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Looking good mate .
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Front legs made up
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Also decided I wasn’t going to risk alternator clearance despite it clearing on the car it came out of....
So out with the blowtorch and big calibrator
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Aim is to get this done this week/weekend, get the front end back on some wheels so I can turn her round, then bring the engine back home and drop it in.
Then it should be a case of wiring/plumbing it all in, fit the gte tank and get her on the road...... if only it was that easy
Primed, sealed, primed and painted, not the best job but I’ll get the bay done properly next time the engines out.
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Had some paint left so gave the white grill a blow over, again not the best but better than white or a stock merit grill.
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Little update today but a significant one....
Bearings, knuckles and hubs/drive flanges what ever you want to call them, all pressed together.... https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...83f21c7275.jpg
Bushes pressed into lower arms and tie bar mounts, all bolted together with ball joints, used existing as they’re fine!
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All bolted together and shocks on....
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And as of 9pm this eve the car is back on all 4 Wheels on the ground ready to turn round..... which means I can jack up the rear and swap the fuel tank over and rear shocks....
but more importantly get the XE dropped in!!!
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Not hanging about...
i notice that you said 'next time the engines out'....I said that 20 years ago...lollollol Maybe next year..:cry:
Not hanging about now, it was meant to be done for Bromley Pageant in June 🤣[emoji23]🤣 finally gathering pace getting stuff done, life seemed to get in the way.Quote:
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I have all the intention of the engine coming out next October, but I’m under no illusions it probably won’t 🤣[emoji23]
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Stock tank dropped, ready for GTE tank, and car is facing the right way for the engine to drop in....https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...46e35fa84b.jpg
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It’s here!!!
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Little update today
Car goes up
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Engine goes under
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Car goes down and engine goes up
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Ta-daaaaa
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Very happy today, manifold to go on and sort fitting of exhaust.
Al hoses etc to go on, fuel lines to sort, oil change and remove sandwich plate for the old oil cooler, wire it up and get her started
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Well done getting the engine in, it's always a big milestone and really helps drive the build forward.
Nick
Looking clean mate! Any pictures of the alternator clearance by any chance?
I’ll get some this eve, load of room.Quote:
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Shafts in and brakes on, few bits going back in the bay this week
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Top man thanks :thumb:
Good work!
For info I found the ebc green stuff pads terrible in my one
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Oh really? Terrible how?Quote:
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Stopping from cold was really bad, also seemed to get brake fade when upto temp which I have never had with any other road set up.
Was years ago though so maybe they use a different compound these days
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Any luck with them pics mate?
Sorry mate memory like a sieveQuote:
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Do you have a link for the rad on ebay mate ??
No mate, have a search for nova aluminium radiators, looks like they’ve gone up in price though as I found one that was £139 or offers, they all look to be £155 nowQuote:
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Finally got the correct water bar, it’ll do until tx autosport get more in with the matrix hoses.
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And fuel pump brackets have arrived so I can fit pump and fuel lines and wire the pump up! [emoji4][emoji4]
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All the hoses are now on, water bar swap on an xe in a nova bay isn’t fun!!
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Removed the dampener and cut the fuel pump bracket down, it’s now in bits ready to be blasted and painted.
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Done and ready to fit, gave it a clean up and a coat of stone chip/underseal because of where it sits
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Looks good mate.
Fuel lines and hoses fitted.
Mini loom made and fed into car, through the old choke cable hole, fuel pump wired up. Main ecu loom run into the car through brake pedal blank.
New earth strap fitted, headlights back in and wired up, but changing the fixings this week.
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Aim is to finish it this week.....
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So the engine is wired up fully.
Fitted new donut along with AFM, intake pipe and cone filter.
Refitted AFPR.
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Also wasn’t happy with the rusty self tapper fixings for the coil pack and header tank so drilled them out and fitted m6 ClinchNuts, will be doing the same for the headlights and grill toohttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8464e9d2de.jpg
Battery is on charge so will be attempting first start tomorrow.
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So tried starting the car yesterday, knackered fuel pump [emoji36][emoji36][emoji36]
And a leaky fuel hose which has now been replaced.
New pump ordered.
Also found a leak between servo and master cyl when trying to bleed the brakes so that’s all coming off today.
Did manage to drill out the crap self tapping screws for the headlights and grill and replace with rivnuts like the coil pack and header tank https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...41e69501f9.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5a90973992.jpg
Ideally today I will sort the leaky servo out and remove the old pump ready for the new one
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What was leaking from the master? The vaccum or fluid
Brakes all fixed, split the master cyl from the servo, the end rubber washer in the master cyl was sat properly so removed it,gave it a clean and also cleaned the groove in master cyl and put it all back together, all bled and no leaks!!
Filled the gearbox with oil, getting the level plug out isn’t easy on an F20 in a Nova, the rear mount and spacer are in the way, had to remove bottom 19mm bolt, loosen the top one and push the mount spacer out of the way, box now filled with nice new oil.
New pump arrived so fitted that, fitted new battery (Euros had a 55% off offer [emoji16])
Turned key, car cranked but wouldn’t fire.
Dropped the rear off the axel stands so it would be easier to pull fuel through (I only put a fivers in it)... cranked again but nothing.
Pressed the valve on the fuel rail and it just gave a hiss of air, so I bridged the pump relay so the pump ran, and the held the fuel rail valve open, could hear the hiss and the pump note changed, second later some fuel spat from the valve.
Removed the relay bridge and cranked it again and she fired first crank [emoji1362][emoji1362][emoji1362]
So in a great mood this eve!!
Next step is torque up CVs, sort the exhaust, fill with coolant , get it to temp and change the oil.
Then it’s MOT time.
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Good work mate
Cheers!!
Today I knocked off work a bit early and had a bash at a temporary exhaust.
Stainless system I have is in 3 parts, front section is way too long to match the XE manifold, so I used the crappy front pipe from the donor car, cut it down and fitted a bit of flexi between this and the mid part of the stainless system.
It’s going to knock like mad but it’ll get it through an MOT and down the road to powerflow where I had my last one made, so he can cut the manifold and fab up a proper piece to mate the manifold and stainless system to fit properly.
Also mounted the ECU under the parcel tray on passenger side so it’s secure and up out of the way/out of sight.
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Taken for her MOT today.... nervous drive there as I bloody built it, goes and stops fine, and as expected exhaust knocks, blows and vibrates like a goodun!!
But..... She passed without a single advisory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Had her some beans on the way home, spluttered a few times, hopefully just crap fuel running through.
And clutch needs adjusting as needs pushing right to the carpet to disengage.
Goes well though [emoji1434][emoji1434]
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Well done mate
Look forward to seeing this soon!!
Great result man [emoji122]
Another one alive and kicking. Yours a bit more kicking than most [emoji4]
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As a little reward for passing her MOT I fitted the new clocks so I can see how she’s revving.
And also fitted my Hecko wind deflectors.
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Was going to fit the new steering wheel but couldn’t get the old one off.
Exhaust being done Friday I hope, and if weather is good, full detail the weekend
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Looking well mate. Steering wheel can be hard to remove on the nova the splines are very tight will need a puller on it.
Well if all goes well you’ll know where to come and see it....Quote:
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it’s getting there, needs a good day’s detailing as a minimum!Quote:
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Thanks, hate the slabs, once she’s detailed and wheels are swapped I’ll be happy, maybe.Quote:
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Managed to source a genuine Vauxhall puller for the steering wheel.
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Dragged her out today and gave her a clean, then sorted the running issue
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