Coilovers are bang on mate, top service there!
Wheels look well smart, i say if they need a coat of paint go for it, mine are rattled can'd, but will get powder coated soon.
Scott
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Coilovers are bang on mate, top service there!
Wheels look well smart, i say if they need a coat of paint go for it, mine are rattled can'd, but will get powder coated soon.
Scott
If I repaint them white I might as well have bought new wheels though lol
More parts! 22 spline shafts with conversion inner CVs, and GSi thicker tie bars:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/511.JPG
Fibreglass bonnet with full underside strengthening, which I'm dreading cutting up for the Aerocatches!!
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/512.JPG
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/513.JPG
Do me a fav, lay the tie bars side by side, see if they are the same...
They should be :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Same as eachother or same as the thinner ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
There the same side to side if thats what you mean, and i do have a pic showing the differance between thicker tiebars and the thinner ones.
Progress looks good as per usual
The same side by side, as my long shaft *snigger* touches the chassic rail.
Benn I compared the tie bars and they're identical.
Finished the brake pedal setup by welding a Nova pedal to the top of the Corsa one. Please shout if it looks a bad job as I'm quite worried about it lol
Nova one cut down:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/514.JPG
Welded both sides with 150a welder on full power:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/515.JPG
Original bracing modified to fit pedal housing for extra support:
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Fitted:
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http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/518.JPG
Fancied having a go at making an arch rolling tool lol
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/519.JPG
Tried rolling an old wing to see if it worked:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/520.JPG
It worked ok for folding the lip up but I couldn't get any flare using it. So tried cutting an arch using tin snips:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/521.JPG
Would be fairly easy to get some flare like this, but a lot of effort of welding up and fillering.
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/522.JPG
I've been assured I can get what I want to match the back with basic tools and no cutting so I'll try this first.
if your worried about the brake pedal then you could cut 2 small plates to go either side of the join and weld them to it.
Hope that pedal stays attached lol lol
Nah, it should do, maybe.
Brucer has a good plan, weld a plate on either side
Shut up Adam lol
I'll have a look at it tomorrow, but yeah brucer could plate it either side.
:p :p
Very interesting stuff with the arch flaring there matey.
keep us updated.
Pedal looks good, what the crap have yo done to that wing.
It's an old rusty one lol Going to try and match the rear arches on the front, or it'll look weird.
Oh....
Arch rolling tools good.
Pedal should be fine imo. Penetration looks good enough.
Cracking progress as always of late, your really getting on with it now mate, top marks.. :thumb: :thumb:
Scott
Cracking read. Top notch work from the start :)
Cheers.
Been tinkering with the engine since it's raining.
Got the crankshaft sprocket bolt off with a screwdriver wedged in the flywheel, an XE manifold as a prop and my breaker bar:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/523.JPG
Then stood there wondering what I should remove to check for wear/scoring/marks/signs of damage. What should I be looking at? Everything?
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Holes in the crankshaft, are these standard and what are they for?
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Removed oil pump too, been told to replace with GM one only?
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Holes in crank webs are there to balance it afaik
Remove the big end and main caps if you want to check the shells for wear....
I got quoted a price on gm pump, was about 700...
Bargain :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
The holes are indeed for balancing, somthing that a lot of people do when rebuilding. Ment to make the engine more reliable so im told.
Oil pump - refurb your one imo
I assumed they were for balancing, but didn't know if they were there as standard or if the crank has been balanced before.
Had some of the big end bearings off today to check for wear. There's a lot of marks and grooves in them, most of them you can feel with your nail. Does this mean they're fit for the bin?
Marked the caps with a file as per Haynes instructions:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/528.JPG
#1 off:
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http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/530.JPG
Bottom half:
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Top half:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/533.JPG
Crank doesn't look too bad:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/534.JPG
Then whipped off #4 as the crank was in the right position to do so. Bottom half:
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Top half:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/536.JPG
Crank has some visible grooves on #4, I can just about feel one of them with my fingernail, is this bad?
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/537.JPG
I read up until you started tinkering with the engine and could read no more at this sitting.
Nice job on the arch roller, but.....does this mean you hacked up one of the famous skateboards? :(
Love the Revo's too! Guess our wheel convos can no longer take place! lol
The famous skateboard/engine moving tool has lost a wheel, but it'll get it back as the roller tool isn't that useful since all my arches are rolled already lol
Our wheel conversations always went along the same lines though? "Your Astra wheels look crap" "Yes" lol
Replace those shells, marking like that looks like lack of oil.
Got rest of the shells off, they're all in the same condition. Also removed the crankshaft to check the main bearings, they are all good except the end one which looks a little worse so I'll fit new ones of those too.
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/538.JPG
Worst one, still not bad:
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http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/540.JPG
Worth removing the pistons? I don't have the tool to refit them and Haynes says it can damage the rings if there's any lip on the block?
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/541.JPG
Crank looks ok, i've seen worse, just change the shells as you have them out already. (engines run with alot more wear than that..)
Good work Iain, can't believe you got that bottom pulley bolt off so easily, we had a nightmare and a broken socket with mine! lol
To be honest I'd replace all the mains and big ends, they look worse than mine were. Also if you've gone this far I'd drop the pistons out and rering them and have the bore honed too. You know you will be majorly pee'd off if you leave them and after all that time you put into building it and its smoking you be gutted you didn't do the rings!
Entirely your call, but personally I would, and did :thumb:
A piston ring compressor is only around a tenner dude. As above, definitely replace the rings!
What i was about to say, its about £60 for rings, well worth doing it. Is there a lip on the block then? If there is get it honed and everything, same as if there is any marks down the bores.
He never mentioned any lip or scores on the bores over MSN, also said that the cross hatching is still very noticeable. May get away without a rebore if that's the case.
I'd do the rings as a matter of course anyway, easy job when the engines on a stand! lol
Excatly, Rings are well worth it, when you consider the work needed to redo it all after its pooring out blue smoke.
If the bores look ok you might get away with just doing the rings without a rebore or anything. Depends how much iain wants to spend.
I doubt it will need a rebore with the condition of everything else, but I would deffo re-hone the bores if your putting in new rings, and that costs nothing if you know someone who has the tool ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by AW06
Pah ment to say re-hone. Agreed if you know somone who has all the tools its all free, like my mate has everything lol
Ok ok you've convinced me lol Will whip the pistons out and fit new rings. There's no lip on the block, just a bit less smooth where the pistons/rings don't reach up to (which is normal?), but will get it honed anyway.
Will it need running in again with all this work?
Gay. I meant honed too! lol
Yep. Run her in.
So no thrashing it for a few miles lol.
Havnt you finished it yet? lol