looks top mate, kepp the updated pics coming.
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looks top mate, kepp the updated pics coming.
Hello peeps hope u all had a good xmas! Got a bit further on the nova, got the roof lining in now, was alot easier than i thought it would be. Apart from finding that the little white clip that holds the middle bar up had been snapped by the painters when they took the old lining out. Just got to sort out the bit around the sunroof as it got a bit creased.
All the back windows are back in, looks almost like a car now!!
Stumbled across amother problem when it came to fitting the back bumper as the rear quaters have been replaced the painters didnt think to offer the bumper to the car to check it fitted.....MONKEYS!!!!!! Leaving me to cut chunks out of my freshly painted shell. Dash, carpets & seats are next to go back in which ill hopefully do over the weekend. I'll get some updated pics up as soon as.
cheers for looking
sounds good mate, still carnt wait to see this finished! so when you looking to have it finished for now then?
not usullay a fan of flip paints but yours hits the spot fella, the blue/green looks awsome and no to much or a drstic colour change, and seems to have been applied properly, have seen so many where the painter is clueless and ends up cloudy and patchy! really nice mate am quite jealous!
To say ive over spent would be the understatement of the decade so ive decided not to go with the full monty rebuild of the engine just yet. Just goin to replace the cambelt + tensioners & an uprated head gasket this way i can finally get it out of the workshop and onto the road this side of xmas 2008!!
So the new plan is that the nova is getting shipped off to my good mate Tom at TCS in birchanger essex next friday. Not sure on how long he'll have it for but once he's finished its straight back to Evolve for them to finish off the exterior. Then its time for the mot etc...
Should be able to get some more pics up next week.
Thanks for looking
kev
looks quite nice but the wheels look far too big!
At the moments its still an empty shell so they do look abit ott, once everything id back on/in it things should look more in proportion.
At the end of the day its how i want it, not building it to please anyone else.
nice project, should really be in projects forum, i'll move it and rename it, what do you want it called?
erm...???? kevo16v WIP nice n simple lol. Cheers buddy
sounds good, git it done mate, really looking forward to seeing this finishedQuote:
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Hello one and all, been a while since the last update but im glad to report that she's finally got an engine in her!!! Not had it running yet but theres an engine in there!
Had a few **** ups over the last few months..... main one being the let engine i had brought was ****ed, the bottom end was completely hammered rendering it useless. Didnt have enuff to buy another let so used my old xe bottom end. The next problem was i couldnt find let pistons, searched high and low for weeks but gave up and brought some over sized ones and had the block bored out to a 2.1 which cost me far too much lol
Just waiting on getting the 90 degree elbows for the t'intercooler and sourcing some fuel lines and she should be good to go.
I thought it was tight with the xe but this one is well and truly shoe horned in!!
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Liking that lad.
If you'd described it to me I'd have puked but in the pics it looks a treat. Good luck with the finishing touches which are what really make the difference between 'so so' & awesome.
looking real nice dude
just read all the way through sweet progress and loving the wheels
Looks mint mate :)
Got the bumper back from the painter today so thought i'd post up a few pics of how its lookin Excuse the hight of the front, no engine in at the mo & the gappy grill
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That colour and those wheels really work!
all i can say mate is wow, you have waited long for it and i'm guessing it was worth it then, can't wait to see the final product.
very nice nate love the colour
Cheers lads, yeah im well happy with it! This might sound stupid but its spot on for the picture i had in my head before i started, athought its not 100% finished.
LUSH!!!!!!!! love the colour and the arches look fab!
i think the ay you have dne the archs is good nothing ott :) good work
you can see its had some thing done but not to much if that makes sence
thats looking really nice mate . keep the pics comeing
Lovely car mate, the paint works really well, and i like the subtle wide arches, alot better than those stupidly massive things like the mattig kit, hows it progressing at the moment then? just a case of putting it all back together? what seats are you going to put in it then?
Slight progress update...... i cleaned it again :D
Also fitted the front screen and gave the interior a good valet. Would be nice to get the engine running within the next few weeks, just a case of gathering the last few odds and sods.
heres a few recent pics
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cheers for looking :thumb:
One of the best I've seen, nice.
Thought as the sun was out i'd pull it outside to get a few more pics..... as you can see it wasn't out for long :roll:
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looks perfect, well done!
anymore plans apart from getting it running?
Thanks bud. I think for now the exterior is done, apart from a nice set of mudlfaps to save the paintwork & the odd bit of tidying here and there.....mainly the drivers door bracket/catch as its making the door sit way too far out.
Thinking of fitting the rear seats back in aswell, feel a bit old to have a car full up with speakers... plus will save me a fair bit of weight as the install is heavy as fook!
Only just seen this! Ive been there before, never saw the car though. Brought a couple of nova bits.
Buy my mudflaps. lol
looks smart and looks like you have really put in the work and money into this
BIG :thumb: up to you bud.
I love that colour! Like a Bluebottle fly!
Finally the ball is rolling!! All of the intercooler pipe work turned up today, along with the alloy rad. Me being impatient as usual i couldn't wait to get it fitted.
The only things left to get are a new set of engine mounts - possibly the metal group a jobs, a dizzy cap and rotor arm, plugs and leads. I also need to make up the mini loom for the icv and knock sensor, as my loom never came with one.
Somewhere inbetween all of that i've got to sort the brakes too, don't fancy over looking that one lol
Heres a few pic of how its sitting now....
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Looks AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love the front splitter. at the start when you got your new wheels i thot it wasent going to work but acually looks (as above) AMAZING. lol
Cheers to all for the comments, you'd be surprised how it spurs you on when enthusiasm is running low lol
Started off yesterday evening by making myself a to-do list..... a very long to-do list :D i've got a memory like a siv and i don't trust myself to remember everything.
As for real progress on the car, nothing pic worthy im affraid. All vacuum(sp) pipes are connected,the rad is fitted and the water system is all hooked up all but the turbo pipe to the top of the rad.
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The air filter pipe is on..... after some total butchery of the slam panel, Will have to tidy that up at some point!
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Next on the list is the last of the wiring, not much left really just the starter, alternator, oil pressure guage, speed sensor and 1st gear switch.... which leads to my next question..... Im running a f20 box, has no plug for it what do i do with it?
Also having to make up my own mini loom for the ICV and knock sensor as mine didnt come with the other end to the 5 pin connector, ive got a plug to fit the ICV and an early knock sensor (with plug) just been having trouble identifying the wires. Think ive got it sussed (correct me if im totally wrong) -
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ICV - Red/Blue
Brown/Red
KNOCK SENSOR - Brown/Black
Brown/White
Black - am i right in thinking this is a gound?
Hoping to get another good run tonight and hopefully next post will have it nearly ready to fire up.
Thanks for looking and any help regarding the wiring would be very much appreciated :thumb:
good work there fella :)
That looks veeerry nice bud youre gonna be grinning from ear to ear when you get her out and about,
btw that tophat/inlet pipe looks like its going to be awfully close to the underside of the bonnet, see second pic in the first post above ^^^^^^^ and first pic in the second one ^^^^ or should i just go and sit in the wrong corner and think about what ive just said lol
lol cheers bud, Theres a fair bit of clearence on it, bonnet closes ok so fingers crossed it will be ok and wont touch....... will have an oddly shaped bonnet bulge if not:D
Had a good night on the car, solved the mini loom problem :D
Turns out a mate had one on his xe nova so we whiped it off to help us make up a new one
original ICV & Knock Sensor looom
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The one we made up
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Also got the starter motor and alternator wired up, still have to tackle 1st gear switch which i think i just leave unplugged :confused:
Got to change the oil pressure switch aswell, only has one connection coming off it could have sworn my old xe had 2 - one for oil light & for the oil pressure on the dash???? :confused: could possibly be wrong about this though.
Random pic of harry the dog aka THE JOOK lol
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Thats the spirit bud i like your thinking.
As for your first gear switch could you not run it to a driver usable switch in the car as a mate did this on his cav turbo so he could drive normally or turn the switch off so as to run full boost in first for dragway launches, lil bit more work but im sure it beats leaving the odd bit or bob unplugged!