View Full Version : Nova 1650 Sport/Track car - ongoing
This thread is the history and work in progress of my first car, though every stage (including the dodgy bits lol) I started way back in June ?03 with the purchase of J710BYD (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=72037), 1.2 Flair with the carb engine, it was the straightest car I?d seen with only 46k on the clock, 1 old lady owner and FVSH, it was presented to me by my best mate?s Dad, so I stumped up the ?850 asking price and started polishing.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/870/1020247imgfr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The mods were limited as it was only a temporary car till I found something I wanted, just some cheap audio? more on this later.
I was happy driving about for 2-3months till some ?mates? loosen my hub caps and I lost one. Now I couldn?t drive round like that and couldn?t find a new one anywhere, so I had to buy some alloys :roll: it was down hill from there really. The wheels came from a friend, Smith Twisters ? mmmm tasty:
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Now I had some wikid wheelz, I could pimp it up round town with ma home boyz, innit lol well... me and two others went and took some photos:
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Trust me that fiesta looked ace when he finished
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and the ?5 was wicked in its day lol
From here I had to get it lowered as it got a reputation for pulling wheelies, this was done by a good friend who could build nova?s in his sleep, it had -60mm springs on SR shocks and 2.0 16v brakes.
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Also pictured are the red side repeaters, laguna splitter and black meshed grill, it started looking pretty smart I thought, even with the gash wheels.
At this point I started talking to Ben Gunn as we went to college together and used to MTB, some of the old skool may remember him with the gold 5dr and then the Rosso Corsa 3dr. He informed me about this site, then called novaload, so I signed up and didn?t post for about a year.
Being a musically oriented person, like my dad, I decided to improve the audio somewhat. This came with help from my friend Rick with the fiesta^ and a company called Liquid ICE (http://www.liquid-ice.co.uk/)who he ended up working with and I did temporally. We keep trying to out do each other with SQ, he won, but here was my unfinished attempt:
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The spec end up as:
Alpine 9833R
Phoenix Gold Ti 400.2
Phoenix Gold Ti 600.2
Phoenix Gold Ti DEQ :D
Phoenix Gold Ti 10DD2 x2
JL Audio XR650CSi with Phoenix Gold Ti tweeters
12ish sheets of Dynamat extreme
PG and Streetwires used through out.
Made 138.9DB which isn’t bad for an SQ system, sounded peachy.
You may also notice the magnex exhaust in the pic ;)
At this point it was MOT time :eek: and it failed soooo bad, over ?600 of welding and painting took place to get it though, including a new arch, spring seats and seat belt mount, on the way back from the paint shop one spring fell out but luckly hung on the beam till I got home and took a photo, well it looked cool lol
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Stayed like this for ages till I saved up for some new wheels, which I found on eBay and won for ?60, batter and one bent, but another came up for ?5 – ideal. This is during the 3 week refurb:
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Checking fitment:
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And on the car, wrapped in A539’s:
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At some point an Avo shock and spring kit, SR seats, a momo race wheel, digi dash and other choice mods had made the way on to the car, it was look cool :cool:
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I umm’d and arrr’d about fitting GSi bumpers but as they came up fairly cheap it’d be rude not too. Pick them up and dropped them at the paintshop for a blast of satin black along with a new drivers wing as the original had rotted through from the inside. Fitting day came round quickly but I hit a problem, my magnex backbox was for a GTE and didn’t fit the GSi kit L quick phone call to Ben Gunn secured me an Ashley System and manifold of his then recently broken 1.6 T40 project. Spent the whole day cleaning and polishing and took my favourite photos of the car ever:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/4244/img0791cd2.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
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May also notice the half tinted rear lights and black new shape Vauxhall badges
It was now looking the part and with the tight raspy noise of the exhaust people were asking what engine it was. To which the reply was:
‘well it a 1.2 at the moment, but it will be a 1.6….’
I started getting tired of this excuse and started trolling through eBay and here, eBay came up trumps with a winning starting bid of ?20 for a ’89 GTE engine, gearbox, ECU and loom – probably the best bargain ever! My dad and I popped down to Exeter to pick it up and although the mileage was unknown it was mint.
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Once home I had to decide want to do with it, I didn’t really fancy using the injection as this was an old car, and probably the last one I’d get to ‘play’ with properly – I didn’t want a car that I just plug a box in and go…
At this point (about 3-3.5 years after I’d bought the run-around) I had to get dedicated and know what I wanted the car to be. With my Dad being an old petrol head he had a project of his own knocking about, a Ginneta G15 with a 998cc Hillman Imp Hillclimb/race engine running T40 Delloauto’s. These carbs seemed like a good base, and I wasn’t aloud to nick his, so a pair where purchased for ?120 from eBay. Jetted for a 2.0 Alfa or Fiat so completely wrong for what I wanted, but I didn’t know that at the time… That when I stumbled across other nova 1.6 T40 namely Dan’s and Jim’s – these specs seem to work.. and very well indeed, so that was the plan, just build the engine and swap it in…
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Whilst I was looking more into the plan with strengthening, etc I needed to tinker, so one day after work the standard F10 was dropped and a shiny black F13CR was fitted with a desperately needed new clutch and bearing and CV joints. Results were impressive, quicker acceleration and a better top speed due to the use of more revs
Top speed indicated – 124mph (!)
Top speed GPRS - 103mph
It was a nippy little thing that 1.2, shame to pull it out… nahh!
A problem was looming on the horizon tho – UNI
The car was put up for sale (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66619&highlight=flair)VERY reluctantly to fund my uni adventure, luckily, despite all the interest, it didn’t sell (Wahoo) This may be due to me hiding the car and myself when someone came round to view it… Lol
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Space was made in the garage Dad and I just finished building and I trotted off to uni. Where I collected many many parts to do the engine swap, the most memorable and annoying was the purchase of a Blydenstien B pack head…
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Luckly I got it cheap and made my money back on it after a few months and picked up a smallblock Blydenstien B+ pack head for good money.
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During short stays back home pulling apart the car I discovered it was going to be more than an engine swap.
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Plus the whole rear panel and front panel. Every thing else was mint!
Love these types of threads!!!
Despite this, I was attached to the car now and would repair it to it original state plus a few trick extras, around this time I was going on a few track days and really enjoying it, including the blue flags telling me to slow down :D as I then learnt, slower into the corners = faster out. Anyway as I was putting a fast 1.6 in my lightweight shell *cough* Dynamat *cough* so I started prepping it for some track (ab)use.
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First job - engine out
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Cleaning back underseal to check for trapped rust
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Dash out
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Standard sound deadending out
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Sticky as **** Dynamat
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Slowly removing the Ghay Dynamat
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Tidy!?!?! ^ (note: I will weigh that huge pile of sound deading)
A year has now passed (seems like lot more) and I’ve come to the conclusion that the red shell is too far gone, to get it where I want it will take minimum ?3k on top of the panels I already bought. So a deal was done and this famous piece of nova history (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=89567)is now sat in my garage – well happy, few things to ‘iron’ out but they can wait – I want to go fast! lol
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Came with nice and light polycarbs too bonus. The plan now is to just get it running and to the TV/PNG rolling roll day. Lots more planned but not enough hours in the day (or money) It will eventually end up like one of my old photoshops, but that could be years down the line. I’ve already planned more power and control for next year in the form of an AST3 and a SCCR ‘box. Once it is running I’ve already got a cav gear linkage to match up to my R/J linkage, some rather nice bucket seats with side mounts and some very cool wheels in the making :cool:
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The engine build is on track,
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firstly it was stripped down and found to be perfect.
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Then painted up
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I de-seamed the rods and polished the pistons at uni (yes I was very bored one night)
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The crank and flywheel where sent off to John Peratt engineering, who also supplied the heavy duty shells and gave me what I believe are group A/Cossie pistons
John also carried out some extra work on my Billy head, re-sat the wasted valves, re-fitted the double valve springs and also skimmed it – took part of the spark plug housing off :D
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ARP's fitted
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Bottom end built
(can't find pic ATM)
AST2 cam fitted
(can't find pic ATM)
Top assembled
(can't find pic ATM)
Inlet manifold
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Carbs (still need the right size chokes :wall:)
I?m using my Avo shocks and springs till the engines setup and running right, then Avo or Gaz coilovers will find there way on.
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My R/J?d lower arms
Can't find pic ATM
Poly bushed parts
And that?s upto date, when it warms up and my man flu forks off then stage 1 will get done very quickly ;)
MK1-GTE
24-12-07, 09:09 AM
top drawer fella well done ...:)
so you've bought dans shell , excellent :thumb:
looking forward to this build
Great read Ash, will be a nice car when its done..
craig green
24-12-07, 01:45 PM
Good write up Ash.
Keep at it!
NovaLad
24-12-07, 04:25 PM
Mint read, Mint car...
Can't wait to see ya next 1 in action.
Cheers for all the good comments guys, can't wait to get going, but I can't shake this man flu plus my garage is cold the the electrics stopped working up there :mad:
krobinson
24-12-07, 06:11 PM
Excellent work. What styling plans have you for the new shell?
I recon nice paint and GTE bits would be lovely.
Keith
Ohh, Dans Old shell will live on in small block form!
Excellent work. What styling plans have you for the new shell?
I recon nice paint and GTE bits would be lovely.
Keith
Well I dont want to add too much weight TBH
All sorts of ideas have been running though my head tho, GTE kit with the lines smoothed bar the top one, painted grey lower and black plastic top,
It will be having a flocked cut down mk2 dash to hold my custom dash, based on the Lotus/stack one I have (CANbus is gay)
Cherry red leather seats and panelling keep popping into my head - but they want make me go fast now, will they... lol
Ohh, Dans Old shell will live on in small block form!
:D
Brilliant Ash.
Keeping the 1600 T40 Corner going strong..
I think a similar decision will have to be made regarding my shell this summer, just need to get my hands on something famous
NovaLad
24-12-07, 06:48 PM
**Cough** RJM's purple 1 **Cough**
Whats up with your shell then Nick? I thought it was tidy? Or you still not happy with the (cool) colour?
Whats up with your shell then Nick? I thought it was tidy? Or you still not happy with the (cool) colour?
It's tidyish.. but when you consider replacing Rear Arches, Sills, Front Wngs and a respray.... before thinking about cage and paint. Then it becomes alot cheaper to buy something that's allready done for 1k !
We'l see.. But i can't wait to see yours finished. If i was on my placment year (next year) i'd have had dans shell instantly !
Good to see the shell will be put to more good use :)
london_chris
25-12-07, 04:09 PM
its nice to see some local novas, i never see them on the road tho lol, i never go to yeovil though as i hate the place but theres a couple of crap chavvy novas in taunton, bridgwater and langport also has a couple includin my old sr. we need more decent novas about!
Before I fit the engine a few things needed doing. The tiebars came off, cleaned back and painted.
http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/2056/01012008281yv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
As were the hubs which required a sledge hammer to remove the bottom ball joints lol
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Whilst they were drying I swapped the standard wishbones with my R/J and plated ones. The R/J shims are too short but easily sorted with a couple thrust washers.
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Still waiting for stuff to dry, plus im waiting for some new bottom ball joints to turn up.
What's the benefit of rose joints opposed to the standard setup?
And the engine is finally bolt together.
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Now just waiting on a cam belt, water pump, rocker gasket and a few carb parts. Thinking of spraying the cam cover satin black now tho.
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The two gearbox's waiting a FD swap, but Im thinking I may keep the standard one for top speed round the 'ring :)
What's the benefit of rose joints opposed to the standard setup?
errr, they look cool :D lol
No, it's just to remove even more play than polybushes and (the reason I bought them) to adjust camber by winding the thread in and out.
nice work, coming along well...
i hope your going to clean the box's up, as they'll look out of place with the rest of the engine clean lol
Cheers Ste
lol you'd hope so! It's only done 3k since I last cleaned and sprayed it :eek:
Looking great Ash !
I REALLY regret not taking the time to paint/polish and clean everypart of my engine before fitting it !
That Red block will look great in dans Spangly Bay !
Cheers Nick, sometimes I wish I didn't paint it all for the "doesn't need to look good as it goes quick - 'ardcore" look lol
Very minor update, I fitted the washers to the wishbones, nice marine grade stainless ones, I dont like rust much :cool:
And some random pics to prove I have the shell in my garage:
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Headlights rested in.
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My 15x7" et37 fit fine :) So hopefully so will the 14x7.5" SRi steels
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The gorrilas climbing frame lol
scott.parker
09-01-08, 07:53 PM
Nice one mate, i see we will all be having some dam nice track cars out in force then this season! and the first time ive been back on track in 3 years! lol look out i could be very very rusty...
Scott
Rusty?!?! I've never been out on track lol well apart from Thruxton trackdays in a RX8, single seater and mazda 3 MPS, but I have a feeling this will be differant...
Looking forward to it tho, and seeing Project Apache Orange :thumb:
It will be odd seeing that car in a different guise, but im very glad its gone to someone whos going to use it properly! Keep it up Ash :)
Yeah looking god Ash :D
Regarding the track day comment, i may yet be inviting myself in a Nova ;)
I was going to wait till I had more to update, but meh, its fine.
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The new bottom ball joints turned up and were soon blasted with the black hammerite
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Then the whole front end was assembled. Note the AVO shocks and springs were only cleaned up and sprayed over the exposed areas as they will be soon changed for coilovers :thumb:
I'm just waiting (again:roll: ) for parts to turn up before I can do any more major stuff, so I turned my attention to the sump that I didn't clean very well and just spray on top... Good job I did really!
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Two nice little holes punched straight through. New sump on order when I get paid.
Sweet Ash, coming on well.
Whats your project completion date?
Lee - Yea, shouldn't be that differant, maybe just tarted up a bit to start with. I'm expecting the 'thats Dan's car comments' Hope I do the car justice :)
Mike - Hopefully I'll make the 'ring trip, which for some reason seems less daunting to me than Combe lol Once I've got a few laps of the 'ring under my belt im sure I'll be used to the car so combe and the others won't seem too bad... (is that odd?)
I'm sure lifts could be arranged ;)
Cheers Ad :thumb:
Mike - Hopefully I'll make the 'ring trip, which for some reason seems less daunting to me than Combe lol Once I've got a few laps of the 'ring under my belt im sure I'll be used to the car so combe and the others won't seem too bad... (is that odd?)
I'm sure lifts could be arranged ;)
Sounds good cheif :D my Nova wont be making the Ring Trip nor PV08 :( As it stands at the minute, with me working away pratically every week i only get about 12 hours work max on LHA a week. So its not going to be done anytime soon :( however on the other side of things, where i work now is literally a 50% payrise so i can get all the shizzle i wanted lol
Some good progress youve made mate, and waiting on parts is a pain in the @rse lol ive done a lot of it recently :D
Sweet Ash, coming on well.
Whats your project completion date?
Well as soon as the engines in a fires, im booking a place at the PNG R/R day which is the 22nd of March, then one of the main reasons I've kept at it is to attend and possibly lead a memorial service 'thing' which is a couple of days after for two close friends who died last year - both of whome helped me out loads with the car in its early days.:)
Then obviously the ring trip, err whenever that is lol
Sounds good cheif :D my Nova wont be making the Ring Trip nor PV08 :( As it stands at the minute, with me working away pratically every week i only get about 12 hours work max on LHA a week. So its not going to be done anytime soon :( however on the other side of things, where i work now is literally a 50% payrise so i can get all the shizzle i wanted lol
Some good progress youve made mate, and waiting on parts is a pain in the @rse lol ive done a lot of it recently :D
WHAT! pull your finger out! I want to see it at PV - no excuses :mad: lol
The progress isn't what i'd hoped, thought the engine and box would be in by now. And yes waiting on parts is a right royal pain in the @rse! Payrise would certainly help too lol
WHAT! pull your finger out! I want to see it at PV - no excuses :mad: lol
lol lol its STILL gotta be painted, all the plating has got to be done, im still yet to get seats and some fecking tyres before it can go anywhere!
I think i should have budgeted more time!! Ive got around 90% of what i need to do it, just not enough time to actually "do it" so to speak!
No updates, but looking for advise.
What fuel pump would be recommended for T40 use? I've been looking at the Facet Silvertop with a FilterKing FPR, but keep reading conflicting information.
Is the pump better mounted near the tank or in the bay?
I've also read these pumps can be quite noisy, it that right or was someone just moaning?
And, finally, FilterKing FPR's, what differance does it make what size you have?
Hi Mate,
I'm running a 1600 8v with twin 40's
Currently using a Facet Silver Competition fuel pump with xr2i fuel filter and filter king fuel regulator. This set up does run really well, fuel pressure build up in no time plus you don't have to pump the accelerator loads to get the thing started (may old one was like a work out in the gym)
The pump is mounted in the spare wheel well and is very loud!
Cheers for the info :thumb: I think im going to mount it near the tank on a big piece of rubber
Any way some engine porn:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7449/25012008367vu1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
1.4SR Dizzy setup arrived, started polishing but its to corroded (on a nova, surely not!) New sump has turned up as well, but not fitted yet.
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Yep, my rocker covers come back from the powder coaters. It's gut, yar?
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And finally its all timed up good and proper (I hope)
Woke up this morning in a panic wondering if I put the pistons in the right way round :eek: a quick check through my old build thread proved I did it correctly lol what a time to think about it
Next job is to find a 4 paddle helix clutch for decent money, change the FD's on the gearboxes and swap the 5th cog
Excellent thread mate, strange how its gone from one small block owner to another, anyone else would have 'whacked an XE in' so is this going to be an all out track car or you gonna use it on the road as well?
Shame about the old shell, as from the outside it looked pretty mint.But then it is a nova... you never know lol
Cheers Steve. From the out side and inside it was mint... Behind the bumpers and in the bay it needed new panels for want I wanted. Some people would be happy plating it, but it look soo messy it wasn't for me.
It will be a track car, but road legal for weekend blasts, shows and the 'ring
It is stange that about 3 years ago I thought about an engine change, found Dan's spec, copied it (ish) and have now ended up with his shell lol
My orginal idea for the project was to make a mk2 'sport' so I needed to use an orginal engine, so XE was a big no no, but carbs was a big YES :)
Woke up this morning in a panic wondering if I put the pistons in the right way round :eek:
FPMSL
Can just imagine you sitting bolt up right in bed "Did i put those pistons in the right way round" lollollol
Looking well, nearly done :)
mikeoxford
27-01-08, 06:19 AM
lookin good ash.
try and make some notes and pictures if you can on your fifth gear replacement?
Its possible to remove the gearbox casette through the passenger side wheel arch without having to remove anything except the selector housing and the roadwheel. - Thinking about it i guess the gearbox is off the car anyway lol
craig green
27-01-08, 05:04 PM
If you fold up the lip on the bottom of the chassis leg, you can remove the gear cassette.
Liking it Ash. Engine appears to be quality.
lol i like that word 'appears'
Im hoping it will all work fine, but I've got this terible feeling in my stomach that a little bit of sand/dust/metal/wood/etc is going to funk it all up for me
Cheers for the comments, I'm just about to have a 'brave pill' and go tackle a gearbox :eek:
Good to see another 1.6 T40 in progress. Good luck with it all Ash. Will try and get mine done so there is at least one more small block at the shows this year ;)
craig green
28-01-08, 12:29 PM
LOL - Appears. Didnt really want to say the engine looks nice when that isnt a measure of how well its built, not to take anything away from the motor..... I'm sure its a beast!
tom_beverley
28-01-08, 04:42 PM
Good to see another 1.6 T40 in progress. Good luck with it all Ash. Will try and get mine done so there is at least one more small block at the shows this year ;)
Make that three :)
Looking good Ash, its funny you mentioned the piston thing as I did exactly the same thing lol Also realised that I hadn't checked which way I'd installed the oil control rings :eek: Luckily that was during the build so wasn't too much work to undo!
Make that three :)
bloody hell, 3 small blocks, pft, these things are soooooo common lol
....oil control rings??? Oh SH!T!!! lol no I remembered them.
Thanks once again for the comments. Had some more money roll in so I should order the clutch really, it's far to much money but I need it - so its fine :mad: lol
EDIT: Smallblocks are common... right thats it! Vtec engine is going in next week lol
Make that three :)
Four :thumb: just not the carbs ;)
are you sure that those rose joints are not supposed to be central in the housing??
i might be wrong depending on you setup but all the rally cars iv'e ever worked on or built have always been central.
Four now *spits* common as muck lol
@ greg - I offered the standard lower arm up the the R/J'd one and it is correct. Must be to do with where the cut is made and the R/J inserted.
Another small update.
I've removed the engine from the stand to make way for the gearboxes.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7174/30012008377sg7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
This also ment I could fit the lightened flywheel.
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/5844/30012008378gj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
To save marking/damaging the new sump I made up a little 'crib' for the engine to sleep in, arrrr lol
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1624/30012008379pp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and finally the gearbox in the stand, going to wait till the weekend on this and when the gasket set arrives from Vauxhall.
Small steps ;)
looking great
id love to do a build again
this looks mint pall i love it :thumb: :thumb:
craig green
31-01-08, 04:52 PM
Nice progress.
I ought to pop over soon & have a gander.
Thanks once again for the comments, Craig your welcome round anytime, I've got that rear quarter sat here waiting as well, when your ready :)
Today I thought I'd crack on with the wiring loom and interior type stuff, seeming as I've lost my Hanyes manual again. When I do find/buy one the gearbox will get done.
Started draining oil out anyway:
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/2804/03022008385uc6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
On with the wiring, I started routing out the loom to see what I could junk/keep/tidy/extend, etc
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/6485/03022008391oz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3017/03022008389hm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6696/03022008388qd7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And as always with me an wiring I drew blood :wall: I seriously dont understand it, I can spend all day under a car playing with suspension and big, rusty bolts and Im fine. Soon as a wire is introducted I cut myself :GGRRR: lol
Ditched the speaker loom and a few other silly things, extend the wires for the digidash sender so it runs with the loom now, not though the speedo place.
Once I was happy-ish with that I started fitting the heater matrix. Now I know this is a lightweight track shell, but I will be travelling to Germany in it, so I think im allowed to add a little weight...
No pics of it fitted, because I gave up, how the feck are you meant to put the nut on the drivers side!?!?! over 30mins on my back under the pedals trying to do it and the ******* wouldn't catch! So I smacked it with a socket in my hand a resulted in this:
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/8468/03022008393dz6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
If that wasn't enough I turned the heater off and the bulb blew in the lead lamp AND as I walked out the garage in a small rage I tripped over a plant pot that had been blown across the garden :mad:
Return of the biscuit counter!
1x pack of Jaffa cakes
1x Go Ahead 'gay yogurt thing'
2x cups 'o' tea
I spent more time eating and injuring than work, but meh
Lol
Sounds like you've had a bad day :p
pmsl NO! NOT AT ALL! :mad: lol
Would of like to got more done tho
Heater matrix isn't that hard, heck even I managed to do that without injury :p
If you need a hand with anything give me a shout :thumb:
Return of the biscuit counter!
1x pack of Jaffa cakes
1x Go Ahead 'gay yogurt thing' Girlfriend has got me addicted to these things!!!lol lol
2x cups 'o' tea
Brilliant build this, love all the progress!!!
Heater matrix isn't that hard, heck even I managed to do that without injury :p
If you need a hand with anything give me a shout :thumb:
I certainly need a new hand, it's turned bright red. That'll teach me to control my temper tho lol
Help is appreciated, but it is only this one fecking nut thats got me stuck atm.
Cheers James, those bars are surprisingly good, but with my build i really don't need them lol
First off, my hand hasn't fallen off which is good lol
My manifold and strut brace came back from the powder coaters today, couldn't resist a 'stack up'
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/620/08022008395of7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Just been sat here staring at my carbs, the rebuild kit and a drawing that doesn't really match, and felt quite dissy. Any how to rebuild carbs gen??? lol
Finally bought myself a third copy of the hanyes manual - going to chain this one to the car I think, keep losing them :wall:
http://i12.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/d7/f8/6395_1.JPG
Anyway as I have that and my gearbox seal kit, work will commence tomorrow :)
The carb rebuild is a piece of pi**
Just a few screws basically...
yeah, no... I took one apart a long time ago to spray it and can't remember if I put the new jets a stuff in or not (easy to find out I know) Plus the drawing supplied with the rebuild kit isn't very clear and for Type 18 carbs, mine are Type 126, suprising the number of differances.
OK, im being lazy
Well one carb is back together-ish, some parts are very differant tho.
The gearbox has been delayed due to a rather large drinking session on saturday, got as far as removing the diff cover and felt ill lol
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2192/09022008401ek6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8522/09022008402vj2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
That black stuff use to be my gears :|
Did manage to cut the rear panels out before I left tho. I think these will be covered in a dark red vinyl to hopefully match the new seats i've seen:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/8193/09022008403hh5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://www.carnoisseurdirect.co.uk/product_images/detail/1L2345784C.jpg
And finally the powercoated strut brace. The red is a 'bit' bright, but its a good job :thumb:
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8024/09022008400xt5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
nov4801
11-02-08, 02:28 AM
looking good mate:thumb:
mikeoxford
11-02-08, 03:55 AM
The gearbox has been delayed due to a rather large drinking session on saturday, got as far as removing the diff cover and felt ill lol
http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/2192/09022008401ek6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Is this the beginning of your fifth gear replacement? keep me posted mate cheers :thumb:
It is sir, found out that fifth is on it's own selector shaft, so I might just swap the whole shaft in one. Also its not on the end just behind the end cover - it's right inside :( but it will be fine lol
krobinson
11-02-08, 07:52 PM
Good progress :D These threads keep me motivated :D
Cheers Kieth, glad I'm helping motivating such a great project as yours :)
Had a busy few days the pass week. Took some time off work and this is the result:
The gearbox was pulled apart to change the final drive ratio's and swap the 5th gear to give me better accelaration and better top speed, which is always handy ;)
There with be a full guide written soon, but this was a 'panic/rush' job so not many pics ATM
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5051/17022008411gz2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
pulling apart errr stuff...
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5675/17022008412nf1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/1464/17022008415ii0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
We did have a hicup that set me back a couple days where one of the lugs snapped off the gear housing and we had to use part of the other gearbox - can you spot which bit??? lol
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2986/21022008426zg1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
So now i've ended up with an F13CR with a 4.18FD and longer 5th gear :D
Said goodbye to the red shell, gone into 'storage' for the time being
Looked very sorry for its self:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5812/21022008423je9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5576/21022008425xd0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Low with out any suspension tho :thumb:
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7404/21022008421lp2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5291/21022008420up6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And finally this happened:
I picked up my 4 paddle 'custom' clutch and my powdercoated engine mounts and set about fitting the engine (!!!)
First the 'bay was washed down:
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/9200/24022008479kl2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and the clutch fitted:
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9607/24022008474yt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3383/24022008476yw1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
(It's gold - it's got to be better lol)
Next up it was housted up on a rather dodgy engine crane from a well respecced hire firm
http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/3637/24022008478yu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and dropped in through the top! No problems
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3945/24022008480qk1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I think smilies can say this better than me
:D :D :D
After that I just stood round as I haven't really planned any further than this lol
That's looking very sexy!
10/10 for details matey!
Strange how the shell is recieving another gte lump though!lol
Looks good, whats next on your list?
craig green
25-02-08, 12:08 PM
Keep at it Ash! Good news. See it for myself soon.
CG
freeman88
25-02-08, 12:51 PM
looking sweet mate
nice work, be done for this year?
awsome ash , have always loved this shell :thumb:
looks like its goin to carry on its "legend" even more lol
Looking great Ash !
Now you just have the small problem of being able to drive it like dan !
cheers guys, it's all starting to come together now. Don't be surprised if theres an update every day this week ;)
@ade - a comment about detail coming from you, I am flattered :)
@Steve - errr, everything. Quik-rack, fuel system, wiring. Then brake lines, dash and fit some seats
@CG - I'll see you in the week, hopefully mores done (looks alot better in real life too :thumb:)
@Paul - yep, it's got a place booked on the PNG RR day (March 22nd)
@Nick - lets not joke, thats a rather large problem lol
more proper bo-ness:
Mounted the new 10" push fan to the new GSi rad:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7533/26022008481et4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And mounted to the car:
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6021/26022008482wq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Fitted a drive shaft. One side need a CV boot - D'oh
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/5946/27022008488jm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Picked up some Sabelt harnesses from Spud
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9172/27022008483xz9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And played about in the bay:
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/985/27022008487yq6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5950/27022008489sg7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
A very good friend is helping with the loom, it's all getting hidden in the chassis legs and stuff. Also spent a whole day scratching my head... trying to work out braided internal brake lines, worked out it will cost about ?160!! and seeming I spent all my wages in 6 days this could cause a problem...
xxspudxx
27-02-08, 11:39 PM
Car looks impressive mate, nice to meet you earlier buddy, hope you get it all built soon :thumb:
craig green
28-02-08, 11:35 AM
Looks really well slotted in there Ash.
Brake lines are pricey if using braided. Maybe try getting prices from exact in Totnes. Guy used to work for Goodridge who are based in Exeter. I just had some regular flexi's made up by them & got them overnight. All the fittings are removable from the braided pipe as opposed to Goodridges method of sealing them on or using non-reuseable fittings (I dunno).
I've opted to use copper pipe for the front runs & braided to lin the bias valve with the rear copper runs to each flexi on the rear beam.
Keep at it matey.
good to meet you to spud, you should try and pop along to some of the meets. Have u got a wip on here? It sounded quite interesting.
cheers CG. A friend has informed me that the goodridge hose fittings are made by 'something' speed in yeovil AND he has a mate who works there :)
xxspudxx
28-02-08, 04:56 PM
good to meet you to spud, you should try and pop along to some of the meets. Have u got a wip on here? It sounded quite interesting.
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93159
pretty boring to read and look at at the moment but theres the wip. its going off to have the lsd, roof welded and full respray this weekend i hope!
But yeah i'll come along to next meet if i can mate
Cool. engine bays looking good, I like the colour scheme!
Whats front struts are you using? I dont recognize them
:cool:
The struts came as part of my AVO kit, but will be soon swapped for some GAZ coilovers
looking very good!seems to be coming along well:thumb:
Not much to see, but the wiring loom is coming on nicely, lost alot of wiring including heater, rear wash/wipe. Running the power to the back as well, proper job :thumb: I also fitted my old steering rack as it has an ignition barrel and a quikrack.
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/5782/29022008492ez7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Whilst my mate was doing that I got on and sprayed the rest of the tank and fitted it, which took most of the paint off lol
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1128/29022008493gj7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I'm away this weekend unfortunally, otherwise it could of been running..... *pinch of salt* lol
peester
02-03-08, 05:04 PM
good project, amaizing detail..
Thanks peester!
As my friend was nearing the end of the interior wiring, I thought i'd make a start on the dash - out came the big saw :evil:
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/9980/03032008522af8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
It just a half dash with a little strip left on to hide the loom. It will be tidied up alot and then flocked light grey. Also have to make a space for an electric heater to sit...
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/4858/03032008524og9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Quik-rack is now fitted in and sprayed up in PNG's fav colour lol
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5848/03032008525ir7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
before
http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5446/04032008531wq4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
after
And the manifold was seperated from the rest of the exhaust and cleaned up and sprayed with Hammerite BBQ paint - highly recommended BTW (no before pics, but it was pretty rust sat around for well over a year)
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3496/04032008529ja3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/661/04032008532bb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Till next time when we tackle fitting an exhaust, rear beam and fuel lines :)
Looking well.
How much is that b&q bbq paint?
Cheers ad, the paint was ?8 in a small brush-on tin or ?6 in a big spray can lol Used about 1/2 can on the manifold, which was about 3 good coats each side. Dries very quickly too.
Now its getting more of a 'bolt bits on' job stuffs happening quickly again :)
Exhaust is on, as well as the 'rack:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2855/05032008533wy9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5877/05032008534xf3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Rear beam has also been cleaned up and refitted along with the AVO kit. Was another bonus to find polybushes on the beam too:
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8103/05032008537ve3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I know its still abit dirty but I was on a roll and also have a deadline to hit! (will probably get powder coated next winter)
Problem being I need to start spending money again.... money I don't have :(
Cool.
Looking tidy. Whens the deadline?
I wouldnt worry about a dirty beam for now, its the engine bay that draws everyone in at the shows.
This gonna be at PVS?? i'll have to have a nose around if it is. :thumb:
Rolling road day..... lol
Not looking good tbh, I want at least 50miles on it before I get it setup and nearer 500miles before the RR day, plus I still have to tax and insure it and pay for the setup :wall:
EDIT: come to think of it, petrol isin't cheap these days... and I'm going to need lots of it lol
I wouldnt worry about a dirty beam for now, its the engine bay that draws everyone in at the shows.
This gonna be at PVS?? i'll have to have a nose around if it is. :thumb:
True and the 'bay should do it very well, hopefully the interior will raise an eye brow or two as well, especially for a track car.
It is certainly going to be at PVS, going to try and make as many shows as poss :thumb:
Hmm, so two weeks this Saturday, good luck lol
cool looking nova you have ther
I might end up getting some of that paint for mine, although, do you know anyone thats used it?
As I bought some vht paint for my manifold and most of it burned off when I started her up! lol
craig green
06-03-08, 05:00 PM
VHT is best off when baked on really. Its all about reading the little words on the back of the tin.
As I bought some vht paint for my manifold and most of it burned off when I started her up! lol
It shouldn't have done.
As CG said, you have to cure vht paint.
On exhausts etc, it cures in use(just try not breathe the fumes...)
It stayed on my old manifold for ages
With the deadline rapidly approaching I got a move on, I think the panic has started to set in now, some of the parts aren't in minty mint condition, but its fine lol
This is how the 'bay is looking now, wired, hosed and servo'd lol
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/5792/08032008542pt2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And the dash:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2188/08032008541uy1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
List is getting ever smaller, just waiting on a battery and ignition loom now really - parts wise :)
Sweet
I think you've forgotten fit one of the carbs though :p lol lol
:wtf: I dont find that very funny......
...well maybe lol
Other carb currently looks like -
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3774/07032008539rz4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Its been a long time since that shells seen a dashboard lol. Looking great pal, cant wait to see it!!
Do you just have weekends to work on it, or week nights too?
lol @ dashboard comment - I should be a man about it and not have one really.... or so I keep getting told.
Ad - luckly I have week nights to work on it as well. After spending all my wages and more last/this month the cash flow has slowed down to nothing - hence the slow work, cue Mum and a credit card :D
Cool, should be done in time then if you can get the coil loom.
should be, I've found a loom buy the guy hasn't given me an address to send the money yet. If it's not started up on Wendesday, it's going to be unlikely to be there. I want minimuim 50 miles on it before I go and have it setup and nearer 500 before it hits the rolling road.
Still need to sort 't brake lines, thing im going with copper fronts and a single braided to the back and split.
BLOX!!!
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6661/11032008547hw7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
For those who don't reconise that ^ its a rather funked weber DCOE spindle. Luckly I have friends with spare T40's and spares for them:
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/820/11032008549dx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Unfortunally thats from a Solex and Weber don't make them anymore :wall:
So my friends going to machine me one, probably from Ti :D Lots of parts arrive tomorrow to finish off all the annoying little jobs, another mates round to finish the wiring and I need to finish running the fuel hose and mount the Filterking.
Bad news about the spindle. Deadlines getting closer, Lol
aarocap
13-03-08, 09:36 PM
wow amazing build you got there mate
Cheers, you may see it driving round Southampton soon, I know a few people down there and need to put miles on it.
Whilst waiting for random engine parts and wiring to be finished I've made a start on the brakes. I had one copper line still attached to the M/C but in my haste removing it from the red shell I cut the N/S, so I will be visiting a scrap yard very soon to relieve a nova of that hose and some seat runners.
My rear lines turned up from Rally Designs, after a phone call from Lee informing my order was wrong lol A full write up will be written soon in the 'How 2' section. This is what arrived:
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8459/13032008550tb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And a basic layout:
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/2028/13032008554yy4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Caliper wise - I'm swapping my knacked, un-matched 2.0 16v item for some reconditioned ones from Vauxhall for the resonable sum of ?80 :) These will be fitted with Mintex 1155 pads and standard GM discs atm.
scott.parker
14-03-08, 10:02 AM
Ash mate,its all looking good not been and checked the thread for a while now, but your moving very quick mate, hope your ready in time, dont think mine will be...
Scott
Just read all the way through this thread, i love this little nova looks awesome, and im sure even when its "finished" your still do more to it lol , even longer term project!
Brake parts look cool :thumb:
EUROTURBO
14-03-08, 07:44 PM
very good WIP makes me wanna powdercoat and hammerite everything i own....lol keep up the good work hope to see this at PV08
lol yea, I did get a bit carried away, but thought - I can't put it back on the car like that... and so it's ended up like that :)
AW - great intials btw, I doubt this will ever be 'finished' as you say, but thats the fun of it.
Adam - brake parts are a pain in the ass!
It was a dark and stormy night, but some where in the depths of Somerset a little nova was being born, slowly but surely...
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2035/14032008559rx4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
It already had a heart, but now it's gained its lungs:
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1737/15032008562bj1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
(Why you'll want a XE, I don't know)
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7669/15032008563qn4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
OK, spindle still isn't sorted, but I needed to cut the fuel hose to length as it was pissing me off lol
We now have both front brake lines sorted, calipers and 1144's arrive Wedensday. Rear brake line is being a right royal pain in the ass tho!
Nice!! engine bay is looking real good now, not overly keen on the colour for the inlet and carbs but then thats missing the point really! lol
What sort of power are you aiming for?
I like the engine colour scheme, looks cool.
Its going be sweet.
Schedule is proper tight tho! :(
You still needing the Sr dizzy loom?
If you still cant find one, you could make your own up, if you can find anyone that has the right plugs to fit the dizzy/module......
It would only take some simple wiring if you can find the plugs. You only need the module/dizzy ones, as the coil should have two nut/stud terminals that you can put rings on...
Tonight I saw life in the little car, starter span, lights on, dash on, fuel pump on - it was ace!
Had the day off work to go hunting about the local area picking up the final parts needed which included a trip to AC Services, who sorted me out with a battery box, some brake fittings and a filter for my fuel pump. Top quality service!
Then it was back to Yeovil to pick up my brake pads, went for 1144's in the end, dunno why really. And then popped into Vauxhall to pick up my calipers... which they forgot to order!!! They offered me Saturday delivery, not good enough, so offered to drive to the dealer that had them, but thats Bedford where they're made :wall: Matey pulled a few strings as im such a good customer and they WILL be here tomorrow morning :D
Anyway on with the work... it wasn't as simple as it seems here, Ric and I are shot and just called it a day at 1.30am.
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/2016/20032008574bd3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1479/19032008570ny2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Brake lines are done...
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/3078/20032008573jo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Seats and harnesses in...Dash in...
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/42/20032008571dh6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6558/20032008572ss6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
R/J gearlinkage is fitted, but fouled the 'box, but sorted now. All the fluids, bar brakes are in. Plus the spindle is back now and fitted. The only jobs to do now are fit the brakes and bleed them, both the battery box down and fit the linkage - easy!
Then we can turn the key and find out if Ric's 'bodge loom' has done the trick!
Apoligies for the **** pics, it's late! More pics tomorrow
vaughanmc
20-03-08, 07:44 AM
Coming together now - Some long term project :)
Done in a few months - Top work !
Wow, thats all i have to say, its coming along nicly, this im sure will be a more than A1 car when its finished...
xxspudxx
20-03-08, 11:37 AM
car looks spot on mate should be proud, ac is a good bloke, hes got my gearbox out there at the moment! need to go and see him actually
Yup, AC services are good.
Ash, are you using ATE brakes? If yours don't turn up tomorrow give me a ring, I've got a pair in my garage from the Saloon I can lend you.
craig green
20-03-08, 01:19 PM
Damn thats looking good. Well done Ash. Hope she roars into life mate!
Good work!
New front number plate needed!
craig green
20-03-08, 01:45 PM
GTE fr bumper needed!
Now have a picture of the interior and prove we have power!
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1270/21032008580ob8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/4118/21032008581vf7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Note: please excuse the gash digidash, its all I had at the time.
final little bit are now done! The linkage is fitted, glad I went for an offical weber one, works very well ;)
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6797/21032008579fm7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
My brake calipers arrived at Vauxhall the next day as promised! I was begening to look forward to burning the place down as well..... lol Turns out they didn't have one side as a recon, so I was given a brand spanker including the bolts, carrier and spring for the same price! Ideal! Now fitted with 1144 pads
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/324/21032008578ga9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And new 'plates
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7892/21032008582kz5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
CG - Im after a mint SR bumper, paint weighs too much on the GTE ones lol
Everything is currently ready to go, but upon trying to start it, it became obvious I had a wiring problem, this is due to bodging the wiring loom because I was in a rush and either the Royal mail are useless or the guy never sent me the loom I needed. Anyway it's not ready for the RR tomorrow, but I feel I had a fair crack at it.
Shame it wont make it, you've properly cracked on over the last few weeks/months.
Carbon digidash eh? :cool:
What! you can see the pics? Coz I can't! It's slightly annoying it's only one little thing holding it up.
I've certainly pulled my finger out, but loads more to do yet, hence the 'long term' bit in the title lol - seats, interior panels, air box, dents, head lights, new rear lights, rev limiter, suspension, solid top mounts, poss better brakes, carbon and flock dash, stack dash or similar, get the steelies widened, Comp MO's or similar for cut slicks, vinyl, poss door bars, flush bonnet pins, smoothed slam panel, etc.....
Aye, EVERYTHING is working as normal on mine. :p lol
Stumbled accross another problem which luckly hasn't caused any damage, but somehow I manage to only get enough oil into two of the eight lifters and as the cam spins it knock the rockers off :wall: tryed spinning on the starter to get the oil up there but to no avial. Also I found out, on the return from the RR day, that one of the diff seals on the 'box doesn't seal :wall:
lol small problems really - easily solved
craig green
24-03-08, 08:47 PM
Best of luck still dude. Its the niggles that bother me.....
NovaBen
24-03-08, 10:30 PM
Ash, I see you are a Yeovilian!! Where abouts from Yeovil are you?? I work in Yeovil, but live about 10miles outside. I thought I recognised the number plate, has the car been around Yeovil for a while?
Ben
NovaBen
24-03-08, 10:39 PM
Actually, just reading through from the first post, I know exactly which Ash you are!!!
lol you muppet! hows it going? Met the guy who bought your old red shell the other day, just can't quite remember his name. It's running a 2.0 16v now on 3 cylinders.
Right still not running, but I had to change (read fill) the oil on the fiesta so the nova was rolled out of the garage, first time i've seen it really, you don't get much of an idea stood 1-2 ft away from it tbh.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5267/07042008596nb3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8904/07042008602ss4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
The two 'machines' together lol
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5880/07042008600oo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Front
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9739/07042008603if9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Back
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2513/07042008604ph0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Side
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/953/07042008605ki6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
With Irmy skirts ;)
Really need to get hold of a mint SR bumper and hopefully it will drop down a little bit more when it gets used and abused or coilovers will be high on the to do list.
Looks cracking Ash :D dont know wether to actually fit my Irmscher skirts now lol
Looks sweet.
Not a fan of the skirts at all though, never have been.
sealeyA1
10-04-08, 09:17 PM
nice lookin car mate, just read right through an attention to detail is amazin, should look better still with the new bumpers, but lose the skirts.:thumb:
good work tho.
thanks guys, regarding the skirts tho, I think with an SR (or similar) front bumper they will look good. They kind of exsencuate (sp?) the iconic square arches. I'm not overly keen on how the side just disappears into nothing really. Also just to note they will be sprayed body colour with some form of vinyl strip running down the side, ala ford GT40, etc
craig green
11-04-08, 08:40 PM
Looks good out in the open air Ash.
vaughanmc
11-04-08, 10:03 PM
Looks minted mate - Skirts will look tidy on it :)
I like the skirts, would look better on a wide arched nova but with an sr bumper and all colour coded that'd look pretty good. :thumb:
Sunday
Decided I wasn't getting anywhere with getting the engine running so I've thrown in the towel and dropping it into a bloke I know through work. Runs a garage next door to one of our sites and runs a grasstrack car with a XE on T40's :cool:
I couldn't let the car go down dirty so I washed a polished it :D Which obviously required a min photo shoot.
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1066/img2130of8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7843/img2133gj4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/9717/img2136vv1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And all tucked up in the garage.
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/3876/img2150rt7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6297/img2158ch9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and a couple engine shots for good measure.
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/787/img2159bv3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
can see the new oil catch tank as well
and the final 'arty' one
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7568/img2168oi1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Wednesday
Couple things arrived yesterday that are needed to get it running.
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6990/img2169mb9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
One float was FULL of fuel so thats been swapped, rev limiter - well the obvious and the 'box oil is because the first lot is now covering the floor of my garage. Don't worry new GM seals have now been pressed in not hammered lol
Now there all fitted I ran the car down the drive to be picked up on the trailer. Not 30 seconds pass before this happened!
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8693/img2171fl2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Is this good luck? :/
Anyway it looked so good parked up, out came the camera again.
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3005/img2172eg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6799/img2176xl9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3816/img2181wo9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/4773/img2194dj3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2262/img2195xp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
:cool:
craig green
23-04-08, 02:07 PM
Always looks fantastic Ash.
What else remains 'to do'?
Love it, hope you get the engine up and running soon mate.
Looking nearly finished now, as said the skirts with sr/gte bumpers would really finish it off.
You dinged the rear arch?
scott.parker
23-04-08, 03:00 PM
Ash mate it's looking really nice now, i would just add SR front bumper, maybe the all in one grill type,or an under bumper add on, but no skirts IMO.
Scott
Cheers for the supportive comments yet again. :) SR bumper is on its way ;) The dents on it were there when I bought it :(
To do list:
New drivers side hub and wheel bearing (off to scrap yard now)
Need a spring for one brake caliper
blank the holes in the dash
bolt the dash in
fit rev limiter
get it setup at sigma
poss two rear tyres
New steering wheel
Pick up SR front bumper
Air filters
Sort passanger harness (make 4 point not 3)
Long term:
Respray, new battery tray, sort the dents (rear quarter and roof)
Fibreglass bonnet with aerocatches
HID lights
Diff
Gaz Coilovers
Seats (Soon)
interior panels
head lights (smoked)
new rear lights
solid top mounts
poss better brakes
carbon and flock dash
stack dash or similar
get the steelies widened
Comp MO's or similar for cut slicks
vinyl
poss door bars
smoothed slam panel
Very long term:
1.6 8v supercharged or 1.8 16v supercharged
SCCR 'box
Space framed rear with IRS
Oh and sort the front panel were I just hit it on the trailer:
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1180/23042008625iq0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
@RSE!
vaughanmc
23-04-08, 03:56 PM
Tidy motor mate - Really like how clean it is inside and how mint the engine bay is :)
all in one grill type,or an under bumper add on, but no skirts IMO.
Scott
Sorry Scott, just noticed that ^ that is the plan eventually, the grill and bumper combo with the snowplow, but i'd perfer the zender one (Shawn's) or I believe irmscher did one. Either of them I think would match up well with the skirts, but we'll see...
craig green
24-04-08, 11:13 AM
Damn your boot floor looks good. I'm pretty much ashamed of my patched up mess.
Love the car & what you have planned for it mate.
" Now there all fitted I ran the car down the drive to be picked up on the trailer. Not 30 seconds pass before this happened!"
What am i looking at/for??? Lol
Looks sweet in the pics, definently needs some nice buckets :)
Engine bay looks ace.
One question, how/why is there one brake line running to both rear brakes....? Wheres the other rear outlet from the mc going???
The bird sh!t! lol
Buckets. This is my next pay packet (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/- http://www.jkcomposites.com/saloon-gt-page.html) - Sprayed body colour with 5 dark red patches :cool:
This is how I sorted the M/C:
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9557/19032008570yw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Theres a ball bearing stuck in the end with the bolt done up against it ;)
Also in todays news.....
SHE RUNS!!!! on one cylinder :D lol
Something is up with the carbs, some sort of blockage some where even tho all the jets are new. Suspisions points to the acclerator pump jet system... More up to the minute news updates at the weekend :)
The joys of carbs. lol
Ahh right, i see what youve done now, with the mc. Be a bit worrying if that rear brake pipe ever had a leak though, as you now have no diagonal split system. Unlikely yeah, but possible.
meh, I got a handbrake... and I know how to use it ;) lol
I haven't heard of any problems from 'other people' that run the same setup. The rear want really be doing a lot of braking any way. Thinking on it, it would probably of been cheaper running two lines.... hmmm
craig green
25-04-08, 10:52 AM
re the brakes. You never know until you try it. Who needs diagonally split brakes anyway. Sounds like something FORD would design.
Keep at it Ash.
Carbs sound fooookking ace!
As you may of guessed she runs, but not for long as two of the HT lead fell apart in my hands. This meant I couldn't 'play' with the carbs (or get a video of it running :()
New leads are on order and the car is Tax'd. MOT'd and Insured, hopefully be driving at the weekend :D
As some may have seen I have driven the car, but it hasn't lasted long.... I thought the carbs just needed setting up but on closer inspection the air ways inside the carb are coroded.
Spent my lunch time down the garage (MJ Autos) removing the carbs and taking them to Turnspeed Engineering tomorrow for ultrasonic cleaning :cool:
This is getting an all to familiar sight:
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7052/07052008631ox5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Also fitted a new hub with new wheel bearings both sides. I had a problem with one of the brake bolts not doing up tight (shag'd thread)
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/4483/05052008630jy3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
So much for me bragging Im 98% the stuff I wanted before PV :roll: Still need:
Re-build carbs and setup
New discs
HT leads
Re-MOT it - just for saftey reasons
I want a new red-top battery so the passanger seat will actually go back
Sort the exhaust
Sort the gear linkage
Re-underseal the car - where stuff scraped off, etc in build
Fit SR bumper
Straighten front panel
Get 'dent-man' to look at the rear quarter
Get the tracking and camber done
Probably shoulde buy some Gaz coilovers as there on offer...
Finish the dash
Fit a new steering wheel boss - be rude not to fit a new wheel at the same time
But at least I've driven it now :D sounds ace above 3.5k :D ;)
Right, it's doing my head in now...
http://www.balancemotorsport.co.uk/images/gazGHASALE.jpg
YAY or NAY! (http://www.balancemotorsport.co.uk/products.asp?recnumber=78995)
at £440 to my door I don't think I'll ever see them much cheaper, even second hand.... problem is I need to sort out a few other bits on this car and now the daily. Also need some wedge for PV and track days..... but then I 'need' coilovers for track. My current setup is just lowering springs and uprated standard length shocks, which considering the rest of the car, it's a bit of a let down.
craig green
10-05-08, 06:10 PM
LOL. Get the VISA out!
theres an ebay shop that sells them for £475 all the time
edit:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-NOVA-all-83-93-GAZ-COIL-OVER-SUSPENSION_W0QQitemZ310047275599QQihZ021QQcategory Z40192QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trks idZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
lol that was the idea :D
There fit standard top mounts, right?
Plus if I buy them now I save £20 getting the suspension setup again....
EDIT: £440 delivered V £475 + postage... :confused:
craig green
10-05-08, 06:22 PM
I think john H had a thread this week asking about the top mounts.
lol that was the idea :D
EDIT: £440 delivered V £475 + postage... :confused:
if you pay over the phone instead of paypal you get free delivery;)
As you may of guess, I didn't buy the coilovers as the car wasn't running yet....
Picked it up today to sort out a few more problems before the engine gets setup for the final time.
First Job:
Ever since the engine got oil pressure it's leaked oil from the crank seal area, got the car up on the stands tonite and what a ball ache! Finally got it all stripped down after several cuts, swear works and 60% of my arms covered in oil lol
New bolts arrive at Vauxhall tomorrow, so a good dose of instant gasket and I should be laughing!
Job 2:
First the passanger side diff seal was leaking... sorted that, nice and easy as its in the removable castle nut 'thing'. Now the drivers side one is leaking! These were both brand new seals so it must be down to the monkey that fitted them - oh!
New seal is in my car, just ran out of time to fit it tonite.
Job 3:
One of the carbs is causing a high idle which would seem to point to the butterflys out of line, also the same carb (or maybe the plugs) keep cutting in and out, but haven't bothered starting the engine since due to the oil leak(s) getting alot worse.
To cheer my self up tho I bought a new OMP suede wheel and boss and a set of Spax shocks for Project Enemy (Fiesta) since I lowered it on just springs both rear shock have gone pop, and a contact at work turned up this kit at a very good price ;)
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/images/CorsicaProduct.jpg
^ That style wheel, but suede and Ti spokes - only needed a boss so I had a horn for the MOT, but it was rude not to lol
Pics tomorrow poss
xxspudxx
19-05-08, 11:20 PM
same (or similar wheel to mine) sounds like your having a right knightmare though mate. Did you get your carbs cleaned up?
Yea, carbs were ultrasonically cleaned and rebuilt and..... still don't run right! lol :cry:
After about 4 days of on and off trouble shooting I narrowed it down to the new float in the carb fouling on the carb body, either shutting the fuel off compleatly or flooding the carb and then the engine. Hopefully I've just sorted that tho and taking to a rolling road this week! :D
Other little jobs have been done, such as the gearbox diff seal leak, the engine crank seal leak (still not right) fitted new discs and made sure all the butterflys shut nice an tight.
And finally this has arrived and I've decided to make a new dash before PV.
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/9808/21052008633ie3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Unfortunalty the engine want be run in properly before I get to PV so I can't run down the strip as planned, but theres next time.
the new wheel looks really nice!looks much better than in the other pic.what kind of dash are you using?cut down one?
Got a cut down one atm, but looks really messy and useless. I'll be making one from scratch initally from 3mm hardboard (MDF) and 18mm bracing but will make a mould for a fibreglass or carbon one at a later date. Hopefully with a view to selling some as well. Help cover the cost as well ;)
Just been out in the garage again and it fires up on all 4 on the first turn of the key :D idles not too smooth but I have no way of setting it up.
Carbs sorted now then?
Wheel looks nice.
BRoadGhost
01-06-08, 12:31 AM
Those wheels are the wrong offset
paulnova
01-06-08, 01:02 AM
absolutely loving this build, keep up the good work lad!
After a final tweek tomorrow the carbs should be spot on to start tuning. Really like the wheel, but its quite a dish. I'll have to mount the seat much further back now lol
The black OZ F1 cups on there atm are 7"x15" ET37 fitted with 195/45/15 tyres. They have loads of clearance, but I will admit there not ideal. I'm on the look out for some MO's, Prorace 1.2's, TH Mono's, etc for my main track tyres. The OZ's will be for road and wet track.
Cheers Paul, not far off now.
paulnova
01-06-08, 01:18 AM
Really like the wheel, but its quite a dish. I'll have to mount the seat much further back now lol
lets hope you got long enough legs then else you'll be strapping blocks of wood to your feet lol
I'm 6'3'' it's a little too compact sat in the drivers seat atm, so it should work out ideal :)
Well not having enough to do all ready I thought I'd make a start on the new dash today. It's all planned out but once I got to the garage I started mincing lol
First job was to get the shape of the screen:
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/9986/img0029fz4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Then try it out for size:
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4207/img0033po6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Decide where the clocks are going:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5270/img0037pk7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1738/img0041si3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Then I could make up the mounting points:
http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8333/img0039pe2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
And final job done tonight was to start mounting the hazard switch and clock:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9284/img0049om0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Tomorrow I'll get the routor out and roll the edge over and do the rebate for the facing panel and do the lower panel.
Was a little silly tonite work only on the dash and not the carbs, but hey both need to be done.
This is how the dash was left. Also note the new wheel is now fitted :D
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1328/02062008645ch6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Theres a red insert to be run down the centre now as well, but no pics yet
xxspudxx
02-06-08, 11:30 PM
dash going to be flocked? looks alright mate, gonna be ready for saturday?
^ Hopefully, dropping it in for the setup tomorrow. Not rolling road sadly :(
Just got in from working on the car since 7.00pm... Kinda went for a test drive. Went very well considering I had to push down to get first, no second or fifth or reverse. Thats now sorted tho. It's running stupidly rich tho, as in i've had to clean the plugs everytime before I start it resently, again its now sorted. Looking forward to tomorrow and getting some miles on it before PV. Hopefully I've got Friday off work to clean and play with it :)
scott.parker
05-06-08, 09:55 AM
Good going mate, lol the plugs thing sounds very familiar!
Dash looks alright,but to be honest is it going to be much lighter then a half dash?
Scott
Cheers mate, regard the dash - probably will be the same weight if not more, but the fibreglass one i make from it will be ;)
Just got the news the car is setup and ready
Race? :p
lol, does this mean your not scared of it anymore?
I did use half throttle for about 1/3 of a second, and my pants remained intact :D
Its amazing how well it drives by simply resting one's foot on the pedal, using just the force of the spring to accelerate with lol
lol, does this mean your not scared of it anymore?
so RJ has a big jap car with rally pedigree and is scared of a XE nova ??
The dash is was 'finished' to a useable state at 9.30 this morning just before I left for PVS '08 (more on that later)
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/484/06062008652lg5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4824/06062008653hw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9026/06062008654td6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
No pics of the final thing as it looks a bit crap lol My materials haven't arrived to finish it and it was a rushed job.
Also swapped the indictors back to orange - Gives it loads more chracter IMO
http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/5205/06062008660ib2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/118/06062008668hb4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Before leaving for PV I had put 72miles on the clock and as it turned 170 on thw way to PV, this happened:
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5654/07062008673sr5.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/2093/07062008674pf9.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Epic head gasket fail!
Gone between cylinder 3 and one water way. The other 3 cylinders have low compression too....
The nice people at RAC got me home safe tho. Top service.
Also the front number plate fell off on the road side, but thats minor lol
any pic's of that dash fitted, tis look's good..
are you covering it with anything?
shame about blowing the gasket too :(
I'll be happy with it when it's done right, You can kinda see in the 'on-tow' pic the black top and red insert. I've got flux suede on the way in the same colours. A mate said it's lotus elise-esque, which is cool :)
Parts for the gasket will be ordered first thing Monday, probably drop it into a mates garage to be done tho, slightly dis-hearted with it now
Dash looked cool :cool:
Ham Hill pics ftw :D
Shame to hear about the hg failure
Sorry to hear it ash, after all that hard work as well. Did you manage to make the show?
I did make the show on Sunday Steve, arrived about 11.30ish then walked a small marathon to the PNG stand and arrived about 12.20ish. lol Dunno how I made it up there as I was soo knackered from the events on Saturday.
Also I just discovered that I left my iPod and sunglasses in the recovery truck, so rang 'em up.
'No, not seen them. Those trucks are like buses, the property in them is anyones for the taking!'
Not happy, but I guess that what you get when you help the driver unload the car and direct him to the petrol station at the end of a hot and tiring day, you forget things. :mad:
And to cap the day off I stripped down the engine tonight, expecting just a gap in the head gasket....
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/9838/10062008676mv3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Head appears fine, but will be checked over throughly!
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5135/10062008678ar8.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Big valve goodness :cool:
and now the block, anyone spot anything?
http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1703/10062008679fw4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Maybe closer?
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/8287/10062008680th5.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Oh Noes, melted piston FAIL!
Appears to be caused by water slowly seeping in and getting rather hot. Already have new pistons, believed to be cossie/Group A ones. Just a headache and ballache of sorting it out. Don't think it will be at any shows this year, let alone track :cry:
Dishearted, but laughing. Its all part of the learning process ;)
NOT good.
Any close up pics of the piston? Any "hole punch like" det marks in the top?
Is the spark plug fine?
No close ups as yet. The piston appears to of melted itself to the liner wall :eek: No other damage to the piston, only what you see.
Spark plug is fine, slightly wet and a bit dark, but within what I'd call 'good'
tom_beverley
11-06-08, 04:31 PM
Sorry to hear that Ash, glad to see you're keeping a positive though :)
Haven't looked at the (bast4rd) car recently but found a few photos of the dash, which was finished about 10.15 on the morning of PV08. Still yet to be trimmed properly, but you get the idea
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/5545/06072008701bb7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
and all the miles its done:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/7021/06072008703ho2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
All i've done is started stripping the head, and then found some swarf and gave up again.
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5531/06072008697fb5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
1.6 16v is looking tempting as a short term solution, but i've just cashed the tax in :( but it is payday soon (hopefully with an increase :))
2.0 16v is looking tempting as a short term solution
You knows it :p
Jog on! You big block monkey. Decided to wait till the 8v is fixed as I cba to change tank or fuel system. The money could be spent better else where... such as a diff or coilovers or seats....
Steady! We have some progress to report!
The rest of the engine has been dropped out and the inspection will begin soon! Roll on melted, swarf filled engine pics :D lol
http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7445/24072008726xx9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/2323/24072008725bi8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
NovaChris89
25-07-08, 11:53 AM
loving the progress mate :D
After, what, six months I've finally got most, if not all the parts to sort this problem out in one hit.
Today I collected a 1650 lightened and balanced bottom end, compleate with ARP bolts, recently re-built and only covered 1,000 miles. Thanks to Ryan who actually had to take time off work to remove it for me - cheers mate :thumb:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2797/30112008823zy5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Also when the problem happened all the gauges were reading normal, including the temp which should of been sky high. When looking at it the temp sensor is in the inlet manifold, right next to the heater outlet I blocked off. My thoughts are that any temp change would take a while to reach the sensor as there's no flow through there. This problem was solve like so:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3577/25112008818oo3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Out with the old
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/7042/25112008819uq2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
In with the new
Also I'm going to replace the gauge, but don't know with what yet. Other plans during this 'fix' will be seats and possibly new wheels in a very cool colour :cool: and the correct(ish) offset with proper tyres (R888's)
That is all
Good stuff.
You got that bottom end then, nice :)
Glad to see your making some progress again fella :)
Thanks lads, was reading back through this thread and now I'm really fired upto get it done ASAP, even tho it's far to cold to drive it for the next 4-5 months lol
EDIT: Also Nick - it's been bugging me for ages. Thats not your nova in your avatar I hope... Red/Black FTW
Nice to see some progress on this one, really cool car/spec. Bet you'll be glad when its back together and you can give it some proper abuse!
scott.parker
01-12-08, 10:52 AM
Hey Ash, glad to see your still trudging on slowly, i know how you feel, i just cant seam to get enough spare cash to commit to getting mine finished! think I'll buy bit's over time and just hit it in one like your planing :thumb:
Best of luck mate.
EDIT: Also Nick - it's been bugging me for ages. Thats not your nova in your avatar I hope... Red/Black FTW
PS: i also noticed this, and was thinking has he resprayed it white???:eek:
Scott
craig green
01-12-08, 11:09 AM
Good move Ash. Get her finished & have it ready for those lovely spring days to come.
dj_wudgey
01-12-08, 03:01 PM
good work dude good to see its getting done!!!
Had today off work to look for a new car for myself, but also to start cleaning up the nova's new block and paint it. Unfortunatly its roughly -5000C (ok, -1C) in my garage, so didn't bother starting. Also found out Dad has used the cardboard packaging for my inlet gasket for a job on the house, annoyingly it still had the gasket inside when he started chopping it up. Is nothing safe in my garage? :roll:
I did however hold the camera still log enough to get some pics of my old block damage.
http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/4934/img0184tr6.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/648/img0185vs0.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/2272/img0190rp7.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Noice!
How the funk you manage that Ash?!
craig green
07-01-09, 04:39 PM
How the funk you manage that Ash?!
On the M4 on route to PV. He followed RJ past me doing a fly-by & then it puffed lots of smoke! :roll:
yea, just outside Swindon on the M4 on the way to PVS. Thought to be due to a blocked main jet in the carb causing the cylinder to run lean and then uber hot resulting in melted piston.
The Simps
07-01-09, 05:50 PM
just been through the whole thread - really like it mate, cool little nova :cool:
liking the dash.
Cheers Simps.
Right, I have this week off work and a nova to put back together.... I think you see the plan ;)
Had to make some room and clean up first which took most of the day in the end, first of the car had to be shifted
Down:
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0312.jpg
and out:
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0314.jpg
and parked:
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0317.jpg
Setup the wireless for some tunes.
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0323.jpg
First job was to clean the new block down, inside and out:
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0333.jpg
Compared with the old one :o
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0319.jpg
This is the only problem with the new bottom end, easily sorted mind
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0341.jpg
Then got masking up for paint.
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0345.jpg
This is where I finished for the day, but gives me a good start tomorrow as long as the paint dries quickly.
dj_wudgey
10-02-09, 09:59 PM
good work matey get some more pics up when its painted!!
Thats one smart garage chap, all boarded out and painted :D
Anyway, get cracking, give me some motivation to fanny about with mine :(
scott.parker
11-02-09, 03:06 PM
lol lucky bugger, my dad's got a garage, but it's full of rubbish!
Hope it goes well mate.
Scott
Cheers for the comments. The old man and me built the garage about 5 years ago, or when ever the last scorching summer was. If we thought about it, we would of put a pit in there too. It's a standard double width plus 2 metres to move about/open doors/shelfing
Dad's car is hiding in the corner waiting to be restored too:
http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt284/graphicgrafter/IMG_0322.jpg
Small update on the way :)
Looking good Ash.
Better luck this year eh? lol
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