Jack has a pretty good point there ade, sod it all, fire a let in there or even get your head together with gunny and get a VXR lump in there, now that would be in keeping with your styling:thumb:
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Jack has a pretty good point there ade, sod it all, fire a let in there or even get your head together with gunny and get a VXR lump in there, now that would be in keeping with your styling:thumb:
Humm LEt or LEH i say!
Keep it simples, SEH motor.
8v is old tech though. I say it has to be a 16v.
....or a 24v :d
Yeh whats left of my head!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
I agree though ade it does need something a little more up to date and refined, i have nothing against the little 8v's, i still (and always have) intend to build a high spec 1300/1400 myself one day but with all the effort and thought thats gone into your car even a baby valver under that widely european bonnet would pay it a huge compliment.
any updates?
update maybe??
lol - Ive got loads of pics of current progress but havent had time to update it! Worek and house stuff have taken over (as usual) and Christmas is on the horizon so game over any spare time!
My current problem is MICE! Fecking little feckers are everywhere! Theyve got into the car qand have made nests is whats left of the interior! theres mice shat everywhere and therye scurrying about in the spare parts in the office space above my garage.
Hundreds of them came in off the fields... The cat however is haveing a field day!
I've a few days off work so will try and update it...
And as for bigger engine- I have a 1600 gsio lump in the garage - however am warming towards a 2ltr or 1.6 16v - I'm crap when it comes to engines and mechanics though...
can always learn I guess...
:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by ade
Epic mice lol, My cats like to bring them in, not get them out lol
Glad to hear that there's some progress going on. lol @ mice know exactly how you feel mate, I've left cheese and sticky rat traps and the little brass-tard's haven't been caught yet. Clever little things and run like mad. Wish I had a cat in the house lol
if your crap when it comes to engines then i recommend a 1.6 16v ade. need no modifications as such, just bolts straight in
or the x18xe1 :)
February 2010
Not worked onthe car for a while - mainlky due to house projects and the weather being too cold - also I think taking a break from stuff like this gives you a new perspective of things.
The last time a worked on the car I'd rebuilt the front ens using proper Punto slam panel and modded the wings a little. When I went back in to the garage at the start of February I took one look at the wings and decided I really wasnt happy with the welds around the lights - these parts were originally hand fettled and some of the 1st welding work I did - however after much sanding and adjusting the welds on the drivers wing cracked - I'd also without realising it applkied a fair amount of filler to even the wings and wheel flare out. I wanted shot of this and wanted to return back to as much bare metal as I could - for strength and weight and ease more than anything...
So out came the grinder...I removed the original light surrounds
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/bonnet4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/bonnet3.jpg
I'd already acquired some original Punto surrounds from a scrapper so just needed to weld these in the old surrounds place -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/bonnet5.jpg
The Punto profiles are a little shallower than the original Nova wings however I can get away with a thin skim of filler to balance them out and they fit the lights perfectly!
Once completed it became very clear that the bonnet which I'd been messing with for "years" really didnt look right. The plan was to make a master and then take a mold from this to make a fibreglass skin to fit to an original Nova bonnet. However I'd never been sure how I'd securely finish off the gap between the front of the new bonnet and the existing Nova boinnet from the underside. I'd need some kind of reinforcement and anything I considered would either crack the extra frontage (about 6") or add too much weight.
So - after watching an feww episodes of chop shop (!) I decided to bin the bonnet and make a full metal skin - merging a Nova and a Punto bonnet together!
The benefits of this are obvious - the Punto curves will contour the lights perfectly, strength, weight and I can "merge" the 2 under structures together to make a solid reinforcement for the skin.
The biggest problem was the 2 swage lines on the Nova bonnet - these fade to the front of the car where as the Punto ones fade from front to rear. The solution was to extend the Nova ones into the Punto sections -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/bonnet8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v13/danga/bonnet9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet10.jpg
A little tack welding later...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet13.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet14.jpg
its alive!!!!!!!
well done ade, keep it up
this was repeated on both sides -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet12.jpg
which left the big bit in the middle. The Nova bonet curves down sharply at the front so I needed to level this off a little -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet11.jpg
This is just the skins Im using at the moment - the under sides have been separated...
I then merged the Punto centre sections to the centre of the Nova bonnet. I had to cut about 7cm out of the Punto bonnet which is a fair bit wider...tacked them in place...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet17.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet15.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet16.jpg
The swage lines were then tacked in place
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet18.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet19.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet21.jpg
The front grill area isnt straight or level yet because I need to work out the grill dimensions as well as the bit that will be folded back to seal the underside to the outer skin...
Nice idea on the bonnet mate. That's Chop Shop as! Right down to the two different painted panels and the tacks!
If it works though. :)
Once the top section was done I sanded back the welds and tidies up the underside...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet20.jpg
I then added the 2 grill side panels. These clean up the line between the lights and the grill and meet the bumper when in place.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet25.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet33.jpg
These were roughly tacked in place as I need to build supports from behind to reinforce them.
I now needed to start building a reinforcing layer to support both bonnets.
I separated the underside from the Nova bonnet leaving a single bonnet skin -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet31.jpg
and welded the front of the Punto underside together to match the slam panel profile -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet30.jpg
Before I could fit the underside properly I needed to remove some of the warping left by the welds. Bonnet skin is thin and with so much work being done it buckled in places...so out came the hammer and dollys...
Its as flat as I can be bothered with at the moment - once the understructure is secure the whole bonnet will receive a thin skim of filler the level it out - at which point I can fettle it further if necessary...
I then started working on the under side - how to join a Punto understructure to a Nova one...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet29.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet28.jpg
You've been busy!
a quick shot of the wip of the front end with mock grill and bumper in place...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...a/bonnet26.jpg
I like what you have done with the lines in the bonnet, being carried forward.
cheers - looks much better and much lighter too - the pics dont do it justice - looks off centre but it is square - honest!
Looks good, well thought out :thumb:
Mad skills Ade.
so seriously who have you been getting to do this??? because that is proper funking bo like
ade I'm not going to read it all, so sorry if you have answered this all ready
that bumpers rather low, and you have not even fitted an engine yet
Amazing!
an update :) that looks spot on mate :thumb:
That looks cool as fook :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by ade
/\ agreed :)
I like this alot.
I cant help but feel its outdated a few years but if your enjoying it and its what you like then thats all that matters.
On the contrary, I'm seeing a new vxr style vibe in the front end :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy
Its mental to read through this and see it taking shape ade, and then to look at you, you seem so normal too lol
Really? :confused: lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
I mean in person he does lol
I found he seemed normal until I met him in person and then he seemed a little nuts, the good kind of nuts, obviously, but neverless lol Unless you mean the mad skills in which case it's not something you'd expect, his SR arches are seriously impressive too lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
That looks sh!t hot! Speed bumps might be a problem? Mad skills though! :thumb:
Absolutely spot on work Ade! Once this is done you'll need to get it down my way
Folk will not know what the hell it is!
By the way, remember the day you came down for the Astra steel wheels for the SR - Someone couldn't wait to tell my Dad they'd seen a Nova Sport just outside my house lol They didn't realise it was a stickered up SR
Someone been busy, looks really good..
Can't wait to see it at the Nat's!!!
very good ade nice too see its still here top work
cheers guys!
Vaughan - lol re SR/sport fail spottage...
Baxter - bumper isnt low (coughs and gets tape measure) - the cars been on a set of 15's and it cleared the road by 6" with 60mm suspension - allowing for engine weight (drfops by about 2") I should still have 3"-4" off the ground.