Sean's Nova c20let

[seannova]

well, been building a decent spec engine over the past year, finnished a few months ago so needed to start looking for a decent shell to put it in,
spent a while searching and SRLew's 1.4sr came up, went to have a look and a deal was done,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/nova3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/nova2.jpg

So out came the twin 40'd sr lump which was sold on,
seam welded the front end ect, gearbox mount removed ready for the f28 mount to be welded on.

engine on the stand itching to be put in the car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500010.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500012.jpg

Got it fitted in the car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/eng7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/eng8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/eng9.jpg

Ordered an intercooler from Forge
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500049.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500050.jpg
fuel lines made up, stainless braided, all hooked up too a Bosch 044 motorsport pump
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500062.jpg

[seannova]

How it stands
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500060.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500059.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500058.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500057.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/Nova.jpg

[Dan 130]

awsome looks very nice any idea on power figures

[seannova]

engine is pretty well spec'd, id be happy with around 450ish bhp

[tom_beverley]

450bhp :eek: What spec have you built it upto?

Engine looks sexual, great shell too (good choice to keep it mk1!)!

[seannova]

rough spec:
87mm Wossner 8.5.1 cr pistons
steel conrods with arp bolts
crank mains reground/bigends polished,
under piston oil cooling
arp bolts throughout
head ported to gasket size,polished ports and chambers
supertech stainless forged valves, std size, inlet valves waisted stem
c20xe cams
isky double valve springs
spresso 1.9mm kevlar based head gasket
QED vernier pullys
modded 200sx manifold
Tial 44mm v-band external wastegate
HKS GT3040 turbo
3" system exiting front bumper
RC 750cc injectors
bosch 044 fuel pump
omex 600 engine managment
3 bar MAP sensor
Forge front mount intercooler with 3" pipework,
Sachs motorsport paddle clutch
custom inlet manifold with cosworth swedish plenum

[Adam]

Looks great, IC fits nicely.
Spec sounds very cool

Put some Nitrous through it too :cool:

[craig green]

Nice motor. As said above, keep it mk1.

Good luck & keep us posted perhaps with some vids etc.

[tom_beverley]

Nice spec, looks good this one :thumb:

^^ I'd love to see some NOS too!

[puss puss]

amazing spec amazing shell ill be keeping my eye on this one

mhmmm "NOS" :)

-Nat

[burgo]

now that is very very very nice indeed

[shy witness]

yeah.......great spec as said...

should b a complete animal ha ha


great job

[seannova]

Thanks for all the nice comments!

had it running a few days ago, all be it a little rough due to the base map im running which is for a standard c20let with standard injectors, so was overfueling quite bad with my 750cc's, did manage to get it fueling a little better in the end.
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6672756935297072339

[coochiSR]

Looking very good indeed!!! Great Shell and oustanding spec! IC looking very good too, gonna paint it? and atleast it runs, that's a good sign!

[seannova]

nah, wont be painting the cooler,
it fired up first turn of the key too!
quite impressed with the omex, used all standard sensors inc. crank sensor,
just loaded a base map and she fired up!

[Novadaftman]

that engine is gorgeous mate must of took you ages to do. keep up the good work :thumb:

[el'gringo]

thats a beauty

[wilkogsi1]

what kind ov price was the omax mate? who's doin its final map when done?

[SRlew]

sean thats looking awsome! i feel like i shouldnt have sold it! i miss it. but glad its gone to someone like you. am glad its turned into what you'v made it mate, the engine is nuts. will speak to you on msn bud

[seannova]

what kind ov price was the omax mate? who's doin its final map when done?
i got the omex through my mate who is a main distrubter for them, came in at around 580, thats with a semi assembled loom and all connectors,
for final mapping i think il be going noble motorsport.

[wilkogsi1]

cheers bud, looks like it could be a animal! keep us posted on how the mapping goes as lookin into omex instead ov autronic as nobles not too far from me for mapping :thumb:

[JJL]

Awsome bit of kit gotta love nova let's

[seannova]

finnally got my custom inlet
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/inlet.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500065.jpg

will get a few pics of it fitted to the car later,
just need a swedish plenum and throttle body then thats the intake side of things finnished.
also, all going well, it will be in for its exhaust system to be fabricated next weekend, once thats done then i can do all the boost/cooling pipework then it will be very close for mapping.

Sean

[Adam]

Who made that inlet?

[Mike.]

cars looking brill, the spec on that engine is a tad impressive :thumb:

[seannova]

Who made that inlet?
it was made by blueprint:thumb:

[Adam]

Can they custom make inlets to suit other engines do you know?

Looks nice work.

[seannova]

im sure they could sort somthing out, best to ring them, il pm you there number

[SRlew]

sean thats looking impresive!

stil cant stop thinking about what my (your) cars turned into.

how long till its on the road then?

[stevie b]

The car looks really well mate should be pretty rapid too!!!!

[R1CH]

Spec looks impressive !!
What kinda cost was the inlet (if you don't mind me asking), is alloy or steel ?
it'll be a weapon once its done, mines just shy of 300bhp, so 450bhp .... !! :D

[seannova]

inlet from blueprint was 300, then around 360 for a swedish plenum and around 120 for a throttle body, so not far off 800 when its complete,
inlet is stainless

[seannova]

few new pics,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new5.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/new1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/innovate.jpg

[Adam]

Top work, looks a right beast.

[Jim Mcrae]

very nice! good work mate!

[peester]

Top work, looks a right beast.

Beast of the year this is.. The slightly chavvy exterior adds a sleeper/ not what ude expect is under the bonnet feel/ vibe to it all. I know the intercooler is a bit obvious, but ... exciting as fook.

COol.

[SRlew]

the exterior aint chavy! im no f**king chav lol

manifold looks the nuts sean! good work!

[draper]

slabs are chavvy lol

looks stunning

[seannova]

did have a set of mo's for it, till some nice person stole them out my garden,

[NovaLad]

It looks scarey lol!!!!

IT'S A MONSTERRRR!!!!

[seannova]

got it booked in for its exhaust system to be made up, 5th october, all going well should be on the road mid/late october!

[Pillar]

gonna be awsome! always liked this car

[seannova]

plenum recieved and fitted:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500095.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500098.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500100.jpg

[krobinson]

Superb!

[R1CH]

When you planning on having it sorted and on the road ??
Insane price on the inlet / plenum !! imo

Rich

[seannova]

hope to have it on the road mid/late october hopfully, its going in for its exhaust system to be made up friday, then its just a bit of pipework left!
yeah, inlet was expensive but thats all down to the fact that theres no off the shelf parts like this for the c20let unfortunatly, so it has to be custom made.

[blue_peg_16v]

very nice mate its gonna be a monster

[Jim Mcrae]

Very nice mate, keep us updated!

[seannova]

exhaust system all done! will put up a few pics tomorro after its been dropped off

[seannova]

well, got the car delivered today,
pretty happy with the system, they did a good job on the downpipe,bends nice and gentle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500108.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500106.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500105.jpg

[Adam]

Very nice.
Have you got the screamer pipe, piped back into the downpipe?

[seannova]

nope, screamer exits just below the gearbox

[kevster]

work of art matey !!!!!!!

[Nick J]

Very impressive spec fella! looks like its coming together nicely.

[seannova]

little update:
basiclly just awaiting an inner cv joint and a few boost pipes then she is ready for the road!
roose motorsport hose kit, shafts and hubs all fitted today.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500116.jpg
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500113.jpg

[conad]

gotta love the pack of fags on the header tank..... its the finishing touch lol!! stunning little nova you got there mate, im truley jelous!!

[krobinson]

Awesome, thats gonna go like stink!

[GSI_STE]

That look's stunning one hell of a spec aswell nice to see a mk1 that clean:)

[Adam]

Looks awesome.
I see one problem, that gheyyy yellow expansion tank, Lol.

[chrisnovaturbo]

looking good mate. does the water pipe from the water pump go into the new inlet:confused:
chris

[krobinson]

How you getting on with it now mate?

Keith

[DyjaDK]

Wow thats a Nice Nova realy good work mate !

[BRoadGhost]

Here's the thing; does a light car need all that torque in a relatively narrow power band to be quick?

[Stanley]

Intercoolers a bit small :wtf:lol

Tiz a rather nice Nova this.

Always liked it lots :thumb:

[novait]

WOW!!!! that is nice...very good work.....450bhp :eek:

[The Simps]

love it! gonna be a propper handfull this one.

[125scouse]

that is stunning mate, always loved the car when lew had it even though i never got to see it in the flesh. glad its went to someone like yourself whos give it what it deserved, awesome mate!!

is that a small turbo escort cossie thorttle body?

[seannova]

little update,
got the car ready for the road today, new intercooler fitted and piped up,
just have to fill the coolant system and do a few miles running in!
pics are a bit poor but il get a few better ones up tomorow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/Image003000.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500122.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500120.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500117.jpg

[The Simps]

love it.

[Adam]

Engine is an awesome sight :cool:

[mikec123]

Nice car i like the white cav slabs going to spray mine white i thinks:thumb:

[chrisnovaturbo]

new intercooler look much better. when you getting it maped? have you drove it yet? i got mine runnin and driving on omex 600 ecu. money well spent i say wot you think of it?

[seannova]

not drove it yet, i have a map ready for it to run it in on which it fired up first time on, the omex really is a decent bit of kit,
looking to get it mapped in january which will either be at THOR racing or noble motorsport

[JSeymour]

what a slut you've made that nova! i love it.

[chrisnovaturbo]

did u get the map from omex? the map i got was just a base map to get it running. mine is over fuelin realy bad but if i turn the it up or down is wont idle. need to build a new engine built before i get mine mapped. do some vids of it when u get it on the road will be good to see.

[seannova]

the map i have is off a mate, its only mapped to 3k rpm but its only to get a few miles on the engine before i get a full map,
Are you running an icv or using the scatter spark?

[chrisnovaturbo]

scatter spark. on your inlet have you still got the big water pipe that goes to the water pump?

[seannova]

as your not using the icv anymore you may need to adjust the idle by adjusting the throttle linkage stop on the rear of your tb,that may be why you cant get it to idle without overfueling, i had simular probs when i first started on a std inlet.
my custom inlet doesnt use the rear water feed off the pump,

[krobinson]

Stunning mate, thats going to be an animal~!!

[scott.parker]

Very very nice car mate, the engine spec is ace, should be a smart car.

Scott

[chrisnovaturbo]

ive got a 3" skyline throttle body to fit. just got to get a inlet made for it. were did you get yours made?

[seannova]

it was made by blueprint, i then brought a swedish style plenum made for a cosworth.

[chrisnovaturbo]

the plenum is that off the shelf or custom? i will put my car on here now ive done 15 posts lol

[seannova]

mine is custom, but you can get them off the shelf, http://www.randbmotorsport.co.uk/shop/Details.asp?ProductID=5

[chrisnovaturbo]

dont no what to do yet apart from save some money and after chrismas is out the way carry on spending all my money on it lol

[Rupean]

its runs and has been drove, needs mapping still though.

[gunny]

slabs are chavvy lol

looks stunning

slabs are not chavvy!! my xe on slabs isnt chavvy!! lol

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/gunny07/DSC00516.jpg

nice work sean, cant wait to see it go rather than just gorkin at it in your garage whenever i come roundlol

[seannova]

well, done a few miles now, and so far so good, will hopfully be mapped for a little bit of boost next week,
few vids will be up in the next few days

[NovaLad]

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/gunny07/DSC00516.jpg

Sorry to hijack but that nova is niiiceee

[gunny]

let me know when its mapped up sean, cheers for the comment mate but this threads about seans lol

[seannova]

few new pics,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500131.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500133.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/S2500135.jpg

[twistysnovagte]

you have to be careful of the lazy drivers, yeah them who touch your bumper(in your case intercooler ouch)just to make sure they have enough room to pull away.
by the way very nice it looks a beast:thumb:

[chrisnovaturbo]

it looks front hevey, what springs you got on the front? love the intercooler, you can tell that there is big power when you look at the front.

[Lee H]

Rear bumper needs to go back to grey to match the front, then it will look really well.

Also lose the square rear number plate, looks odd.

Love the engine spec etc.

[krobinson]

Looks Purposeful, Cant say i'm a massive fan of huge intercoolers sticking out the front of novas. But with your manifold etc I can understand why it needs to be that way!

Keith

[EUROTURBO]

this makes my project look ****...lol good work mate nice to see someone plowing loads into a nova and what a good cause it is too lol...

[SRlew]

fairplay sean youv done some bloody good work there bud!

looks good seeing it back on grey bumpers well the front any way.

hope its worked out how you wanted it to. speak to you soon

[hybridturbo]

Looking gd a stick on plate on the bonnet would go nicely with the bonnet pins :D

[Will F]

Not a big fan...

It looks as if you have gone a bit sleeper with the bumpers/skirts etc... then slapped the biggest, most offensive intercooler on there which contradicts the sleeper-ness!

I am sure you can get an intercooler which is just as efficient without looking like that!!

[EUROTURBO]

looks mad mate! lol, quick question though do you know if its legal to have that on show like that as ive done a similar thing to mine but mine is slightly reccesed into the bumper.

glen

[seannova]

not gone for the sleeper look, its just built to do the job, i think the pics make it look worse than it is, there is no other way i could of done it, i have about 5mm clearance between intercooler/rad/ manifold!

[seannova]

had a bit of a mapping session today
results:
280bhp @ 0.8bar revving to a 5k limiter
390nm tourqe

[Nick]

Were you not aiming for the 400+ mark ?

[seannova]

no not yet,just wanted a nicer map to do a few more miles on first, hopfully going for the 400 map in the next few weeks

[Nick]

Cool, then 280 is a good figure. I just noticed that's at 0.8 Bar and a 5k limit.

[seannova]

yeah, 280 suprised me, mapper said would of been an easy 300+ if we went to 7k

[seannova]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssk2A6oQ1l0

[The Simps]

Nice figure! What does that torque equate to in lbft?

[craig green]

Nice figure! What does that torque equate to in lbft?

287.61 lb/ft :thumb:

[chrisnovaturbo]

that is going to go well over 400bhp easy. you can hear the turbo in the videos is only just starting to boost up then he lets off and you got 280bhp. i wanna see this when its run in, its gonna be an annimal.

[Adam]

Nice.
Should be capable of much more when fully mapped/running decent boost.

[gunny]

from what he was saying the other day its a bit of an animal as it is lol

[seannova]

had another mapping session tonight as i wanted a few more revs as i want to run at run at pod tomorrow,
we mapped it on same boost (0.8bar) and to 6.5k rpm
quite a good result i recon
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/scan0001.jpg

[chrisnovaturbo]

want to see some vids of this tomorrow !!

[seannova]

got a good few vids mate, a nice drive by too!
just one word to say about it really, ANIMAL!

[chrisnovaturbo]

just watched it sound the nuts.

[BRoadGhost]

The sound in that video was raping my ears

[SRlew]

looking good sean, wheres these vids!

[chrisnovaturbo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hjJEK2ID0M
there is the link to it.

how you get on today?

[seannova]

best time today was 13.0 @ 119.05 mph, was really struggling for grip, didnt really hook up till 4th! wasnt expecting much more tho as i still have my diff to fit

[chrisnovaturbo]

that ant bad then. did you get any vids?

[C7LJN]

best time today was 13.0 @ 119.05 mph, was really struggling for grip, didnt really hook up till 4th! wasnt expecting much more tho as i still have my diff to fit
Nice work there i just read all this post for the first time there and i like it. Good work bud :thumb: :thumb:

Just need to say tho that if your spinning till 4th just now at the 340bhp why would you want to run 450bhp when it will just spin even more and not help you up the 1/4mile

I bet this takes a bit of holding onto about the streets eh

[SRlew]

sounds a beast sean! good time aswell imo especialy if your spinning up in 4th, be good to see the time when you get your diff on!

[seannova]

few new vids

13.6 with crappy start
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FT62ludnSN8

little fly by
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9oBJzZzLISM

and on the rollers
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cPTIZt0zD0o

[ednovasr2]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2OYEMOprw&feature=related fook just saw this listed below your rolling road. wow foooooooking mad!

[SRlew]

looks and sounds insane!

looks bloody good on speed lines aswell mate, good stuff!

[seannova]

yea speedlines look well on it, had a blow out on the way pod tho, so ended up running with 3 speedlines and 1 corsa gsi rim

[SRlew]

ah right! good to hear it didnt cause you to crash!

looks good on the rollers, its got that deep red shine to it. love it

[chrisnovaturbo]

was it wet at pod?

[Adam]

Nice one.
How much power/boost were you running at pod?

[seannova]

no wasnt wet at pod,
was running the same power and boost at pod

[twistysnovagte]

fooking awsome that m8 maybe just maybe ill own 1 of these 1 day, top work, its nice to see it all come together:thumb:

[chrisnovaturbo]

Sean mate, you done any more to the nova???? havnt herd from you for a while????

[nov4801]

will have to pop up some time soon sean to have a look. not seen it since u was putting the engine in

[hybridturbo]

Gd results so far :D

Keep up the good work

[seannova]

not done a great deal to it since pod, saving up a few pennies for the diff,tyres and final map

[seannova]

not much to update so far,
fitted a set of rear springs i had laying about in the garage
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/Image005.jpg

also ordered a pair of toyo r888s this morning and a few serivce parts,
so should be back on the road this weekend

[gunny]

did u get my txt earlier sean?

[SRlew]

must say sean! looks stunning! whats the paint work like on it these days? still good?

[seannova]

paint work still nice and fresh mate, have'nt gave it polish since the day after i brought it off you but is still gleaming

[Geordie-Chris]

Looks excellent mate! How lows the back??

[seannova]

well back on the road after what seems a lifetime due to my oil pump seal giving up, so with the bank holiday weekend i thought i may aswell crack on with it, so with a new pump seal and a set of sticky r888s on the front and a quick wash, here she is
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/Image020.jpg

[chrisnovaturbo]

does the front rub??

[SRlew]

looking good mate, glad the paints still good to. i put a lot of prep into that so im happy its still shiny etc

[Adam]

Nice mate.
Id colour code the front bumper, or fit a grey rear....

And grind the end off the cv joint so the speedline centre cap fits ;)

[Rick Draper]

How come you are selling the turbo, manifold, downpipe and wastegate? Going for a GT35?

[game1]

Awesome spec Let, is it still around :confused:

[gunny]

shell is still nocking about i think... sean might tell me im wrong now lol, it got broke, i was thinking about having the shell myself at one point

[game1]

Shame, looked an awsome car.

[KPautomotive]

Needs a bigger intercooler matey :)

[chrisnovaturbo]

ive got the inlet and intercooler for mine.

[SRlew]

shell is still nocking about i think... sean might tell me im wrong now lol, it got broke, i was thinking about having the shell myself at one point

it got broke!!??

wish i knew would of had the shell back!

[gunny]

on of the lads round here has got it, he was saying he wants to put an xe in

[Rickyb]

its a shame it got broke it was awsome.

[dj_wudgey]

well back on the road after what seems a lifetime due to my oil pump seal giving up, so with the bank holiday weekend i thought i may aswell crack on with it, so with a new pump seal and a set of sticky r888s on the front and a quick wash, here she is
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/seangtturbo/Image020.jpg

i love this car me not so keen on front mounted intercooler but this car is ace!!!

[chrisnovaturbo]

thats good people like this as i got intercooler and inlet for mine!

[SRlew]

no way cant believe it got broke.

[seannova]

yep, it got broke, basicly the new oil pump which i got from a well know company died, all the gear inside broke into peices wrecking my bottom end,crank screwed, spun bearings, to say i was gutted is an understatment, at the time i just didnt have the heart or the money to put it back on the road,which is a shame as it had massive potential and good results even on the very little boost it was running at the time. a mate of mine has the shell and is very close to being back on the road running a c20xe,
i myself have had a few cars since, a honda civic eg running a b20 lump, currently have an impreza wagon running 315bhp which is up for sale as i miss my vauxs, as soon as its gone il be building another c20let to the same spec as the nova was running but in a corsa/tigra this time

[THE GRIFFIN]

nice looking motor ya got there mate

lovin the huge intercooler lol