Loads of firm ideas, but not chosen a colour yet. I'll gather up loads of options and decide when i can afford to paint it.
Keith
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Loads of firm ideas, but not chosen a colour yet. I'll gather up loads of options and decide when i can afford to paint it.
Keith
Following on from building the 1.4 into my daily driver, this 1985 1.2L with 13k genuine miles will now be the base for the nova turbo. The end product wont change, but this way i have a nicer daily drive.
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Updates will follow as i strip it.
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Now that the runabout is totally finished. Its time to concentrate on the turbo project. Big thanks to Alister for giving me his spare cool running thermostat.
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Should keep the LET cool :)
I promise some big updates will come before x-mas.
Keith
is this nordic blue?
if so god your lucky.
the dark blue 8k miles one is nordic blue yes, i have one in same condition with 12k on,
Its got 9k on it now and is my daily car. The silver one above is the new nova project.
Plans at the moment are to save save save.. then:
Trial fit engine, then send to get rebuilt
Get HH kit and strengthning done
Send shell to get dipped and painted
Keith
gonna be a minter then keith.. really cant wait to see it..
keith you do really know your stuff when it comes to nova porn lol :thumb:
Well folks... tiny update, doing a bit of pre-christmas spending, and thats all i can afford until after x-mas!
Mount to weld to the chassie leg, and bracket to mount for 6 speed box.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...son/6speed.jpg
Front engine bracket to drivers chassie mount, and rear spacers, to space the engine across.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...son/XE-LET.jpg
And finally, the Chris astley (or harry hockley copy) Chassie strengthning kit. Loads in there, didnt remove it all.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...platingkit.jpg
Next update will be a trial fitted engine, and welded up bay.
Keith
Should be enough to keep you busy Keith. Nice one.
Tiny update today, spent most the day clearing out the garage, I've now stripped the LET of its inlet, and bolted the 6 speed on.
Should be easy to trial fit it now in the coming weeks when i get a lend of an engine lift. Then its off to Steven Gault for a rebuild.
Also notice the lovely storage boxes bought to try and make this a tidier build!
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Keith
two absolute beutys there, but what was wrong with the origanal green 1 i loved that it looked spot on
Fancied a new challange, had it stripped ready for the turbo conversion, but then saw the low mileage one on ebay and it made more sence to do it with a stunning shell. The 1985 one i'm now using i bought with 4k on the clock and its absolutely stupidly clean, and so needs no repair at all for the rebuild. The low mileage one i bought with the intention of turboing is now a GTE rep that i drive everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben doodar
Keith
Well, its stripping time!
My folks are going to england at the weekend, so all the important bits people have bought from me had to be stripped off ready to be shipped over. This is also prime opertunity to trial fit the LET (coming in next week/2)
Please do now look at the below pics if you hate me for ripping apart a mint, original nova.
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Keith
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LMAO thats awesome! Liking that Keith!
lol Dunno whats cleaner the car or the garage
Absolutley mint, this will be top notch when complete. keep up the good work. Stunning car
lol, i think we all knew when i bought it in 2004 this would happen!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Ben
Thats what the hold up has been, i gutted the garage and dad painted it on his day off. So now its much cleaner to work in :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hybridturbo
Keith
good work kieth, shame to see it get stripped but needs must
mint base to work on! should be a belter when its done
fair doos thats one nice garage! oh and the car aint bad either lol
Just back from the garage! - The floors not so mint now, covered in mud dust from the car lol.
Me and my dad have been rushing to strip off all the bits i'm selling for thursday when he leaves for england to see his mum. I've swapped the axel over to my rear disc beam from NDZ 1331, just so i can throw some speedlines on and measure how much arch work needs done (hopefully very little as i want complete arches)
The brake servo and fuel tank are now off too, and once again no nasty supprised, still minty mint. Should be awesome once its dipped and e-coated next year.
Fingers crossed i can borrow an engine lift this weekend and trial fit the LET and sort the mount for the F28.
Keith
looking great, keep up the good work
Today we trial fitted the C20LET. It will be removed again for the shell to be strengthened and painted.
I'll let the pictures below do the talking (with some comments) Huge thanks to cormac for giving me his saturday, and a lend of his engine lift, cant thank you enough!
1.2 Engine stripped back.
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C.V Nuts removed.
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Sexy Cormac!
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Me Pulling a stupid face :wave:
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Engine Secured to be lowered down.
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Engine Dropped to the floor!
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Nice Empty bay - Its turbo time!
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Cormac Drilling out the spot welds for the old 5 speed mount.
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Engine with 6 speed, ready to be fitted.
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Lifting the shell up!
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Engine pushed under.
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Me all excited :P
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Up we go!!
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Woohoo!!! Its in and almost mounted up.
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Turbo cover and air filter in trial position. Looks awesome. But will be a million times cleaner for the final fit.
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Chris Astley mount for the 6 speed box, replaces the old mount that we drilled off.
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Look how close the F28 sits to the inner wing!
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Tight to the steering rack!
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This needs to go, so i can get better access.
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Remove Spot welds
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And its gone!
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And its now tucked away for the night!
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Thanks once again to cormac, and to Terri-Ann, it couldnt have been done without you.
NEXT ON THE ADJENDA:
Remove the engine again and send to S-Gault for a freshin up.
Send shell to get seam welded, the 6 speed mount and harry hockley strengthning kit to be welded in.
Thanks for looking!
Keith
looks like a good fun days work.:thumb:
Keith you crazzy lad...
your lagoon green one was well nice...fair play to taking on a new project mate..
i love the way you keep finding these mint novas in ireland though,you should become the irish nova secondhand dealer lol...
Keep us updated mate..
Good luck.
Scott
I only found this one local. My other one (the blue 1.4) i got from england!Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
Keith
fair play mate the luck of the irish ay you make it all look so easy!!
Looking great keith.
Been trial fitting the loom tonight, just to see wheres best to route it so its not showing all over the place. Some of it seems a little damaged so i might source another. Can you still get LET looms new from vaux?
Offered up the inlet, the fuel rail, loom and turbo. Think i'm definatly going to have a removeable slamm panel for better access, as its pretty tight!
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Keith
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Keith
reference new loom, may as well shell out for autronic or similar one if you want one,
1)more power
2)looks neater
3) a vauxhall one will be silly money!
just somthing to think about
keith why dont you just strip all the original heatwrap off the old loom and tidy everything up and use new heat shrink?
This is what Im in the process of doing. Have a look at my mates nova LET note he hasnt cut the slam panel out!
follow what I msn'd you since your asleep!
i think they look better with slam panel not cut, just a bit tidier, with the kkk there is no real need to unless you want the extra space,
anything more than standard kkk size turbo and its best to cut as you will be tight for room to get everything in
Autronic is going to cost a LOT more than sourcing another LET loom tho....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kev Turbo
I'd have a look at the loom, see whats damaged on it, might be alright and be something that doesn't need wiring into the nova loom. Pretty sure theres some spare wires that you dont need in a nova.
about ?1200 for Autronics, Keith aasked about new LET looms from vauxhall, as Kev says it would be better in the long run, I dont think that the cost difference would be much, then consider the tuning potential and what it would cost to get EDS software to similar power not to run as well as the autronics.
Looking great Keith, keep it up
Chris
my point exactly he said NEW let loom,Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
at end of day its a bunch of wires in plastic casing so its repairable!