Smooth Engine bay anyone??

[krobinson]

I'm not gonna post complete pics of the car, cos its just a normal nova shell in primer, so not very interesting. But here's a pic of the smooth engine bay.

Dont worrie, it wont crack, theres enough weld and strengthning plates below to rebuild the titanic!

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/psc/imageup/1056655078__smooth.jpg

What you's think?

Thats the first coat of primer, its just to see any flaws in the shell, and its getting another 2 coats before it gets any colour.

Keith

[_Ben_]

Different I'll give it that.

I'm guessing thats filler? Why wont it crack? The metal underneath will still flex wont it?

Finished article will be interesting!

[krobinson]

its metal welded in to give it the main shape, then fiberglass, then a little but of filler. The guys done it before to a few mag featured golfs and they never cracked after years of abuse... :D

[_Ben_]

Sweet. I think I've seen a post from you before, did you mention that the underside is being done? Any pics of that would be good ;)

[krobinson]

I decided against stripping and painting the inner arches, as i wanted to use the car a bit more than just shows, i wanna enjoy it. And painted inner arches wouldnt be much use if it gets used too much!

Keith

[mikeoxford]

i like it!

and i know your right and ill be wrong but id be sceptical about it cracking also!!!

[krobinson]

I'm sceptical too mate, very. But the guy thats doing it assures me that it wont.

Oh well, if it does, i'll be straight back up2 him and he'll be fixing it somehow..lol

Keith

[dave.gsi]

if its good quality fibreglass, nice and thick, a skim of filler over the top is unlikely to crack. filler only craks if you have thick wedges of the stuff. you'd be surprised how much it can flex

[dave.gsi]

almost forget......looks sweet :D

[RobHardyUK]

I'm not gonna post complete pics of the car, cos its just a normal nova shell in primer, so not very interesting. But here's a pic of the smooth engine bay.

Dont worrie, it wont crack, theres enough weld and strengthning plates below to rebuild the titanic!

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/psc/imageup/1056655078__smooth.jpg

What you's think?

Thats the first coat of primer, its just to see any flaws in the shell, and its getting another 2 coats before it gets any colour.

Keith

y in the bottom hand corner has it got peugeot sport club :o

[simon@novaheaven]

they have a picture uploader on there site i think.

[Jim]

Dont worrie, it wont crack, theres enough weld and strengthning plates below to rebuild the titanic!

Heheh, So I guess you'r not going for speed with that amount of weight at the front ;) :lol:

Looks really good. Can't believe you're getting your car re-sprayed again, it looked mint as it was :D

Keep the pics coming

Jim

[Fester]

looking wicked never seen it before

[Ste_Nova]

is your car a 1.0???

also are you gonna shave the slam?

[wisewood]

i really like it - will look much better than just spraying over the engine bay as it is...

however like jim says - gonna be a bit heavy.

[Rick Draper]

Been the sceptical type i recon it will crack, i mean a dub is welded together not tacked together like a nova :lol: If it does not crack it will be sweet but i dont hold much hope. Rick

[Ben (lurk75)]

Looks good.

Fiberglass should hold, there is normally a little flex in it.

All depends what engine your going for???

[krobinson]

is your car a 1.0???

also are you gonna shave the slam?

It was a 1.2i. However i'm putting in a nice clean, fully rebuilt 1.3SR. What do you mean by shave the slam? what would this do?

Any suggestions for making the wireing look tidy are welcome. I wont be hideing them behind the inner wings tho.

Karl Rowntree did something simaliar with his engine bay, smoothed it with fiberglass and a skim of fillers, so far its still mint, and he's running quite a powerful 2.0L 16v!. Fillers is very flexable! when my brother smashed his corsa with a smooth boot, the boot bent an incredable amount and didnt even show signs of a hairline crack.

Keith

Karl's engine bay
http://www.novalution.co.uk/images/16vconv.jpg

[?Marty?]

That looks mint!

My engine bay is so black and covered with shite, you can't even see the engine! :lol:

[dave.gsi]

that does look pretty sweet, looks so much better with the wires out of the way, think halve the problem is fixed by ditching the fuel injection and converting to carbs ie in the pix

[mikeoxford]

that does look pretty sweet, looks so much better with the wires out of the way, think halve the problem is fixed by ditching the fuel injection and converting to carbs ie in the pix

and hiding them in the wings

[Jules]

that does look pretty sweet, looks so much better with the wires out of the way, think halve the problem is fixed by ditching the fuel injection and converting to carbs ie in the pix

and hiding them in the wings

Hide the carbs in the wings?
:o
Good for cold airflow I suppose..........
:roll:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[dave.gsi]

lol :lol:

that i'd like to see

[Sid]

has anyone ever heard of Acrylon??
Its an Acrylic Filler ...like lycra, allows a little flex. And when painted with hardeners etc (as normal), it should be ok.

I'm thinking of using abit of that stuff.

[Ste_Nova]

is your car a 1.0???

also are you gonna shave the slam?

It was a 1.2i. However i'm putting in a nice clean, fully rebuilt 1.3SR. What do you mean by shave the slam? what would this do?


bin the 1.0 alt clerance resess.... to shave the slam plate all the holes in the front panel

[krobinson]

Ah, i see the alt recess now. I think it could be too late now, but it wont be very obvious as its low down.

I'm sitting here wondering how or if i should hide the wires.. its to be finished on friday and its been near 4 months, i dont really wanna delay it anymore :?

[Sid]

I know exactly what you mean Keith!!
I wanna have mine like yours, but aint gonna...cos it would take me more time.