View Full Version : Well its finished!
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 02:35 PM
After a marathon multiple year rebuild my nova is finally finished. Managed to get it through a MOT'd today with just a minor problem with the emmisions! So its all set read for bruntingthorpe a week today. There are a few little niggles i want sorting over the next few days, i have also booked it in at my mates garage to have all the nuts and bolts checked for tightness this week.
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Bit sooty!:
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One thing is for certain, i need a pair of ear plugs and a neck brace for the 88 miles between my house and bruntingthorpe lol.
O and here is my new rear silencer so i can actually drive it when i get there:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/RickDraper/25092007021.jpg
as said when i seen it fella , its ****in awsome :thumb:
i need to blag a passenger ride in this of you lol
so, how long untill the next rebuild
Looks good, the new silencer is only a temporary thing yes? lol
MARTIN KELSON
08-10-07, 02:52 PM
Hi mate
See you next Monday.
What sort of times are you hoping for?
kevster
08-10-07, 02:52 PM
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thats spot on !!!!!!!! i really like this
nice one bud
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 02:54 PM
Yes the new silencer is only for that one day.
Not sure on the times it will run, hope to see 160+ on the mad mile though if i have the balls to do it. Would be happy with a mid to late 12 quarter time.
Yep see you monday morning, nice and early!
kevster
08-10-07, 02:56 PM
shes not slow then lol
i hope you have a craking day matey !!!
reallly am loveing the car !!
gammienov16v
08-10-07, 03:02 PM
top stuff fella wot bhp is it runnin
looks smart mate but you know its not finished! whenever is a project! good luck with it mate
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 03:13 PM
top stuff fella wot bhp is it runnin
400 at the moment and when Mark meets me on the day at brunters to remap it at 2 bar i will see 500 :D
MARTIN KELSON
08-10-07, 03:17 PM
I hope your doing passenger rides.
Me first!!
NovaLad
08-10-07, 03:18 PM
So we going to see a TV feature of this soon then? Hope so.
Lovely motor... Can't belive it's going to be knocking out 500 lol.
Please don't **** it up
I want another ride out in it too now its got some brakes!!
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 03:40 PM
So we going to see a TV feature of this soon then? Hope so.
Dont know, its up to them. I have been contacted about a feature with a sister mag of TV's but i am not sure what to do.
craig green
08-10-07, 03:50 PM
I have been contacted about a feature with a sister mag of TV's but i am not sure what to do.
Go with whoever is willing to feature it in the most pages!
Nice one for being legal anyway, just lots of minor wire tidying etc to do now?
Give it some for me at Brunters! :D
tom_beverley
08-10-07, 04:40 PM
Awesome build Rick, I can't wait to see this in the flesh!
I hope your doing passenger rides.
Me first!!
Me second!!! I'm hoping to blag a passenger ride on the day off everyone hehe
The brace etc look miles better black than chrome.
Good to see its pretty much finished at last, shame im not going Brunters to see it in action,Lol.
Looks good rick, is that a smaller FMIC? also i hope you have a camcorder installed?
Novadex
08-10-07, 05:27 PM
its about time! lol worth the wait, looks spot on!
Stunning build, Really glad you didnt break it up, Good luck for brunters!, Nick.
Philsutton
08-10-07, 06:08 PM
About time lol, have fun wheel spinning all over the place with little control to where your going. Should interesting to see what it can do on the 1/4 now.
Oh also I wonder how long you spend on track before the black flag comes out for excessive noise lol.
matthew172
08-10-07, 06:17 PM
one of the best novas ever built, well done
carls nova sri
08-10-07, 06:21 PM
looks the dogs
looks shweet rick. got to see this sometime it looks spot on
one of the best novas ever built, well done
Agreed. Top 3 for sure!
krobinson
08-10-07, 06:48 PM
Looks great Rick, spend the next week getting it spanking clean now! - You should paint those intercooler brackets black so they aint as noticable.
Keith
hybridturbo
08-10-07, 06:56 PM
Love it get some stick on number plates for the win !
We may never see eye to eye, but i appreciate the money and time youve spent on this, despite changing your mind about eleventy times. Hope it all holds together Rick, good luck at Brunters.
We may never see eye to eye, but i appreciate the money and time youve spent on this, despite changing your mind about eleventy times. Hope it all holds together Rick, good luck at Brunters.
thats realy touching.. pmsl...
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 08:15 PM
We may never see eye to eye, but i appreciate the money and time youve spent on this, despite changing your mind about eleventy times. Hope it all holds together Rick, good luck at Brunters.
Thanks :thumb:
Dont think i should see any problems at brunters but if there are thats why ian is coming with me as he is a AA member! lol
is it me or is the dash on a wiered angle?
Philsutton
08-10-07, 08:31 PM
no its just you, looks fine to me lol
Hmm...... its ok I spose - considering you threw it together 1 weekend and only spent a fiver on that pissy ****d little turbo!:p You sure you didn't nick that silencer off a Scania?lol
Great effort mate - looks really excellent. Good luck at brunters:thumb:
scott.parker
08-10-07, 09:34 PM
Weldon Rick!
I must get to see this lovely car in the flesh as i have seen you building this for as long as i can remember.
Top marks:thumb:
Scott
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 09:51 PM
The only problem with it been finished is i am now bored and wanting something else to build. Not sure what though.
I have just been pulling bits off it in the garage though! hahahaha
nice one Rick, now get on with breaking it!
The only problem with it been finished is i am now bored
If your board get a scuttle cover knocked up and tidy that wiring along the drivers side wing !! lol
Can't wait to see it at Brunters.
:thumb:
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 10:17 PM
If your board get a scuttle cover knocked up and tidy that wiring along the drivers side wing !! lol
Can't wait to see it at Brunters.
:thumb:
I know i need a scuttle cover, something i never bothered with but really should have. I know about the wiring, it works though, thats the main thing.
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 10:27 PM
Scuttle cover has now been sorted :)
shy witness
08-10-07, 10:41 PM
thats a mad looking car
fantastic
stuartyj21
08-10-07, 10:46 PM
yeh mad car alrite for mad rick!!!!
Scuttle cover has now been sorted :)
Where from? Made one yourself?
Quite a few people are after those.
Thats a very tidy car, good work!
Rick Draper
08-10-07, 11:07 PM
Where from? Made one yourself?
Quite a few people are after those.
Carbon one from a well known blue nomw!
smcgsi16v
08-10-07, 11:23 PM
Whats all the fuss about, its just another big block.lol
Only joking, fantastic car, build amd spec. well done.:thumb:
I'm sure it'll go ok.
The only problem with it been finished is i am now bored and wanting something else to build. Not sure what though.
I have just been pulling bits off it in the garage though! hahahaha
Buy a house. You'll never run out of things to do with it.
Will pop over next time I'm driving through :)
but modding a house is boring...... and ratchet spanners etc have no use there :(
At least when you mod a house you know* you'll make a proffit, lol.
*unless there is a massive crash in which case don't blame me :p
Finally finished, looks ace.
Good work, time to really enjoy it now, by driving it!
Rick Draper
09-10-07, 11:24 PM
Thanks everyone.
Spent the evening messing about deciding how i can sort out the wiring and make it look a bit better, here is where its up too at the moment:
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/RickDraper/Novaturboprogress301910.jpg
And then i decided to see about lowering the rear a bit more:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v444/RickDraper/Novaturboprogress301906.jpg
Can go lower but i will need a shorter spring.
kevster
09-10-07, 11:26 PM
sweet rick !!!!!!!!!!!! i think this is one of my top ten novas ever !!!!
keep up the good work !!
kevster
09-10-07, 11:27 PM
alao rick what wheels are they ??
Rick Draper
09-10-07, 11:29 PM
BBS RC brilliants.
I might get it in the air over the weekend or tomorrow and paint all the brake bells, think that will just finish that part of the car off. Means stripping them down but it should be worth it.
kevster
09-10-07, 11:34 PM
well worth doing rick !!! The wheels dont look out of place at all .
spot on mate :)
kevster
09-10-07, 11:36 PM
i like the way you have had the header tank and the strutbrace powder coted too .
nice to see a more subtle exhaust looks loads better. i think a mk1 tailgate would finish this awsome motor off though
Rick Draper
18-10-07, 10:29 AM
Show me where i can get a MK1 boot and i will get one!
michael squeak
18-10-07, 12:18 PM
nice as fook, lovin the car mate proper job
beautifulll!!! very nice motor, whats that cam cover painted with?
craig green
18-10-07, 03:01 PM
Spanishfly has a mk1 tailgate going spare IIRC, he offerered it to me but I'd sooner see it on your car Rick.
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