any update dude im itching to see this lol
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any update dude im itching to see this lol
Sorry mate, Started back at work today so no time to do any work on it :(
UPDATE
It's certainly been a while, busy with work even after xmas and had too shoot off abroad for 10 days to sort some things out.
Got back today to find a few bits that I had actually forgot about, which arrived whilst I was away.
Turbo & manifold
https://images2.imgbox.com/25/63/F93Hcfj5_o.jpg
http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/113/1002093e.jpg
The turbo could do with a clean, considering if it's worth giving it a lick of VHT paint like the rest of the engine has had. I'll be inspecting all the hoses for their condition and probably will look for a new actuator.
Wiring loom in with all wires and plugs in great condition, uncut, undamaged
https://images2.imgbox.com/0c/86/ga5oMXZp_o.jpg
http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6296/1002094y.jpg
Will probably wrap some of the loom where the fabric tape has deteriorated. Come to think of it, apart from the inner CV's (which I'll be getting next month) I'm pretty sure that's all the parts present to get it running and driving.
I just need to get cracking!
Sounds great dude. Free up some time and get the LET in. :)
Those are the plans dude, think Feb may be the month ;)
what a thread just , well hat off to you !!!!!
cant wait to she her all done !:)
Cheers Kevster, thanks for reading it through. Hopefully the next update is one of me doing some work on it lol
UPDATE
Another tiny one though :( Just can't seem to find the time after work to make a start on anything.
I'm waiting on February to come round and my rota looks a lot more reasonable and should hopefully have all my colleagues back at work. I may be shooting off again in the next 10 days or so for a few days so unless I get a few days off before then I can't see much being done :mad:
But I did get something in the post today
https://images2.imgbox.com/85/3d/CeQGfzKa_o.jpg
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/4960/1002099a.jpg
I so wanna get this done but time is of limited amount at the moment.
very nice dude im stripping sab back down now fella going to start again not happy with it atall
Best to get it done to exactly how you want whilst it's at this stage dude, otherwise once it's done and put back together you'll regret anything that you didn't like.
exactly well said dude well looks like il be taking the mighty 1.2 corsa c to pvs now then lol
That's why there are Corsa's. To take us places while the Nova is sorted lol
Good to see some progress. The actuator looks like its seen its best - VHT paint wont last long so prob not worth doing.
yeah the actuator deffo looks a bit crusty and it's probably a lot worse. Will be on the look out for a replacement. Is it worth going for an 'uprated' one?
May just do the VHT so it looks clean. If it burns off then it burns off. Just hate seeing it look manky. I think I've got Benn-itis! lol
lol at the corsa bit and if your going uprated it all depends on what amount of bhp your wanting to run and isit worth spending more than an original would be
At the moment I"m not looking at any further BHP increase. All I'm thinking about is getting it all done and to drive it. Can I buy an uprated one and use it with it's standard power?
I guess it also depends on cost. If I can buy an uprated one for not much more than a standard one but it works better or handles more power then it may be worth doing.
theres this one...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Caval...item1c18abe20f
i spoke to these people when i was down santa pod for some show, they said there very high quality and have had them running on phase 3. which if you wanted to go bigger power then you got the option.
or...
http://www.forgemotorsport.co.uk/con...oduct=FMACVCAL
which ive heard is great for higher boost levels. in the link it does state you can use it for standard or higher boost rates.
Cheers Brucer.
From the description they can both be used for standard and higher boost. Although there is a fair price difference. It'll probably cost as much as the TX one to buy a standard one new if not more expensive so it looks like a no brainer tbh.
Nice to see your still plodding along with this Mr Tek, any plans on some meets this year?
Keep going ;)
Only just about plodding along Southie. Any plans made will be after the completion of it so at the moment with it being in bits I've not thought about it.
UPDATE
Day off today, so after many hours of running around tryna get stuff sorted I had a couple free hours to try get some work done. I thought I'd crack on with the boot lid ex-lock hole. It needed to be sorted to protect it against rust and as far as the boot goes everything is order so I can just get that out the way.
I removed the boot popper out the way (which works absolute wonders) and got to the offending bit. Here's what it looked like:
https://images2.imgbox.com/aa/b7/7paErnZg_o.jpg
Some rubbing down with emery cloth to get the flakey stuff off got it to this point (was tough rubbing down the bit in the middle, ended up with grazed fingers )
https://images2.imgbox.com/61/4d/T28STaev_o.jpg
Masked up the local area
https://images2.imgbox.com/9b/dc/lhroe4mk_o.jpg
Blew away all the dust and debris from the rubbing down, gave it a wipe with solvents and proceeded to give it a couple coats of etch primer. (A bit runny oops!)
https://images2.imgbox.com/f7/94/KD0Uvt8o_o.jpg
I then raided the paints cupboard and found some gold hammerite. I have no idea how long it's been there for but I thought I'd use it... wasn't the best idea as it looked a bit weird when spraying! Very runny, the colour wasn't very consistent. I shook the can for what seemed like ages but no change, the nozzle must have been semi-blocked as it was spitting a lot too. Could've been the fact that the garage was also cold or just all those things combining together to make a rubbish coat. Luckily it's in a position that will not be seen at all so I gave it a extra coat and left it to dry. Not the best finish I know but not too bothered about it tbh:
https://images2.imgbox.com/78/fa/lsWmmSdx_o.jpg
Whilst it was drying, I did a spot of tidying up in the garage and decided to start some stuff on the engine. First port of call was to whip off the cam cover to see what it was like under there and to prepare the cover for paint.
Got out the correct hex bit and removed the cam cover bolts. Some were very easy to undo. A few however were very tight and I ended up breaking the handle trying to undo them and then dinner was ready
Roll on spring is all I say, really isn't the weather or the temperature to work on cars at the moment.
looking good fella im going to start striping mine asap now
UPDATE
Had a day off yesterday so managed to fit in a bit of time to go look for a engine mount. Took the advise of a few people on here and popped into EuroCarParts. Finally they had a part which they actually did... O/S engine mount for £10.44 - Quality looks good can't complain to be honest.
https://images2.imgbox.com/1c/84/YDfJAa9Z_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/0a/87/2rXe5okE_o.jpg
The weather has been good for the past few days so I'm really hoping that it continues. Work should return to normal hours so I should have more normal time to start working on the Nova again.
The Cav going off to bodyshop should see some bits out the garage and free up some space on the drive to work a bit more freely.
Roll on pay day!
omg an update! lol
will the nova be out and about this show season tek?
We'll find out mate lol
UPDATE
Another part added to the parts bin. I bought it on Thursday night, off eBay, and it arrived Saturday morning. At first it didn't occur to me what it was as the box was light, but when I opened the box I saw this
https://images2.imgbox.com/b7/8c/1HeQOSFX_o.jpg
https://images2.imgbox.com/cd/4b/FmhICzqx_o.jpg
Got three days off in a row this week so should have time to start some work on the Nova (weather permitting... I've probably just jinxed myself)
Got some M6x20 bolts on it's way too.
surely you can start putting it together now? :) keep up the good work tho buddy :)
^ Yes mate I probably should start but it's a case of time and space. With the Cav going off to the bodyshop today that should now be a bit more possible.
:thumb:
yay!! :d !
just read through the whole thread and it looks amazing what i want to do with mine eventually have some rep:d
that a tx bottom pulley tek?
Yay indeed :)Quote:
Originally Posted by maddogdaz666
Thanks Adam, appreciate the rep. I should start making more progress in the coming weeks so hopefully it continues to be of interest to you :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by AdamK
Yes pal, tx pulley. This is the plated one (which is actually cheaper than the non-plated one :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by brucer
UPDATE
Well it's been a while for sure so today was the day to continue what I started.
As the engine still needs to go in, I concentrated on the engine loom. This is how it looked when I first got it:
https://images2.imgbox.com/0c/86/ga5oMXZp_o.jpg
And this is how it looked after a damn good clean with some fairly liquid and foamed up sponge. I also made a start on taking off all the rubbish, sticky, worn out, peeling fabric loom tape and damaged and cracked plastic loom tubing. Boy did it make a mess of the floor!
https://images2.imgbox.com/5b/6f/XWUIzdzk_o.jpg
Here's the amount of crap removed
https://images2.imgbox.com/57/c0/mbMjhFBO_o.jpg
I then got down to business of re-taping up the loom but this time using self amalgamating tape. Real top stuff... sticks on to it self when wrapping and it becomes totally water proof. Before (with all the crappy tape removed and cleaned):
https://images2.imgbox.com/f9/94/ISpVqrZu_o.jpg
and after it's wrapped with self amalgamating
https://images2.imgbox.com/0e/a7/tI29TXup_o.jpg
The trick with the self amalgamating is to slightly stretch the tape whilst wrapping so it shrinks and seals on to the tape below. You really do need to have 3 hands to do this wrapping... unfortunately I only have 3 legs! And here's the end result after doing it all. Took a good 3 hours to clean, wipe, cut out the mess and re-wrap... I'm bushed!
https://images2.imgbox.com/00/4c/imQRjTiK_o.jpg
I've left the part of the loom that's in the cabin un-wrapped for now as I'll be wrapping that part in self extinguishing fabric loom tape (the same stuff I used for the rest of the interior wiring).
Now it's off to sleep!
excellent job on the loom, cant wait to see lots more progress.
the reason i asked if it was a tx pulley was because i placed an order with them before you and still havnt received nothing. they must take ebay purchases as priority. they'll be getting an email.
Oh right ok. Well this arrived super fast... in 24 hours. Maybe ebay is priority as feedback is probably of huge importance to them. Hope to do somemore work when I get home.
UPDATE
Had a few things to do this morning which took a few hours but mid-afternoon I was able to free up some time and go do some shopping.
Popped into AllParts to get some essentials. Sourced coolant sensor (temp gauge), rotor arm, thermostat.
Prices were crazy cheap:
£4+ vat for the coolant sensor
https://images2.imgbox.com/ec/35/xUHkF9eC_o.jpg
£7+ vat for the rotor arm
https://images2.imgbox.com/1c/87/Jyxi4zKi_o.jpg
£17 for the thermostat (92 Deg).
https://images2.imgbox.com/df/87/mrEz4ACH_o.jpg
Also went and got another couple cans of Halfords VHT Aluminium spray (some good sh*t ).
Still need to get a dizzy cap, cam and crank sensor, Coolant Temp Sensor (ECU), leads, plugs... think that's it.
Anyone recommend good sparks and leads to get don't wanna break the bank as I'm only gonna run standard power but still don't wanna buy cheap crap. I got home and got the thermostat stuff out. The housing was in good order just needed some minor limescale to be taken off and cleaned up. The one I bought came with the first part of the housing included (the bit that holds the actual stat not the one that bolts to the block) but the current one is the proper GM one which looks like it allows more water flow. So I decided to clean them up a bit. Here they are as they came off the block:
https://images2.imgbox.com/66/ef/uJrcNL5C_o.jpg
Started cleaning the main body of the housing, once dry, gave it a few coats of VHT aluminium paint. After a bit of a clean:
https://images2.imgbox.com/bb/7a/NPCGd2PQ_o.jpg
Then moved on to the actual stat housing. Removed most of the scaling around the opening and masked it up
and then gave that a couple coats too. Also did the bolts at the same time.
https://images2.imgbox.com/7c/00/gxdhB7jX_o.jpg
Here they are after they dried:
https://images2.imgbox.com/a4/a4/6GtSB4g7_o.jpg
I then tried to put the new stat into the original GM stat housing... oh dear... the new stat is slightly shorted so wont snap into place. No choice but to use the new stat with its own housing.
Quick question though... Where on the block is the actual Coolant Temp Sensor (ECU) (doesn't seem to be one on the block), where should the temp gauge sensor go? (can't find that either) and does the dizzy cap on the LET have a spacer or something bewteen it and the distributor housing?
UPDATE
Made my way over to another motorfactor to see if I could get hold of some more bits.
Got myself the CTS for the ECU
https://images2.imgbox.com/25/e1/Bz1OXAl3_o.jpg
Water pump with a metal impellor (none of the plastic nonsense)
https://images2.imgbox.com/d4/da/COPmILtn_o.jpg
And I also ordered in the dizzy as it was by far the cheapest I've been quotes. But I'l need to pop out and grab that a bit later as it's on order.
These also came in the post
10 x M6x20 - nuts, blots and washers.
https://images2.imgbox.com/0d/96/vpEg9K8r_o.jpg
So... first thing was to finish off the thermostat. Now that I've sussed where the CTS's go I fitted those to the housing. Trial fitted them both to make sure they'd tighten properly as there was a bit of scale in the threads.
Took them off and applied a drop of liquid gasket, this stuff
https://images2.imgbox.com/e3/4f/QB0zSA3l_o.jpg
I started adding this gasket sealant a while back as reassurance to help seal things up and have used it ever since. Once both sensors were in, I applied some of the above sealant to the mating surface of the housing and then tightened down the thermostat. The finished article (god I love it when things look new )
https://images2.imgbox.com/5a/d9/Av73PBvK_o.jpg
Think I deserve some lunch
UPDATE CONTINUED
Next up was the turbo. This is how it looked when I got it
https://images2.imgbox.com/80/ec/1uDKIIFo_o.jpg
I couldn't have it looking like that when everything will look clean and new. So I removed all the hoses and the actuator which I'll be replacing as it's well crusty. Most of the hoses are in good condition but a couple have perished so new ones will be needed. I gave it a good going over with a wire bush, emery cloth and wire wool with a bit of detergent to remove grease and other residue.
I then tried my best to mask it made a bit of a hash of it but it done the trick
https://images2.imgbox.com/1b/7b/73nKPCfd_o.jpg
I then gave it a wipe with some thinners to remove any left over rubbish and applied a good few coats of VHT paint. Let it dry properly and removed the masking:
https://images2.imgbox.com/f8/2c/0AI6q1X2_o.jpg
Didn't have time to go pick up the dizzy and I'm working from tomorrow through to Sunday so only thing I can do for now is shop for more bits
theres no need for sealant on the sensors, thats what the copper washers are for lol
Looking good, i havent got the patience for stuff like that
That looks like the wrong rotor arm, never seen one like that before with the two screws in, just slides on to the distributor normally.
Also good look with the motorfactors coolant temp sensor, I fitted one once and gave me no end of problems. Genuine GM ones are only £10.
http://www.max-boost.co.uk/max-boost...DizzyRotor.jpg