Weekends work...budget conversion

[Austin_Nova16]

So heres a few photos of my weekends work.

Started life as this, my J reg 1.2i runaround, which I've been smoking around in for the last two years and 50,000 miles.

Heres how it looked at the start. (a bit large i know..)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/DSC00146.jpg

Sorted some new yoko's and suspension (cheers Cornish!) last week along with some new bushes, to get the basics of the car good (with brakes to come...)


Fishined work on friday, picked up some primer and paint and got to work on the car at around 3pm.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/1_bay.jpg

Stipped sown the front end, drained the coolant, and got started on detaching the engine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/2_bay.jpg

Got the engine out, and started attaching the mounts to the 16v lump which I got for a bargin 200quid with a rotton cally attached...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/3_engine.jpg

Then set about cleaning all the seams up in the bay and under arches with the grinder with brush attachment. Worked a treat and was fuckin rapid! Cut a chunk out for the alternator, and chopped the drivers side mount off to lower.
Then got the welder fired up.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/4_welding.jpg

All welded and ready for a sessioning in the morning. Time for the pub.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/5_weldingdone.jpg

Got up Satarday, and started cleaning down the bay area. Gave it a good old blast with the primer and then some white.

Went up the scrappy to get the correct mount for the drivers side, which came off of a mk2 cav in the end..

Got home, and the bay was dry, so started installing the valver.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/6_enginein.jpg

Had previously made some brackets to spacer the box over and modded the cav mount as it fouled one on the exhasut manifold studs. Also ground the lug off the box and the back on the inlet manifold.
Went straight in. hasstle free.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/7_enginebolted.jpg

Didn't want to waste a satardey, so finished early and headed out for food and drinks. got wankered. :yes:

Started Sunday, feeling a bit fragile. Cracked on with the water pipes and wires. And put the bottom arms back on with brakes, suspension etc.

Thought it time to call it a day once it was rolling, as wasn't up for welding and had a booked day off on monday.

Started monday, and welded the exhasut up. I kept the standard cally manifold, and cut the cat out of the 1,2 system, then welded the front part of the cally system to the nova sytstem. Suprisingly, not too much of a differance in pipe diameters between the two ends.

Bolted it all up, sorted a broken wire on the ign feed to the coil, and it started straight up with some load banging from the tappets. Gave it half an hour and it sounded mint.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/8_bay.jpg

So now my 1.2i runaround is now a 2.0 16v sleeper runaround. and it goes fuckin well!
I know people always complain about how shite the yokos are in the wet, but i've been hammering it around, and with full interia and a box in the boot it handled very poitively! Well happy!

Had a binding brake poblem today, so nipped to get some copper grease, thought i'd get a couple of photos in true nova fassion.... outside halfords

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/9_bonnetup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/10_rear.jpg

[Col_Mk1]

mint :D

[novamadcars]

looking realy good mate looks like a lot of hard works gone in 2 the convershion keep it up
also do you have anyother plans for it?

[RJM25R]

do u have a car'van?

[cooper_nova]

:o :o :o

wow!!! you waste time do you! don't suppose you want tro do another conversion do you :wink: :lol:

looks very nice mate, could be the nova as vaux intended it to be(if they had thought about it)

[Mitchybee]

Fucking hell, you certainly got that done quickly.

Ive got some coilovers that have been sitting in my room all week! havent had the time to do them! plus im not at all very good at stuff like that! wouldnt know where to start?!

Where abouts you from in sussex? im just asking as im in west sussex at the moment for a couple of days.

[Austin_Nova16]

Cheers for the comments. No further plans as yet for it, although I do have a set of 45's sitting at home, which I may or maynot use.

RJM25R - what do you mean? do I have a car? yes. A van? no.

cooper - Think I probably would do conversions for others aswell..

Mitchybee - I'm also in west sussex. I live in Burgess Hill, but i'm at work in Horsham. Get those coilovers on and stop being lazy!! lol :oops:
Where are you?

[Mitchybee]

Im in west susesex to! Rusper.

Currently sitting in my uncles office. Do you know the company Sports and Styling or Bling my thing?

Well hopefully the coilovers should be on before the meet in mk, thats only if i can get someone to help me though! lol

[Austin_Nova16]

Havn't seen those companies about, they are your unc's then?
I take it you havn't got the coilovers with you then...

Rusper is a stones throw from where I work. I'm in slinfold, just a mile or so to the west of Horsham.

such a small world....

[Mitchybee]

No i havent mate, or the car!
Im not driving yet, only 16 you see.

www.sportsandstyling.co.uk
www.blingmything.co.uk

Im not really into my big body kits, air suspension and lambo doors. But its intresting watching the boys fit the lambo doors! And he gets some lush motors in and out of the workshop all the time.

Got an E46 M3 in at the mo, got a carbon wing, carbon front splitter etc...

[burgo]

very good work indeed can tell you've done it before lol

[Breeny]

Nice one dude.. :D

You wernt't kidding last week then.. lol

Bring back the memories of the old red beasty?? :wink:

[Austin_Nova16]

Oooo. The old red sr.. how much would I love that now!

Yeah mate. Had to go for it... had to be done, the h-gasket was going last week, and didn't much fancy breaking down in it.

Now for a fun ride home...

[Mark T]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/white%20nova/4_welding.jpg

PMSL Long man gets tangled in tiny car lol

[Austin_Nova16]

PMSL!

6foot 7" and can still fit in a nova bay.

[Give it some rev]

gotta say the valver looks a better fit than the lad lol
top job, gr8 street sleeper

chris

[jedi]

come and do my car :D

[cooper_nova]

what sort of costs for fitting austin?????? :wink: