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Hey Andy,glad to see you still have the car and are working on her again.
How is things as last time i member you wer going through a few life changes?
Have you spoke to Karl lately,not seen him online or anything for ages,did he go to germany in the end?
Any way mate hope you have a good new year and the car come on flyingly.
Take it easy
Scott
Any progress this weekend mate?
Scott, Yeah things are ok mate, a few things happened as mentioned at the beginning of the thread which resulted in the nova rebuild being delayed.
Spoke to Karl the other day, he is still about but does'nt get on the net too much, he did'nt move to germany this year although he did buy a year pass for the ring and has been over there quite a few times this year.
Keith, Tiny bit of progress, Lisa brought me a bench grinder so i went in the garage the other night and tested it, cleaned up the rear beam and front tca bolts ready for paint, no progress today as i was too tired to get up early as planned and have had a storming headache all day. Hopefully get out and do some tomorrow though..
Andy, Ive just noticed that apparently you joined this forum in 1970! Good going as if my memory serves me correctly, Novas went on sale in 83?
Anyway good luck in the garage tomorrow.
Updated the site with the progress so far, Slow process cleaning and painting everything!! At least there's some stuff on the car now. Wiring is holding me up a little otherwise i could get interior back in and doors and wings on.
Cheers to Craig for popping up this weekend and giving me a hand with the car, Maybe we should'nt of stayed up so late eating curry, drinking and watching Dukes of Hazard (Jessica simpsons ass!!) we might of got some done on it on sunday.. lol
keep up the long work lol i mean good work :) i think nova look good black too:)
Good to hear the build progress has restarted :)
This thing is stunning, cant wait to see it completed & out in the sunshine at a show or 2. Happy to help though I actually did very little. Ive a feeling this thing will have a sexy rear brake caliper (that was me) lol
I'll pop up again soon mate!
Just added a bit of a update to my site, i have made more progress since these pics and will post pictures after tomorrow session in the garage. Taking longer than i had hoped due to other commitments, including work, our MR2 Magazine (www.mr2only.com) and working on and ragging the MR2 Only Project/Track car round Donnington!!
www.nova-turbo.co.uk
Andy,
Good to see yours progressing - mine engine is running - a bit of a nervous moment - bet you can't wait to get yours cranked over !!!
By the way whats the score with your hubs and the large chunks of metal behind the flange?? :-
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...7/dscf0032.jpg
Keep up the work
Joff
PS Liking the chromed roll bar brackets :thumb:
Those are super strength hubs Andy had custom made. They are awesome!
Yeah as Keith says there custom made, basically an untouched 16v flange, with i think its a sherpa van bearing and then hub is machined out and a new retaining piece to hold them in. Karl ran them for about a year and when we took them off there was no play in them at all!!
Made some more progress today on the car, its on it's wheels and it's been rolled outside for the first time in about 4 years!! Got the doors back on and started putting the vinal on so i can put all the windows in and build the doors up. Still a bit more wiring to do which will hopefully get sorted next weekend. Need to get the fueling side for things finished and finish plumbing the brakes in and sorting the handbrake cables out... Which is a nightmare as i keep on getting the wrong cables!! Even though i wrote down the part numbers when i originally did the rear disk conversion. Feels like i'm getting somewhere now though.
just been on the site, cars looking realy nice Andy! bet you cant wait to have it complete!
Andy, if you work out which cables you need for the rear disks can you let me know as i've bought the wrong cables several times now and mines still not right!!Quote:
Originally Posted by andybishop
Nice one Andy.
Good to see it out the garage.
When i sorted mine, you just order the nova long cable, and a cavalier drum brakes short cable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee H
Keith
As Keith said I used a 1.6 Cavalier short cable but then needed to braze the nipple on the normal long nova cable as it was a tad too long.Quote:
Originally Posted by krobinson
Joff
There are two different lengths of Nova long cable as on some cars the long cable ran to the drivers side rear wheel and on others it went to the passenger side rear wheel? Which side does the long cable on yours go to?Quote:
Originally Posted by krobinson
Keiths goes to the drivers side!
@Andy: Hey mister! Long time no see! Hopefully the next time i get over (which could be ages) you will have her finished! As i said from the moment i seen her shes a beauty! And all i can do is wish you good luck as you deserve it with all the hard work your putting into it!
Hi Terri-ann, Cheers!! It will be done next time you see it!! LOL, cracking on with it now. Most the wiring is done cheers to Rob, I've got the week off now so I will hopefully get plenty done on it and hopefully get it to the point of being ready to start it... Well with the old rad and intercooler in at least..
so will we see more pics on here soon ??? then andy ?? looking good :)
Yeah i will upload progress pictures over the next few days..
Starting her up soon is good news mate!
must be coming together nicely.
Mid Week Update!!
Well most of the week i've been cleaning, cleaning that much that the skin on my fingers has shrivelled up!!
All the carpets and seats are clean and are now in the car, The windows are now in apart from the front screen. I spent today tiding the garage and cleaning all the parts that are going back on the car. Now getting some real work done on it, started working on completing the rear, some of the fuel lines are done and will hopefully have all fuel lines and the front brake lines on tomorrow, then i can start fitting things back on the engine, ready to start it.. Only things holding me up at the moment are gear linkage and finding someone that can weld cast alloy so i can have the turbo inlet pipe modified..
Sounding promising Andy. Just go through the Yellow pages to find an alloy welder. Shouldnt be too hard to get hold of someone that can TIG that up in Stoke on Wotsit..
Sounding good Andy
Nearly done. :)
Added a few more updates to the website. www.nova-turbo.co.uk
Cheers to Karl Rowntree for coming up this weekend to give me a hand, even though i ended up working all day saturday updating a customers server. Karl had the turbo off 4 times while i was at work as he had problems with the studs going into the head and also getting the water and oil feeds on and also got a few other bits and pieces sorted. When i got home about 6 o'clock we cracked on with some more work on the car, Mark Beeson and Martin Weaver also joined us with Beers in hand!! Need less to say Mart has some entertaining photos, and amazingly we made some good progress, even though Mark was Pi$$ed after having one bottle! It's getting that close now to starting it!! I've now taken rocker cover and cam cover off to paint them up, before anything else goes in.
Ignore the random hoses and stuff, there only going on as a temporary measure to get the car running, and then it will off for custom intercooler, rad, oil cooler and pipework.
We spent today fitted my old quickshift on Karl's Nova and setting it up after he lost 3 gears and then drove it back from germany. We spent the afternoon at Rob Delicata's lifting his engine and kit onto a trolley and also helping lift his shell off a frame and putting it back on after making some adjustments!! Can't wait till this badboy's on the road/Track!!
Spooky ..... I'm puttitng in my seats this week!
Joff
Quite a few updates added to my site, www.nova-turbo.co.uk.
Managed to get the right handbrake cable and fitted that, my rods also come for "welding" the turbo inlet pipe, so we sorted that out the other night.
The biggest update though is that after 4 years and 2 days the engine started for the first time!! No big dramas, bit of a water leak from the thermostat area and a bit of confusion about if the fuel pump should prime or not, so relays were bypassed and when we had fuel pressure we attemped to start it but had no spark. Rob traced wires and ran a earth from the battery to the fuel rail and it started first time!! So we put the fuel relays back in, started it again fine no problems, removed the temp earth wiring, again started fine!! So there was nothing wrong with it in the first place, we just had'nt tried to start it as the pump did'nt prime!!
Just like to say cheers to Rob and Karl again for all their help getting it running, also cheers to Mark for coming over on saturday and getting oil pressure and priming the turbo ready for us to start it!! Cheers to Beastie and Weaver for their help too!
I even drove it for the first time too today, put it in reverse and pulled off, but the car went forwards! Linkage on it at the moment is impossible to get right, so we pushed the car out into the drive and let it run for a bit and then as it started to spot with rain i drove it back into the garage.
Sent my old linkage off to Dan to be rose jointed. So should have that back and fitted again soon..
Ignore all the piping and wiring, this is all being tidyed up or replaced, also ignore the oil cooler, it was all put in just to get it running. Car is booked back into the bodyshop for 19th May and will be booked in Radtec for intercooler and Rad tomorrow.
Anyway, pics and videos are on www.nova-turbo.co.uk
But for the lazy ones here's a Picture and a video clip...
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb.../Video000c.avi
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...7/dscf0010.jpg
Few other problems i've just remembered, ECU light is on with error code 94 Hall sensor voltage high, so need to check the wiring that've we've altered and a few other things.
The drivers side driveshaft is really close to the bottom of the chassis leg, so i need to have a look into that, maybe due to how the tie bars are lowered..
Good stuff Andy, nice to hear it fire up :)
Nice one mate!
Looking sweet!
Reckon it will make PVS?
nice one chap, so many years in the making... will it be the best out of stoke yet??? .. lol.. (im kinda kidding, competition is uber tough)
Just noticed the rocker cover is Anthracite, or similar.
I thought the Silver one was mint when I saw it! Any hint on wheel colour there?
I've booked tickets for PV, so hopefully it will be there!! Bodyshop week before... so all being well!!
Craig, the rocker cover is done in a grey colour, the same as the gearbox and all the other bits a pieces, there were marks on the silver and i'd decided on my colour theme, so decided to spray them.. still unsure on wheel colour but had thought about that colour for them... what do you think??
Darker wheels are a must Andy, would look superb! And its easy to change them back later as your opinions change.
Keith
Well nipped into the garage earlier for 5 mins and managed to sort the ecu code 94, swapped the distributor for a spare and reset the ecu, problem sorted. Must be a problem with the actual Hall Sensor on the distributor.
IT STILL RUNS!! Still well happy about that!!
Some more progress tonight, checked all the brake lines were tight and put new fluid in and bled the brakes with the help of my missus Lisa, we then decided to test all the lights and indicators. With the dash still out i connected in all the stalks and switches and tested everything. How happy was i when everything worked!!! Only a couple of minor things, got a brake light out which was a problem with the bulb, got a dicky electric window switch (always been like that) and Main beam light on the dash not working. Considering the amount of wiring that has been chopped, re-routed and extended on the car loom and the engine loom it really something that everything works!! I have got to thank Rob again for doing such an amazing job of the wiring!!! Faultless!!!
Windscreen is being fitted Saturday morning, so i can get the wipers and stuff on then, Final check of wiring and secure all of that and then i can get the wings on and set the suspension up. Will get the gear linkage on as soon as i have that and set the gears up. Getting there...
Good news. Got to do that with mine as soon as I can sort the battery tray.