Pipe fitting finished,update with more pics,56k warning!!

[scott.parker]

After i got in today i thought it was best i pulled my finger out and made a start,as the whether is nicer and the night are lighter.

first up was to bleed the coolent out,and then try trial fitting some pipes,and guess what i needded to trim some :?

So affter triming a few down and adjusting there kinda ok..

Well as it got a bit closer to night fall,i though i best start paking up,and though i can just get the stat changed in time,so i did :lol:

Will get more done tomo..


Bit of gap in there now :lol:

http://img132.exs.cx/img132/2953/emptybayedit4sp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Nice new Cool runing stat..

http://img122.exs.cx/img122/5393/statedit6sg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The rad hose that joins the stat is a bit of a ass to fit,but i think it will just be ok :wink:

http://img132.exs.cx/img132/4858/nogriledit9vp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Scott

[Riggy]

nice one mate quite interested what it will look like with yellow hoses :lol:

[Nick]

well the nice yellow bucket underneath the car gives you an idea of the colour scheme lol

[scott.parker]

nice one mate quite interested what it will look like with yellow hoses :lol:

Umm difrent to blue,lol..

Well should be ok once i sort the lot out,im going to try getting the spark cover, pained either blue or yellow..

Scott

[5toprjepog]

if you losen the rad you might find it easier

[srs1]

i'd do the spark plug cover yellow and not the rocker.
otherwise it will look gay

[scott.parker]

Yeah probably will be spark cover in yellow or blue and rocker in S/V

Scott

[James B]

hurray! :bday: the man does have tools after all

well done scott. not before time i must say

James

[5_door owner]

i think the yellow hoses will look mint in that bay. but i would suggest a yellow spakplug cover and a chrome rocker cover. will look nice.

nice to see your not a sheep and going for blue pipes lol

[Snowface]

yellow strut brace?

[scott.parker]

yellow strut brace?

No way,now that would be minggin! :lol:

[Snowface]

http://www.novaload.net/images/car_images/1970big8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/Snowface-85/strut2.jpg


lol. perhaps not.

[scott.parker]

:o yummy :lol: see what i mean,i think not,lol nice one for doing a quick shop though.

Scott

[scott.parker]

Well all i can say is the buggers are harder to fit then you would think,(also i had to cut some of them down to fit into my gaps sizing,as there made biger i guess for that reason not every convertions the same)mainly due to space really,the matrix return pipe was the worst,as it touches the inlet manifold,but i have used some pipe to try stop the rubbing for now,will be fine once i get the TB's..

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/3296/picture3767ne.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/5766/picture3783ki.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/7582/picture3790ud.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

This was alos very hard to fit,as it seams to be slightly short,and as they are quite thik,makes harder to bend,etc..wont know if it works till i get all the coolent back in..
http://i139.exs.cx/img139/1976/picture3802mj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/6074/picture3815vn.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/7726/picture3822kp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img82.exs.cx/img82/8113/picture3834ue.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img178.exs.cx/img178/542/picture3844uk.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img106.exs.cx/img106/413/picture3868zy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

This is the ass that keeps giving me trouble,it was quite corroded in the astra,and has made life hard ever since,but i think i shell be ok for a bit as ive sleaved it and smoothed the sharpness away,will be better once the race heads on..

http://img85.exs.cx/img85/8909/picture3855zc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img221.exs.cx/img221/5740/picture388edit6ut.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

I now know why most ppl fit blue,yellow's going to be a bitch to keep clean :lol:

Will post up more tomorrow..

Scott

[James B]

looking good mate. yelklows a different but worthwhile colour chouse

:D

James

[gazmorgan1985]

scott im like them yellow pipes m8, u got balls! cuz ive never seen it b 4 :lol:

[scott.parker]

Cheers lads glad you do,im going to get better pics in the morn..more done then also..

Scott

[Jonlem]

a little tip for you with that rear heater matrix pipe,

Get yourself doen the plumbers and get a 15mm (i think) pre soldered 90 degree bend with another inch or two of pipe, you'll need to maybe remove the heater matrix and file down the pipe that comes out by the inlet manifold as I think its a different size to normal plumbing attachments but it can be done, the copper pipe can then be angled towards where you like keeping it tight to the bulkhead, thsi gives a lot more clearance for the inlet manifold and stops the pipe being crushed when the engine rocks back, this is how mine is done and there is no way it will ever cut through the pipe like I have seen happen on many xe novas, the samcos make it worse when you leave them standard as the samco is thicker and means u have already squashed it onto heater matrix and between the manifold, it will either damage the end of the heater matrix if u leave it how it is or maybe split the pipe, It only takes abit of patience to sort it properly and once done you'll never have the problem again.

We actually sweated teh 90 degree bend on the heater matrix out of the car and then re fitted it but trust me this a nigthmare to do and using pre soldered joints makes life easier and it worked sweet on my LET nova

hope that helps, the hoses are looking good though, pukka stuff

[scott.parker]

fooking good idea! humm but you know it took me about an hour and 10 mins to fit that fooker.. :? :lol:

ah well i might go look in home base,as i know what you mean,if not ill ask my old man to fined one out from work,hes a joiner,and im am also,but he works at a genral builders/carpenters firm..might even get some one to sweat the bend on for me,lol,it's so anoying,though the TB's will be ok with it how it is..might just link it over to the return till then..

Scott

[Will]

yes homebase sell exactually what your looking for ;)

if you ever need jubiliee clips get them from there much cheaper than anywhere else :lol:

[Jonlem]

Here is a pic of mine, personally if I done it again I'd angle it another way but it works fine and there is loads of clearance,obviously loads at the mo as the head is off :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Jatec/waterpipe.jpg

[scott.parker]

Ok im a bit more sober now,lol.

So i take it you actualy take the heater out from inside the car,then brase/sweat the new pipe with the bend onto it,or are you saying to get one fitted while its all in place as it ia now? cheers.

Scott

[Jonlem]

The one in the pic was done with the heater matrix removed, believe it or not it does go back in but we didn't have pre soldered joints and no blow torch so we used the cooker, ideally like on my old let you can do it on the car with pre soldered joints, just make sure you cut the matrix copper back pipe enough to give plenty of clearance but not so much that its all too tight, you'll see what I'm getting at when you have a go at it, very simple but works fine and eliminates any future problems

[scott.parker]

Ok mate i will give it a go at some point,but i think it will be good for a small time,just as long as its ok this weekend im not fused,as im getting it on the rolling road for its first time..

Herer is what was done to the outlet pipe already..

http://img111.exs.cx/img111/1176/pipeedit0ex.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Scott

[Riggy]

lol ive got a little white plastic one on mine that chris left on just fits over matrix pipe and screws up :lol:

[-=VanMan=-]

OoOoOo yellow, good choice althoe i'm changing to blue :?
http://img125.exs.cx/img125/6528/1626272img1zp.th.jpg (http://img125.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img125&image=1626272img1zp.jpg)

[scott.parker]

Any idea what colour yellow is painted on the spark cover? *eg* bmw m-sports??

Scott

[-=VanMan=-]

dont have a clue mate was like that when I bought it

[5toprjepog]

well good

[scott.parker]

Right then i got the pipes all fitted now,they are all nicly cleand up and working good9i took the car for a good thrash,first in 5 weeks)
felt mad,forgot how quick and skitish it is on damp roads :lol:

ok now i have a tep pipe with T join till i get a header made to take the small pipe,ok itsnot very nice but it works :wink:

http://img178.exs.cx/img178/6754/picture3911mc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img71.exs.cx/img71/5995/picture3932dp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img178.exs.cx/img178/8112/picture3949th.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/2224/picture3953sj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img71.exs.cx/img71/2832/picture3970aj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/3000/picture3991go.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Bottom rad pipe is better,as it clears the clutch adjuster better,but still is very close to the chassis leg,and i had to trim it to fit..

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/2729/picture3924gg.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

another bonus was that i needed to cut the heater feed down,and the offcut is just right for my power cap pipe :P
http://img203.exs.cx/img203/1133/picture3894op.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img197.exs.cx/img197/7706/picture3905ml.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img231.exs.cx/img231/4513/picture3962cy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

All cleand up and off to test them(well i let it warm up and check for leack before hand) :wink:

http://img231.exs.cx/img231/9021/picture4014xv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img214.exs.cx/img214/5189/picture4037ok.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

All i need now is my TB's and the custom header tank for that small pipe,and also to paint the spark cover the same as the pipes.. :D

http://img226.exs.cx/img226/6233/picture405edit2pf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Scott

[Riggy]

looks mint scott

alot better then i thought it would have :lol:

no 911's this time lol :wink:

[scott.parker]

lol no mate just some vectras,as it was about 5pm when i whent out,and yes i whent down my private drag stip that you have been on(a46) :wink:

Felt so nice to get out in the nova again,i cut me slelf fitting them pipies a few times,lol you can see the blod on one of the pics,on the small pipe :lol:

just need to finde some paint that matches and do it over the week end..

Scott

[boredbloke]

Looks sweet mate I'g et some more red in there as well to go with the engine cover, better than having all one colour.

I gotta say when u said yellow i thought of my garden hose but it does llok good!

[scott.parker]

Looks sweet mate I'g et some more red in there as well to go with the engine cover, better than having all one colour.

I gotta say when u said yellow i thought of my garden hose but it does llok good!

Sorry spark cover is going Yellow and leads blue,and the rocker Silkviolet..just what i want to do..

lol see all you lot not thinking it would look good,you just need visoin! :lol:

Scott

[Mike.]

i thought they would look horrible yello but it actually looks alright

[scott.parker]

i thought they would look horrible yello but it actually looks alright

Another doubter :lol: will look better once all in properly with the header tank,etc..and other things painted up..

Scott

[Jonlem]

u can just blank off the pipe to the inlet manifold, I don't use it on any of mine, looks a lot tidier

[scott.parker]

u can just blank off the pipe to the inlet manifold, I don't use it on any of mine, looks a lot tidier

Well some say do that others say not to,lol

But once i get some TB's i will either block it off or get the exra pipe added to custom header tank,thanks for the idea with the bend from the heater return,i will do ti but at a later date,as i dont use the car every day i will be ok with it how it is for now,but good idea mate,cheers again.

Scott

[Chris]

"looking good"

[Riggy]

scott on the pipe bend topic lol - this is how chris did it on the blue one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/riggy4/IM000032.jpg

[scott.parker]

I will make a better more funtional way of getting the pipe from the outlet,but not yet,looking at useing a crome pluming pipe :lol: more BLING!

Scott

[James B]

looks mint scott. will defo look better with the rocker cover / spark plug cover colour coded. all good stuff. next time your driving past pop in and show me in the flesh and ill put the kettle on :D

James

[scott.parker]

lol what you up to tommorow,though i wont be out of bed till affter 11.30 :lol:

Scott

[James B]

just putting the finishing touches to a presentation i gotta make on monday for the day job :( so not a lot really

james