nope didnt make it the car i was using to trailer it died on the m4
got a new camera now so as soon as my uncles get home from hols on thursday will be able to get into the garage and update with pics
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nope didnt make it the car i was using to trailer it died on the m4
got a new camera now so as soon as my uncles get home from hols on thursday will be able to get into the garage and update with pics
so matey won the tenner.
i found that if you put a deadline on something it never happens!!!!
maybe thats why the nova i'm building for the track has taken me over a year to do!!!!
No £10 yet lol
still locked out of the garage lol
jst found a vid of the first start up the day i had the engine in there before i took it back out for it to be taken for paint
if anyone can tell me how to get the vid up here from my photobucket ill stick it up
ok do it now thought there may have been a way of putting the actual vid up here
apologise for the lack of engine shot i didnt film it i was in my house when they were doin this
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/n...ent=Nova-2.flv
looks good mate finaly running :thumb: rickyb ;)
Sounds like a V6 to me, your friends are the type of d1cks that keep people up at 3am on camp sites at PV etc, reving cars to the limiter from coldQuote:
Originally Posted by DAN-F
:thumb: Great guys
engine wasnt cold it had been running for a while by the time i went in and i have no idea what theyd do mate theyve never been, and it wasnt 3am when the vid was taken it was about 3 P,M
It was running the week before pvs but the engine wasnt in properly just mocked up kinda thing its back out now ready for it to be painted when i can get back into the garageQuote:
Originally Posted by The big man
Does sort of sound like a V6, but imo its revving too freely..
it revs freely cos its got a lightened flywheel meant for an xe,
once its back in the car ill take another vid to prove the doubters
I'm not doubting, just used to my V6 and the 4tonne flywheel!
change it mate makes all the difference totally transforms the engine i drove the cally the engine came out of and was really unimpressed i havent driven the nova past the end of my street yet but what a difference standard fly was killing it
ive got a 2ltr fly and clutch lying round if you need one cheap
A standard V6 f/w is about 15kg's, lightened ones are 5-6! And thanks for the offer, but i really cba! Its just a daily...
Just noticed thats a 12 spi engine???? Hmmmm:wtf: C reg Sr???:roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by DAN-F
its a 13sr lump but its had bits put on it i think it was like it when i had it and it was crap no go in it at all
Thats a SPi engine.
It has flat cambelt cover, no fuel pump, spi dizzy, spi inlet/tb/top box
didnt pay much attention mate i knew it was coming out when i bought it not that it matters now its gone
the shell is an sr though
I thought i would jump on the band wagon too lol.
Here goes.
My V6
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ewdoors016.jpg
My old sr (1.4) shell.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...6012008619.jpg
Could somebody photoshop it in there for me then film another car bouncing off the limiter lol.
lol lol lol lol lmao
Then i got it back from the paint shop but had to fit it back into old car first to get it there.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...vershow003.jpg
Brum brum
Has this been abandoned?
Are you going to feel a fool when its back in and finished and its sounds EXACTLY the same as that vid, because funnily enough that vid was my car with a v6, why would i say it was if it wasnt? im 27 not 17 dont need to make up sillystoriesQuote:
Originally Posted by Ernie
no mate hasnt been abandoned far from it its in my uncles garage and hes away working at the minute and i cant get into his garageQuote:
Originally Posted by Dod
ive been trying to get some of the bits i need sorted in the meantime my front panel came in the post few days ago and as we speak im finishing the downpipes cos they were fouling on the anti roll bars
I want to know how he got the rev counter on the digis to work, mine had digis when the engine went in and it revved off the scale at about 3000 it was miles out
I agree with burgo, there is no need to come on someones WIP and cause ****e. If you don't have a genuine interest in his car then it shouldn't matter to you wether he is telling the truth or not. I think every project over-runs it's planned completion date, I know mine has far exceeded it lol
now then.
either have a little banter/generally be helpful, or dont comment please folks.
Good luck with the build but as this is a pic from my own vectra GSI i know what it sounds like and it doesnt sound any thing like the vid of the nova.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAN-F
Ps im 33 mot some child.
fair enough thats your veccy but my engine is from a calibra, ie different inlet also i have a 2ltr flywheel and clutch on mine so it does rev a lot more freely thats why it sounds different, i can assure you that the engine is a v6 and as soon as the bays get painted and it goes back in ill take a proper vid and show you
we will wait then.
been out of action for a bit havin surgery on my knee but its all better now so ive been getting back to work on the nova, havent got a lot of pics as i lost my camera, which i found inside the nova duh,
will be ore updates as of today anyway just uploading pics to my photobucket and ill stick em up
heres a few bits i aquired while i was recovering from my op
a box
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01332.jpg
with this inside
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01334.jpg
also bought this for when it comes time to do my brakes
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01330.jpg
and this for my exhaust
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01331.jpg
sorry about the pic quality the garage its in is pretty dark, ive been given the corner with the broken light lol,
this is where im up to so far
look at all the junk thats been dumped on and around my car while ive not been working on it lol
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01339.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01341.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01343.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01344.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01349.jpg
cut a bit of rot out the inner wings
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01374.jpg
and replaced a bit the other side
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01372.jpg
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...6/DSC01373.jpg
does anyone know if the thread title can be changed
So its still in bits? WTF?
So we've gone from it in and running and just needing paint, to a rotbox of a shell getting completely rebuilt from the ground up???
Something smells a little iffy around here
sorry thats me. had beans
So this is the garage it was "LOCKED IN" but while you havent been in there stuff has been dumped on it?! and this was "ready for paint" hmm so this is the car you were revving to bollox outside your house on that video?