Nova Turbo Duuurv Project!

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Hi all, this is my Nova turbo durv which I bought in January. Its only done 35 thoudand miles and has had just 1 owner from new ( some old geezer who treated her well as you will see from the pictures ) Its completely standard like the day it rolled off the factory floor! Full vauxhall history and just a really mint Nova.

The Inital Plans

GSI Front and rear bumpers ( Colour Coded )
GSI Boot Spoiler ( Colour Coded )
GSI Interior
GSI Bonnet vents
Re-Spray In Glacier White
Side Trims Removed
16" Speedlines
2.0L 16V breaks
Gas Shocks and Lowering Springs (60mm)
Rear wiper removed
Turbo Boost Increase
Fuel Increased
HID Light conversion
De-Badged.
Clear Rear Lights
Central Locking
Electric Windows
Clear Indicators
Front Splitter
Black Pin Stripe on bumper

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[peester]

cool.. its like a blank canvas ..
nice plans.

[General Baxter]

no cats on them ;)

how much did you pay for it, if you dont mind me asking?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

no cats on them ;)

how much did you pay for it, if you dont mind me asking?

I will have to investigate further but my brother is an M.O.T tester and has told me that every vehicle built after august 1992 has to come with a catalytic converter, and the nova was registered in 1993! could be wrong mind.

Not at all mate, ?900.

[General Baxter]

did not affect diesels till 1998/1999 i think

to find out if your diesel has a cat, just let it tick over and sniff the pipe, if it stinks of eggs it has a cat lol

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

I will investigate further General

Haha, i will run that experiment tomorow, too cold for galavanting outside tonight!

[Count Vaux Alot]

Defo no cat...well mine hasn't!
I bid on this its a nice car. best of luck

[Count Vaux Alot]

What boost are you planning to run??

[Count Vaux Alot]

Sorry for all the questions but have you considered an intercooler?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Hello Mate, Not sure exactly what boost pressure i'm gonna run. Will get a boost gauge in to start with and see what its running at the moment. Wont go too mental with boost. Just enough to give a bit more power with out running the risk of blowing it up. Im Gonna leave that side of things to my brother tho; I trust his judgement.

As for Intercooler that has aslo been left in my brothers hands. But yes it will get a cooler. My bro has a cosworth 4x4 lying which he is speaking about fitting. Will need to wait till the car is stripped to see what room we have available.

Cheers

[Count Vaux Alot]

I think the nova runs about 0.6 of a bar as standard (could be wrong) i'm running 1.2 bar on my 1.7td and i've done 4k on that pressure but i have got custome pipework and cooler. Makes loads of difference.

[General Baxter]

I think the nova runs about 0.6 of a bar as standard (could be wrong) i'm running 1.2 bar on my 1.7td and i've done 4k on that pressure but i have got custome pipework and cooler. Makes loads of difference.

lol baby 1.2 bar lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

:confused: what would you suggest then???

[General Baxter]

well i had 3.1 lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

Had?? what happened to it then??

[General Baxter]

was ok untill the nitrous was injected lol

[Count Vaux Alot]

lol lol lol lol i use mine as a daily drive so don't realy need to kill it!

[General Baxter]

nar they do take alot of stick before blowing up, just mine was mega modded lol

[matthew172]

i put a bid on this too, that must have been one hell of a journey to pick it up as it was way down country and your from aberdeen!

[draper]

looks

[chimp007_uk]

i have a 306 dturbo as a daily driver and i cant run anymore than 1.25bar as its fitted with a plastic intercooler...
i rolling roaded it at work not long ago and set it up and it was running 109bhp at 12psi... i ran more boost and it went down... its gettign the fueling right. its stupid on the pug i have a lucas pump and u have to drain it and slide an allen key inside to advance the pump.

i'd love a td nova, but i think those days are gone... :(

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

i put a bid on this too, that must have been one hell of a journey to pick it up as it was way down country and your from aberdeen!

Ye it was a trek and a half! 15 hour drive. :wtf:

Think I will be rippin' her out sometime this week, taking off un-needed bits and so on, gettin ready for body work and the likes. will post up more pictures once im at that stage.

[Count Vaux Alot]

mine was 105bhp at 0.8 bar and standard fuel i haven't had it done since i modified the boost and fuel...the bosch pump is much easier!

[chimp007_uk]

my 306 has a ss power flow straight through exhaust and pipercross induction kit. had a bailey's dump valve fitted its still there but removed all the wiring for it. i have the lucas pump and kkk turbo, ideally need to get it to the derv doctor for a tune...

[Count Vaux Alot]

Mine is a 1.7td from a cav in a corsa b van it has custom pipework and manifold iveco daily intercooler, filter to turbo and a ss exhaust. I'm sure this would go very well in a nova but here is an idea for you:

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg167/Count85/dervtdvan.jpg

[chimp007_uk]

i saw that... nice set up! i was lookign to run a front mount instead of the top mount! the hard part is tryign to source the adapeter for the inlet to a pipe fitting!?!

may i ask how much all that set you back? a lack of space on my pug is a downside!

[chimp007_uk]

sorry for high jackign the thread! apologies!

[burgo]

i dont get this bar crap but they run 7psi standard and can run 22psi safely

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

sorry for high jackign the thread! apologies!

lol Its quite alright mate, its not really off topic because it is something relevant to what i will be doing to my car so its no bother. :thumb:


Stripped out tonight, got rid of front seats, back bench, centre console, exterior side trim, all interior trims, front and rear bumpers, 2 front wings, carpet and door cards.

Took afew pictures but photobucket is down, will post up as soon as possible.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Stripped out last night;

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Ordered 2 new front wings and rear bumper today. Already have GSI boot spoiler, 2.0L 16V breaks and GSI bonnet vents, and i will order GSI front bumper tomorow, so hopefully everything will be here and fitted ready to go to body shop by next week ;)

[vaughanmc]

Tidy shell you have there mate :)

[burgo]

would you be interested in a n/a inlet manifold that has been converted for a TD. or maybe a evo 6 intercooler??

[Mattie_M]

Hey Folks, Im Mattie and this is my little bro's first car. I've been really busy over the past few weeks.

Pictures will follow soon but this is what ive got done so far.

Fully stripped the car : interior, wings, doors, full interior, Engine out etc. Basicly its a rolling shell. only thing still in the car is the loom. which has been remove from the engine bay and sitting inside the car.

With the engine out Im gonna give it a good check over, Slight leak at sump and suspect clutch(still original) gonna get the fuel pump stripped and screwed up.

On stripping the car we found a few bits needing sorted, Both splash guards inside the front wings were a bit tatty, I've cut them out and made my own splash guards.

We also found the bottom of the front wings a bit rotton. 2x new wings ready to fit. (With NO arial hole on O/S) Arial being relocated to the roof (bee sting)

The doors on first inspection seemed good but after a session with the screw driver found the O/S door holed.

The passenger door seems to of had a repair at some point in the cars life.

We managed to track down MINT doors from a GTE which are ready to fit and check gaps etc. There is NO rust on the doors. couldnt get much better if we bought Brand new doors.

At the O/S rear wheel arch found a very small hole, Half the size of a 5p Piece with we repaired.

We decided to remove the rear wiper assembly from the boot which we have welded up.

A Mk2 Roof spoiler has also been fitted.

Up front we have welded the top of the of the front cross member where the tie bar mounts. for strength

We have also seam welded the front chassis legs and plated over from corner to corner to remove the step on the leg.

I've also remove most of the factory seam sealer which im going to re apply before the car goes to paint in a few weeks time

I'd decided to do the strengthening due to a few bad experiences with my old Xe Nova Spin.

We have also bought a Brand New GSI front bumper direct from vauxhall aswell as a rear bumper

We have also managed to get the Grey rear quarter window trims aswell as the front door window trims.

We are also fitting Astra GSI bonnet vents.

The car is getting a full respray in glacier white, everything other than the interior, Colour coding the bumpers but leaving the door handles, fuel cap and tail gate handle plastic.
We are also putting a black stripe in the front and rear bumper to break up the white.
We also managed to remove the gutter trims which will go back on. Rather than fitting the vinyl between the the door and the 'B' pillar we are going to paint it instead.
The car is also being fitted with BRAND NEW Gsi side skirts to

I'll get pictures up ASAP of the current progress

She Is gonna be a right cracker when We are finished.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

How the car looks and new bits at the moment



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Shold have some more pics at the end of the week once I've done some tidying of welds and all seam sealed.

Shold have the Gsi Vents fitted by then to.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

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[DW-Nova]

Looking really good mate, your cracking on with it too hey, you should cut out the GSI bumper and have a massive front mounted intercooler imo, the little 1.5 td's go well and are easy to pep up, plus you'll be able to run it on cooking oil and save yourself some money! good luck with the build mate and cant wait too see the next update.

[Leeboo]

Nice progress mate, good tidy welding!

[craig green]

Looking to be modded & fettled really nicely. It would be a crime to do anything to a Nova that clean to a poor std anyway. All looks good so far incl the welding in the pic. Is it painted now? Looks it.

Keep at it. Cool project. I loved the power delivery of my Nova TD.

[DW-Nova]

Any progress been made recentley mate? good luck with the project.

[Mattie_M]

Hello all,

Did quite a bit to the car tonight. Finished all the welding.

1) Shutz'd under all wheel arches.

2) re done all the seam sealer around the strut tops etc

3) stonechip'd the underside of the sills and the front cross member and the valance

4) Cleaned down the engine bay with panel wipe ready for me to start painting on thursday night.

5) Stripped the good doors and hung on the shell. Adjusted ;) to get the right gaps. which are now PERFECT

6) Cut the bonnet for the vents which i'll also paint on thursday.

Car is really coming together now, The bumpers, spoiler, wings, Doors and mirrors should be painted within the next few weeks.

I'll then get the doors and wings refitted and gap'd before the shell goes to the body shop for the final lick of paint.

:thumb:

[DW-Nova]

Sounds good, any photos?

[DW-Nova]

Sounds good, any photos?

[Matt]

Cool project.

I've sent you a PM you may be intrested in aswell.


Matt

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Sorry all, Been neglecting the thread recently, Me and my brother are both busy with work and stuff so not had much time to update. The car got back from the body shop last night and looks really good, they have done a cracking job! I will get some pictures up tomorow as im off work.

[craig green]

Looking forward to new pics.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

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:thumb:

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/Respray2.jpg



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[craig green]

That looks pretty damn good!

Has it been mopped or polished yet?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

yeh the car has been flattened and mopped, its also had a coat of auto glymn super resin. Still needs a few coats of zymol vintage wax then she'll be spanking.

[Martin]

wow what a transformating well done

[General Baxter]

love it,

i allso see you have a fake 4x4 lol

[Adam]

Thats a nice spray job, looks a good finish.

[Mattie_M]

Yeh the boys have done a really good job. I should think so too since they Paint Porsche most days. The are the official Porsche bodyshop.

If its good enough for porsche its good enough for the nova. hahaha:D

Its my friends dads bodyshop, they do alot of work for mercedes and landrover too.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

love it,

i allso see you have a fake 4x4 lol

Haha, you've got to love it though.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Things are begginning to take shape after the re-spray guys! trims, windows, engine, back seats and things started to go back in. Its looking sweet. Going to go out and take some snaps tomorow and have them on by early tomorow night for you to paruse through!

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

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Just afew more picture of what we got up to last night, got the central locking, windows, electric windows, back end trims etc etc.

Not sure what we are doing tonight but will keep this updated! :thumb:

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Got the front end built back up, so heres a couple of pictures! :thumb:

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/buildupfrontend1.jpg

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Really happy with how its looking!

[John]

looking good fella! white always looks good on mk2's imo.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Cheers mate, alot of hard work but its coming together nicely, I also agree that the white looks good, wasnt 100% sure when I got it sprayed but im really happy with it.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Okay been a bit busy today, Got all the suspension sandblasted and cleaned up. Primed with acid etch 1k primer. Then sprayed 3 coats of Black hammerite smooth.

Should be dry tommorrow so i'll get all the suspension + brakes built back up tommorow.


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[Lee]

Make sure you wire brush all the paint off the front face of those hubs before you refit. The disc neds to sit 100% flat on it or you'll get nasty vibration under braking!

Other than that, bloody top work going on here!

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Not anything big but just thought I would post up pictures of the engine now that its finally on the ground, Being a hobbit i couldnt get any good snaps when it was up.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/Engine1.jpg

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[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Right, got mudflaps, side repeators and new front indicators on tonight!

Took some snaps of the wheels for you all.

Also would like your opinion on the skirts? Not sure wether to put them on or not, sometimes I think they finish it and sometimes I look and think it is better without them. Would appreciate some feedback from you nova experts!. :thumb:

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SKIRTS.

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[vaughanmc]

Looks tidy mate - What size of tyres are they ?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

toyo proxes 195/40/16 ;)

[vaughanmc]

They look very narrow but really nice at the same time

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

ye definitely, chuffed with how everythings coming together

[vaughanmc]

I'd keep the skirts as well mate :)

They look good up aside the car

I can't wait to fit mine

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

im 70/30 in favour of the skirts, just wanted to see what you folks thought!

I dont want to be there when the holes are drilled for them though!

I'm dreadin it!

[vaughanmc]

Aye same here lol

I'd rather someone else done it mind you...

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Aye, my mate lez is goin to do it for me, hes done it 3 times before and got it spot on!

just hoping that 100% record doesnt go down the pan when he does mine.

[vaughanmc]

Aye theres always that doubt...

Get them fitted though mate

Would you be using the clips?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Emm not too sure mate, left that completely in Lez's hands, however hes done them before.

[Matt]

What suspension setup are you running up front?

Had a few different springs in my TD on uprated shocks and still never got it to sit right. I just gave in and got coilovers lol

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Arite mate, I'm using Gas Shocks and Jamex springs!

[Leeboo]

If you don't fancy drilling through that spanky paint, ask your mate if he could bond the skirts on with tigerseal or something.

I wouldn't be worried about him drilling in thw wrong place etc though, its pretty simple, even I got it right first time lol thats a big reassurance trust me!

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Ye we did speak about that but I dont fancy it.

Just gonna have to grin and bare it I think. They need to go on! they finish off the look IMO!

You doing it yourself reassures me greatly my friend! Us novices need to stick together I tell ya!

[DW-Nova]

Looks mint mate, i'd say the skirts look mint! are you going to colour code them or leave grey? whats' the plans for the inside of the car? such as dash, seats, ice and alarm etc. Mint looking car! looks really well finished, good luck!

[Neil 08]

looks cool

[craig green]

When I remember to look at this thread, it blows me away.

really nicely done.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Looks mint mate, i'd say the skirts look mint! are you going to colour code them or leave grey? whats' the plans for the inside of the car? such as dash, seats, ice and alarm etc. Mint looking car! looks really well finished, good luck!

Arite mate, going to just leave the skirts grey! The handles are grey, the fuel cap is grey and the window trims are grey so having the skirts grey ties all that in IMO and keeps the car from being too white. as for the inside its going to be full gsi interior, thought about a digi dash but decided against it in the end. Cheeky wee touch putting the boost gauge where the clock used to go. We measured the distance of where the clock goes and a 52mm boost gauge fits nicely after a wee bit of filing. ICE I havnt really thought about, but i suppose it will be 2 door card speakers and then 6 by 9s in the back. Alarm was supposed to be fitted this tuesday but I couldnt get a hold of the guy, so will need to speak to him to get that sorted out, Thanks for your interest dude!

Jordan.

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

When I remember to look at this thread, it blows me away.

really nicely done.

Thanks very much buddy! Means alot when you put as much work and money as me and my brother have. Just looking through the pictures on here you see it evolving and its great! haha

Jordan

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Evening team!

Got the skirts and spoiler put on tonight so just thought I would pop up some pictures!

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/MyToys.jpg

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Also Got the boost gauge fitted into the clock holder..

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/BoostGuage2.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/Boostgauge.jpg

:thumb:

[General Baxter]

you going to play with the engine?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Yip got the boost gauge and bleed valve, just not got round to doing it yet dude!

[John]

wow, looks great! You not fitting a nice front mount intercooler?

[General Baxter]

Yip got the boost gauge and bleed valve, just not got round to doing it yet dude!

remove the 1.5 and fit a 1.7 bleed valve and fueling

approx 115bhp, 175LB :thumb:

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

wow, looks great! You not fitting a nice front mount intercooler?

No not yet, but its something I have thought about doing! Just gonna see where im at once everything I planned to do is done

[rdznova16v]

Hi just read from start great progess in such little time, just going to pick my td nova up today cant wait might be picking your brains once i get it home and take a look. well done fella:thumb:

[DW-Nova]

It looks absolutley brilliant mate, top notch, classic looks. Is it on the road driving round at the moment? dog some cooking oil in it now! i had an old escort td and i used to run him on 50/50 mix diesel and cooking oil, it worked out alot cheaper and ran perfectley, apparantley you can run it on cooking oil and turpentine mix too which would work out alot cheaper.

[Graeme]

loks really nice, could do with a dark grey strip in the bumpers like the gsi's had IMO

[Mattie_M]

hey bro,

Glad its coming along, Cant wait to get home so i can take you for a spin in her.

Any more progress with the alarm? Dad said he was maybe gonna get someone else to do it??

Should be home in a few weeks, aslong as The ROV doesnt break AGAIN!!

[AlexW]

Looks good, I do like the Gsi look Td lol

Also that gauge is the same that my bro had, very good at night.

[CoolTiger]

looks stunning also liking the bike ;)
what size is that garage ?

[Fridge]

remove the 1.5 and fit a 1.7 bleed valve and fueling

approx 115bhp, 175LB :thumb:

Does that mean you steal the pump off the 1.7?
Also, i thought the bleed valve was an aftermarket thing, did the 1.7 come with one?:confused:

p.s. these may be dumb questions, i'm new. So new infact, that i only bought my 1.5TD van 4 hours ago.....

[MC]

Very nice work and 100% the right decision to not paint the side skirts.

[burgo]

Does that mean you steal the pump off the 1.7?
Also, i thought the bleed valve was an aftermarket thing, did the 1.7 come with one?:confused:

p.s. these may be dumb questions, i'm new. So new infact, that i only bought my 1.5TD van 4 hours ago.....no that means baxter isn'y capable of making proper sentences.

the 1.5 pump will supply more fuel than you need so you dont need to worry about that.
neither the 1.5 or 1.7 came with a bleed valve so you need to fit your own.


anything else you need send me a pm

[adamz]

nice to see another td matey , real tidy too

[krobinson]

Stunning car, looks really nice :)

[Pistol Pete]

Nice looking car. Simple but effective.

[DaveyLC]

Nice tidy project but the 30psi boost gauge is a little optimistic :D
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/BoostGuage2.jpg

[burgo]

Nice tidy project but the 30psi boost gauge is a little optimistic :D
not at all. i had 22psi through mine

[Adam]

Very nice car mate, its come a fair way from when you had it.
Top work :thumb:
Makes me want to colour code my bumpers lol


Shame about the oil burner in the bay though :p

[General Baxter]

Nice tidy project but the 30psi boost gauge is a little optimistic :D


my td had a 50psi in :thumb:

[Adam]

Key word, "HAD" lol

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Really feel like I've neglected this thread, just havn't been able to find the time but I've got 5 minutes just now just to throw on a couple of pictures (which aren't very good), really need to go and take a heep of good pictures but I just havn't got round to it...

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/BrendaDarkKnight.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/BrendaDarkKnight2.jpg

Havn't turned the boost up yet either, apart from that; clear rears, splitter and black pin stripe on bumpers...shes pretty much finished :thumb:

Jordan.

[adamz]

looks really well mate

[jaycee]

nice looking car fella

[vaughanmc]

Does look good in the above pics mate, get some daylight ones up :)

[imnobby]

just wondering mate have you had a hid conversion on the lights?

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

just wondering mate have you had a hid conversion on the lights?

Indeed one does ;)

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Don't suppose anyone could tell me the deal with the front splitter, it's a laguna splitter im looking for isn't it?...

[Spudly]

Tbh mate i wouldnt put a laguna splitter on a GSi bumper as they protrude too far forwards imo and dont look quite right.

Id leave her as she is tbh, looking sexy as hell:thumb:

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Tbh mate i wouldnt put a laguna splitter on a GSi bumper as they protrude too far forwards imo and dont look quite right.

Id leave her as she is tbh, looking sexy as hell:thumb:


Cheers fella, still afew things to do though;

Black pin stripe on bumpers
Clear rear tail lights (ordered today)
Turbo boost increase
Fuel Increase
Cooler
Cone Air filter

Just waiting for my bro to get back from offshore, he's a mechanic and had 2 nova's himself so he's handy to have around for tweaking the engine.. Don't really know what i'm doing in terms of screwing the boost up and the likes.

[Spudly]

Don't really know what i'm doing in terms of screwing the boost up and the likes.


You and me both, im running a cav 1.7TD and id love to up the boost but im not overly confident trying or really know what im doing, so if he fancies fettling a cav engine too give me a yell:thumb:

And no need to thank me for the positive comment mate its awesome, untill you fire her up you will have everyone thinking its a GSi, pretty much like i do with me cav tbh, its amusing as hell to watch peoples faces when you say "no its a diesel" lol

[let_nova]

top work mate looks good!!

[Jordan-Nova-TD]

Just bought a cooler from an astra diesel for £30...


Think it should do the trick, however, im not too clue'd up on these types of things so your opinions on wether or not it will work would be appreciated?

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii154/JordanMorrice/Nova%20Turbo%20Durv%20Project/intercooler.jpg

[Mattie_M]

Bump

[novaload1992]

she's looking well

[AlexW]

He hasnt been on for months!

[craig green]

Shame, the car is a peach.

[edit] isnt it sold now, to another site user?

[DW-Nova]

yeh long time no update, hows the car doing mate ?