Pauls Nova Turbo Rebuild

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13-10-10, 12:38 PM
AlexW

Its good your not totally giving up, Whatever you end up building it will be cool.
13-10-10, 01:03 PM
Paul

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ernie

nice build Paul.
You must of liked it out in my old build Alex,s White one.

Worked very well, i want something cheap, at the moment my shell owes me £270.

And a bit of time, obviously got the cage going in and an xe which will make it cost more.

But i want something i can use come rain or snow!
13-10-10, 01:05 PM
Mike

A nice £2k build is what you need Paul. Your yellow one is lovely yeah, but obviously came at a price & time :(
13-10-10, 04:47 PM
Jonlem

Quote:

Originally Posted by discoinferno

i have seen alot of problems on fairly high hp c20let's ( most are budget builds though, whihc gives the c20let a bad name, when built properly by people who know what they are doing they are superb engines, pauls motor is a peach), my let so far touch wood has been superb (well apart from the first melted engine whihc was out of my control) the latest engine has be relatively trouble free. think im up to 2,000miles in the 6 months this year , 3 trackdays, and numerous runs up the 1/4

putting all that aside though i would still like a well built xe similar to will foys engine with an addition of an sccr it would be ripping along

best of luck paul :thumb: :thumb:

True to a point but I'd like to see if your car ( not engine ) could stand the abuse lets say Olly Hewitts did in a year. That car was massively reliable.

Not knocking your car, its certainly a good engine, but things still go wrong and give it time and I expect yours will have a few problems, putting the Elite box in it may solve any gearbox woes but at a extreme cost, more than a xe track car costs to build nearly !
13-10-10, 04:52 PM
Ernie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonlem

True to a point but I'd like to see if your car ( not engine ) could stand the abuse lets say Olly Hewitts did in a year. That car was massively reliable.

Not knocking your car, its certainly a good engine, but things still go wrong and give it time and I expect yours will have a few problems, putting the Elite box in it may solve any gearbox woes but at a extreme cost, more than a xe track car costs to build nearly !

Ollys old engine went into my old build and was still going strong when i sold it.
Its only its played up was when the head gasket went a few months back on Alex apart from that the engine had loads of abuse and just kept coming back for more.
I just love how it sound going upto avon rise..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAaD9Pe-kVQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCTPXya25RY
13-10-10, 07:43 PM
discoinferno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonlem

True to a point but I'd like to see if your car ( not engine ) could stand the abuse lets say Olly Hewitts did in a year. That car was massively reliable.

Not knocking your car, its certainly a good engine, but things still go wrong and give it time and I expect yours will have a few problems, putting the Elite box in it may solve any gearbox woes but at a extreme cost, more than a xe track car costs to build nearly !

i see your point i am expecting issues with the gearbox if it stays as is (hard track use will kill the synchros in no time im sure) but the plan over winter is to get the elite gearbox designed built and fitted for next spring :)
13-10-10, 08:45 PM
Paul

Disco have you considered a seat leon cupra r gearbox?
13-10-10, 08:47 PM
Jonlem

Or a GT4 box
13-10-10, 09:11 PM
discoinferno

tbh i have not considered either
13-10-10, 09:21 PM
Paul

Worth a thought?
13-10-10, 09:37 PM
discoinferno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul

Worth a thought?

to buy a box, have an adapter plate mate, new clutch plates, mounts, shafts linkages etc it wouldnt work out much cheaper if at all than the elite sccr dog kit

i would like to use the gt4 gearbox but alot of work im sure to squeeze into a nova again all the bits required wouldnt be cheap
13-10-10, 10:35 PM
Paul

Done a little bit more on the Nova:

Having a tea break, lol

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http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7321553_n.jpg

Oh and I run the grinder through one of my R888's :mad:
13-10-10, 10:40 PM
Mike

Tidy, shame about the tyre chop tho lol
13-10-10, 10:41 PM
Benn

Good work on the floor, love the jig. Turreting the rear?
13-10-10, 11:02 PM
Mieran

Good work.

I've always wondered if its a good idea to put box sections between the chassis legs across where the wheel well used to be for extra strength.
13-10-10, 11:35 PM
Ernie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mieran

Good work.

I've always wondered if its a good idea to put box sections between the chassis legs across where the wheel well used to be for extra strength.

It dont need it mate
13-10-10, 11:43 PM
Ernie

Nice build and im sure ive seen that boot floor lay out before lol.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...jdlnova085.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...jdlnova068.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...jdlnova008.jpg
17-10-10, 03:57 PM
burgo

well ive done it paul, gone from start to finish and hats off to you, some serious determination you have and the new shell progress looks awesome indeedily
17-10-10, 05:39 PM
Rich

Want me to drop mine off to you? Give you somthing else to do lol

Looks like good progress, cant beleive your starting again though. Not going to miss the turbo power?
17-10-10, 08:00 PM
Alex J

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

Want me to drop mine off to you? Give you somthing else to do lol

Looks like good progress, cant beleive your starting again though. Not going to miss the turbo power?

there has been a few motors in the chicken cooplol
17-10-10, 08:06 PM
djbrowney

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich

Want me to drop mine off to you? Give you somthing else to do lol

Looks like good progress, cant beleive your starting again though. Not going to miss the turbo power?

i give it 6 months :thumb:
17-10-10, 08:12 PM
Alex J

Quote:

Originally Posted by djbrowney

i give it 6 months :thumb:

xe power all the way, plus wont be doing cv joints every 30 secondslol
18-01-11, 10:13 PM
Paul

I have some progress! 3months on.

Im a few ££££ lighter, pics to follow.

So i treated myself to a new welder, oerlikon 170 for those in the know. I 'acquired' a BOC bottle and had it changed on my mates account. Been to see Mr Hockly in Wales for a cage. Fitted some seat rails.

Had a good spend up @ Raldes, new bushes etc.

Popped up to GAZ and got myself some goodies, been busy with a wire wheel on the grinder and various tins of hammerite.

Been to a breakers to strip some much needed bits of a Nova.

Martin (bmw156) has dropped some bits off to me, ive got to pay him a visit and collect some more junk/goodies off of him. (when i wake up, sorry again mate :()

Mr Brown has dropped me a rebuilt XE.

Milton Motorsport is getting my gearbox for an ATB soon.

Its coming together...
18-01-11, 10:17 PM
discoinferno

N/a now Paul????
18-01-11, 10:20 PM
Paul

Indeed
18-01-11, 10:48 PM
bmw156

lol, glad your plans are rolling out Mr Paul

i got my gaz shocks through today as well. no cash deals though!

and drop me a text when you wanna come get those bits. im easy -

speak soon sleepy head!
19-01-11, 04:25 PM
Paul

Well, after 7 years and a half years, Ill miss you CBM :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/ba5b6212.jpg

The new banger, as it sits at the moment:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bfbf6cca.jpg

New heater, makes the cold nights a bit more bearable!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/9b6105d4.jpg

I knew that Cavalier had some sort of use!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/5787fc0a.jpg
19-01-11, 04:28 PM
Count Vaux Alot

Looking good mate - i have the same heater and it works well
19-01-11, 04:29 PM
Paul

Drink the gas though, dont they! I used the remnants of the little bottle in about 10 mins. Now on a 33KG one i think
19-01-11, 04:30 PM
Edd

Is the new shell/car going to be white then ?
19-01-11, 04:33 PM
Paul

yeh, just plain bog standard white, nothing fancy.

So when I get some armco scrapes and tyre wall dents in it, i can just get my hammerite and brush out and off I go again!
19-01-11, 05:02 PM
Adam

Good plan lol

Whats the future for CBM?
19-01-11, 05:03 PM
Paul

CBM is sold.
19-01-11, 05:31 PM
scott.parker

Shame to see it go mate, it's the only nova Ive known you to have, it started as an SR? cant member what color, then went xe then color blue and then let added, then to it's liquid yellow hi spec let etc iirc.

BUT the new one should be much more abusable for track days, less worrying about it etc.

Scott
19-01-11, 07:33 PM
Benn

Building a list of parts up well.
20-01-11, 01:19 AM
Paul

Right, so after my visit to Hockly's last Thursday, I cracked on with fitting the cage tonight:

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The rear stays are just placed in, not welded yet, hence them not being straight.

Big thanks to Scott & Shane for their help tonight, :beer:

Paul
20-01-11, 01:34 AM
brownbear

Great thread...
20-01-11, 02:07 AM
AlexW

Nice edit tom lol

Cage looks good etc.
20-01-11, 09:16 AM
Iain

Looks a nice cage Paul, are you triangulating the front like you were thinking of a while back?

Also what is a 'rear stay', the bit between the B pillars and rear legs?
20-01-11, 12:08 PM
Paul

Lion, yeh it goes through to the front, and yeh thats what HH calls them bars.

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