Merit to gsi project

[petrolhead19]

Quickly fit the silicone hoses after work, apart from the breather that goes to bottom of sfi but jll do that on Sunday.
Need to cut down the big hose from coolant tank to engine cause I don't have the right coolant pipe on the engine so have a slight kink in ithttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210128/fd8f2bd09ad0d703028e191c07152bd5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210128/fd29c3924fb2818ff48458a24ca4839b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210128/73b3882e526e7c5691c200bea8076551.jpg

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[Iain]

If it's an original plastic water pipe behind the head it's well worth replacing. Tx for a steel one.

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[petrolhead19]

Yeah just had a look tx have them for ?28. Just a pisser cause I wanted to start it up this Sunday and run it upto temp, so be a waste putting brand new coolant in for me to have to drain it again ffs

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[petrolhead19]

Suppose I could just use water for now though, it's only to check and make sure there's no leaks and everything works fine when it gets to temp

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[Iain]

Yep, or just drain it and reuse. Definitely worth ?28.

[petrolhead19]

Well that came quick lol.
Get that fit tomorrow before I start her uphttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210130/bd9e9375662d4bc7c1cabbe1476b7121.jpg

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[Nova_Tek]

Great work as always. I was eyeing this metal coolant pipe on Ebay earlier.

[petrolhead19]

Got the stainless tube on, filled it up with coolant and had some leaks lol
Inlet manifold had part of the old gasket on near the water jacket so wasn't sealing properly......DOH
Also the rubber seal on the thermostat wasn't seated properly......double DOH

Sorted them out fille did up again and success.....verrrry niiiice lol

So started her and let her get upto temp, the noise of the lifters went completely which I'm happy about, the temp gauge worked, the fan kicks in, so all in all I'm happy.

Just 1 slight things, my idle hunts a bit and when I rev it the revs come down slowly......any ideas?

Here's a link to video on FB.


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[petrolhead19]

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[torquey]

Try cleaning out the icv with some cleaner and wd40 it after. Also check the throttle body for build up!

[petrolhead19]

I cleaned the throttle body when I built the engine so won't be that.
I'll give icv a clean next weekend see if that sorts it.

Picking up my passenger wing tomorrow so can get that on aslong as the paints alright, I'll have the dent pulled out by a paintless dent removal guy. So I'll be able to put bumper and grill on

Just need to bleed the brakes, get wheels refurbed new tyres and spray the side skirts then it's done

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[torquey]

Good progress pal. Defo worth cleaning the icv they often need a clean out. Not long know then until it's done.

[petrolhead19]

No mot long now mate, think I'll actually meet my.tarfet of April at this rate lol

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[torquey]

Sweet got my nova in for mot next week.

[petrolhead19]

Fingers crossed it passes mate

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[torquey]

Yep hope so cheers

[millworm]

There's a vaccum port on the front of the inlet which has a banjo bolt and two coolant fittings on it, I can almost guarantee it'll be blocked and has been known to cause weird idle issues, best way to clean it is remove it, and poke some welding wire though it with some brake clean to flush out the crap or an airline. My corsa had the same issues and it was all down to that in the end. Just don't drill the hole out as It'll idle even worse haha

[petrolhead19]

I think you might be right lol
It was blocked and I tried to drill it out and snapped a bit in it.....lmfao
Put it back on to try so I am looking for another one of them bolts because I can't get the drill bit out.

If anyone has one?

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[millworm]

I have one here mate

[petrolhead19]

I've just won a full inlet with one in on ebay for ?10 lol

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[jonnyd61]

what did you use to fit the skirts fella ? tiger seal ?

[petrolhead19]

No I marked out the holes for the proper clips mate, dont like using tigerseal.
I wanted to do it how it should be done from factory

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[petrolhead19]

Got the brakes bled today, the wife came and helped with that. Was surprised how easy they bled to be honest.
Filled up the gearbox oil too, got a little clunk sound when I release the clutch when engine is running, hoping this is nothing to worry about and just the release bearing resting back.
Got the passenger wing on, it need a respray but I'll get that done with it on the car so can be blended into door, so was able to fit the front bumper and grill and I now have an almost complete car lol.

I need an air filter now to finish the engine bay
The just need to respray skirts and get wheels done and she's ready for a test drive

Also gave her another quick fallout remover bath lol, not as much contaminants as last time so all good.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210207/c4692d058bbad211f6d8ebbe832bf6eb.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210207/b56fe83fc423fa0cbea260e3ff6e2fbd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210207/eb58d87671fef3f01a5e6f3a063747a0.jpg

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[totalnova]

Looking good, won't be long now before she's flying up and down the lanes.
Nick

[petrolhead19]

Yeah not long at all, I'm tempted to just put some new tyres on the wheels and get them refurbed at a later date when I have the spare cash, because I have nothing spare for a bit now lol

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[petrolhead19]

I put the wheels on yesterday after work to test it round the block, 1 of my wheel nuts won't tighten so think the thread is gone ill try a shorter bolt as I use longer ones for the spacers.
But I took it out and drives good goes through all the gears and stupid amount of power, the torque steer us stupid so want to try correct this a but.

Ideas in helping torque steer?

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[Iain]

Biggest factor will be front geometry if you've not had it set up yet.

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[torquey]

Equal length shaft might help a little.

[petrolhead19]

Yeah I havent set the suspension up properly yet, one side is a little higher which is the side it pulled too.
Also not got the arb on yet

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[petrolhead19]

Cleaned the icv and sorted out that blocked breather bolt but still have a bit of an arratic idle when warm.
Also I have no hot air coming through the heaters tried bleeding the system and nothing so I'm stumped.

I levelled off the front suspension which has helped a bit with the torque steer

I've also not got 5th gear ffs, got reverse 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th but no 5th........so I've had enough for one day lol

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[petrolhead19]

Got a feeling the sfi box isn't sitting flush, I only have 3 bolts in and 2 of them are rounded so not tight properly.

But can't find any anywhere, if anyone has some for sale that would be grand

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[petrolhead19]

I found out what the problem was with the fuel pump not working, the wire had come out where I had connected it haha so now have a working fuel pump rather than it running all the time on ignition.
Also got the arb fitted and drives loads better, dont have as much torque steer now.

Still have a problem with hunting idle, tried everything, going to borrow a brand new icv next weekend to eliminate that and if that's what it is I'll get one ordered.

Excuse the paint chop on the bumper, when I had it sprayed the guy didn't plastic prime it ffshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210221/025bd344bddd204a548f768a5b86fa43.jpg

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[total_vauxhall]

Just a daft one but check the doughnut rubber on the sfi airbox. And that the airbox actualy has the gasket under it i know this might sound daft but i have had both of these problems on an xe and searched for months to sort it thinking it was simply sensors etc

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[petrolhead19]

It's a brand new doughnut I put on.
Not got a proper gasket, bought one off ebay and it came and paper thin, so put it on and put loads of gasket sealer on so shouldn't have any gaps, I have sprays wd40 around it while running and revs dont change

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[total_vauxhall]

Other daft issue i have had was the non return valve on the vac pipe to brake servo. Car only ran smooth with brake pressed down lol

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[Nova_Tek]

I found out what the problem was with the fuel pump not working, the wire had come out where I had connected it haha so now have a working fuel pump rather than it running all the time on ignition.
Also got the arb fitted and drives loads better, dont have as much torque steer now.

Still have a problem with hunting idle, tried everything, going to borrow a brand new icv next weekend to eliminate that and if that's what it is I'll get one ordered.

Excuse the paint chop on the bumper, when I had it sprayed the guy didn't plastic prime it ffshttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210221/025bd344bddd204a548f768a5b86fa43.jpg

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I recall people saying the front arb wasn't needed with lowered suspension, but interesting tat you've seen a huge difference with it fitted

[petrolhead19]

Yeah it drives like a completely different car with it on.
Just unstable with it of, put the power down and it was all over the road.
Put It on and it's stiffer and drives loads better, the power delivery is alot smoother and doesn't pull the car to the sides as much

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[Nova_Tek]

Good to hear first hand experience, this will likely make me look out for a front ARB

[petrolhead19]

Been bashing my head trying to sort out the hunting idle, borrowed a brand new gm icv from Adam Beard put it on and idle was at 3k, fucked about trying to find any air leaks put new gasket on sfi box etc.
Then trued the tps moved it slightly so was in the middle and boom idles alright now, idling at 1k and revs clean doesn't hold revs just comes straight back down.

Only slightly hunts now if I have heaters on full and headlights on.

So looks like I need a new icv

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[petrolhead19]

Got the side skirts finished spraying and put on today.
Still need the wheels refusing but that's gonna have to wait because I've ran out of money to spend on it lol.

So tyres and an air filter then it's ready to go for the MOT https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/e1cbea422fa3a975e1d2bcac069d2478.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/fcf7e39695334d10835f70f40f03516a.jpg

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[torquey]

Looking well pal liking the vxr too!

[petrolhead19]

Cheers mate, I just bought the vxr had it 2 weeks.
Good car just needs a couple bits sorting https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/d2c3b956be69aedc061040d2878b447c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210312/ffef6308631c89b1bf1d5056b8a1e3dd.jpg

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[torquey]

Looks well. Standard power or mapped ? I like the vxr but would love a mk4 gsi!

[petrolhead19]

It has had a remap but not sure what to. Definitely shifts lol.
I had a mk4 gsi, loved it until someone pulled out on me and wrote it off

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[torquey]

Not good pal. They are going up in value now.

[petrolhead19]

They are, I paid ?1500 for mine low miles completely standard too. Be worth about ?5k now if I still had it lol

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[torquey]

Bargain pal that was

[Southsky sunrise]

Very nice, Iv a nearly full rep in white also but mines a red top. Good to see another saved 👌🏽

[petrolhead19]

Very nice, Iv a nearly full rep in white also but mines a red top. Good to see another saved [emoji1419]Yeah this one is a redtop which I've built, look further up in the build thread mate

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[petrolhead19]

Took the nova out for a test drive with my boy.
Drive alright just a few teething problems like I still don't have 5th gear and my heaters aren't blowing warm.

I also gave it a wash and on way back home I lost all gears haha, my clutch cable needed adjusting so quickly sorted that at side of the road and carried on.

This 5th gear and heater problem is doing my head in, I've tried adjusting gear selector a few times and tried bleeding the heater system, going to try jacking passenger side up as high as I can and try bleed againhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210313/1ae7d9b55c8595222b07bdddb3beae56.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210313/e774b2c11f3a07c776b3101ee98136f3.jpg

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[torquey]

Are all the pipes getting hot? All piped up correctly? Was the car originally a 4 speed if so you will need to cut the white block down on the gear lever as it will hit and wont let you get the stick far enough over to get 5th.

[petrolhead19]

Yeah all going the right places and they're getting hot

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[torquey]

Check all the pipe ducts and controls if you had the dash out maybe something come loose or blocked somewhere.

[petrolhead19]

Checked it all. Everything is as it should be, I'll check the heater control again. But if not then maybe an air lock

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[torquey]

Was the car a 4 speed?

[petrolhead19]

No mate 5 speed

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[torquey]

Keep squeezing the main pipes while running with the heaters on full and go through the position settings may help.

[torquey]

Oh right take it you did the drill bit method when setting it up while moving the gearstick over as far as possible and tighten the bolt up!

[petrolhead19]

Yeah mate that's how I set it up and still not got 5th.
Wondering if the selector fork for 5th it shagged

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[torquey]

Strange pal usually works. Yeh maybe something is fcked.

[petrolhead19]

Really cba taking it all apart again lol.
Hoping I can get the end off the gearbox and see what's up with it

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[torquey]

Yep its shite having to strip it all again.

[petrolhead19]

Back to the drawing board lol

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[Nova_Tek]

Looks great mate, havig it on the road running is an achievement in itself, I'm sure you'll get the last niggling issues done soon.

VXR looks really tidy, great colour too in Black.

Brother has a Nurburgring edition.

[petrolhead19]

I sorted out the threaded hub with a helicoil so I now have 4 tight wheel bolts haha.
Also chopped off the lug on the gear stick so I can now get 5th but it's hit and miss, so I still need to do some adjusting, I'm thinking if I push the lever down and all the way to left when adjusting then it will give me the extra travel to get 5th.

Also took it for a test drive and its uncontrollable when you give it some, throws the car all over the road and just spins up.
Need to try work out how I'm going to stop this torque steerhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210328/7bbdef17c9e4abcc6e4cd29e809ab2bc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210328/38031f9d9d00807f01fb243c145c8c17.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210328/f2561e2fa78ea3632b95914db7e0b777.jpg

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[totalnova]

Thought you said the car was a five speed before?

[petrolhead19]

It was 5 speed 1.4 merit

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[torquey]

As said before maybe try equal length shaft to reduce some of the torque steer. Have you checked for wear in the linkage ?

[JoeWak98]

Power steering would help slightly with the torque steer but quite a job to get it fitted so probs won?t be best route. Are you on a poly bushed front end? Also what diff are you running?


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[Iain]

Biggest factor will be front geometry if you've not had it set up yet.

What geo did you go for in the end? Specifically camber and toe.

[petrolhead19]

All good points. I havent had it tracked yet so that won't help at all lol.
I'm running the f20 with the standard diff

Going to try sort 5th gear out then take it for tracking and MOT see how it is after its been tracked

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[Nova_Tek]

Hope you get it sorted out soon.

Let us know what works the best especially geo setup as it'll help when mine's back together again lol

[petrolhead19]

Been a while since I updated.
I did get rid of the car lol raffled it as I needed to clear some money.
Anyway I bought it back a few weeks ago.

I did sort the 5th gear out before I got rid so thats done.
When I got it back I fit a different thermostat housing as the one on was cracked, also had the wheels refurbed and got brand new nankang ns2r tyres.
Got them on now but the fronts are stupidly close to the wings.....ffs
If I tried driving it then the wings would get ripped off.
I am running 10mm spacers as they use to rub on the coilovers with the 1.4 hubs. I'm wondering if they are sticking out so much due to now having 2l hubs on and wondering if I dont need the spacers now, I'm not sure if there is any size different between the hubs??

Going to try some things tomorrow, I'll try without spacers and see if it rubs the coilovers. If it does I'll see if I can remove the helper springs from coilovers so then might not need spacers as should clear the tyre.

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[petrolhead19]

Sorted out the wheel fitment, I removed the helper springs from the coilovers and took out the spacers so fits a lot better now.
Took her for a spin and only caught slightly once on full lock so all good.

Anyway I had her MOT done yesterday passed with flying colours, so now insured and taxed aswell.
Took her for a blast and she drives real nice, loads of power and isn't trying to throw me all over the road anymore with the new semi slick tyres on lol.

My aux belt did decide to shit itself though haha luckily I had one off my old engine that was same size

Also got an agreed valuation of ?12k and like for like replacement on parts which I'm happy about
Owes me more than that hahahttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210903/f99291cc744c28b2bb62eb3e000413a6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210903/c0db98f10680d137b9fb846e7bc105dc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210903/31ba88c521fa032bdda51deca6631d04.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210903/1dfbb0d31baed75057cec39eb8881695.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210903/b0a3846306aaa7a3ef92c7a88bd97f5a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210903/9c60ed90d7d25da59477c9650551bb31.jpg

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[torquey]

Looking well pal. Glad all sorted. Have you checked the belt ain't rubbing the leg slightly I had that on my let nova on hard acceleration and cornering it rubbed and wore the belt through.