My c20xe nova

[Jamie.bowen]

Have had this car almost 12 months now and now started playing with it myself I thought I would start a bit of a project thread to see what people think.

When I bought the car the conversion had already been done and in all fairness in the 12 month I have had it its never let me down which I was shocked at with it being a redtop haha.

Car when I first had it
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The corsa c wheels were replaced for speedlines and lowered the coilovers a little more
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Then I had a gsi kit sprayed and fitted
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My coilovers then ceased so I replaced them for a brand new set of spax adjustables and polybushed the whole car except the front ARB as that was removed.

Then it was into the interior I had a black gsi dash which I put in instead of the grey one then fitted a cage and boarder the rear out and carpeted it
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As we speak the engine is out.. I am fitting twin 45 webers,piper fast road cams and have ported and polished the head.. Here's a few pics of that. The engine was also resprayed
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Just waiting on a few parts for it all to go back in. Just bought a new exhaust for it full stainless system and that's about it for now

[Nobby]

Looks ace matey!!

[Jamie.bowen]

Thanks alot pal. Just need it back on the road now ha

[turbojolt]

i really like it the only thing i would do diffrent is the skirts, i would paint them black just to brake it up a bit :d

seriously nice car tho fella

[Jamie.bowen]

That has crossed my mind doing the skirts black cause its currently having some bits touched up here an there so may get them sprayed well I'm at it cause I got a splitter to go on bumper which will be black. Thinking of puttin the gsi decals on aswel including the boot vinyl.

[Balley]

very nice pal.

[Jamie.bowen]

Cheers mate

[Jamie.bowen]

Have been promised by Demon Tweeks that my valve springs will be at my door tommorow which is the last of my parts so can get building now!! Can't wait to get it back on the road now

[Iain]

Black skirts would look sweet. But it looks great, nice work on the engine too, going to look awesome in the bay

[Jamie.bowen]

Ye I'm still undecided as what to do with the skirts... Hope it all goes together in the bay thinking of some yellow hoses aswel

[reecegsi]

Whats spec is your engine? im going 45 route just seeing what others have got

[Jamie.bowen]

It's a standard XE but when removed from car all seals and gaskets have been replaced and full top end rebuild and ported and polished head,piper camshaft kit and then the twin 45s

[Tommy_nova]

iv seen you about in this afew times looks good.

[Jamie.bowen]

Cheers tommy I seen you about to. Yours is the gsi init? Very nice fair play mate

[Tommy_nova]

yep mines a Gsi Jamie,, dont play silly... you know who i am lol..

[Jamie.bowen]

Haha was just checking as wernt sure if it was yours I was thinking of or the old mk1 tht used to be about but just seen ya pic aswel which says it all haha

[Tommy_nova]

You know my Ex thats how you know me lol.. i know the score Jamie,, iv got the only red Gsi around here theres afew novas about
tho

[Jamie.bowen]

Yeeee she had a Miami blue one?? I remember she asked me for a cam follower for it I think it was... She still got it? Ain't seen it for a while... Any plans for yours??

[Tommy_nova]

Yea i Bought the car for her and then took it off her when we split up,,, sounds harsh but she didnt deserve it! 25k 2 owners from new
cleaned it up and sold it on to a mate so its in good hands now,

lots of plans for mine will update my project thread soon

[Jamie.bowen]

Haha!!! thought I hadn't seen it about. Looked clean whenever I seen it... You sticking with the 1.6 in yours?

[Tommy_nova]

its a bloody clean car trust me lol, iv not seen one that clean and genuine in years, im sticking with the 1600 yea
soon be turbo tho, lots of other bits todo first tho, keep an eye out for my build thread

[Jamie.bowen]

Ye will do pal. You got it away for the winter now or you still be using it?

[Tommy_nova]

use it now n again, its garaged anyway like.

[Jamie.bowen]

Progress come to a halt today cause the alternator is catching on the twin 45's any info on how to get round this?

[Jamie.bowen]

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Got the cams in after waiting 2 weeks for the valve springs!!!! But making progress now

[Jamie.bowen]

Engine is back in and everything going back together. Should be up and running by Wednesday and hopefully back on road by Friday.

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[Jamie.bowen]

Made alot of progress today. Got the carbs on, linked them all up, got the manifold exhaust wrap on and started all the fuelling lines. Mounted the fuel pump and filter king to. Very happy so far
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[waggygsi]

i would not mount the fuel pump next to the engine as on warm days when your sitting in traffic it heats the petrol in the pump up an it starts to vapour lock. also think these pumps prefer to push rather than pull could be wrong tho bud

[Jamie.bowen]

Ah ye I see. Anywhere else you could advise to mount it?

[waggygsi]

usually see them mounted on the boot floor or i have seem them mounted underside of the car on the flat part in front of the tank where the rear passenger foot well is

[Jamie.bowen]

Ye I no where ya mean. Ok cheers will be something to look out for that

[waggygsi]

it may be fine in the engine bay but it was a problem on a boys 1400 8v corsa b bud

[Jamie.bowen]

Ye will just see how it goes. Trial and error ha

[Jamie.bowen]

After a failed attempt of getting this back on the road before Xmas it is now all ready to go for set up on friday. Done a few things along the way that I wasn't planning on doing the biggest one I guess was fitting a limited slip diff. Few other bits and bobs will sort some pictures out when I get chance

[paulyb]

Sounds a great project, make sure you post vids of the 45 noise! Lovely clean looking car aswell :)

[Rickyb]

i love this but i think it looked better with dark bumpers but thats just my opinion.

[Jamie.bowen]

I've always prefered the colour coded look to be honest. Personal preference I guess ha. Will be sure to post a vid in a bit

[Jamie.bowen]

Had it running today :) got a quick picture of the engine in just needs a good tidy up really. Got some videos to but sound quality is a bit crap. Felt good to get behind the wheel again though

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[Jamie.bowen]

She lives :) had the car set up and put on rollers. Happy with the results just unsure how accurate they are that's all but it feels nice to drive and has some pull so all good :) just need to move my fuel pump closer to the tank and that's it all finished

[Lee-bo]

What power/torque did that setup make on the rollers mate?

Lee

[Balley]

Does look nice and clean :)

[Jamie.bowen]

What power/torque did that setup make on the rollers mate?

Lee

Made 178 bhp with 354 lb/ft of torque, unsure how accurate this is I'm having another power run a week tommorow to see as I no it's accurate

[Jamie.bowen]

Does look nice and clean :)

Thanks means alot :) still need to clean the engine bay up which I shall get done this weekend

[Jamie.bowen]

Got the engine bay cleaned up today a little and fitted my carbon fibre scuttle cover, also started fittings recaro rs turbo seats. Pics are a bit crap cause it was dark but will get some more tommorow.

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[Nova16se]

What are those seats mate

[jonnyd61]

were can i get a carbon fibre scuttle cover from mate

[Liam]

Chris at Cmcomposites.co.uk does them. He's one here, have a look in the traders section. I bought one off him and it's great!

[Jamie.bowen]

What are those seats mate


The seats in the car? Just nova ones re-trimmed in leather. There not in car now though I've fitted some recaros cause didn't want leather no more. Got a better picture of the scuttle cover fitted, really happy with it :)
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[jonnyd61]

cheers mate

[Southie]

Looks a very nice build you've got here, I do love the sound of carbs ;)

Not overly keen on the yellow pipes as the look a bit messy but keep up the good work.

[Jamie.bowen]

Yeno what I looked at that picture when I took it and thought exactly the same about the yellow pipes, they seemed a good idea at the time but thinking of getting rid for some black ones maybe (not standard though) next up is to try get the header tank, washer bottle and the coil in the scuttle hidden underneath the scuttle cover.