Joff's Nova Turbo Project

Joff you probably already know but the transducer has a top mechanical output so in theory you could screw another transducer on top with separate wiring. Different dashes requires different pulsed transdusers

Thats gonna be one crazy dash!! I hope you dont put another steering wheel in the passender side, say a Playstation wheel on the passengers in a Civic - looked pants!!

Hacking into a Lhand drive dash fascia might make the conversion easier for anyone else thinking of doing it

Hows the flocking machine been going? Have you started any major flocking yet?

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Originally Posted by joff-turbo-nova

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/column2a.jpg

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i've just noticed that the upper column appears to be the same as a Nova one, is this how your column was, or have you modified the two toghether?

cheers

Ryan

Craig,

Its a Bilstein PSS9 kit front and rear height adjustable set up.

Ben.

Things have been moving a bit slow - helps if you are not away on a residential training course
for a week - anyone for a teambuilding session??

Ryan- the column is how it came out of the corsa - no nova mods have been made - just seems to look
the same as the nova one!

I have now finished the centre console concept - it includes the heater and fan controls, intercooler
inlet & outlet temp readouts and the satnav. Pic :-

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/console1a.jpg
http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/console2a.jpg

I have had to rethink the buttons and switches for the ignition, start, boot release, nos and fan
override - these are now going to live in a pod on the centre console just below where the ash
tray normally lives.

Talking of which the ash tray cover is now going to house the air temp / time / date readout
which normally lives on the top of the dash - pic :-

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/ashtray1a.jpg

Also been fibreglassing the second pod cover to cover over where the steering column normally
comes out - this is still a bit rough and needs lots more attention . Pic :-

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/pod1a.jpg

When I am happy with the overall fit and smoothness of the whole of the dash I am going to start flocking.
I will give the ashtray concept the first flock in blue just to see how it comes out, and if there are any
problems it isn't too big to rub down again!

Engine is away being rebored at the moment to accept the oversized low compression pistions so the cc
of the engine will be enlarged slightly . The crank is also being balanced and the flywheel is being balanced
and skimmed. I have been able to get a full refurb kit from GM for all the seals, gaskets etc and are
replacing the water pump and oil pump (a Z20LET item) so things on this front seem to be coming together.

Need to get in touch with Radtech to get an alloy radiator sorted for the engine cooling side of things.

Well thats about it - coming together nicely!

Joff

cant wait to see this car finished

so much thought and effort going into it

well done m8 :thumb:

shane

gets better eveytime joff! well done mate!

Right .... been sorting this flocking business out!!

I have finished the ashtray which looks like this :-

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/Ash1a.jpg

It then got flocked which looked like this :-

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/Ash2a.jpg

And it fits in the dash like so :-

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/Ash3a.jpg

Quite happy with the results so far!

Joff