i like this alot mate its a right good wolf in sheeps clothing. make some chavs look stupid at the trafic lights!!!!
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i like this alot mate its a right good wolf in sheeps clothing. make some chavs look stupid at the trafic lights!!!!
Now i seem to have mislaid the pics from the rest of the build, so i've re-taken some today.
here's a liitle tip for you all too, if you're using a a cav or late dis xe, then there's a small lug on the lower half of the inlet manifold, that fouls on the clutch cable. I foolishly didn't fit the clutch cable before the engine, and so had to remove the inlet manifold when in the car. I also had to bin it and fit a mk2 astra item, and even then it only just clears, i'll post some pics of what i mean soon, have left manifold at work!
ok, tie bars fitted, along with some powerflex bushes, i decided against fitting an anti roll bar, after reading some of the pros and cons, so went for the thickest tie bars i could get. iirc they're 22mm of a diesel.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1676.jpg
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new ball joints, and strengthened lower arms fitted, along with a pair of front bearings.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...100_1677-1.jpg
ok, so new gsi full length alloy rad fitted,
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1669.jpg
and in case you are wondering i made an ashtray g air con fan fit in front of the rad, so it blows through, I neglected to take a piccie though!lol
water hoses fitted to heater matrix, the one on the side of the head to matrix is an exact fit of a merc sprinter!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1672.jpg
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You can see how close it sits to the bulkhead here, and why the o/s matrix pipe needs trimming.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...n/100_1335.jpg
air intake hose made to fit with an x25xe vectra bellow with the air intake temp semsor, a bit of piping from, ahem, b&q, and a dave marshall supplied k&n.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1686.jpg
you not welded it!??!
read the whole thread!
next suspension, i went for yellow bilstein b8's, and some custom made springs from coilsprings89. I can't recomend them enough, they are 40 at the front and 50 at the rear, arrived before my cheque had even cleared!!
front brakes are 256mm with grooved and drilled ebc discs, and green stuff pads, (will be binned soon though, i'm non too keen, were ok on the astra i removed them from though) all metal lines renewed, and braided hoses fitted all round.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1691.jpg
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yep those are the original chassis legs, even i can't beleive how clean they are for a 23 yr old car!
ok, then next add the spi tank, with 2.0 vectra pump...
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...n/103_1031.jpg
..and i bit of wiring ( only two wires to connect, so not wiring really Lol)
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...100_1670-1.jpg
and a hole drilled for the loom to pass through, note i had to drop the bung down the loom quite abit, and connect the o2 sensor.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...100_1671-1.jpg
ecu just located in the parcel shelf for ease, and so as not to chop any of the very impotant green trim about!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1681.jpg
awsome car this mate
just oil and water then, fire in (first time, with no noisy lifters may i add!!)
small problem of front crank seal lagging out the lunch time before pv! with that fixed it's all ok.
heres some current/finished bay pics.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1673.jpg
oh, and here's the interior, it's fecking GREEN and i love it! Check the uber rare green door cappings out!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1684.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1683.jpg
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http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1682.jpg
NOTE, HELPERS OPTIONAL!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1697.jpg
With my magnex fitted to my homemade centre section, thats just about it really.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1711.jpg
oh and the euro cluster courtesy of nick jackson..
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1712.jpg
and the NEW snowplough (40 quid from work, bargain!)
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1680.jpg
and the cav steelies pained audi tt silver too. I currently wanna bin these for something cooler, more retro, but until i find them they're staying. widened 13's are a wip!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1707.jpg
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Thats all for now! you happy now ste!lol :thumb:
yeah i used all three. you can see where i had to drill/elongate the centre hole on the engine mount itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Love it! Whats next for it?
hmm, not too sure yet, possibly the tbs as mentioned and the paint tidy up, just to drive it over the rest of summer really.
The interior is mint lol Proper sleeper
May have sourced a old skool " in an eighties stylee" mountney wheel today, and the stereo is getting decoded tomm. Not that it'll be much use really.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1697.jpg
I see my suggestion to help you stop sucking your thumb worked out well John. lol
^^ LMAO
cars realy nice dude
1st dibs on the wheels ;)
PMSL! lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bottlethroddy
yep :D lolQuote:
Originally Posted by G88KAG
that interior is soooooooo cool, i love it :thumb:
would of gone good with my old green xe'd nova :D
Looks very nice john, still jealous over the new snowplough!
Did the gl come with the sr clocks or did you fit them?
That interior is proper retro :cool:
No rear seatbelts too.
Keep the steelies on :D
The GL came with those clocks..There the best ones!
yeah as vaughn says they're standard fit on gl's.Quote:
Originally Posted by nova-myth
longlive it doesn't need rear belts at that age, i have a complete set though, but i don't fancy carrying the missus or little'un round in it!lol
(plus they'd never be seen in a car with such a "disgusting " interior!)lol
Its a weird feeling being in a car without a seat belt, my dads old Y-reg mk3 escort had no rear belts.
LOL @ the "disgusting" interior lol
nice fella, really like it
You could call it shrek lol.
p.s this nova is well sweet dont go changing a thing on it propper retro class.
looking fantastic mate - really good read...
scarily familiar to mine tho, even the colour is the same!
just seen your too dude, mk1's are rulin for me atm!Quote:
Originally Posted by trackdaynova
They're not quite the same though, yours seems more track slag, whereas mine is more of daily drive sleeper, oh and yours is gold?:thumb:
Awesome. I live in Cheadle too but never seen it around! Mates at GMH autos know you though....
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Originally Posted by Dave-H
Cool, yeah it's not a daily driver so it's not out and about much! You have silk violet gsi?
Luvin this motor, keep the steelies they look proper sleeper.
Dec
Lol, no that's Chris's brother, Matt. Mine has'nt seen the road since I brought it! Ongoing project that has'nt been touched for the last 2 years:( Will be making a start sometime in the near future though, most of the shell is finished, arches, paint etc. Just finishing the bay ready for paint and got a half cage to go in then send the bottom end for some work to get the donkey finished!Quote:
Originally Posted by G88KAG
Time and money are the biggest hold up TBH.....
ok i've not really liked the steelies ever since i fitted them, and have been looking for a set of either period or euro alloys, so imagine my surprise when this thread popped up!
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84569
so with a shopping trip with the family to chester on sunday, i collected them on my way home. (cheers lee!)
Now i hadn't really looked at the thread properly, so when i got them home i was pleased to find that they were ATS classics! (mahoosive on the dub scene) And they have a gm stamp in them too. ( a bit of research has found that they are manta a rims) they're 6x13 with a 30mm offset. they are in need of a full refurb but are fecking superb!
Tyre choice has been a bit of a mare though, and after trying a coupe of sizes today, i've settled upon 175/60/13,s.
so here's some pics of the first trial fit tonight. They're gonna be tight! Arches will need to be fully rolled!
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...v/100_1749.jpg
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...100_1747-1.jpg
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you can see in those pics that the arch needs two small repairs, ( the lower was an mot advisory) but apart from that they're quite solid.
All i have to decide now is what colour do i have the rims, black? black with chrome detailing? silver? oh and the car needs to sit lower too, and i need some new front brakes, hmm this is gonna be quite a challenge methinks!:thumb:
Liking the new rims.
That bubbly rust an mot advisory? how come?
Is it spreading to the sill?
Black with silver round the spokes if that makes sense?!
As in silver going around the inside of the spokes, cant think of an example of them but ive always liked that combo. They do look diffrent though!
I got an advisory for mine as well as its within 6 inches of the chassis, and considered to be structural
Also as mentioned before, (but just cant remember!) what brakes are you fitting under 13s?
Cheers ad, yeah mot man at work reckons the corrosion assesment tool (lol ) will hole it next year. You can see where it's been badly repaired before. Gonna get it done before it gets any worse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Long Live The Nova
liking them... defonatley need to be refurbed... shouldve come to see me when you came to chester lol