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ollster
15-12-04, 02:05 PM
Some of you may know my car from car shows last year,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/calendar/dscf0135.jpg

Anyway at the end of last summer i decided to take it off the road to put a 1600 16v on jenvy tb's in, and well things kinda escalated from there . So just over a year later, and god knows how much money spent, me and my mate have stitch welded the chasis with a harry hockley plating kit (ended up having the bay bead blasted t make welding easier!!), the shell is now off being sprayed. Also i have built the engine and gearbox, got hold of declan burkes old btb exhaust system, and a few other bits and bobs (rose jointed tie bar brackets competition engine mounts etc etc) so hopefully i can start building the thing up when it gets back from the body shop. jus thought i would post up a couple of pics of it as we have been working on it...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/calendar/DSC00319.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/NL.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Engine/SRI.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Random/upload.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Random/DSC01391.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/DSC01693.jpg

Here is the x16xe thats going in, when i get the throttle bodies, and the gearbox i have just rebuilt:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Engine/New%20engine/engine-5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Engine/New%20engine/engine-3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Random/Top.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Random/side.jpg

Hope to have it running for next year, but it all depends on funds, as the last things to buy now are the expensive bits like helix clutch, throttles, wilwoods, rose jointed gearbox linkage etc etc

P.S. this was posted on mig a while ago, but a few peeps have asked about the car off here
krobinson
15-12-04, 02:09 PM
As i said on mig, its looking fantastic olly!

Ready for 2005?

Keith
broony
15-12-04, 02:53 PM
Amazing amount of quality work going on there mate! Good to see it all coming together. I see my engine sitting pretty in your 4th pic there :wink:
Its still going brilliantly after i fixed a wee problem it was having and im giving it a service this weekend to keep it good for the winter.

Getting a respray soon aswell but i doubt that it will ever look as good as yours lol!
-Bruce-
15-12-04, 04:22 PM
that does look realy good mate. allot of work going into that, I take it that it will look the exact same when its built up as it did before rebuild?? top car.

bruce
jame5
15-12-04, 05:04 PM
awright mate car is lookin mint well done. Am i right in sayin that are those standard renualt alloys of the new clio etc.


james
Chris
15-12-04, 05:06 PM
another lovely motor released for next year lol

Top work matey

Chris
epo
15-12-04, 05:19 PM
looks smart mate
DrivingSpanner
15-12-04, 06:05 PM
brilliant, your putting some time and money into there nova !!!! and will it say looking fairly origional on the outside?
Nick
15-12-04, 06:16 PM
hopefully, either standard or euro is the best look you can achieve.

mines a mixture of the two.
nova ian
15-12-04, 08:40 PM
your nova looks really smart mate. a gleaming example :D
scott.parker
15-12-04, 09:34 PM
Thats looking good mate i like your plans there.

Verry nice car.
I take it your thinking of using them 17's? imo i wouldnt as 17's that are none gm offset give ott tramlineing!

scott
Riggy
15-12-04, 10:23 PM
amazin mate absolutly amazin :lol:
Col_Mk1
16-12-04, 02:05 AM
mint mate 8)
skud52
16-12-04, 09:18 AM
looks good, what sort of power are you hoping for out of the 16v?

obviously a reasonable amount otherwise you wouldn't have seam welded the engine bay.
ollster
16-12-04, 10:03 AM
cheers for all the comments people, glad you all like it. Just working on my carbon vin plate and option plate at the moment which looks pretty trick :D :D

krobinson: i hope so mate just depends on money really

broony: glad to here my old engine is running well, what was the problem in the end?

broos3, DrivingSpanner: yeh its going to look fairly similar, with a few subtle differences, i may have to add a bonnet scoop of some sorts to drop intake temps but we will see. I quiet fancy an ealry subaru legacy one because they are tiny, and dont actually sit on top of the bonnet.

jame5: no there vauxhall alloys mate quiet rare in 4 stud

scott.parker: no they were off my old calibra runabout and are now sold, this car is built for handling so i wouldnt comprimise it with big wheels. Its also got tas rose jointed tie bars, poly bushes, plated tca's, alloy rack mounts bilstein nvoa cup suspension etc etc.

skud52: not loads to start with just the standard sbd 162 kit, so about 150 160 bhp, with around 130 ft/lb of torque. The reason that we did all the welding (we stitched it didnt seam) is because its a nova, and if im going to throw it round a track it will fall to bits eventually without being built properly.
j1400
16-12-04, 11:22 AM
Looking good :)

Have you looked at using rod ends ont eh TCA's, gives you better camber adjustment then.

Also it's a good idea to paint the sump matt black to help heat disserpation on it :wink:

Are you going to be lightening the shell as much as possible too?
Paul
16-12-04, 04:34 PM
Look good

Done a bit since I saw it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ollster/Engine/New%20engine/engine-3.jpg

/\ My old wheels in the background :D
ollster
16-12-04, 07:23 PM
Looking good :)

Have you looked at using rod ends ont eh TCA's, gives you better camber adjustment then.

Also it's a good idea to paint the sump matt black to help heat disserpation on it :wink:

Are you going to be lightening the shell as much as possible too?

ive looked into these but wasnt sure how much improvement they would give me, i also looked into ecentric top mounts but i doubt they would be suitable for road use with them being solid

im not going to go mad wih the shell lightening to be honest, i still like having a stereo of some sorts and i intend to drive it over the nuremburg next year so want a couple of creature comforts. But i doubt it will weigh much over 850kg as it is which will put me up to around 180bhp per ton ish

never heard of the sump painting thing before lol
Al Wilson
17-12-04, 11:55 AM
2005 is surely going to be THE year for the finest quality Novas.