View Full Version : Valver conversion pics(warning 56k lots of pics)
scott.parker
31-10-04, 09:05 PM
Well i know it has been in there for a while now,but when it was done i didnt have any access to internet,so here some of the 186 pictures rob took!
oh and you can see from the pics they did an all nighter..and allso messed about a bit too :lol:
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/5933/valverconvertion002edit.jpg
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/8716/valverconvertion010edit.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/3344/valverconvertion024edit.jpg
http://img57.exs.cx/img57/1888/valverconvertion007edit.jpg
http://img88.exs.cx/img88/6494/valverconvertion017edit.jpg
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/9851/valverconvertion033edit.jpg
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/2685/valverconvertion116edit.jpg
http://img63.exs.cx/img63/7519/valverconvertion125edit.jpg
http://img88.exs.cx/img88/1464/valverconvertion034edit.jpg
http://img57.exs.cx/img57/9822/valverconvertion066edit.jpg
http://img52.exs.cx/img52/1673/valverconvertion095edit.jpg
http://img80.exs.cx/img80/8619/valverconvertion105edit.jpg
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/6365/valverconvertion129edit.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/369/valverconvertion140edit.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/3245/valverconvertion148edit.jpg
http://img51.exs.cx/img51/8656/valverconvertion154edit.jpg
http://img59.exs.cx/img59/9439/valverconvertion160edit.jpg
http://img74.exs.cx/img74/8313/valverconvertion166edit.jpg
http://img74.exs.cx/img74/2391/valverconvertion170edit.jpg
http://img51.exs.cx/img51/1148/valverconvertion176edit.jpg
http://img74.exs.cx/img74/3313/valverconvertion184edit.jpg
http://img58.exs.cx/img58/1839/nv04_6edit.jpg
Now on to how it is looking at the mo,well i have done some small changes to it.
http://img84.exs.cx/img84/2916/nv04_4edit.jpg
The part you either love or hate (part one,lol.)
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/15/nvrearedit.jpg
And here is part two of you either love it or hate it,lol :D
http://img53.exs.cx/img53/5495/nv04_5edit.jpg
Right just re edited that(hope to god it works as it has taken ages..lol)
A BIG BIG thank you to Andy Bishop Karl Rowrtree,Rob Delicata..
You all done the best work i could of asked for on the conversion,and at a great price too...cheers once again,oh big thanks to Andy and his Misiss for keeping and doing the work in his garage,and i will get the 1.6 of andy as soon as i can,sorry :oops:
scott
i can only see two pics :(
only two pics are working mate
scott.parker
31-10-04, 09:15 PM
oh thats just gash!!!!!!! it took me ages to set up all them liks,etc...
What is there loads of red crosses?
scott
scott.parker
31-10-04, 09:29 PM
Well carnt you just right click on them crosses and then click show picture?
what ones can you see?
scott
errrr kent see any now lol and no right clicking and show picture doesnt work
karl Rowntree
31-10-04, 09:48 PM
No pictures! :( I was looking forward to seeing them, alot happened of those few days and i belive we went insane on the all nighter!
Think my conversion days are over now, your car was a damn knightmare Scott :lol:
Are they stored in an account where you need to log in or something :?:
scott.parker
31-10-04, 10:01 PM
Right redone it hope to god it has work,so karl look again and tel me if it has? :lol:
oh i hate pc's..lol
scott
scott.parker
31-10-04, 10:04 PM
Yeah but im well fucked off i had to ditch loads cus i was getting so pissed off with passting and coppying,lol
THere was 31 pic sbefore...
scott
yay its all sorted now mate, good pics and i think it must be something to do with owning a nova which makes you go crazy lol
krobinson
31-10-04, 10:09 PM
Think my conversion days are over now, your car was a damn knightmare Scott :lol:
Nope!! You forgot about the certain valver on carbs conversion in N Ireland, Where that can of carling will be a Guiness! ;)
Keith
karl Rowntree
31-10-04, 10:16 PM
Nice! :oops: Damn i look like a smurf.
Was a good laugh although it was damn hard work what with all the welding preping and rebuilding, but glad you are enjoying it now. When the turbo going in then?
Keith, dont worry i am just waiting for the invitation :wink:
krobinson
31-10-04, 10:19 PM
Your welcome anytime mate. My bro move's out early next year, so we'll have a spare room then!
Keith
Nope!! You forgot about the certain valver on carbs conversion in N Ireland, Where that can of carling will be a Guiness! ;)
Keith
lmao, karl you look funny but strange in some of those pics lol.
karl Rowntree
31-10-04, 10:26 PM
Thats what you get when you spend 4 days in a garage with only rob, andy and a case of carling for entertainment
scott.parker
31-10-04, 10:37 PM
Thats what you get when you spend 4 days in a garage with only rob, andy and a case of carling for entertainment
:o no wonder my car started falling appart as soon as i got it back.. :lol:
just kidding
scott
lol some good pics there scott :D
scott.parker
31-10-04, 11:32 PM
Just droped a few more back in there of the engine bay being smoothed and sprayed up,and some of the chasie leg getting cut and a plate wellded in to acomedate the xe's wide plan.
scott
r the strenghen lower arms any good?
goods great,where did u get the scuttle cover from?
NovaNeil
01-11-04, 12:34 PM
Top Pics Scott!!!! :D Get some updated ones on with the powercap and that Phat Strut brace! Thankyou Please
pics look well good scott.
well done to all the lads on this conversion.
but i am highly disappointed that with the 3 of you a crate of carling lasted so long. you should have bought some plums for the job too
parrington21
02-11-04, 04:48 PM
does it all work???
the engine looks mint, where did you get it from?? was it re furbed?
scott.parker
02-11-04, 06:40 PM
r the strenghen lower arms any good?
goods great,where did u get the scuttle cover from?
Well i take it the strenghthend lower arms must be good/ok,or i wouldnt have thought the lads would of done it for me mate.
and as fro the cover i made it my self.. :D
scott
scott.parker
02-11-04, 06:43 PM
Top Pics Scott!!!! :D Get some updated ones on with the powercap and that Phat Strut brace! Thankyou Please
Will do mate once i can,oh i recon a good time for new pics would be on a rooling road day?lol sort it out :D
scott
scott.parker
02-11-04, 06:53 PM
does it all work???
the engine looks mint, where did you get it from?? was it re furbed?
Dose it work..... :o look here and see
mine is in the last coupl of pics..
http://www.novaload.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=100472
the engine came out of an astra mk2 gte i got for ?400..and it was fully rebuilt before it whent inot the nova,cheack my cars feture.
scott
karl Rowntree
02-11-04, 09:30 PM
It is only now i understand the power of the plum!
it is, you know it makes sense
scott.parker
02-11-04, 10:35 PM
it is, you know it makes sense
Oi highjaker fcukoff with your plums :lol:
it's about my car :D
scott
General Baxter
02-11-04, 10:45 PM
did someone say plums :lol:
this is a nice conversion tho
http://www.v6mini.com/gallery/60.jpg
thats a fooking tight squeeze :o
martweaver
03-11-04, 01:48 PM
No pictures! :( I was looking forward to seeing them, alot happened of those few days and i belive we went insane on the all nighter!
Think my conversion days are over now, your car was a damn knightmare Scott :lol:
Sorry mate, I need to add another to the list before you retire!! I have a rather large pile of bits at Andy's garage that I would love your help building!
pretty please :wink:
Mart
Philsutton
03-11-04, 04:34 PM
What the f**k, that looks like a Vauxhall V6 in a mini, an i thought it was a tight fit in a nova :o
it is a v6 mini the pics are on mig
andybishop
05-11-04, 03:06 PM
A BIG BIG thank you to Andy Bishop Karl Rowrtree,Rob Delicata..
You all done the best work i could of asked for on the conversion,and at a great price too...cheers once again,oh big thanks to Andy and his Misiss for keeping and doing the work in his garage,and i will get the 1.6 of andy as soon as i can,sorry :oops:
scott
I recognise that house and garage..... and that bloody car!! LOL Nah it was a good laugh doing it.. Glad you were happy with it! Hurry and get this engine before i sell it!! LOL. and Missus... :?
Yes Mart there are still TWO Nova's to do before we retire.....
scott.parker
07-11-04, 02:17 PM
A BIG BIG thank you to Andy Bishop Karl Rowrtree,Rob Delicata..
You all done the best work i could of asked for on the conversion,and at a great price too...cheers once again,oh big thanks to Andy and his Misiss for keeping and doing the work in his garage,and i will get the 1.6 of andy as soon as i can,sorry :oops:
scott
I recognise that house and garage..... and that bloody car!! LOL Nah it was a good laugh doing it.. Glad you were happy with it! Hurry and get this engine before i sell it!! LOL. and Missus... :?
Yes Mart there are still TWO Nova's to do before we retire.....
Dude if you can sell the sod go for it,i have been trying,loads.i think i have put a post on every forum around the uk :lol:
just seems no one wants an old c16 at the mo,though some guy did contact me frommig,but he didnt want it cus it had done to high millage!!
scott
krobinson
07-11-04, 04:14 PM
Yes Mart there are still TWO Nova's to do before we retire.....
I was thinking the same thing.. Both need finished for May too ;)
Keith
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