DHdev WIP thread (56k No!, lol)

This is what I've been upto lately, not very exciting at the moment but more interesting stuff to come and I'll update as and when work gets done.

Doors off/windscreen out, ready for welding in the cage

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress004.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress006.jpg

Corsa pedal box in place, just need to tweak the lever to suit.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress007.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress008.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress003.jpg

More metal removed

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress002.jpg

Rear strut brace ready for welding in.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress005.jpg

And a couple of pics to make nova owners jealous (dont u wish ur arches were this mint ;) )

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress001.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rogress009.jpg

Car's looking awesome mate! Hope your going to keep some wax round those arches to keep them good, wax dont weight too much!! lol

Keith

Its absolutely filled with waxoyl, probably weighs as much as a standard nova theres that much in there lol lol lol

looks crackin mate..............



wot a mint shell

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Originally Posted by shy witness

looks crackin mate..............



wot a mint shell

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should be wos a mint shell lol at least until i started hacking it to pieces to save precious grams :D

Christ, thats insanely MINT.
Is that the original paint work?

Cross members shinier than my car lol

nice to see some good weight saving going on there. just finished removing all the sound deadening from the floorpan myself - about 5kg saved there i reckon.
Where did you get the harness bar that fits onto your safety devices rollcage? i asked safety devices about extending my cage but he wasnt too helpful.

jamie

Car looks good oli!! I like the way you take the weight reduction to the MAX!!!

Bruce

mmmmmmmmmm very very very very very nice!!!

Oli mate, Instead of the Nova loosing weight you should go on a diet! Your getting a bit porky now lol

Good work mate! Keep it up.

Neil

what was the reasoning behind corsa pedal box? a lot better than the nova one?

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Originally Posted by Ian

what was the reasoning behind corsa pedal box? a lot better than the nova one?

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Removes the balance/transfer bar assembly that runs across the bulkhead, this saves considerable weight and will improve pedal feel due to a more direct action on the Master cylinder.

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Originally Posted by JamieXE

nice to see some good weight saving going on there. just finished removing all the sound deadening from the floorpan myself - about 5kg saved there i reckon.
Where did you get the harness bar that fits onto your safety devices rollcage? i asked safety devices about extending my cage but he wasnt too helpful.

jamie

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I bought a bar from them that they called a dash bar (came with some fittings and stuff) i then trimmed it down to fit across the rear legs. If i did it again i'd just go to a metal stockists and buy some tube of the correct dia and paint it black :thumb:

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Originally Posted by NovaNeil

Oli mate, Instead of the Nova loosing weight you should go on a diet! Your getting a bit porky now lol

Good work mate! Keep it up.

Neil

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I'd hardly call 10st chubby lol lol Maybe compared to u tho :p

Am doing the corsa servo mod too

Unfderstand how to drop that in and mod the brake pedal.

Looks like you have kept the standard nova clutch pedal - was much modding required? Can you post some pics showing the detail of the clutch pedal?

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Phil GTE

Am doing the corsa servo mod too

Unfderstand how to drop that in and mod the brake pedal.

Looks like you have kept the standard nova clutch pedal - was much modding required? Can you post some pics showing the detail of the clutch pedal?

Thanks.

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I will do when i've finished it :thumb:

Little update, I bought a few goodies.

2nd hand AVO coilovers, gonna paint them up before i fit them

Pilbeam works strut brace :D just finished polishing the endplates and painting the bar, wanted one for ages they're like hens teeth.

2nd hand fibreglass bonnet, a few more kilo's saved :)



I will be ordering some eccentric top mounts, bias pedal box and SPA dual oil-temp/press gauge this week.

Should be getting the cage welded in later in the week or some time next week, its one thing i haven't learnt to do yet, but i got a mate that can :)

I'll post some more pics up later in the week when I've actually been to the workshop :thumb:

p.s went to the workshop the other week and thought i'd start it up seeing as i hadn't for 7 months!!!! connected the battery back up which had been left on the floor, primed the fuel pump and the bad boy fired up first time!!! well happy :) :) :)

hey looks good mate! nicely stripped out aswell!

sounds good. post some pics up

shane

now you'v put the corsa pedal box in what brakes lines do you use?

Haven't finished installing it yet, gonna order a bias pedal box, so will make up some new lines myself.

looks very well:thumb:

it should be on the cover of slim fast its been on such a strict diet lol

crackin work lad:) :) :thumb:

Hi Oli,

Good work going on there buddy ;)

Has the car done 7k miles yet? lol

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Originally Posted by Adam Moran

Hi Oli,

Good work going on there buddy ;)

Has the car done 7k miles yet? lol

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Its done 14,000 now :eek:

had 4,000 on the clock when i got it, the last 10,000 have been throttle bodied 16v fun :thumb: lol lol

Little Update.
Broke up with my GF of 20 months last week, Up-side is more time and money for the nova!

Here's a few piccies of what i've been upto and the retail therapy i've indulged in!!!

AVO's as I got em
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...VOsB4paint.jpg

AVO's painted up
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...VOspainted.jpg

Fibreglass bonnet in place
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...lassbonnet.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...assbonnet2.jpg

Pilbeam strut brace on
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...beambrace2.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...lbeamBrace.jpg

New top mounts
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...cTopmounts.jpg

Bias pedal box and adjuster
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...asPedalBox.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...asadjuster.jpg

Reservoirs and some colour coded brake fluid!!!
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...reservoirs.jpg

looking good as usual :thumb:

where did you buy your pedal box out of and how much did it set you back if you dont mind me asking

sorry bout the gf by the way

shane

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Originally Posted by novamadman

looking good as usual :thumb:

where did you buy your pedal box out of and how much did it set you back if you dont mind me asking

sorry bout the gf by the way

shane

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Cheers
and it was www.compbrake.co.uk bargain prices and excellent service.
Pedal box was 135 plus vat and that is with m/cyl's and bias bar.

Nice toys :).

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Nice toys :).

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My mum made a comment about boys and their toys lol as i was sat in the hallway unwrapping the parcel this evening.
She came out from the living room ten minutes later and i was putting the pedal box together and she said 'i'm glad we got you all that lego and meccano when you were younger' lol lol

Be prepared to do A LOT of alterations to your strut tops to stand any chance of adjustment on those top mounts fella! They look like Rally Design Spherical Bearing Eccentric mounts like mine.

Had to have them machined down by 7mm in diameter just to get 2 holes to line up! If you want more adjustment the strut top will need modding. You'll also need to have the collars drilled out to fit on the avo pistons. They will sit on the 2nd step on the piston (going bottom up) which personally, I'm not 100% happy with on mine.

Simps.

get some pics up when you fit your bias pedal box, as i chickend out of buying one a while back as i wasnt sure how much work was needed etc.
is it a fibre glass bonnet or carbon?

this car is a beast!

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get some pics up when you fit your bias pedal box, as i chickend out of buying one a while back as i wasnt sure how much work was needed etc.
is it a fibre glass bonnet or carbon?

this car is a beast!

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Cheers:D

Its a fibreglass bonnet, no-one seems to make carbon ones for a nova and a one-off wouldn't be worth the expense.

How much was the fibre glass bonnet.

It was a second-hand ebay jobbie.

nah i know someone who gets all his carbon fibre panles for his rally cars. they'v got like a coat of somthing on the outside part (so not carbon affect), but the otherside, you can still see the carbon (effect) which is what i want. still looks standard untill you open it and see its carbon.

Sorry to hear about the split? But like you say more time for the reliable things!! looks good mate, like the corsa brakes set up? keep us posted!!

All you guys chattin about AVO's and eccentric top mounts being a pain in the bumbum are obviously buying the wrong top mounts lol :p Mine fitted first time with just a 5mm spacer required beneath the bottom shim and the piston shoulder :thumb:

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...dtopmounts.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Topmounts1.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...Topmounts2.jpg

They're fitted into the turrets too, with no problems!!! Don't have any piccies as of yet, cos my hands were dirty lol

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How much was the fibre glass bonnet.

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there around 150quid from eurorallye

They will bolt up to the shock ok as long as you have the correct sized collar, but I am suprised that you've bolted them up into standard strut tops and been able to get full adjustment?? Pics would be very interesting!

I had mine machined down and they looked like yours so should be able to have the same adjustment as you but only have one option!!

Simps.

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Originally Posted by The Simps

They will bolt up to the shock ok as long as you have the correct sized collar, but I am suprised that you've bolted them up into standard strut tops and been able to get full adjustment?? Pics would be very interesting!

I had mine machined down and they looked like yours so should be able to have the same adjustment as you but only have one option!!

Simps.

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TBH mine are the same, they're bolted up but i don't think i can adjust at the mo. No big deal for me, as i can do my adjustment at the tie bar and TCA for now. I will mod my strut tops in the winter, i'd rather be using the car rather than fixing it at the mo!!!:thumb: