1.0 nova to 3.0 V6!

Hav recently purchased a nova hatch off one of my mates for ?50! so it is being part rebuilt as some ares need some attention, anyway here are some off the pics of what i have got. Battery tray is totally goe and so is the rear panel as u can probably tell lol turning the front end back to a mk 1 as thats what it should be! oredered replacement parts for the panel and battery tray

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big gra never keeps a car for more than a hour lol, thats a cocked up spray job

good luck with it mate.. get her minty :thumb:

Thats exactly what im going to do matey certain things will be going in her like a carbon fibre dashboard and a 3.0 v6 on the 31st off this month

cool matey, will be ace to see her restored to ehr former glory :thumb:

is she going back white? as i know gra's spayed that with rattle cans lol

Yeah matey im thinking she shall be going back to white as it will look the best imo

Nice! Its a 1ltr mate, and whoever drilled the airbox did it in completely the wrong place - it will be drawing in un filtered air there!! Doesn't really matter tho as your planning on ripping it all out anyway!

looks like a good base for a project, and the bodywork dosnt look that bad hey, i like the sound of a carbon dash! and the engine choice sounds very good! are you going to make the carbon dash yourself? good luck with this project, p.s i reckon that you should put some white pearl in the paint, this would look amazing.

That seems like quite a good idea still keeping it white with a twist, yeah will be making the dash myself with a friend, hopefully the week after the engine has gone in

Thats a 1.0 3cyclinder pushrod. Nova's never had 1.1 engines.

You ever messed with Carbon Fibre before? I have, lots of times.....its anything but fapping easy! Good luck making a carbon dash lol you'll be needing it

I know its a 1 litre was a moment of madness and cant change it now lol yeah me and my mate have made a whole back end for a nova made in carbon fibre so should be able to make a dash from it

Good luck with the project mate, any Nova is cheap at ?50!

Mike, is the 1.0 not 4 cylinder? I have one and believe its 4 cylinder? :wtf:

Yeah, it's a 4 cylinder. The exhaust manifold only has 3 branches which is why some think it's 3 cylinders.

Count the leads on the distributor cap.

was just about to say 4 cylinder.

Yeah it is a 4 cylinder but that wont matter shortly lol

Bit off an update have just acquired some new seats for ?60 and have just started undersealing the inner arches

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Seats look nice.

Just got these wheels courtesy of shaun O'donnell for the brillaint sum of ?50, got them today and just sent them for a refurb thinking of gettin 175/50 r15's so the tyres look a little stretched over the rims

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Cheers fella

My old wheels lol

They'l look good on your car mate

They should do, have just sent them off to be refurbished by a good friend of mine, want to try and have the tyre stretched over the rim like a euro look but not sure what tyre size to use

Managed to make some progresss and found this!
these need attention!
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have ditched the rage bucket seats but dont know what other ones to use at the minute, started to pull the 1 litre out
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got it out and this is what the bay looked like, bit of surface rust but all in all not too bad
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then set about welding the harry hockley kit with the help of my friend
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inner chassis leg done
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not too bad for a days work, bay will be getting finished tomorrow and then sprayed black, ready for the v6!

Have done some more on it today didnt get as far as would be liked but removed the well and truely battered battery tray
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new one in
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then with the new tray in started to prep the bay for paint
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next was the spraying, didnt turn out as good as hoped due to silicon still being in the bay so got lots of fish eyes in the paint but will sort this tomorrow
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you not seam or stitch welding the engine bay?

surely its got to be a must with a v6?!?

looking good though, nice job on the battery tray :)

Have had this conversation about this with many people and the more rigid the chassis is the less it has to flex which means its more likely to crack. My mate has built several of these before and was always driven full chat, that didnt even have the harry hockley kit and lasted 18 months

It lasted 18 month then what ... fell apart ?? Think i'd of been getting the front end seem welded, a 3.0 V6 is gonna be a fair weight !!
Would it not have been worth trial fitting the engine before painting it ?
Bet it took longer to mask all them bits in the bay than it would've to remove them !!

Yeah probably did mate, no before it got its first crack in the chassis leg which is longer than most v6's last, i know the engine will fit as have done these conversions before so will bolt straight in after some spacers and things being made for the v6 mounts

By "Fish Eyes" I assume you mean Cissing?

Like so...

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yeah mate thats what i mean

So you're saying 18months is the longest you're hoping for it to last? A V6 will last longer than that... Even driving it hard! a friend of mine has a couple of V6 omega's he uses for drifting, and they're happy as larry. might burn a little bit of oil now but thats 2years serious abuse!

Surely you're own safety and peace of mind tells you to weld it. You say if you weld it, it's more likely to crack. but then you said it cracked without... As rich said with the extra weight and large amounts of torque ripping at the chassis, common sense tells you to weld it.

Have a look through the forum at non welded xe conversion accidents...

Youve not cleand/degreased the area being painted thoroughly enough OR there is wax/silicone build up on the area being painted or in the equipment being used :thumb:

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Youve not cleand/degreased the area being painted thoroughly enough OR there is wax/silicone build up on the area being painted or in the equipment being used :thumb:

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cheers mike much appreciated,

the engine will last longer than 18 months, and im not saying it wont the worst that will happen is it will crack the front chassis leg which means theyll need to be replaced my own safety will be sorted out with a roll cage

A roll cage wont save your life, just keep your body in one piece...

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cheers mike much appreciated,

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No worries cheif, you will find several coats of paint over the top of the cissing effect will make it dispurse, as the chemicals in the paint break down the residue that caused the cissing.

However, to much paint will result in sags and runs :thumb: which then require more prep to remove them and the whole paint application process has to start again lol

Sounds like an average day for me at work lol (Decorator :thumb: )

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No worries cheif, you will find several coats of paint over the top of the cissing effect will make it dispurse, as the chemicals in the paint break down the residue that caused the cissing.

However, to much paint will result in sags and runs :thumb: which then require more prep to remove them and the whole paint application process has to start again lol

Sounds like an average day for me at work lol (Decorator :thumb: )

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Not much fun for you at work! lol i know the roll cage wont save my life but its not going to be used on the road really more for the drag strip and occasional road use, how many people survive crashing a nova anyways

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Not much fun for you at work!

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Correct lol Although the 200 notes a day make up for my wealth of useful(less) knowledge like that though lol

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Correct lol Although the 200 notes a day make up for my wealth of useful(less) knowledge like that though lol

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I know where to come when i need a full respray on the cheap ;)

I only spray emulsion lol lol be sound until you try and wash your Nova lol

it shoul be fine with out being seam welded he is useing a strengthening kit witch he has welded in i to am going to be sticking a v6 in my nova in about a month and im just going to be useing a strengthening kit from chris ashley and mine is a every day driver i no people who have seam welded there whole engine bay and people who have just plated them and they are pushing out more power tha a v6 and all of them have been fine good luck to u mate on this buid i will be keeping a eye on it for some good tips and get loads of pics up :)

Looking good pete, take me out in it when its sorted :thumb:

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it shoul be fine with out being seam welded he is useing a strengthening kit witch he has welded in i to am going to be sticking a v6 in my nova in about a month and im just going to be useing a strengthening kit from chris ashley and mine is a every day driver i no people who have seam welded there whole engine bay and people who have just plated them and they are pushing out more power tha a v6 and all of them have been fine good luck to u mate on this buid i will be keeping a eye on it for some good tips and get loads of pics up :)

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cheers matey you have hit the nail on the head! the kit wouldnt be produced if it wasnt needed! and would say that the whole bay needs to be stitched, any problems mate you can ask

Nice work replacing the batt tray, tidy job.

I agree about fitting the engine before painting the bay though, it will get scratched to fcuk trying to hoist a v6 beast in there lol