mk1 sr toy

[frills]

well my first post,had a few novas over the last 10 years but ive kept this one and i am now very fond of it.Been to a few shows with this one but now want to do more trackdays with it,been to combe a few times and have always seen the png present. After seeing a local member on here thought it was time to join up. The local member is count vaux havnt met you yet but see you going through sandleheath in a blue mk1 astra estate,hello to u.the car in question is a mk1 sr cant post any pics yet until i make a few more posts

[frills]

sorry havent said much about it heres a rough spec
mk2 dash
1.6 engine and box
show cage
buckets and harneses
coilovers
2l brakes

[Plug]

get 15 non spammed posts on the site then host photos with photobucket

[frills]

ive got photobucket set up from when i was on another forum so most of my pics are ready to go thanks for letting me know

[NOV4_SPORT]

Get your post count up and get the pics up, hello and welcome

Iain

[bai1ey]

have you got any more plans for it

[Benn]

if you our way, are we gonna see you at a meet?

[frills]

i rebuilt the engine with a friend of mine and need to finish putting it back together,engine is bolted in just needs about half a day spent on it so i can start her up and see if we did it right.once shes up and running i have some twin 40's at home i eventually want to fit,always open to suggestions if anyones got some.would be very happy to come along to a meet ben would have to be in the 1.0l gem though

[Benn]

long as its a nova we're happy

[Count Vaux Alot]

Hi mate! Were abouts are you then? I'm surprised you know my unit lol I really need a bigger one! Get some pics up asap.

[frills]

born and bread in the bridge here a little teaser of me at combe ignore the sign writing
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/CastleCoombe08.jpg
off to play with a metro,will be back later

[Count Vaux Alot]

Car looks good - is that the one your rebuilding?

[NOV4_SPORT]

The sr looks pretty good,

iain

[mk1nova_rich]

looking good pal :)

[frills]

thats the one im rebuilding,nearly back together,just so easily distracted its been apart about 18 months
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/2005-07-0100-36-51_0008.jpg
this is the engine as it stood before i pulled it apart
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/IMGP1188.jpg
bought and installed these for last summer actionday at combe in 2009 along with these
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/IMGP1156.jpg
a nice improvement over these
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/IMGP1170.jpg

[ryansnova]

looking good mate lol

[frills]

reminded by a customer of mine of this video,my friends are in the cav and the 205
http://www.streetfire.net/video/allvxl-castle-combe-action-day-050909-1030-se_710182.htm

[Count Vaux Alot]

Cool vid - you working on the nova this weekend then?

[ECO16V]

looking good mate

[frills]

not working on it this weekend other plans but need to get on with it,its been to long

[frills]

well the mrs had me clean her car at the weekend
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture038.jpg
as i was there thought my dog car should have a clean aswell
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture033.jpgdo you like the blue
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture011.jpg any ideas of what this badge is for
bumpers are looking tired
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture014.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture016.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture015.jpg

[Count Vaux Alot]

Nice and clean mate - good to meet you btw :)

[frills]

the photos ive posted are from last year,i took some at the weekend but they were poor so used these instead:thumb:

[frills]

nice to meet you james amazing how you have so much stuff in 1 workshop

[frills]

an update for this weekend,friday night i set myself the goal of having having the sr back on all 4 wheels and running. it must of been nearly a year since i last worked on it as i lost interest. on saturday got there nice and early to find dad waiting for me,he likes to help so we set about finishing a bit of wiring,putting in the drive shafts and bolting on any other bits i had laying around.had to stop when dad called me into his house for bacon rolls and coffee :).everything was going well until at about 5pm when i tried to start it,turnt the key and it struggled to turn over,oh dear whats up here.tried another bat. still did the same.whats going on i hate problems,so started checking and cleaning eaths.had to stop as was off out so at 5.20 downed tools and went home:cry:

So this morning went back for another go,first place iwent to was the earth strap on the box.wow what a school boy error not even connected so bolted it onto the body and tried again.result fired straight up,strolled round to the front of the car to find a pool of oil:mad:
Luckerly 1 of the oil pipes to the oil cooler was loose so tightened it up and had another go.
Now a pool of water,more investigation found the rad leaking which is ok cos i've got a spare,so dug that out after a bit of hunting.at this point a decided best to leave it for this weekend as i need to get a few bits and was getting ear ache from the mrs,happy with the progress this weekend and hope to have back together and on the road soon.

[Count Vaux Alot]

Good to hear that mate I haven't touched mine all weekend as I've been removing tiles from our kitchen floor! It's a awful job.

[Rickyb]

im loving this car it looks kool but this thread needs more pics

[frills]

sorry folks but i am awful at remembering to take my camera,will go and take some for you guys,if anyone can help i have a problem,theres an earth that comes off the inlet manifold on the right as you look at where is the correct place it should bolt on.james looks like a mission pulling up those tiles dont envy you on that one,still once its done im sure it will look nice.

[frills]

ok this is the earth in question
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture039.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture040.jpg
another question is should the engine sit like this or do i need to drop it down a notch on one side
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture041.jpg
my spare rad.
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture043.jpg
a trip to vauxhall today to pick up some supplies
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture046.jpg
hoping to get down to the car and do a bit on sunday as im off to watch the sunseeker rally on saturday,hope the picture whores are happy.I will post some more when i take a few more new ones:thumb:

[frills]

had another go this morning,first i took the gsi rear beam i had in the garden down to the car and took out the roll bar from the car and beam
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture047.jpg
and stood them next to each other gsi item on the left
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture050.jpg
and the bushes i had,orange one from the car and the two black ones from the gsi beam
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture054.jpg
once the roll bars were swapped i backed the car up so i could dumped the water and crack on changing the rad
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture060.jpg
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture062.jpg
got the water dropped and rad out only to compare what i had to find the spare was smaller,so i will ring around tomorrow and buy a brand new one.
i also bought these the other day
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture055.jpg

[Count Vaux Alot]

Nice to see progress dude!

[frills]

there definately is progress cant see anything stopping me now,came home today from work and the neighbour was waiting on her doorstep with this
http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq134/frills360/Picture065.jpg
only ordered it yesterday,so need to find some time to go and play:thumb:

[Count Vaux Alot]

Update needed!!