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Hi Terri-ann, Cheers!! It will be done next time you see it!! LOL, cracking on with it now. Most the wiring is done cheers to Rob, I've got the week off now so I will hopefully get plenty done on it and hopefully get it to the point of being ready to start it... Well with the old rad and intercooler in at least..
so will we see more pics on here soon ??? then andy ?? looking good :)
Yeah i will upload progress pictures over the next few days..
Starting her up soon is good news mate!
must be coming together nicely.
Mid Week Update!!
Well most of the week i've been cleaning, cleaning that much that the skin on my fingers has shrivelled up!!
All the carpets and seats are clean and are now in the car, The windows are now in apart from the front screen. I spent today tiding the garage and cleaning all the parts that are going back on the car. Now getting some real work done on it, started working on completing the rear, some of the fuel lines are done and will hopefully have all fuel lines and the front brake lines on tomorrow, then i can start fitting things back on the engine, ready to start it.. Only things holding me up at the moment are gear linkage and finding someone that can weld cast alloy so i can have the turbo inlet pipe modified..
Sounding promising Andy. Just go through the Yellow pages to find an alloy welder. Shouldnt be too hard to get hold of someone that can TIG that up in Stoke on Wotsit..
Sounding good Andy
Nearly done. :)
Added a few more updates to the website. www.nova-turbo.co.uk
Cheers to Karl Rowntree for coming up this weekend to give me a hand, even though i ended up working all day saturday updating a customers server. Karl had the turbo off 4 times while i was at work as he had problems with the studs going into the head and also getting the water and oil feeds on and also got a few other bits and pieces sorted. When i got home about 6 o'clock we cracked on with some more work on the car, Mark Beeson and Martin Weaver also joined us with Beers in hand!! Need less to say Mart has some entertaining photos, and amazingly we made some good progress, even though Mark was Pi$$ed after having one bottle! It's getting that close now to starting it!! I've now taken rocker cover and cam cover off to paint them up, before anything else goes in.
Ignore the random hoses and stuff, there only going on as a temporary measure to get the car running, and then it will off for custom intercooler, rad, oil cooler and pipework.
We spent today fitted my old quickshift on Karl's Nova and setting it up after he lost 3 gears and then drove it back from germany. We spent the afternoon at Rob Delicata's lifting his engine and kit onto a trolley and also helping lift his shell off a frame and putting it back on after making some adjustments!! Can't wait till this badboy's on the road/Track!!
Spooky ..... I'm puttitng in my seats this week!
Joff
Quite a few updates added to my site, www.nova-turbo.co.uk.
Managed to get the right handbrake cable and fitted that, my rods also come for "welding" the turbo inlet pipe, so we sorted that out the other night.
The biggest update though is that after 4 years and 2 days the engine started for the first time!! No big dramas, bit of a water leak from the thermostat area and a bit of confusion about if the fuel pump should prime or not, so relays were bypassed and when we had fuel pressure we attemped to start it but had no spark. Rob traced wires and ran a earth from the battery to the fuel rail and it started first time!! So we put the fuel relays back in, started it again fine no problems, removed the temp earth wiring, again started fine!! So there was nothing wrong with it in the first place, we just had'nt tried to start it as the pump did'nt prime!!
Just like to say cheers to Rob and Karl again for all their help getting it running, also cheers to Mark for coming over on saturday and getting oil pressure and priming the turbo ready for us to start it!! Cheers to Beastie and Weaver for their help too!
I even drove it for the first time too today, put it in reverse and pulled off, but the car went forwards! Linkage on it at the moment is impossible to get right, so we pushed the car out into the drive and let it run for a bit and then as it started to spot with rain i drove it back into the garage.
Sent my old linkage off to Dan to be rose jointed. So should have that back and fitted again soon..
Ignore all the piping and wiring, this is all being tidyed up or replaced, also ignore the oil cooler, it was all put in just to get it running. Car is booked back into the bodyshop for 19th May and will be booked in Radtec for intercooler and Rad tomorrow.
Anyway, pics and videos are on www.nova-turbo.co.uk
But for the lazy ones here's a Picture and a video clip...
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb.../Video000c.avi
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...7/dscf0010.jpg