This car is awesome keep up the good work! maybe it could be reshelled and then rebuild the sport!
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This car is awesome keep up the good work! maybe it could be reshelled and then rebuild the sport!
Been into my Nova's now for 20yrs or so & really nice to see old names getting back to Nova's
Looking forward to following what your upto & seeing it hopefully next year in the flesh :)
Hi Jon long time no see glad to sea you got your old nova back,i got the bug 18 months ago and got a mk1 sr ,look forward to see what you do to your sport,what about the new 1.4 turbo engine would still handle well and go well,as mine a hand full with a let,jason
So before I commited to buying back the Nova, I had to track down my old engine down. I wanted this engine in particular as the records show that it was the engine the car left the factory with. But like a #### I sold it back in 2007 with lots of other Sport stuf inc the interior! Anyhow after lots of searching I tracked the man down the good news was he'd never used it he only bought the job lot for the interior. The engine was still in his Garage complete. The bad news was it was a 688 mile round trip to get it :eek: and he wouldnt let me have the interior back :(
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...MG_1229sml.jpg
Here it is back at the workshop almost exactly as I sold it, I needed to find a new air box as mine was powder coated and he wanted that for his own Sport build.
I managed to find this a very good condition airbox.....
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...MG_1409sml.jpg
As luck would have it, it came with all this.....
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...MG_1405sml.jpg
If youve ever wondered what was in the boot of your Nova Sport or in fact what was sent from Irmscher Uk to the suppling dealership this is it...
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...MG_1410sml.jpg
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Underside of Carbs
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I could not believe my luck with these, the man I brought them off had had them in his garage for 26 years, He had bought a Nova Sport for his wife in 1985/86 and the dealer could not set them up properly, so after a couple of weeks of massive fuel consumption he told the dealer to fit the old single carb back on, these had been sitting in his garage ever since! They are like new, shame he left the red tailbox on his Sport though lol
That's awesome, original box and everything!
Err Wow.......understatement!
great find :thumb:
Great stuff Jon! Keep them pics coming!
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Originally Posted by Iain
I collected them from the man at his work and when he pulled that box from the back of his Skoda Yeti I was stunned :eek:
When he had told me about them on the phone I could not believe it and I couldnt get there quick enough, to the point that I drove there with a cracked femur / taylor bone joint and a ruptured ankle ligament!
Very nice find
I bet finding that lot has made the decision even harder with regards to putting the 1300 back in or not lol
With regards to the tailpipe I got my red ashley one direct from ashley just a few weeks back, good price too if you wanted one.
So in theory, the 'Nova Sport' as a car, doesnt exist, THIS, is a nova sport.....
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...MG_1410sml.jpg
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...414bluesml.jpg
lol
lol spud
Wow, nice find I've never seen a sport pack before! Add to a white base Nova for fun, is that what the instructions read? :)
Them parts are absolutely awesome! Fantastic find :thumb:
lol Bet theres a few Nova Sport enthusiasts that have just past out seeing that box lol
Love the fact people are getting more excited by the box more than the parts lol I wonder how many boxes are left though.
Must admit though your very lucky finding such a rarity Jon ;)
Interesting how you take something brown, add sport bits and sport stickers and people go crazy for it?
http://youtu.be/15QngStkp-E
Wow that's just awesome mate, great bit of history would go as far to say the only one left
That find is almost t good to be true. I think your lying lol
Tis true honest..Quote:
Originally Posted by burgo
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lol worth keeping an eye out on here!
Is that from a while back or recently? :) nice find btw!
as said great story, great enthusiasm.. good finds.
Great read Jon, think I'm going to have to pop in shortly for a quick look at this before you pull it apart again..
And very good to see you back into the 'older' cars
Not that your jealous or owt....Quote:
Originally Posted by novacabrio
Anyway, GM managed to take something brown, add a few sport bits & sell them with ease lol lol
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Originally Posted by Mike
Jealous?
I think Mark was referring to the brown box with Sport bits in it that people go crazy for...as in a certain brown nova with sport bits on it that people went crazy for lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike
Ah! Someone gets my thinking!Quote:
Originally Posted by A11VXL
So having got the car ready to take out for a drive and some fun once it had all loosened up again, the weather changed for the worse :( In the end feed up of waiting I decided to put some miles on strapped to the dyno to shake it down.
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I'm now very pleased I did this as it turns out the engine was running very lean. I checked the fuel pressure and it was .3 of a bar down so I changed the fuel filter, which turned out to have allot of muck in it. The fuel pressure was still .3 down, so I then changed the fuel pump..bingo the fuel pressure was back to 2.5 bar.
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The next night I put the car back on the dyno. Whilst its a little better it still much too lean, so first job off the new year is to get the injectors out and flow tested, I would imagine its more results off the car not having run for 3 years the nozzle tips could well be blocked / rusty..all good fun :roll: :)
Got my copy of the dvd on christmas day, and yes i watched it before dinner lol
Love this car, and i hope you keep it as is Jon :thumb:
Can i ask, are your vents pressed in from the top? So there smooth on the outside... If so do you have a good pic of the bonnet? As i fancy some...
Try these Benn
http://www.coollouvres.co.uk/
The bonnet was done for me by Cool Louvers, from what I remember the are pressed through from the bottom, I had to remove a section of the centre brace for the rear ones. The front outer pair curve backwards whilst the set in the centre at the back face forwards to collect and channel air down over the throttle body air filters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Thanks for the ink Martin was not even sure if they were still about! pleased they are as they did a great job on my bonnet.
I also watched Clarkson Full throttle today, really enjoyed hearing your nova in surround sound, don't think the neighbours did though lol
Yep that's who i'm looking at using, but want them the other way from all the cars on the site.Quote:
Originally Posted by MARTIN KELSON
Ah tiny bit different to what i fancy... Cheers tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by A11VXL
Good times John, ah the benifit of having the rolling road
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Originally Posted by NOV4_SPORT
Yes Iain tis a very useful thing to have.
What with Christmas etc the Sport sat idle for a bit, however early Jan I sent the injectors to Webcon to flow test and check and they tested perfectly::confused:
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The mine are the first 4 from the left the last one on the right is a brand new one, as you can see nothing wrong there with the flow.
The nice people at Webcon sent me an ECU to try just to eliminate this and still no change.
So back to the drawing board I must have missed something. After a bit of a think I realised that whilst I had drowned the inlet and throttle body flanges spraying from above with carb cleaner to find a leak, I had not done so up from underneath the bodies etc and low and behold found a leak, its only small but hopefully enough to cause my lean mixture problem. So off with the throttle bodies and inlet manifold and good clean down of all old gasket debris. Then its just a case of enlarging the standard gaskets to match the larger ports on the Swindon head and manifold.
http://i338.photobucket.com/albums/n...psdbb23b0b.jpg
Throttle bodies off
Fingers crossed.
Lee
Jon, it's great to read you have recovered the Sport. Excellent.
Back in 2001 when I was over at your workshop, you took me out for a spin in the Sport, still in its VBH-livery. To say I was stunned would be an understatement, I just couldn't stop grinning from the wee passenger ride you gave me on Fenlandshire's finest back roads. What a blast!!! :d:thumb:
I remember you asking me what to do with the Sport back then; either restore it to original condition, or leave it as it was at the time. I was in a bit of a dilemma and couldn't think of what would be best.
Fast forward 12 years and if being asked the same question, I'd now say "Sport with a few subtle mods", with a VBH-replica created next to it to commemorate a great adventure.
Anyway, good luck with your Sport and keep us posted. Love it! :)
Wow I'd had forgotten that Niek, was that when you stayed the night at ours when the diff adjuster seized?
Yea Lee keeping them very crossed.:)