I love this!!
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I love this!!
got a little bit done this week.
got the corsa b carriers machined and fitted bigger bearings, then pressed in the big block hubs.
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
fitted the suspension and wheels and finally got it on the floor. 80mm springs just didnt cut it
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
80mm rears vs 110mm rears ;-)
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
that looks better
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
just need to get some work done in here now
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By heds28 at 2011-11-17
did i mention the purchase of some comps ;-) and got something from nortech on the way
that looks sweet slammed on comps :thumb:
that looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet mate keep at it.
this going to be road legal aswell? loved the miami blue one was a rocket
Thats got some serious slammage, looks sweet.
Some impressive work going into this, keep it up :thumb:
Subscribed! This is pure Nova p*rn mate!
Looking good heds, my fav ride hight on my fav rims, winner lol
thanks for the comments guys, yes will be road legal, well it will have tax n mot lol
this looks stunning mate well done so far
Brilliant project mate loving the wheels and lowering especially
today i had a bit play about with an old dash board i had laying around from a mk4 astra, got the grinder out and spent about an hour to see if i could make it fit. looks like it might work
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By heds28 at 2011-11-18
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By heds28 at 2011-11-18
and finally my new nortech tubular manifold has been delivered
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By heds28 at 2011-11-18
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By heds28 at 2011-11-18
Dash looks made for the job mate and that manifold is a work of art, keep progress up this is going to be a monster:thumb:. Got to be a TV feature in the making??:)
Dash looks sh1t hot mate, get the turbo bolted up :p
That dash looks the t1ts! :)
Looks impressive mate, loving the dash conversion, keep it up !
Has that setup with the front panel/crossmember been tested before on the road with regards to handling?
Had the crossmember on my MK1 split once and it realy caused some serious problems. That said, if it does work - it would make work on my TD a lot lot easier as radiator removal is a right pain in the **** at the minute. Ideally a bolt off bottom bar would be the icing on the cake so to speak, engine out work would be a million times easier without a hoist!!
That looks awesome mate, look forward to seeing it finished
Always loved this car! Looking great so far! Mk4 dash looks right at home (but then again im completely biased to both novas and mk4 astras lol)
mint i love it, looks like better access to everything. tempted to do one myself but expensive!
you will have to let me come have a look at this mate its pure porn, that dash is a nice touch(first time any1 done it?)
anytime chris, never seen any dash conversion on a nova if im honest, good thing is i stripped the dash down and removed the metal work so im left with a carcass which is nice and lightweight.
Bottom front bar works great, i did the same on my last nova, makes access to everything so much easier especially when youve got a big turbo/manifold setup it really helps.
just remember before cutting out everything that holds your front end together to brace it elsewhere, on this one a bar was made and mounted onto the 2 front engine and gearbox mountings which held the front end in place while the work/welding was carried out.
things should be able to progress a bit now ive got the expensive manifold, but then again its gonna cost me that again to have a exhaust system made :-(
im tempted to just fit a full mk4 car harness now so ive got the full dash working ???? as i was gonna fit the mk4 clocks anyway and would make it easier to plug the harness in instead of wiring it into the nova loom.
Dash looks minted, suprisly looks right at home in there. Would be quality if you can get it all working correctly, with the trip computer and that lol
alreet mate did you get the back end of the floor welded back in scott said it was cut out dash looks mint
That dash does look very cool in there.. I'd also be tempted to just fit the MK4 loom you may aswell if you're going to run all the clocks etc. Be a first.
Car looks ace. Perfect wheels and height for it aswell! The dash is looking good, would definetly keep it in!
boot floors not welded yet bossy, might still 4x4 it yet.
just went and got a full mk4 wiring harness
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By heds28 at 2011-11-19
and collected 'the bars of doom', these hopefully will tie in from the wishbone mounts on the chassis to the front crossmember giving a lot more strength and rigidity.
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By heds28 at 2011-11-19
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By heds28 at 2011-11-19
so gonna fit the full car harness the next few days and try n finish the dash off then work out how im gonna do the engine bay harness, obviously im not gonna run abs or air con so some of the wiring may be removed from the harness at a later date, im also wanting to keep the engine bay as clean as possible and hide whatever wiring i can.
its mad how simple mods on a nova used to be enough and now fair play people are finding new stuff to do with them well done bud rep added!
Looking good as ever.
When we z20let'd my mates astra, he fitted an aircon deleter pulley kit and also chose not to run abs, if your using the mk4 dials? the speedo didnt work and something else (i cant remember off the top of my head) so he had to replug in the abs computer that sits inder the brake m/c thing just to get around the problem.
I know you can get around getting rid of the air-con a different way but heres the aircon deleter, gen gm product aswell iirc.
Gets rid of that condensor that weighs approximately double the weight of the moon lol
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4x4 yes have you seen the 4x4 sport turbo i
When I put the Z16 in my nova I took the pas pump off, cut the belt down to an ish length, went to my local 'back street' motor factors and got a couple of belts around the same length, tried and fitted the one I wanted and took the other back.
dont want to give too much away and tell people how easy this is until its running and sorted, but a mix of old vauxhall parts make it very easy, it never ceases to amaze me how so many old & new parts fit so well together, it has to be my fav thing about vauxhalls, who would have thought the old 1980's redtop engine would power the chevrolet btcc car to win 30 yrs later, and a crankshaft from an old 80's 2ltr 8v would be in the great astra vxr of 2011.
so why not put a 2011 engine with a 1980's crank into a 1992 nova with a 1995 cavalier 4x4 system (maybe) with a 2002 astra coupe wiring harness and ecu. gotta love the vauxhall scene dont you ?
right im off out to play with a harness, wish me luck
got a little problem :-(
the turbo is a bit too big
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By heds28 at 2011-11-20
Saw your pic on Facebook of it the other way round, seems the best solution and you could maybe use an angled packing plate in the flange to bring the turbo back towards the block?
ouchh, why wont she go in?
Coz she'z a hoooge b1tch lol
Great project. Some tasty parts being used to a high standard. Keep it up :)
if i spin the turbo round it hangs like this
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By heds28 at 2011-11-20
which sits the compressor housing very close to where the engine numbers are, it would allow plenty room for the intake side of things, exhaust looks like it might work.
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By heds28 at 2011-11-20
It may allow me to have the outlet of the turbo straight onto the intercooler and have the in/out of the intercooler on the same side of the intercooler like one of these
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By heds28 at 2011-11-20
that would keep the charge pipes short but wouldnt allow for a very big radiator if it allows for one at all