What have you done to your Nova today?

[Novasport]

done the rear wheel bearings this evening but still have a droning noise from the back. might need to investigate the brakes

Tyres maybe?

[Novasport]

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[Jeff16v]

Reading that made me tingle...

Teehee, i now have a shiny red one, lol

[Jeff16v]

Tyres maybe?
I've got some terrible cheap snow tyres on my mk1 golf and it sounds like a Lancaster bomber, I was sure the wheel bearings were shot but they are fine.

[Simon 1867]

Yesterday and today went out for a drive and enjoyed the sunshine. Also met up with Steve and found ourselves becoming very geeky explaining our Novas to people who thought they new about them and really where just making pleasant conversation. Lol

[Jeff16v]

Yesterday and today went out for a drive and enjoyed the sunshine. Also met up with Steve and found ourselves becoming very geeky explaining our Novas to people who thought they new about them and really where just making pleasant conversation. Lol
Very troubling, lol

[raf24]

Fitted new headlamps,wasnt much wrong with the old ones but i'm a fussy bugger lol

[Benn]

Teehee, i now have a shiny red one, lol

Buff buff!

[bazil]

Let someone have a go of mine lol

[DAFTJOHN]

Let someone have a go of mine lol


Same here lol

[bazil]

lol I want carbs lol

[grooge]

took old engine out n put new one in. wish id done a bit more research in differences between the td nova engine n the corsa version, headed up to the lockup expecting it to take a day to have done, started well, engine out in a n hour before realsing everything on the 2 engines was diffferent lol to make things worse even simple stuff like ball joints causing me hassle with opening boxes to discover the parts inside are differnt than they should be. it'll be mot'd this weekend if it kills me lol

[stuartp]

Measured the plunge depth on the driveshafts so I can re cut the circlip groove on some c20xe conversion shafts. Basically I'm fitting big block shafts and CVS to a f15 box

[waggygsi]

lol I want carbs lol

Get Good 151s! sport carbs sook ass

[Big_Chap]

lol I want carbs lol

*tbs...

[scorge01]

Collected it :)

[paulyb]

Collected it :)

Seen that on fb, looks a cracking GSI, look forward to the pics :)

Worth the Journey?

[scorge01]

Yeah worth it it does need work but il get that done as I use it as dont want it landing like the white one.lol

[chrisd1986]

Walked past it 10 times at the national meet for a piss

[mowgli]

/\ we just pissed up the back of it lol lol lol lol

[turbojolt]

got the nova into a rolling shell, and decided I'm not selling it now......even tho I can't afford to finish it!

[marc69]

After working on both cars for weeks, today I drove the xe like a nutter and nearly lost it on one corner at knockhill.

[dc1984]

After working on both cars for weeks, today I drove the xe like a nutter and nearly lost it on one corner at knockhill.

Proof....

http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad359/davids2010/20130519_162057_zpsbd27461b.jpg (http://s951.photobucket.com/user/davids2010/media/20130519_162057_zpsbd27461b.jpg.html)

[chrisd1986]

Gave mine death for 3 hours and ive splattered $hit loads of flys all over the front of of it

[Rage]

had my tow bar fitted friday just gone did a tip run with my little box trailer and today decided it was time to get the paint out so my trailer went from a naff patchy grey to...

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p106/Rage_1988/2013-06-09165130_zpsf0d7d272.jpg (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/Rage_1988/media/2013-06-09165130_zpsf0d7d272.jpg.html)

now i just need a sticker saying novatrailer in the same font as the novavan one on the back of my van :)

[bazil]

Finally made up a roll over jig today

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/SRIVALVER/33DED942-AC38-4367-9FD9-88B58CC5B57D-8261-00000C432289365F_zps24167465.jpg

[marc69]

Finally made up a roll over jig today

http://i790.photobucket.com/albums/yy181/Bazil_2468/SRIVALVER/33DED942-AC38-4367-9FD9-88B58CC5B57D-8261-00000C432289365F_zps24167465.jpg

Impressive

[marc69]

Took the head etc off, changed the cambelt/fanbelt. Cleaned surfaces, put on new gasket.

Reassembled with quite a few problems, got fed up and in a very bad mood.

Then drove it round the block. My day in a nutshell lol

[Martin.p]

Very nice bazil :)

Today I ......

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af46/martinstu/808452BF-0A55-45CB-99AA-AB0B841C7C3D-7317-000008DC90402702-1.jpg

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af46/martinstu/15302B0E-2A39-4156-A035-BF9366798D8E-7317-000008DCACF7832D.jpg

http://i992.photobucket.com/albums/af46/martinstu/3147E5CC-A5C4-4F7E-A8B5-5A1B87AAF2FD-7317-000008DCBF071CBD.jpg

[bazil]

Cheers Mark

Martin I hope I'm at that stage soon, good job mate :)

[Ernie]

Today i opened the garage door looked at my Nova opened the bonnet and thought to myself what have a bought closed bonnet moved some bits in the garage then shut the door again
About it really.

[Mazz]

Brushed past it getting my bike out :)

[Topmanbeny]

Nearly fitted my whole new vinyls on my sr and then bottled it until I can get a mate to help me tomorow

[bazzap8389]

I've spoke about doing some work to it lol

[maddogdaz666]

Drove it to view a few other cars, and drove it back. Enjoyed every minute of it. :)

[Adam]

I cleaned mine :cool:

[Royston]

Started the SR, drove it out the garage, moved a few things, then put it back

[Mazz]

I cleaned mine :cool:

No way! Any T&T on the way?

[Hobbit]

Gave it a disapproving look. lol

[Adam]

No way! Any T&T on the way?

One step at a time eh lol

[jimbob-mcgrew]

sounds like your nova's aren't getting anywhere near the abuse they deserve. they need to be out there, getting used and abused, terrorising the pot hole ridden streets of despair

[bazzap8389]

^ I would if i could mate lol

[cossienova]

Today I was all the bird **** off mine again! And filled it full of rubbish for the dump, I definitely need a nova van.

[novadave24]

just looked at it lol

[Ernie]

I looked at a picture of it while doing an update on my phone.
I think its still in the garage well i hope it is.

[Novasport]

Cleaned the carpets for the Spider. Need to refit the trim this weekend.

[maddogdaz666]

Thought about washing Arthur, but took the Astra for a hoon to relieve some stress. :)

[nova_niek]

This afternoon Jeffrey (Vlietje) and myself talked the usual bollocks about Nova's and outlined the details of our upcoming trip to the UK to help out fellow Nova owners. Looks like Dutch waffles are on the cards. Again. Mmmmm. :d

[Benn]

Ahhh but i dont need any thing...lol

[Jack]

http://i.imgur.com/raza1op.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JSecheN.jpg

:roll: Hoping its just a shagged oil cooler (this is #2 already) and not the rear head gasket


[edit] Giving tech support to people back at work over the phone whilst taking the thing apart is ace though lol

[maddogdaz666]

http://i.imgur.com/raza1op.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/JSecheN.jpg

:roll: Hoping its just a shagged oil cooler (this is #2 already) and not the rear head gasket


[edit] Giving tech support to people back at work over the phone whilst taking the thing apart is ace though lol

Is it possible to remove the oil cooler and fit one externally like some C20xe's ?

[Jack]

Yeah, but there's not a lot of room for it in the front. I did consider mounting one under the bonnet and dremeling a big hole though lol

[MK999]

Should be able to fit it to one side of the rad with reasonable ventilation through the bumper/grill still?

[jimbob-mcgrew]

jack, that engine is far too big! lol

[mowgli]

jack, that engine is far too big! lol
go and sit on the naughty step.... there is no such thing as too big

[Jack]

Should be able to fit it to one side of the rad with reasonable ventilation through the bumper/grill still?
No room either side of the rad. I could possibly try and fit one in front, behind the bumper I suppose if it was reaaaallly small but there's no ideal mounts there and I don't want to be cutting bits out the valance FMIC style lol

[scott.parker]

Finished fitting this, I bought it of eBay a week or so ago, it's the old school swm snap off kit, with hub boss adapter and swm wheel, ok the wheels a polyurethane one, but it's good enough.. Cost me a £52 delivered.

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii505/scottie3080/20130612_154839_zpsd4f7ede8.jpg

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii505/scottie3080/20130612_160156_zpsc31ee9be.jpg

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii505/scottie3080/20130612_160139_zps4b180b3e.jpg

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii505/scottie3080/20130612_160126_zpse574574f.jpg

I had to buy a few bolts and just gave a few parts a lick of paint..

[MK999]

No room either side of the rad. I could possibly try and fit one in front, behind the bumper I suppose if it was reaaaallly small but there's no ideal mounts there and I don't want to be cutting bits out the valance FMIC style lol

Most people I've seen fit one there move the rad over to a non central position... but really, I've seen people fit FMIC, alloy rads and oil coolers! You're not trying hard enough :p

There's always the Jap option:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/racingandbeyond/uploaded_images/kpgc10-792955.jpg

[Royston]

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii505/scottie3080/20130612_160156_zpsc31ee9be.jpg





I had to buy a few bolts and just gave a few parts a lick of paint..

I love the autolok Scott, I had one on the SR years ago:d, I had a collar made that fitted to the gear lever stalk and went within the Autolok neck, held with an allen screw, as theives use to just pull the gear lever knob off and remove it;)

I still have the collar and the autolok somewhere:roll:

[Spudly]

I just walked past mine!

[scott.parker]

Royston, they are pretty useless lol just got it for retroness lol

[Royston]

Royston, they are pretty useless lol just got it for retroness lol

Is there a Rubix cube in there too?:d

[Topmanbeny]

Cursed it !

[Pistol Pete]

Saturday cleaned it and tuesday night killed a gazillion flies lol First night time drive in a fair few years. Was amusing lol

[Topmanbeny]

Finished putting the bottom half of my new sr vinyl kit on , not easy but looking good

[deneil_gsi2000]

Built my fresh c16xe bottom end with new bearings and picked up my gearbox

[Jack]

Most people I've seen fit one there move the rad over to a non central position... but really, I've seen people fit FMIC, alloy rads and oil coolers! You're not trying hard enough :p

There's always the Jap option:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/racingandbeyond/uploaded_images/kpgc10-792955.jpg
Hanging out the front bumper wouldn't last 5 mins round here, some charv would put a boot through it lol

I did look at moving the rad over to one side but there's nay room, it fills pretty much the whole space. And with the V6 in, it sits further forward than with a normal 4cyl so little room in front either :(

[Pistol Pete]

Gave it absolute death lol

And again today. lol entering quarry backwards was a 50p 5p experience too!!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/1010435_10200707689347771_594109248_n.jpg

[Novasport]

New exhaust fitted, new steering wheel with Snap-Off boss fitted, new aerial fitted, brakes bled again, coolant temp sensor replaced, ran some new wiring through for the stereo and fitted a new washer bottle cap. Did a few other little jobs as well on other stuff. Started on it after work at 13:00 and only finished at half nine.