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im just after a bit of advise really, ive come to a bit of a stand still whith the project sr, my 1.4 mk2 blue nova sr!
ive got so much to do with little time to do, ive been messed baout by people waiting for them to help me, ive got nothing done, and ive give myself a deadline of completing it by april, early may at a very push, it doesnt help that the car is dead and wont start, therefore stuck in the garage!
ive already spent ?2k with an estimated ?4k to go, still to do...
-engine converision and tune up - want tot drop in a 1.6 8v and tune it to about 120bhp
-16V ATE brake conversion, still need to buy calipers/discs/pads, nova servo/master cylinder
-body prep, do all necessary welding and smoothing (flush scuttle panel, wings and boot door), ready to go to bodyshop
-take to bodyshop to fit all bodykit and get car resprayed (?700)
-fit all security system, and theres lots of it, i live in birmingham
-strip rear interior and build boot build for ICE install and mini fridge
-buy new alloys (?700)
-buy new front bumper (?250)
-tint the windows (?180)
-wire up all neons, LEDs and extra lighting
-change rear springs between the 2 novas, both of which are dead
-fit 40mm springs on front shocks
-buy graphics and advertising for all the companies that have participated in creating the car
It doesnt help that the car is dead, the current alloys are seized on and cant get them off, nor can i get the front bumper off!
i just dont know where to startv and what order to put it all in, can anyone help me?
cheerz!
womble sri
03-01-06, 01:47 PM
firstly ditch the neons and front bumper out prep the shell and get some descent suspension dont just drop it on springs sort any rust and prep the shell wait till summer to get it resprayed and sorrt the engine out but there is no point doing that if your gonna put a fridge in it sorry mate but thats just stupid do you wantit to be a max power car or something? if so you should do it to your corsa or a saxo novas just dont suit big jap stle bumpers it will just look silly.
well thats my aim to try and get it in Max, if not, then at least a magazine, like Total Vauxhall, Redline or Fast Car, dont think Max would take it, i also want it at Performance Vauxhall Show!
as for the bumper, its not a jap style one, its just the kingdom developments big mouth bumper
the alloys, i want 16s, but i dunno if they will fit under the arches, theyve alreay been cut!
lol tv wouldnt touch it then with a mingdom bumper on it. max flower would love it though,
save yourself money and don't bother with the tints or front bumper unless you find a gsi one!
Flog the neons and LED's, or you'll be making a seriously chavvy statement about your nova (especially if you go for the tints too)
all my neons and LEDs are interiors ones only, apart from 1 blue LED a plan to put in the bonney vent
as for the bumper, i already have the GSi bumper (which is for sale!) but i want something a little bigger, the KD one is perfect, but i cant even get the mk2 bumper off at the moment!
should i do the engine and brake conversions before the respray?
dont like saxos, its french, the only thing i like french is the bagette!
womble sri
03-01-06, 03:22 PM
dont bother mate it will end up like this
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-558164226796210753&q=nova
save yourself money and don't bother with the tints or front bumper unless you find a gsi one!
and be like every other nova YAWN
lol tv wouldnt touch it then with a mingdom bumper on it.
Why not? They've had novas featured with the Kingdom bumper before, both the jap and bigmouth one :?
orange_andy
03-01-06, 04:57 PM
i love novas now, and i would love a 2ltr, but to spend 6k on a nova your either stupid got to much money or just dont care about money,
for that you could easily pick a car up with high insurance daft things like gtis imprezzas then spend 2 k on there insurance,
6k on a 1.6. 120bhp, 14 year old car. might just be me but thats mad!!
i love novas now, and i would love a 2ltr, but to spend 6k on a nova your either stupid got to much money or just dont care about money,
for that you could easily pick a car up with high insurance daft things like gtis imprezzas then spend 2 k on there insurance,
6k on a 1.6. 120bhp, 14 year old car. might just be me but thats mad!!
you need to be a little mad to modify cars, otherwise everyone would be driving around in 2.0 mondeos. If the guy is prepared to part with that money to make a personalised car, fair play to him i say? But theres nothing wrong with expressing an opinon without calling the guy stupid!
IMO, a bodykit, neons and led's coming out of every orifice inside the car is UBER GAY! For the same money you could build a seriously rip snorting XE or LET, C16XE or even an 8v turbo, and actually have a riot driving it, rather than cracking fiberglass on every speed bump and attracting 13 year old cider drinking girls and coke snorting doleites. But this is my opinion, and you should do what you want with your car, thats the point.
If your main aim is to build a feature car, the trick is to do something different. This is difficult with the Nova because every man and his dog has done something to one at some point. Put a ludicrous engine in it that no ones done before or graft a bodykit from another car onto it or get a custom one made, and have it done properly! Make it something they want to see, rather than you bolting on the entire contents of halfords and expecting it to be a feature. It wont be!
thanks for your replys, ive just come to a bit of a cul de sac about what to do!
the cost is down to what ive preiced everything up to an estimated it, it could cost me less, it could cost me more, the cost so far has been ?1100 on the ICE and the rest on part bodykit and part interior!
the ICE will be fairly loud i hope, as for being a bit different, i was going to make my own front bumper, but give up on that idea, but just make an extension piece for the rear and im in the middle of creating my own boot spoiler which i might use my car as a 'demo'!
engine wise, i can have upto a 1.6 (insurance) with no turbo or supercharger, however id love to fit a charger to it!
for the neons, they wont be visible, i promise you, id top myself if they did, i just want a blue glow inside around the ICE to match the hopefully colour of the car
freak..... i dont understand people who build crap just because it'll get featured. its your car build it for you and if someone wants to feature it fair enough, but dont go sticking on crap just cos lax pooer like it
craig green
04-01-06, 03:41 PM
lol tv wouldnt touch it then with a mingdom bumper on it. max flower would love it though,
I dunno!
TV feature all manner of sh!te. Mainly purple flip combat corsa's.
craig green
04-01-06, 03:43 PM
Basically, you are trying to build a car that requires a fair amount of mechanical skill. Yet you are struggling to remove a fr bumper.
I'd say go to evening courses or pay someone to build it.
if you cant remove the wheels, I'd like to see the 1.6 engine fitted.
No offence!
i do want to build it for me, ive wanted to build a project nova for years, i could of bought a different car, but i wanted a nova becuase i like them, which is the same reason why i use this site, i like novas!
as for getting it at max power, that is something else i would like to acheive, im not wanting an individual stand inside the arena, just parked up with a group or summit outside is what i would like, if i dont get it, fine, im not going to cry, its just something i would like to do!
there are many novas still in this country, and they are still populer, and you guys prove that everyday when i comeonto this site, you guys have spend thousands on them, and there are some really nice novas o nthis site, and fair play to everyone!
wouldnt you want to show to everyone that the nova is still a populer car to have, with so many things that can be done to it to keep it going for so long!
the renault 5 turbo for example, its older than the nova and more squarer than the nova, buts whats so good about it? the fact that its got a 1.4turbo? its s***, the engine cant handle the turbo, i know loads of people who have had one but wont go back to it, they hate it, and renaults are s*** cars anyway, theyre french!
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