Project C20 NVA

Been really busy on the car all this week, trying to pull my finger out to get it ready for pv ! Been doing some real sh*t jobs like rubbing down springs and cam covers etc etc

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The paint work is only to freshen up all the parts im useing, the billies needed a good tidy up. You can probally see from previous pics the engine covers were also looking sad for them selfs. anyway, im happy with the results:

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Thought i would post up a pic of my 2 breather mods. Will they work together !?!

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Also just getting the last few parts done for the engine done.
Pulley:

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Right, this pulley is a right **** ! I was scratching my head for nearly 45 minutes. The TDC mark was not on TDC. Only after i removed the pulley i saw the the inner pulley (the toothed bit !) was sittin in a diffrent place to the outer pulley. So i set it to the inner pulley and marked the outer for future refrance.

Finally just a pic of my equal lenght drive shaft setup, looks like new !

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Lots more to follow !

Next on the jobs to do was the engine. The engine is from a 1992 cav gsi with just over 110,000 mile on the clock. I bought the whole car years ago, only got it cause it was cheap. It sat on my mates drive for over a year and i nearly scrapped it ! Anyway the car was full of old recipts and i found out the engine had had a ?1500 rebuild only 14,000 mile ago, plus a coscast head was fitted. So its a good little lump to be putting in the nova. First job was to tidy the block up abit:

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Cant beat a bit of old black smooth hammerite. Next i fitted the f16 box, never had much luck fitting vauxhall gear boxes but this one slipped strait on ! Then i was time to fit the newly retrived courtenay high torque cams. I had fitted them to my other c20xe in my astra convertible, but it seemed my benificial to fit them in the nova. Theres a massive diffrance over the standard cams aswell ! Then it was just a case of fitting the new belt and timing it up (F*cking pulley). Time to chuck the covers on, do you like my choice of colour !?!

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Then see was ready for insersion !

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The aim for this weekend was to get it sitting on its wheels with the lump all bolted in. Actually got the engine in without scratching one bit of it. I decided it was best to go in from the bottom as i had a ramp.

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Bish bosh bash

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2 things tho,
1: should i cut the end of this bolt off as it fouls the gearbox ?

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2: The arrow on this mount is facing backwards, is that a problem !?!

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Random shot of the belly of the beast

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Got the ream beam fitted then. Got a problem with the rear dampers as well. What holds the top in place ? I have got the bolt in place but the dampers still rise thorough the hole when i stand on the back of the car !?!

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Front suspension was put in place. Shame the cav rims dont show of the setup a little more as it look quite good.

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Getting there now, Its on it wheels !

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looking good think maybe some diffrent wheels to show the setup off a bit better

mate, im lovein this car :P:P keep it up

your doing a top job mate, keep it up.

cant wait to see it at pvs

looking good - id say get some different rims aswell :thumb:

Cheers. The wheels are for the track so no need to look good. If i decide its good enuf for show i might treat it to some show wheels !

Also found some gears today, which might help :)

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Originally Posted by ashtal

Cheers. The wheels are for the track so no need to look good. If i decide its good enuf for show i might treat it to some show wheels !

Also found some gears today, which might help :)

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its definatly good enough to show imo :thumb:

Its not done yet ! Think its unlikely to make pv but that wont stop me trying. Would be ok but there is to meny non standard bits going on, so they all become so time comsuming :( Like these damned bucket seats !