MK1 C20LET track car

Been messing about with the Nova today.

Took old suspension off

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A bit low lol

Then put coilovers on. Passenger side doesn't catch but it does on the drivers side so going to get the hammer out next time

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Also came across a big problem when my mate marc went to put the bottom pulley on... It catches on the chassis! :mad:

It was the same one used on my XE, the only thing changed since then is I'm using f18 instead of f20, would that be the reason why engine is not sitting the same as before?

The engine will move alot on the mounts, loosen off the bolts and you might find the engine will move over to wards the n/s, which will give you more clearance.

Has the pic in the sides above been repainted? Paint looks very flat and nice.

I think I now know why pulley was catching, it was fitted the other way round lol

And the whole car was resprayed last year Benn :thumb:

Looking good mate.

David.

Cheers david :thumb:

Btw I forgot to mention, these coilovers are not the short bodied ones and I was a bit worried they might not be low enough, I tried them on the lowest setting and it was stupidly low :eek:, then raised it about 70mm and its about right now

so in other words there is no need for short bodied version

You raised 70mm from the lowest setting, or the car is sitting -70mm now? Very tempted by some in the new year if funds allow..

That mega low pic above is without any suspension, GAZ on lowest setting is just a bit higher, so low its not drivable because tyre is jammed on the arch

I didn't take a pic of after raising it up, I will next time I'm at the unit :thumb:

It's a case of piston movment tho... Hence the shorter bodies.. Glad you got the pulley sorted...

coilovers look good fella did look cool with no suspesion on though lol

True, the pic of them fitted shows it fully wound down and as you can see its almost on the bump stops

but now 70mm higher there is plenty of suspension travel :)

yea will handle better with more travel for the track but my sr will almost be on the bumpstops to look good at shows as thats what she's for lol!!!

can you explain to me. in the rear of my opel corsa A/nova mk1. . i want to get coilovers. ok. but i have the springs on the rear suspension unit and have (sock absorbers?) then under the arch?... can i get coilovers and if so does any1 have pics?.. or do i just get uprated socks and jusdt change the standard spring to lowering spring?.. cheers.

Yes you can have coilover like the front will have, but they arn't cheap.
Or you can fit a uprated shocks and lowering springs which is a bit cheaper.

Breather mod done.

Rocker cover was very clean inside, even under the plate so I think its had regular oil changes. :)

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****ing sick of this ******* now, no room for anything ffs :mad:

Wish I never took the XE out! :mad:

Whats up dude?

No room for the rad, well there is a bit but that fan sensor at the bottom is in the way of boost pipe

Done about 10 hours on it in the last 2 days, cut the slam panel for afm to turbo pipe and few other little bits

Slam panel cut and painted, still a very tight fit lol

Rocker cover refitted and used some new bolts, those red ones were crap. Also fitted my 3" top hat.

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Inside the car fitted boost gauge, wideband gauge, no pics yet.

While I was there I tried on one of the tigra wheels on the back, they seem to be catching on the GAZ coilovers, anyone have this problem with 195 tyres? :confused:

i didnt have any problems with 195-45-15's with Gaz coilovers at any height

The rad can be moved forward abit well thats what i have done

Where do I get a bonnet stay like that?

I hope your fittin bonnet pins, that severly weakened the slam panel

Why cut the slam panel like that ? :(

Iirc mist people get the turbo inlet pipe modded so not to weaken the slam panel

Yeah its weak, I should have not removed that centre brace tbh

What are you doing about ic clearance? (notice you've not cut the front panel at all)
Doing that means you can move the rad forward a bit.

The IC will sit outside the bumper, rad will come as forward as possible and centralised to make room for boost pipes on both sides

Got the Nova cranking today but wouldn't start because fuel pump wasn't getting any power, left it and will be back on tuesday with diagrams etc and will try find the problem :)

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Originally Posted by Mieran

The IC will sit outside the bumper, rad will come as forward as possible and centralised to make room for boost pipes on both sides

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Ah col cool.

I did a quick mock up today actually to show how its going to sit.

Yes I know its not very pretty and I'm not 100% happy with it too BUT look on the bright side it gets maximum air flow and not tucked in behind the bumper so will have cool charge temperatures.

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You'll be amazed how much air mine gets sitting right in the "mouth"

Not a fan on it sticking out but will get max air flow like that.

Did you not think about cutting a big hole out and mounting it further back so its flush inside the bumper instead of sitting outside the bumper, and maybe put some mesh over it or something.

The cutout on the bumper looks smart though.

I wanted to keep cutting things to a minimum.

Only reason I cut the top slam panel is because I had to and there was no room at all for the turbo to afm pipe.

Got it started today!

Forgot to take a video though lol

Boooooooo.

Nova is pretty much done now, just couple little things to sort out. Sorry for no updates in between lol

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Originally Posted by Mieran

Nova is pretty much done now, just couple little things to sort out. Sorry for no updates in between lol

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Very cool pictures! I also like the first one. Did you bring a ladder? :)

My mate with the camera is very tall lol

lol

Looking good!! The front ARB looks very close to the floor!

Looks awesome, will be better with the rear sitting lower though...

That's looks very very nice

Colours really go well together :)