My version of a 4x4 nova that will get done!

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Originally Posted by ste porter

when your stairing out the side windows to look in your direction of travel it doesnt realy matter because your grin is from ear to ear any way

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Amen ;)

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Originally Posted by ste porter

when your stairing out the side windows to look in your direction of travel it doesnt realy matter because your grin is from ear to ear any way

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Only if its in a controlled fashion - sideways out of control is a brown pants affair!;)lol:thumb:

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Originally Posted by GDN16v

Only if its in a controlled fashion - sideways out of control is a brown pants affair!;)lol:thumb:

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very true i made that e36 of mine do things i didnt even know was possable lol

this is going to be a bit of a weapon when finished

great work ste. fab work is brilliant, keep up the updates mate.

ok havent done alot as of late due to buying 2 gsi corsas to buid claire a decent xe powered egg now thats done and dusted i had a few hours yesterday and today and made some good progress the majority of the forward floor pannels are in and fully welded tunnels welded in props been shortened and prop mounts are in project should be a green light again for a month or 2 so it will be getting updated often now and progress is speeding up

sorry theres not many pics i didnt take any yesterday as i didnt even know i was going to get to work on it
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you must be getting through alot of welding wire on this project :)

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Originally Posted by NICE-BLUE-NOVA

you must be getting through alot of welding wire on this project :)

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hence the 200 amp welder i just brought

looking good mr porter

Porn.

How thick are the panels your welding in, you dont see to have any distortion in the what so ever :)

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Originally Posted by djbrowney

How thick are the panels your welding in, you dont see to have any distortion in the what so ever :)

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1mm mate and its because im s h i t hot lol

it takes forever to weld them in without them distorting bit at a time and keep moving round trying not to heat the span of the pannel the heat around the weld is ok but its when you alow it to get hot enough for the heat to spread the span of the pannel that you get bad distortion.

rule of thumb i go by is that if you rest the base of your hand on the pannel when your welding it when tthe heat starts to get uncomftable i.e when the welds roughly an inch or 2 long its time to move over to the oposite end while it cools down takes ages but you get there in the end

looking sweet ste,gotta say some excellent work going into this keep it up,cant wait to see it done,top work

Ste cracking update,looking really good now,very different approch to most 4x4 projecrs.

Scott

Good stuff Ste. I hope to fcukery youve measured up the width of the "base" part of whatever seats your fitting tho?? Else you might encounter some proper issues trying to find seats in a small enough width to fit :S

wow nuff said..

Them arches are a monstrosity, sorry

Serious fab work mate! Keep it up!

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Originally Posted by Paul

Them arches are a monstrosity, sorry

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pmsl there not my arches mate there the new inners lol

just i havnt cut them down yet as im not 100% final as to weather im going to custom fab my own outter arches or moddify genuine rear quaters and step them out for the width i need all in good time mate

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Originally Posted by Mike

Good stuff Ste. I hope to fcukery youve measured up the width of the "base" part of whatever seats your fitting tho?? Else you might encounter some proper issues trying to find seats in a small enough width to fit :S

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well ahead of you mate note the 2 supports in the tunnel thats where the seat rails are beeing tied into mate and tunnel was made with my seats in mind

your welding looks amazing , very nice progress :thumb:

Top Project and Top Fab work

Been following this - keep up the good work

Excellent work Ste and looking forward to the article in next months Tv

mate this is f*cking awesome!!!

Cannot wait to see this finished,
Will be a right animal!!!

Lots of fab work there matey, just curious as to what the final weight it will be? looking at the box used ect and not forgeting the 4x4 running gear will it not be rather heavy? have you a weight in mind.

Dont take that at a negative im just curious.

The problem of more weight will probably be overcome with more POWER ( in a clarkson voice lol )

cracking skills mate, I hope I get to see it in action someday :)

weight question has been anwsered a few times now mate think you will be surprised there are detailed posts explaining weight ect alittle further back which should anwser your question mate

and also as bazil put it 500+ poneys of usable traction controlable power food for thought
pluss dta with als maps and 2 step launch control all good things though will get to all that later on in the build but its all in the pipe line and most the bits are already in the shed lol

is it still gonna be road legal ste??

thats the plan

:cool: bye bye to most things that try it on at the lights then lol

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Originally Posted by ste porter

weight question has been anwsered a few times now mate think you will be surprised there are detailed posts explaining weight ect alittle further back which should anwser your question mate

and also as bazil put it 500+ poneys of usable traction controlable power food for thought
pluss dta with als maps and 2 step launch control all good things though will get to all that later on in the build but its all in the pipe line and most the bits are already in the shed lol

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Is the car to be caged also? ive just read the previous posts but i still think it will be heavier than you think, but until its weighed then its a guessing game, will the let transmission cope with the estimated power?

Im not doubting the car buddy, like i said just curious as ive a car which has the same kinda mods, i dont run a let or use a vaux bodyshell.:thumb:

What will the car be used for? lot of work gone into it just to be road car?

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Originally Posted by c20tbo

lot of work gone into it just to be road car?

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Could say the same about hundreds of thousands of modified & kit cars though could you no :wtf:

I very much doubt the weight will be an issue, take for example my road car, audi S3 it only has 210 bhp from a 1.8 turbo and it gets to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and it weighs a whopping 1450 kg!!

A nova that will have 500ish bhp and may weigh less that 1000kg will be stupidly fast, my only concern would it may be to light and struggle for grip, but that is an easily overcome problem with huge fat sticky tyres and possably ballast.
To many people write of 4x4 cars as to heavy and to slow of the line, that simply isn't the case.

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Originally Posted by bazil

I very much doubt the weight will be an issue, take for example my road car, audi S3 it only has 210 bhp from a 1.8 turbo and it gets to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and it weighs a whopping 1450 kg!!

A nova that will have 500ish bhp and may weigh less that 1000kg will be stupidly fast, my only concern would it may be to light and struggle for grip, but that is an easily overcome problem with huge fat sticky tyres and possably ballast.
To many people write of 4x4 cars as to heavy and to slow of the line, that simply isn't the case.

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Mate, im not saying the weight will be an issue, all im saying is i dont think it will be as light as many think!

My own car is 650bhp (cosworth powered) and should weigh in around 1100kg wet 4x4, i no it wont struggle for grip! :thumb: and i also no it will handle properly :thumb: which not all 4x4 cars do!

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Originally Posted by Mike

Could say the same about hundreds of thousands of modified & kit cars though could you no :wtf:

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Correct, which is a shame.

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Originally Posted by c20tbo

Mate, im not saying the weight will be an issue, all im saying is i dont think it will be as light as many think!

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True, I wonder how many folk know the actuall weight of there car?

Ste are you going to balance the car out on scales or is it not an issue for you?

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Originally Posted by bazil

True, I wonder how many folk know the actuall weight of there car?

Ste are you going to balance the car out on scales or is it not an issue for you?

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740kgs :p