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Martin
28-07-06, 12:05 PM
Right soon i shall be preppin my nova engine bay ready for the c20xe to be fitted


Just wanted a bit of help to get me started I.e any pics that someones got?

An body done this?


Help? lol http://www.justopelvauxhall.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif


Cheers Martin

Mike
28-07-06, 12:16 PM
Anbody done this?


About half this site lmao! lol youll get loads of info on this! Just seam weld all the seam's in the engine bay. As in put an inch of weld every 2inch (iirc) of seam.

Aamir
28-07-06, 01:10 PM
Buy & Fit the Harry Hockley Motorsport Strengthening Kit.

www.hh-ms.com

milfhunter
28-07-06, 02:48 PM
does any1 else do any strenthening kits?? my explorer wont let me view the Hockley site

Mike
28-07-06, 03:01 PM
yes, yes they do. escortrallyman on ebay sells them, and there identical to the HH kit.

pul16v
28-07-06, 03:16 PM
have a look here lots of nova engine bays

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=249859

Martin
28-07-06, 03:38 PM
yea ment pics asin were they've welded etc etc

Dan
28-07-06, 06:45 PM
About half this site lmao! lol youll get loads of info on this! Just seam weld all the seam's in the engine bay. As in put an inch of weld every 2inch (iirc) of seam.

its called STITCH welding, seam welding is totally different :roll:

Back top the topic in hand, here are some pics of when we did mine............

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld1.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld2.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld3.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/weld4.jpg

draper
28-07-06, 09:45 PM
i love the welding in the engine bay above........


heres some pics of the shell im getting delivered tomorrow (cant wait to go to bed, its like xmas lol )




http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/Image020.jpg

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/draper01/Image019.jpg