Looks well plumbed in there lol
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Looks well plumbed in there lol
Ok did llandow with new fuel setup. everything worked a treat. seems the surge / starvation issue is sorted now. just shatterd a few cvs tho so moving to the uprated shafts and hubs now!! lol
Cars also been stickerd up. might be to some of your liking and no to others but here goes. also a few pics from a track day done recently at llandow. :) hope you all like.
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Personally I think that looks the tits mate!
The only stickers I don't like are the small ones (Jamsport etc) on the front bumper.
Glad to hear the fuel problem is sorted!
Rob.
How much has this Build cost you so far!?!
imo thats looks fookin mint
This i dont intend on thinking of. lol! its cost a good bit of money over the past 3 or 4 years tbh. Alot of parts have gone through the car over them years and then been replaced with uprated parts. Its also been reshelled ect.Quote:
Originally Posted by LONG~BAR
As for looks im quite happy now the plain white has gone. stickers are so much better. The bumpers i will sort . just waiting on some more little stickers to be sorted for that.
thanks for the comments peeps :)
next is to get rid of all the little problems and get a full good track day out the thing. ! :)
That is absolutley stunning!
I'm sure the cost of the build is far out-weighed by the fun to be had out on the track.
It's one of the best WIP threads I've ever had the pleasure to read, top marks.
I'm a bit 50/50 on the sticker's...they break up the white, but not too sure on the yellow bits.
Love the PNG ones on the wings tho :D
Ok had a few weeks of work and thought i best tackle the drive shaft issue.
Anyhow went for the uprated hubs and bigger shafts finally.
Sourced the hubs from a migweb user and orderd shafts from chris astley. also bought a pair of calibra shafts from a mig user so i can rape the cv joints and use them as either trade in or if there in decent condition stick them straight on.
Anyhow work started i stripped old hubs and bearings. got the new hubs and then bought new bearings (again) . built the shafts up all ready to be fitted.
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I purchased a new inner from partco which turned out to be wrong amount of splines. they had boxed it wrong. finally got that sorted and got the shafts on the car. There a huge improvement over the 1.6 shafts i was running previous. touch wood this is the end of shaft and cv issues so frequent.
Next was what oil do i put in the box. after a bit of research i went for the silkolene silktran sync 5 oil. reccomended by many different companies so thought id give it a go. finally purchased it from opie oils(thanks) just over ?35 for 3 litres deliverd to me door!
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All thats left to do is fit the accelerator cable which decided to snap ! arghh! shouldnt be to bad tho. And seems i might have a leakey input shaft seal on the long shaft side. So that might have to be fetched out at a later date and a new one put in.
When i finally put the suspension together again and hubs ect. i noticed my tracking to be a mile out towing in by about half a foot. lol!!! wtf!!!!!!!! then realised the top camber bolts were a mile out on the shocker. (rubs forehead) lol all sorted and back in 1 peice for now.
bring on the next update lol!!!
Looking good Chris, really liking this car!
expensive oil there. we sell the engine oil in that make 80 euro a gallon
Just a few pictures . Just started it up to make sure everythings still ok and thought id get a few shots. :thumb:
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looking nice, any pic's of the rear?
Well that looks rather sexy. :D The door handles look flat, any more info on them?
Awesome.
Should be even cooler with the nitrous. :)
Door handles are flat. just a nice flat peice of metal painted basically.
tack welded onto normal handle workings. :)
This car is a lost cause, id break it personally.
................ MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA make sure them bolts holing the engine in are tight, i know where you live!
Hahaha!! No your not having it. well not just yet anyhow !!! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
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is it just me or is this tyre the wrong rotation
lovely nova though mate
racelines = PERFECTION
Any gen on the alternator reposition? Please preety please!
Its not you.Quote:
Originally Posted by ashjones
oh dear the tyre thing again. Wheels were just on so car can be moved. dont worry about the rotation issue. I use slicks on track :)
lol
Time as come . Project is over. broken for parts.
Came to my senses finally and nova had to go. but will be replacing it with something ok -ish i think! :thumb:
Parts for sale on the forsale section and across on migweb.
cheers all
Chris
Big shame, thought you'd use it in anger properly a few times first?
oh dude :(
What he said/\Quote:
Originally Posted by craig green
The track days you did manage to do, you had a few problems on iirc too? :(
shame to see yet another nova broken
it went to llandow twice / combe and a few other places.
But agreed we never did fully iron out the issues.
But lee did have a chance to take it on track and give it beans. And might agree that with the issues sorted out it would have been one hell of a track slag. We gave some strikers and westys a good whoopin while at combe. (got some good comments afterwards too) enjoyable day.
Just a case of me changing . wanting a nice everyday car. wanting to pay bills of. and just a change . Cant be botherd anymore messing with it.
So while i had some good offers on the table i took the chance to make decent money and get rid.
Next power could either be jap or german. 4.4 v8 or 2litre turbo. we shall see. decisions decisions! :thumb:
well over a year past and do i miss it. nah not really lol!!
In a way i sold out at the right time. paid of some debt before i lost my job (made redundant) altho i got a nice payout for 10 years service. so left me in a decent situation tbh!
Bought the beemer which has been nice ! not quick but just nice !! glad the everyday issues have been left behind. altho i still do have hopes of buying a e39 m5 at some point. see what happens!!
anyhow as i noticed the date on my thread just thought id post up!! :thumb:
happy days all you nova modders :)
Dont bump old threads! lol lol
On a serious note, I hope you can come out in mine and get to use the engine properly. i know I want to lol
no you did that to the last one and broke it lol.