Liam's Nova X16XE Project

Just a quick one as I have been very, very busy. The engine bay was painted this afternoon and is currently drying in the oven overnight.

It's a dark anthracite with a gold speckle.

The underside of the bonnet and the other bits will be done tomorrow.

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This car is really comming along well!!

Cheers Gary. It's starting to turn out have I want it now. Once the engine is in and all the little bits are done it should be perfect.

The underside of the bonnet and scuttle were painted today. I then spent about 3 hours demasking everything!!!

I'm going tomorrow to prep the bonnet, cage etc...

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get those inners paint wile your thrter other that that looking good

them photos of the masking up have helped me out fella, now know what i need to do when painting my engine bay :thumb:

Managed to get a few bits done today.

The boot was prepped ready for paint and has now been primered. It needed a little bit of work as the right side corner had a little ding in it and the previous "de-locking" and "de-wipering" was very poor so these were sorted and it now looks good and just needs prepping before paint.

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The roll cage also got painted today and it looks great! It will contrast the red well.

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I'm going back on Wednesday and will hopefully get the cage in, boot on and get the engine in. Then it's just wiring the engine and fitting everything else such as interior, engine ancillaries etc.

red,blue & black wouldnt by my favorite colours scheme but far play on getting the car this far

not sure if you had mentioned but are the gte bumpers going red or black?

That finish on the engine bay is lush!

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Originally Posted by jafanan

red,blue & black wouldnt by my favorite colours scheme but far play on getting the car this far

not sure if you had mentioned but are the gte bumpers going red or black?

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Thank you. The bumpers have already been painted black. They're the same as the ones already on the car except the rear is a GTE/SR type and the front is the same without the air holes and pins holding it on.

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That finish on the engine bay is lush!

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I can't take any credit for that except for the prep work. It's all down to the painter really and it looks so much better in real life when the gold/silver pearls reflect off the sun!

A big update right here people!!!

The engine loom has now been wired in and just needs tidying up once everything is connected.

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I've also cleaned the engine up and painted the block with red hammerite. I also got the rocker cover and inlet manifold painted. As it's a track inspired car I wanted the rocker cover to stand out and being the colour it now is I think it does!!! I also got the lettering on the manifold painted to match just to tie in the colour scheme.

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I got a genuine Vauxhall cambelt kit cheap on eBay so I will get that fitted once I get my clutch and GSI flywheel. If all goes to plan, the engine will be going in on Thursday/Friday.

I've also decided that I am going to stay with the RFX's and sell the MO's as they just "make" the car and also make it look a little more old school.