Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

yeah was gonna say - theyre crimps not solder.. solder tends to be a bit brittle..
You want a twin ported header for the t-piece situation. I also have a similar t-piece bodge on my return; but ive got a twin port header now so sorting that out soon myself.

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Originally Posted by Iain

Sorry they're normal insulated crimp terminals but with heatshrink over the top :(

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Grrrr :mad:

Well in that case i'm gonna have to -rep you to balance out the +rep i gave out...

Im not a fan of any fuel pipes being joined in the engine bay to be honest. Other than that good work.

Too late Mazz mu ha ha

Paul all the standard Nova lines join in the bay don't they? TBH these barbed connectors are awesome, I can pull on them with my entire bodyweight and they won't pull come off (and thats with no clamps on!)

I always have fuel lines made up that join under the car to the hard pipes.

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Originally Posted by Iain

Too late Mazz mu ha ha

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Originally Posted by scott.parker

But surly mate if there was no need for the water system to flow through the inlet then GM would not of made it too, and the SBD inlet has it too, so i fitted it into it.

Scott

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I agree entirely mate, its there for a reason.
But ive never had it t'eed on mine, and my engine doesnt really see many "quiet" days, well back in the day when it was actually used lol

And ive had no issues about it

Good work, Keep the water outlet from the inlet manifold as its ment to be there. Fuel lines look good.

On with my heater matrix assembly. Cable tie through the fins keeps the matrix in the housing:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/237.JPG

Handily uses the 2 threads already there to keep it on (although one of these sheared off today so hoping it can stay up on just one bolt...)

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/238.JPG

Drivers side hits inlet manifold as expected:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/239.JPG

So chopped a bit off:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/240.JPG

Hoses connect up fine and doesn't look like it'll rub on the manifold too bad:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/241.JPG

Hmm need a blower here...

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/242.JPG

Ah ha! Got an idea. Take one scrap Nova and chopy chopy:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/243.JPG

Shape, flatten, weld, paint and we get this:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/244.JPG

Wahey a small self contained matrix/3 speed fan weighing 2.8kg (dry):

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/245.JPG

Dashboard... Mockup dash shows where I need to chop (remove sides for rollcage and extend column hole for more clearance)

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/246.JPG

Nice black dash:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/247.JPG

Chop chop:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/248.JPG

Just needs a bit of touch up paint and it's good to go:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/249.JPG