Great progress! engine looks smart with that inlet on it. keep up the good work.
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Great progress! engine looks smart with that inlet on it. keep up the good work.
looks awesome!
I'm sure I read somewhere about using a Sierra throttle body on these or is that for a 2.0?
Quite a bit more done yesterday. I started to make my adaptor to mount the throttle body to the inlet.
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Also fitted my big brake conversion too. and the drive shafts. Really happy with the fitment and quality.
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Today I need to finish the brakes on the other side and fit the driveshaft. ALso need to get my adaptor welded up and hopefully start wiring the engine up.
Great stuff mate, I'm gonna have to stop looking at this thread, I want my car to be like this :(
Nice brake kit ;) Keep up the good work, paint job looks good!:thumb:
You have coilovers that i don't have!Quote:
Originally Posted by wwmnw
They're only a cheap and cheerful kit, cost me £130 lol rock solid though probably too harsh for my liking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dayle_
looking good
Coming along nicely, liking the idea of modding the existing throttlebody mount to fit your inlet. :cool:
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Originally Posted by Southie
Yes i used one of the old adaptors that was attached to the standard manifold then piece of intercooler hosing then discovered i had a spare throttle body lieing around. I have not cut the front off the throttle body so i now have 2 flanges and a piece of pipe. Didn't fancy welding streight to the throttle body incase it warped it or damaged it in some way. Means i can change the throttle body too if needed.
Nice progress, I have to mention it though. That inlet plenum ideally wants a taper in size at the 4th cylinder end. To help get the correct airflow into the furthest runner. Just look at other plenums & you should see what I mean.
Yeah, I know what you mean mate, but sadly Velos never did that. But |I understand that it should be like a wedge shape. going smaller the oposite end of the throttle body.
Awesome project so far.
Be looking forward to seeing the finished article!
Small progress update and i am now finally beggining to see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!
I have painted a black pinstripe on both front and rear bumpers really finishes them off i think.
Breaks are now finished, just waiting for the fittings to pipe them up to arrive.
Repainted the strut brace and also the cam cover which has finished the bay off even added to laquer.
Wheels have been removed and are being repainted black and i have also re-fitted the lights and mesh in the grill.
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Im after a few bits if anyone has these lying around
clips for the front grill that attach to the wings?
Center caps for my wheels
and in urgent need of gsi wing mirror backing plates.I bought new mirrors to replace the dtm ones on the car and they didn't come with backing plates.
Ohh the black bumper pinstripes look good
Looks brilliant, I might do you a ps tomorrow though as I'd like to see the rocker cover in a similar red as the velos tube, that's if you dont mind :)
Cheers mate that would be good.
Getting there now and need to finish this as it was originaly for the mrs as I'm unable to drive and we just found out shes about 8 weeks pregnant.
I'd forgot this was for your missus lol Any child seat gen lol
What do these baby valvers go like in a nover? Its goto be a recaro hasn't it :dQuote:
Originally Posted by Southie
What you doing Sunday? Fancy a rasp out in one :d I need to pick up mk1nova_rich up for a blast so could detour over your neck of the woods ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dayle_
Pm me details of your postcode, obviously if your available lol
That would be kool! But in the afternoon me and the Mrs are going over to Manchester, she has booked an appartment and tickets to go watching dancing on ice live :wtf:, maybe ok i suppose lol.
When i bought the car the lad took me out in it and it seemed to go quite well for what it was, but I've fully rebuilt the engine since and obviously now it has the tube which is meant to make bit of a difference and its running a DTA s40.
Reason why i bought the nova is she wanted another one as her first car was a 1.0 nova which she loved and she always wanted a faster one and i didn't want her to have another rs turbo after the grief with the last one getting stolen and never recovered.
Well the offers there, I'm picking Rich up from Leeds so could detour ;)
Where are you from mate and what time? Would it not be too far out of your way?
Just over the hill near Skipton ;)
Here's the photoshop, baby redtop lol
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Mate thats about a 120 mile round trip lol!!! Yep thats defo a baby red top! I picked this car up from Thirsk at about 11 ocklock at night. The bloke must of proper been rubbing his hands when i turned up lol. Anyways least its looking something like now!
Small update, getting there now!
acquired some centre caps for my wheels sanded all down and flatted down, primed and repainted black then a coat of lacquer. Rubbed the rim down to a polished edge to break the black up also running new 195 45 15 Uniroyal Rainsport 2's anyone used these before they any good?
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Also all the breaks are finished now was having problems with the rear shoes sticking but these have all been fixed. So I will have some ATE callipers with braided hoses and brand new drilled and grooved discs for sale if anyone is interested.
Finished the exhaust off and that is all bolted up.
Loads of little jobs like cleaned the car and fitted new headlight clips etc.
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Does anyone know if there should be some clips that fit to the wings so the grill clips in?
I have now started on the interior, going for black dash and trims and some new seats i have bought, my nan is re-trimming the rear bench in the same colours as the fronts.
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Hopefully getting there now, aiming for it to be finished in 4 weeks time maybe just over and hopefully running by then, that's the next big spend having it set up.
Small update but sadly no pics yet. Spend all day Sunday on the car and it was bit of a disaster really just one of them days that really pee you off.
Firstly I made a start on the subframes for the seats these look easy to fit all the holes on the subframes lineup to the holes on the seats.
Next i started fitting the wiring loom. I must have spent about a hour looking for my box of heat shirnk, could i find it anywhere could i eckers so i had to send the Mrs to halfrauds.
Some of the wires on the loom where too small so i had to move the ecu from the original position and drill a 40mm hole through the bulkhead which I wasn't best pleased about so had to do some paint re-touching up but that's al done. Engine is all wired up now.
I finished the throttle body off and fastened all that up, doing so i got my Halfords socket set (one of the big ones) opened it the wrong way, Sockets everywhere couldn't believe it I need to write a big sign on the top of it saying this way up. must be the 100th time I have done that.
Hoping to get the rest of the engine finished at the weekend and the rad plumbed in etc. Still need to finish wiring the relays but there only a 10 minute job so in a couple of weeks time it should be start ready! Then its off to a rolling road to get them to properly map the DTA.
If its what I'm thinking of then yes, there should be a black oblong shaped clip that slots in the little bit of the wing behind the grill.Quote:
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They are the ones. Any idea part code for these? Mine seem to be missing and can't find any on ebay. If i go into Vauxhall i already no i will get a look like this :tard: over the counter.
No idea on the part number, I have one lay about in my car but just had a look and cant find it.
I Think the part number is: 903 214 25
Cheers Alex, I shall have a look into this. :)
Rolled the car out the garage today, Sadly you cant see the true shine as its full of black spray dust at the moment and is in off a good clean but as you can see it looks hell of a lot better than when first bought. Still need to fit the grill but thats removed while im fitting the oil cooler and finishing the fan wiring etc off.
Anyways what do you think.
I'm well on with the interior now too. Its all being painted black with vinyl paint.
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I love this build but there are 3 things I am not keen on,.. only my opinion though. These are, tints, tail lights and lack of window surrounds..
Get some red tinting spray for the lights :), remove the window tints and fit some rear surrounds and she will be one bang tidy nova I would be proud to own!
Keep up the good work pal!
Cheers mate,
Your right I'm not keen on the three things either.
I don't like the blue tints.
I would like some window surrounds but struggling to find some cheap (we need to stop spending money on this car its costing a fortune lol and I'm never going to get anything near what's been spend back but then again that isn't why it was built).
Rear lights are like Marmite but the Mrs likes them and this car is for her so she needs to have some say!
Been a while since i posted but had a productive day today. Was hoping to have her running today, but you can't rush these things. was having issues with the wiring to the alternatior and the oil pressure sensor. it was a no go without wiring these in as the loom had been butchered by the previous owner!
Inlet manifold is sorted, was bit of a pain but i'm relatively happy with the finished result.
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looking good mate, inlet manifold looks good i need to wire my 16xe up and and get something similar.
Good project youve got there, whats the wiring like to do as im putting a c16xe in mine and im not looking forward to the wiring side of things, Phil.
wheels would look so much better in silver
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