2 and a bike.. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by novaSR-Ish
ill probabley just do the timing chain for now as its a crackin engine :thumb:
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2 and a bike.. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by novaSR-Ish
ill probabley just do the timing chain for now as its a crackin engine :thumb:
get a metro turbo in there would be ace!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
I.ve got to laugh at everyone saying metro turbo.
I tryed for 3 year's finding a complete engine under 1000 with no luck. I went to look at loads of so called metro turbo's that where just 1.3 lumps with a turbo bolted on.
Google Z car's and i.m sure you'll be interested in the type r. Now get saving for it lol.
Jimbo
Dont bother spending on the original engine imo, just use it as an excuse to whack a new one in ! my friend put a bike engine into his mini and it was great ! it was from a 1999 R1, he made a cage up to solidly mount the bike engine into then mounted the cage into the car using the original mounts, used a transfer box from an autograss company that enables the use of driveshafts, revved like hell and of course had a 6 speed sequential box all done for £800 in and driving, perfect hey :)
just been doing abit of work on her today
had a fiddle about with the exhaust as it was loose, kinda' sorted just needs afew more bits
breaks are sticking slightly, and the timing chains still rattling slightly. but other than that shes totally spot on. its amazing how good condition the frame is in.
anyway, adam (cooltiger) sent me some stickers FOC so i got making it look abit more "rallyish"
you know me and my stickers.. lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01617.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01615.jpg
the front im particually proud of:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01618.jpg
also went the scrappy before and managed to get 2x n/s rear lights and 1x o/s/r light off 2 triumph acclaim's.. result! like rocking horse poop acclaims now lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01624.jpg
thats all for now :thumb:
shes slowly getting stickered up lol
fitted rear stickers, white door squares and new rear lights today, will continue with it tomorrow
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:thumb:
dont worry you'll grow out of stickers soon.
well the stickers are gone allready lol
mondays job was to free the sticky breaks off:
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started polishing it tuesday afternoon, spent 3 hours doing this one bit! the paint was so faded it took agess:
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then spent a hour and a half doing the drivers wing, difference compared to the door!
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01643.jpg
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the finally finished it and took a sh!it load of pictures:
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you will be restocked with new stickers tomorrow :)
ripped the stereo and wiring out, removed ALL the tape from the steering wheel, re-made my ignition barrell till i can get a new colum:
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lovely and shiny!! windows cleaned, tyres shined, really proud of my hard work :D
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the wheels in dire need of a re-furb, thats the next job, hopefully getting them shot-blasted for free :D
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01662.jpg
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http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01664.jpg
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http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01666.jpg
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and just 2 pics to show the underside, independant rear suspension, really extreme lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01667.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01668.jpg
thats all for now till friday :D
got them today adam, loved the silver bailey ones, and the small ap blue and yellow one :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by CoolTiger
lol all stickered up.
That white Astra Mk3 Van youve got in Dave, drop us a PM if want to sell :thumb:
sure its been collected mike, was a minter too :D
not done much to this recently,
hopefully this weekend me making some replacement copper break pipes for it as the rear ones have been squashed, clean the back breaks up and then sort out the elctrics, got no main beam lol
forgot about this project, still love it. glad those stickers came off, just keep polishing it and get those wheels sorted and itl look spot on!
keep up the good work :)
might be selling it soon to fund project rsturdo or a motorbike :(
fancy making me an offer lee? lol lol
not really sorry. how much would you be wanting just out of interest?
that thing is fugly but cool :)
right, shes currently been moved off the ramp to the other unit for now as theirs more space to work on her really
just some pictures of ehr off the ramp, realised why i bought it now, brings a smile to ym face when i think about owning it years ago :D
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01766.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01765.jpg
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needs some air in the tyres
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http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01768.jpg
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and just a quick vid of her running, sounds awsome imo
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...h_MOV01763.jpg
what do you guys thinkk, :D
:thumb:
i think it does'nt like cold starts lol
she really doesnt lol, i think shes overfuellign abit, because when you go to apply the throttle, it tried to cut outQuote:
Originally Posted by brainsnova
got artsy fartsy lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...C01766copy.jpg
the car looks cool imho have you decided to keep it then dave? :) what are the plans for it?
:thumb:
ayee i have for the time beingQuote:
Originally Posted by NOVA-KID-93
plans are to tidy it up, prehaps a full respray, re-furb wheels and show it at some classics shows this year & next year :thumb:
Quote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
ayee i have for the time being
plans are to tidy it up, prehaps a full respray, re-furb wheels and show it at some classics shows this year & next year :thumb:
plans sound good and its good to hear that your keeping it :) have you got any plans engine/ performance wise? bike engine? :thumb:
nothign as of yet, tbh i might keep the 1.3 untill i find somethign mroe hardcore, tbh theirs no engine number on it so we dont know if tis a 1.0l, or a 1.3l lolQuote:
Originally Posted by NOVA-KID-93
either way, its still pretty quick :thumb:
6ft 2" Mike, its like getting into a porta-potty lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
bet that thing handles better than my other car (1993 cooper) as its all fiberglass isnt it??
yeah dude it is, fibreglass bodywork and kevlar at the stress points, pillars etc, im also 80% sure its got some sort of rear coilovers too, but not certain, independant rear suspension FTW!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Welshy
got her out for some photatoes yesterday, she looks alot better than the pics make her out to be lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01818.jpg
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and my 3 fave pics:
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http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01808.jpg
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01813.jpg
picked up a colum & barrell for her today from a mini specialist, £50! including steering shroud though
god this is going to be expensive lol
and a video of the nova and sabres exhaust tunes:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...h_MOV01810.jpg
update!
fitetd a harness to the drivers seat out of a scrapper last week, makes it look more "race cary" lol
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h8...m/DSC01840.jpg
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also re-trimmed my rear bench, had a gayyyyy rear grey seat cover on it that didnt fit right, so went and bought a cheap piece of balck cloth for £20
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then also cleaned the rear break's up, when we found that the copper break pipes ahd been squashed with the forklift from years ago, so went and bought some new ones
expecting them to be about £20,....£3:50!!! with new ends! over the moon:
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got it booked in for tis mot friday at 4:30 too :thumb:
amazingly, this thing PASSED! lollollollol
no advisories, not one, and it was a propper mot :D well chuffed
been offered a 30k mile 993cc mini engine that the test station owners had in storage for 8 years, if i can dig it out of the shipping container, i can have it for free, so i may do a full engine transplant :D
just need a day or two empty the container of old engines panels etc, as its full to the brim, and the engine was the first thing in there lol
overall though, passed with no advisories, and got a free engine out of it, result! :D :thumb:
not updated this in a while, it currently looks liek this:
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it for sale currently but no takers so far :(
might tax it and take it to afew shows etc over the summer :thumb:
think its looking the best at the moment, would really suit a track theme. get a cage in there (paint it yellow) and tax it and have some fun. i wouldnt sell it as its obvious you love the thing really, you'll only regret it.
i really love the track theme too lee, i knwo ill regret selling it thats why imt ryign not to, but the dad wants me to, told him tis advertised on laods of sites lol, its on none :D
just advertise it at a high price then at least if it does sell then its worth it. a win win situation tbh.
i did lmao, had it at £1000 lol lol
has your nova got a dodgy one then lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by xXx_Nova_xXx
my novas is as straight as elton john in a opposite universe, this things a death trap lol lol, your more then welcome to try and drive it 2 miles before soemthing goes 'twang' lol, its actually pretty decent tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by Pillar