want to get along to some meets this year havent been to one yet in a nova.

[Andy]

It was a 10 plate aswell in white,this was early June so it will have only been a couple of weeks old haha! I did him a free waxoyl.The smokeshow was equally impressive lol
That lads gte a Nova??
Will have to get a few of us to York in summer mate for a thrash down the strip.Hopefully we will all have them there eh!

[brucer]

nice looking project brodie, any more pics of that gsi?

[Brodie_Sri]

It was a 10 plate aswell in white,this was early June so it will have only been a couple of weeks old haha! I did him a free waxoyl.The smokeshow was equally impressive lol
That lads gte a Nova??
Will have to get a few of us to York in summer mate for a thrash down the strip.Hopefully we will all have them there eh!

He must of been fuminglol
yeah nova gte, Yeah am up for that will have to get a meet or two sorted for the summer:)

[Brodie_Sri]

nice looking project brodie, any more pics of that gsi?

Thanks mate, yeah heres a few for you bud,
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/12062010431.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/12062010429.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/12062010430.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/brodie_sri/12062010432.jpg

[dj_wudgey]

the gsi lookes nice but not as nice as the gte!!!

[Brodie_Sri]

the gsi lookes nice but not as nice as the gte!!!

:thumb: thanks mate.

[Spudly]

Ooh just remembered Brod, i raided that mk1 yesterday and got you those seatbelt dooberies lol

[Brodie_Sri]

Ooh just remembered Brod, i raided that mk1 yesterday and got you those seatbelt dooberies lol

aww good lad spud thanks alot i was gonna have a ride through tomorrow morning but i dont need to go now:) i will give you a ring in a hour or so buddy.
thanks again pal:thumb: