hubs and drive shafts are different, pretty sure the driveshafts will be wider as corsa's have a wider track mate
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hubs and drive shafts are different, pretty sure the driveshafts will be wider as corsa's have a wider track mate
But if I use the whole Corsa running gear the driveshafts and hubs would fit woudn't they?
The track would be too wide if you used steering arms, shafts and knuckles...sticky out wheels that catch the arch on the front isn't a good look lol You can use any Nova shafts other than 1.0l IIRC
Everything will bolt in, except the driveshafts they are longer I think?
You can use the hubs and brakes but you need to use Nova shafts
Just a general quick question
For the perm and switched live is it okay just using male spade connectors plugged into the accessory power sockets on the right hand side of the fuse box as I don't have central locking or electric windows?
No reason why not provided you're using the right guage of wire for the fuse rating.
my 1.0 shafts are doing fine on mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by phazer
What throttle cable are people using?
I've tried loads I've got (Nova/Tigra/Corsa/Calibra) and they're all too long!
Thats how mine is wired in and im having no problemsQuote:
Originally Posted by SimonTW
ive bodged the tigra one on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mieran
just modify the bracket.
Nice one. Thanks for the info. After an initial problem with it not sparking a quick tweak of the earths had it burst into life. It's very tappy from the top end but I'm presuming it's a sticky lifter due to it being stood for so long without oil in.
My cable is just a bodged one using a piece of fuel hose to take up the slack at the pedal end.
Thought they were different, rather than not strong enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
they are identical.
Iirc the 1.0 ran a 4 speed f10, so driveshafts are the same as any other f10'd nova. I once put a 1.4 in a 1.0 and used the 1.0 shafts no probs :)Quote:
Originally Posted by phazer
yes, the f10 1.0 box has a different shaped bellhousing, but the output side is the same as the ohc versions, so its a bolt up job to swap it.
Going back to the speed sensors topic, do the 'gap gear' senders give out the same pulse signal as a cable drive VSS?
Ie, could a non-cable type be wired up to an older ECU? (the cable wouldn't be needed)
You'd need to find out the pulse count for both, if they match then you're good to go. If they don't then you'd need something to alter it. There was a guy on Mig selling converters.
It sometimes says on EPC what the counts are, I can't check for you at the moment though.
Rich, as said before get intouch with Dom on migweb as he's the guy that did the VSS pulse sensors ;)
Does anyone have a part no for a Gates belt suitable for a single v-belt setup or some more information on what belt is required?
Use a bit of string and measure the length you need then go to a parts place that's what I do
About the driveshaft questions....
I used corsa gsi shafts on my c16xe nova conversion as they came with it.
The short shaft gave up after a month or 2 lol but the long shaft lasted over a year, their still fine now but i need 2 new inner cv's lol.
So as far as i know, corsa shafts do work / fit.
Alot of people on here may dissagree but they worked on mine...
Corsa shafts are longer so you either had modified shafts or something wasn't bolted in proper
Was all perfectly fine, and just looked like normall shafts so I dunno. Maybe the corsa the engine came from had nova shafts? Lol unlikely though.
it would be very hard to bolt up using orsa shafts
Looking for a fuel pump and came across this one. It is advertised as being removed from a 1996 Astra mk3 1.4 LS. Would this pump fit in a Nova tank?
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNj...YW!~~60_12.JPG
Cheers, Liam.
iirc it wil fit, but you need one from a mpi donor.
That one above is from an Mpi donor I think. So do you need to replace everything such as above or just get a MPi pump and put it into the Nova cradle etc?
Sorry to sound dumb but I don't know what the Nova pump looks like.
That mpi pump will fit in nova 1.2i and 1.4i tanks and SRi tanks. Any nova that ends with i really lol
A nova GTE and GSI tanks have an external pump which are different
Don't worry if you think you sound dumb, we all have to start somewhere
to see how to do an alternator belt without the tensioner so you dont have to get a different bracket + tensioner + belt see my w.i.p in my signature
Also, what cars have the cable driven vss ?
hello every one been looking in to engines and what one too put in the car thinking of a 1.6 16v they seam a cheep enough option what am wonting to know is this work doing this seams like the place to ask :) got a 1.2 in car at present so its bound to be a vast improvement lollol and ave heard seam welding not nessesery.. opinions please :)
Mine isn't seam welded and I'm running around 150bhp with an X16XE. Lots and lots of hard driving and launches at the Pod haven't caused any movement on the standard seams. The 1.6 doesn't really have enough torque IMO to justify welding. However, if the car is engine less and there is a chance you might swap to a bigger engine later you may as well do it.
I've fitted an X16XE in my Nova but am having a couple of slight problems.
The engine management light stays on all the time. When I earth the wire from the 9 pin plug the light flashes, firstly 4 times and then 9 times. Then, when you remove the earth it clears for a couple of seconds and then comes on again. Does anybody know what these could be?
I've fitted a Dbilas inlet manifold and forgot to write down where all of the vacuum tubes go. I've sort of worked it out but I don't know if it's right. I've got a tube from the EGR valve to the inlet, MAP sensor to the inlet, FPR to inlet, Brake servo one-way breather blanked off?, ICV valve to inlet. I've also connected the tank vent switch but left the breathers off.
We had problems at first where it would start and idle really rough and hesitate in low RPM but was OK at higher RPM. We since connected the above and it all seems OK except for a slight hesitation when revving hard. Could this be the throttle body sensor thing?
hope that helps liam from the top egr valve to manifold, fpr to manifold, engine cam cover breather to manifold
bottom tank vent valve, and map sensor :)
Im now cracking on with a 1.2 carb, to the x16xe.. Think most of its pretty straight forward but need the solve the fuel problem, simplest way to find a tank from a gte/gsi?
Can i use a inline fuel pump? or? ...
Yeah an inline fuel pump will work on original tank if you always keep the tank above 1/4 full
Yeah that's hassle, Rather do it proper, So basically need to find another tank?
+ I was planning to drop the whole front end off the corsa, like legs, brakes, driveshafts keeping it all as a whole, then dropping the nova on top? Or do i need to use the nova shafts? hubs?
You'll have to use nova shafts mate, Corsa ones are a little longer I think. And the engine mounts are different. And depending on which Corsa, the bottom arms are different.