project 'Death Beast'

[lynhok]

ok welcome to my project, i am usually breaking morethan anything my 1988 black Vauxhall Nova Diamond.
ive started this thread a bit late as nothing much has been hapening but when it dropped a valve the otherday the real work began so i thought i would post up some piccys of the project up to date :thumb:

when the MOT was due it needed some work so piccys started here

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0032.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0029.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0030.jpg

so not to bad but it still failed :cry:

they "Accidently knocked" a sideskirt off and there was no sill, but they felt so sorry for me they gave me the new panel for free yay!

[lynhok]

then it hapened it dropped #1 inlet valve and well the pics will explain

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0171.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0170.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0174.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0175.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0163.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0162.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0159.jpg

so got a tow home and work began the morning after

[maxlee]

what you got planned for it fella?

[LUV2XLR8]

a tappet snaped on my old 1400, well spare that i bought, wonderd why is was **** lol

[just vaux trev]

got my cleaned painted and polished 1200 engine here if you want it for ?60

[lynhok]

so like i said work began and old engine out getting ready for the new one

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0165.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0155.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i185/lynhok/nova%20work%20proj/DSCI0156.jpg

[just vaux trev]

what engine are you putting in??

[lynhok]

New block painted now, just need to get it fitted and then can build the top of the engine and plumb it all in :thumb: should be back out in the world soon, well i hope as this is my only car and i cant get to work :( so got no money.

no photos of it yet but its shiny red

Its just another 1.2 carb nothing special cant insure anything to big

[DW-Nova]

would you be interested in a 1.4 engine mate? i've got one complete with all ancillaries and gbox etc, 62k on it.

[Ernie]

Is it just me or is the batery still conected ? if so the end of the red wire will be 12 volt weilding once it touch's any of the body thats still metal.

[General Baxter]

Is it just me or is the batery still conected ? if so the end of the red wire will be 12 volt weilding once it touch's any of the body thats still metal.

it looks like the earth sides been disconected instead,
easy just take the battery out all together :thumb:

[Ernie]

Thats what i would of done as still a bit dodgie as it is.
Plus with my mate's around 1 of them would of put it back on just for a laugh lol.

[General Baxter]

well ever since one exploded on me at work last month I'm scared of them lol

some other engineers topped the water up, but it back in but not did the starter cable up (just loose), went to start battery was flat, put it on a commercial booster, all the nasty gasses come out, went to start it, BOOM, blew it to bits lol

[Ernie]

Ive seen a 10 mm spanner get weilded to an iner wing on a freind 3 week old (at the time a few years back) metro rio wile fitting a amp kit. It went brite red then just melted its way through lol.

[General Baxter]

Ive seen a 10 mm spanner get weilded to an iner wing on a freind 3 week old (at the time a few years back) metro rio wile fitting a amp kit. It went brite red then just melted its way through lol.

done that awell with a snap on 13mm ratchet spanner, was not too happy, running about shouting what the **** do i do lol

had a tail lift stick on aswell and plasma balls going off the connection off the battery lol

[Ernie]

It is funny at the time tho.But best let this get back on topic.

[Adam]

well ever since one exploded on me at work last month I'm scared of them lol

some other engineers topped the water up, but it back in but not did the starter cable up (just loose), went to start battery was flat, put it on a commercial booster, all the nasty gasses come out, went to start it, BOOM, blew it to bits lol Fooking nasty when that happens, they go off with quite an explosion.
The reason it blew was because you connected the booster battery wires in the wrong order, or put them on whilst it was plugged into the mains ;). So you get a big spark to the battery terminals right next to explosive gasses lol

[General Baxter]

it only sparked due to the dumb ass fitter not tightening the lug lol

[lynhok]

probably a friend put it back on knowing them but yes baxter the earth is disconected (they both were) o well.

am just on my way outside to sort it now!!!