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petrolhead19
17-09-13, 11:55 AM
Swapped this for a project bike i was doing. I lost out but needed a car.
It's a nova sri with gsi bodykit on and has a c20xe engine in.
Few things need doing like, needs windscreen as it has a crack (anyone got one for sale), sunroof leaks (think the guy has put in wrong one or not fitted it right as its raised at the front).
Checked the whole shell and only 2 small patches need a plate welding not a big deal as rest of the shell is solid.
Going to change orange strip on bumper for red, get rid of the tacky white paint in the corners of the rear window surrounds, gonna remove the engine and spray the engine bay so it looks clean then tidy up all the wiring and pipes, spray the spark plug cover white with red lettering, polish the head cover, polish the power cap, spray strut brace red and few more bits red in the bay like oil cap and red silicone hoses. (going for the white and red theme if you haven't guessed lol)
Going to get rid of the daft bonnet pins aswell i think they look crap and let the car down, can't decide on the bonnet vents yet sometimes i like them sometimes i hate them lol.
While im at it im going to replace track rod ends, suspension top mounts, wishbones, lower arms, brakes and pads and a full coilover kit as needs lifting a little on the front as it rubs slightly, more noticeable on full lock.
Anyway enough of me waffling here she is
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ASH GSI
17-09-13, 10:06 PM
Welcome, The car looks like a good project and it sounds like you are going to go the right way about it. IMO id go for a unvented bonnet. where about are you from?
NathanKirkpatrick
17-09-13, 10:12 PM
Welcome along buddy.. love the the nova. As ash gsi said loose the vented bonnet but other than that she's perfect..
petrolhead19
17-09-13, 10:25 PM
Welcome, The car looks like a good project and it sounds like you are going to go the right way about it. IMO id go for a unvented bonnet. where about are you from?
Yeah she is a good car, as said a few things need doing 2 patches need welding which ill be doing soon but shell is solid otherwise.
I'm up north in lancashire bud
bazzap8389
18-09-13, 08:06 AM
Looks tidy mate, I recognise that pics was it someone on here that owned it before you?
petrolhead19
18-09-13, 08:19 PM
Not sure if he is on here or not, it's had quite a few owners 15 to be pecise and now me lol, it was at pvs this year and ran a 161.2 on the rolling road. Had different wheels on at the time.
petrolhead19
18-09-13, 10:13 PM
Spent today tidying up alot of wiring................what a bloody bodge job someone has done on it, all the wires were just twisted together and taped up and alot not even with insulation tape :O.
So redid them all properly with solder and heatshrink :)
There was also quite a few bare wires :S which was worrying so capped them off until i work out what they are for.
The stereo wiring was the worse, what looked like masking tape was used to cover the twisted wires haha, the front speaker wires were cut from the stereo loom and connected to car loom!!! :S, why not just re-connect them to the car loom so you dont have to cut the stereo loom *FACEPALM* oh and the 2 front speakers were running off one speaker output. No wonder it sounded **** hahaha, all sorted now though.
Hopefully picking up a un-cracked windscreen from L33 LEG when i have the cash so get that wacked in.
Noticed some knocking when turn the steering so going to investigate that (hope its not the cv joint)
Sorry didn't get any pics of the dangerous shocking wiring, was too busy trying to sort it out lol
But i did give her a clean :)
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L33 LEG
19-09-13, 01:01 AM
Looks a really nice car, great buy! Can't beat a white gsi on speedlines with red pinstripes :) I'll keep an eye on this, just spend time tidying things up and it'll end up to be a perfect nova.
Ill keep that windscreen to one side for you.
brainsnova
19-09-13, 01:09 AM
The rear plate needs straightened lol
petrolhead19
19-09-13, 02:29 AM
Looks a really nice car, great buy! Can't beat a white gsi on speedlines with red pinstripes :) I'll keep an eye on this, just spend time tidying things up and it'll end up to be a perfect nova.
Ill keep that windscreen to one side for you.
Going to try find some black and red seats and doors cards aswell, also wanting a black gsi dash and black a and b pillars.
Will look top notch when its done.
I had no choice but to seal the sunroof today though, leaking like made and ruining the interior, i think the guy has either put the wrong glass in or wrong rubber and being short on money sealing was the quickest way to stop it soaking the seats and carpet and rotting the insides lol, i never use sunroofs anyway and was thinking of welding it up when it comes time for a bare shell respray :)
The rear plate needs straightened lol
The guy had stook it on with a piece of double sided haha, its loose so i need to fit it properly
petrolhead19
19-09-13, 10:00 PM
Oh my days, just realised lowering springs have been put on the standard struts :wall:
Who thought this would be a good idea with an xe lump in lmao proper cowboys job, good job im going to be getting full coilovers. No wonder the ride is bumpy as fook and way too low on the front lol.
letvalva
20-09-13, 01:59 PM
That's my ex wife's old car. Was stills 1.4 when we had it it had only just had full paintjob and the gsi kit just before I bought her it. Lad round corner got off her when we parted. He xe,d it badly. Wiring was a mess. It changed hands local few times then went up scotlandand seemed to be for sale every other month on gumtree. Looked at it at Pvs this year and it looks to be a different xe now and resprayed again. Too
petrolhead19
20-09-13, 02:19 PM
That's my ex wife's old car. Was stills 1.4 when we had it it had only just had full paintjob and the gsi kit just before I bought her it. Lad round corner got off her when we parted. He xe,d it badly. Wiring was a mess. It changed hands local few times then went up scotlandand seemed to be for sale every other month on gumtree. Looked at it at Pvs this year and it looks to be a different xe now and resprayed again. Too
Yeah apart from the 2 patches that need welding the shell is ok, but as you said the wiring is a complete mess i have spent quite a few hours trying to sort it all out. It's a shame what some people do to these cars it's not hard to do a neat job of wiring lol.
Don't worry it wont be going anywere for a while now, its had 15 owners before me so has been passed around quite a bit.
Planning on doing a bare shell clean up and respray at a later date and might get a uncut loom for the engine and dash so i can do it all properly.
The paint job that's been done on it since isn't the best and has a few runs and orange peel so it will be getting 2000 wet sanded down and buffed up with g3 compound.
At least the one good thing is the engine is solid and runs bang on lol
letvalva
20-09-13, 09:31 PM
Aye the paint job when we had it was a better. Cos lad that done it all worked in body shop. Sun roof used to leak like **** too but apart from that it was a really good car.The 1400. That was in it was a lively little thing used to go to limiter in 5th easy lol
petrolhead19
20-09-13, 09:32 PM
Been trying to work out why the central locking wasn't working today, and i could also hear a buzzing sound for a few seconds while ignition was off.
I traced the buzzing to the passenger foot well and found the central locking relay which was red hot and hissing when i moved it, i managed to get it off and it was full of water. This could be the problem for the battery draining over night aswell as it was trying to engage the central locking but just shorting out im lucky it didn't set off fire.
While i was in the footwell i noticed another patch that will need welding in.
I also fitted some corsa indicator and wiper stalks :)
Pic of the relay you can see the water damage, anyone know where i can get one?
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And here are a few pics of my 2 joys in life :), was dark but will get better pics when its day time
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petrolhead19
22-09-13, 01:51 AM
Sorted out the central locking today, managed to get a relay from a guy on here can't remember what he said his user name is but he has a red k reg nova and a corsa with a c20let running 600bhp :O
Put the new relay in and still not working so i investigated, turned out some idiot had chopped the passenger door solenoid wires *DOH* im thinking because the relay was full of water and shorting out it must of kept opening and un opening the door why they didn't just take the relay off i do not know lol.
Took a few pics in daylight today :)
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This was mine.It had full gmax setup.needed more then 2 patches of welding. the wireing was mint and clean.the lad i sold it to must have messed about with it all.he did say he was going to strip it down and repaint it.
more pics here
http://s339.photobucket.com/user/Gibbo21087/library/vauxhall%20nova%20sri
Everyone loves a drop of snow foam... Looks nice. I'd put a cam belt cover on tho...
petrolhead19
04-10-13, 08:27 PM
This was mine.It had full gmax setup.needed more then 2 patches of welding. the wireing was mint and clean.the lad i sold it to must have messed about with it all.he did say he was going to strip it down and repaint it.
more pics here
http://s339.photobucket.com/user/Gibbo21087/library/vauxhall%20nova%20sri
Yeah after having a good look round it needs footwells welding aswell as the 2 patches i found, will be getting done over the weekend.
Has had a respray so yeah they must of proper messed the wiring up lol
petrolhead19
04-10-13, 08:27 PM
Everyone loves a drop of snow foam... Looks nice. I'd put a cam belt cover on tho...
Something i have on my list :D
gary_126
06-10-13, 10:04 PM
Good to see bodged cars being tidied up and done properly, plans sound good.
petrolhead19
06-10-13, 10:44 PM
Good to see bodged cars being tidied up and done properly, plans sound good.
Cheers bud, interior is going to get stripped out over this week ready for the welding to be done on weekend, then putting new windscreen in and fitting an alarm.
The roof lining is a bit manky too and has some rips so going to get some cloth to make one myself, dash is going to go black aswell as the pillars so thinking black roof lining with red stitching as im wanting to get black and red seats and door cards.
Engine and bay will get tidied up soon after i do all this, also picking up some coilovers and a cam belt cover next month for it..
All's i need now is a gsi towing eye cover
petrolhead19
12-10-13, 08:22 PM
Fitted my new windscreen today and fitted the alarm i bought off ebay :), not fitted the remote central locking yet though will do that another days when i work it out haha.
Couple of pics of windscreen out and new one in
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novadave24
12-10-13, 09:02 PM
good work mate :)
petrolhead19
12-10-13, 09:54 PM
good work mate :)
Cheers bud next step is dash out again to do the welding it needs, going to take the engine out at the same time and clean up the engine bay.
L33 LEG
12-10-13, 10:10 PM
Good job pal. Sorry I didn't clean the windscreen for you lol
petrolhead19
12-10-13, 10:22 PM
Good job pal. Sorry I didn't clean the windscreen for you lol
It's cool mate whole car is getting a good valet tomorrow ready to be put on the show and shine stand at preston free fest tomorrow :)
Hopefully win but dont know what t'oher cars are going to be entering lol
petrolhead19
20-10-13, 07:25 PM
Got a few things done to car today, unfortunately i forgot to take pictures lol.
Fixed the horn (someone hadn't wired it right and hadn't connected the wire at back of steering wheel)
Fixed the fuel leak, could smell petrol when stationary and found out it was the fuel line going to the fuel rail so sorted that out
The back box was blowing very bad and effecting the performance of the car so took it off and noticed it was nearlly in 2 pieces, the pipe at the back of back box had snapped so instead of spending money i welded it back up and good as new now :)
I also welded up the exhaust bracket which attaches to the car, it had snapped off previous to me owning the car so exhaust is now help up properly without cable ties haha.
Next job is weld the plates in the footwell's, weld the left rear inner sill (small plate), 2000grit wet sand the whole car and g3 polish it up, then its tidy up the engine bay :)
Getting the slowly
P.S while im in doncaster next month im picking up some coilovers, a gsi sunroof and hopefully a cambelt cover for the xe if gibbo gets back to me lol
petrolhead19
28-10-13, 04:26 PM
Bloody headgasket went yesterday :( driving down road then all of a sudden loads of white smoke :(
Cool though ordered a head gasket set with head bolts and valve stem oil seals gonna sort it out this weekend and relap the valves in, ill take some pics while doing it :)
gunna keep an eye out on this one :thumb:
petrolhead19
28-10-13, 09:51 PM
gunna keep an eye out on this one :thumb:
You will probably see it out and about ;)
petrolhead19
29-10-13, 05:29 PM
Right not very happy at the moment went to tax the car online last night and said my car was not taxed.
So did a bit of digging and checked mot history, no current mot from 2013 to 2014, so today i rang vosa gave them the mot test number on the mot cert i have with the nova details on turns out the cert i have is for a saxo :@ fraudulent mot.
Have got the police involved and are coming round tomorrow, going to ask the garage across the road nicely to have a quick look over the car and tell me what it will fail on so i can sort it out before i get them to mot it.
Not a happy bunny
That's bad that mate don't understand why people do this kind of stuff.........
damo.
petrolhead19
29-10-13, 10:08 PM
That's bad that mate don't understand why people do this kind of stuff.........
damo.
Neither do i bud they must know it's going to get found out, i know the guys address aswell so he must be stupid, going to see what police say tomorrow and go from there hoping car doesn't need loads for mot
Good luck then bud.
damo.
gary_126
30-10-13, 06:03 PM
Good job you weren't stopped driving the car, who know what would have happened. Id have thought the new mot system would have made it near impossible for this to happen?
dgbnova#1
30-10-13, 07:09 PM
Good job you weren't stopped driving the car, who know what would have happened. Id have thought the new mot system would have made it near impossible for this to happen?
Not if ure the tester or ure mate is
Guy used to do it round here but got caught
Never been a fan myself always go it done properly
petrolhead19
30-10-13, 08:03 PM
Well police came today took a full statement and said it looks as though the mot cert has been photoshopped so the guy is in alot of trouble, he also advised me to have the car mot'd and if it fails to have a list of failures and quote on how much repairs will be as i have grounds to sue him.
Wouldn't mind but he has now got a 3 grand motorbike thats totally legal and im left without transport :@
Oh well want's to try screw me over, ill show him and possibly end up with a mint car afterwards from free repairs lol
petrolhead19
02-11-13, 09:31 PM
Made a start on getting head off after work today, took me a while getting rocker cover off as all the bolts were rounded so had to knock a star bit on each one of them :(
Head is coming off tomorrow and re lap all the valves.
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petrolhead19
03-11-13, 09:35 PM
Did a bit more on the head gasket today, took the head off and re seated all the valves put new valve stem oil seals in, just jeed to torque the head down now and time it all up then she can be started :).
Will be going in for the mot once its running and depending on how bad it fails i may have to cut my loses and sell it in parts and put the engine and wheels on something else
Can see where the head gasket has blown on this pic
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Re seating the valves, i hate this part of the job lol
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