My WIP updates (Nova Turbo)

saw it was going to be in there, and think there may be a couple of pics of my white gwsi in there too.

Really looking forward to reading this one, possibly my faveourite nova just now :thumb:

Looks ace Andy, well done, some serious dedication gone into that

Excellant feature in TV fella! I'll have to show it to my brother as I don't think he realises how similar his is going to look to yours when it's finished! He thought he was being original with standard GSi looks and anthracite speedlines - he'll be disappointed lol :thumb:

Cheers for the comments guys, I'm happy with how the feature come out.
Thought it was about time I updated my site, www.nova-turbo.co.uk

Car is off the road again now for winter, doing a few bits on it while it's tucked up in garage too...

Few pictures from the updates..

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_2198.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_2223.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_2246.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_2423.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...t/img_2455.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...t/img_2465.jpg

Time for a bit of an update I think...

While the car was off the road last winter I decided to modify it slightly, so I set about stripping down the front end again as we needed to re-weld the turbo pipe that snapped while I was out at the ring last year.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...9/img_3912.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...9/img_3916.jpg

I also cleaned up the thermostat/housing and painted it up and replaced the seals as this had been leaking for a while.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...9/img_3994.jpg

While it was in bits I decided to send the injectors off to be cleaned and refitted these.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...9/img_3995.jpg

Also removed the standard fuel pressure regulator and fitted a FSE type fuel blanking/recirc plate.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...009/photo6.jpg

Fitted a T-Piece in the fuel line and fitted a fancy little sensor...

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo11.jpg

Undid the wiring so that I could feed it through to the dash.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo13.jpg

Started to make a pod to house my new gauge.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo15.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo17.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo20.jpg

Also Rob made a fancy bracket up to hold my Weber fuel regulator in place.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo16.jpg

Fitted the regulator to the bulk head and plumbed it in, also drilled and tapped my enlarged top hat to fit the boost pressure sensor.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo23.jpg

Fitted the pod and boost/fuel pressure gauge in the centre console.

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo26.jpg

http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...09/photo27.jpg

I also fitted a phase 3.5 ECU and power wheel, setup the fuel pressure regulator and have been running it since. Took it to the ring again in July, only issues I had was due to blowing boost pipes off the bottom of the turbo, this was easily sorted by fitting some Mikalor clamps.

Car will be cleaned up and tucked away for winter again soon, not sure on future plans for it, going to replace some of the fuel pipes and maybe the injectors, as i'm not keen on running such high fuel pressure and I will also get it setup properly at some point. The thought has crossed my mind quite a bit to sell up and do something else, as I've done what I wanted to the car. Will have to see. :)

Good to see an update Andy! some tidy work there as usual from yourself and Rob..... Phase 3.5 must be epic! I hope you decide against selling to be honest and I'll Look forward to seeing yourself and the car at next years shows.

Nick.

keep it one of the best novas around imo, phase 3.5 will be ballistic in a nova, what times was it going round the ring????

I spy a mk1 mr2 :D

I love the nova, will be a shame to see it sold but at least you could build somthing else again :)

what ever happened to this car?