My Nova 16v Project

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

ordered some bits today...
- Eccentric top mounts with sleeve nuts to fit Spax RSX coilovers
- 313lb springs to suit above coilovers (standard ones are 250lbs)
- 4x 195/50/15 Toyo R888 semi-slick tyres

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Great service as received all of the above items today...

- Top mounts from CompBrake (www.compbrake.co.uk) @ ?39 each with bearings already pressed in (special offer)
- New springs from Spax Direct (www.spax.co.uk) @ ?25 each spring

busy weekend ahead fitting these bits

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Order number for those wanting to upgrade to 313lb springs
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8" in length
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might sound stupid but what do the eccentric top mounts actually do?

i may need to get me some of those 300lbs spring for my coilovers :cool:

Well - new bits have almost completed arriving due to Royal Mail that sucks.

I now have 600amp cabling, alloy battery tray, both terminals, distribution block all for battery relocation to boot.

New tyres are ready to go onto Cesaros, Cav slabs are sold along with Proxe T1Rs

Swirl pot is here - ready for installation once battery is out of bay

Jobs for this weekend:
> firewall removal
> dash and heat removal
> gutting out doors and boot
> removing irons from bumpers, adding pins
> relocating battery to spare wheel well
> replace broken inner cv
> fit legs back on with new 313lb'ers and eccentric topmounts
> source facet fuel pump

Nice one Oli all sounds good, you dont hang arround eh!

Scott

spot on, you dont half work quick!

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

Jobs for this weekend:
> removing irons from bumpers, adding pins, holesawing behind plate
> relocating battery to spare wheel well
> replace broken inner cv
> fit legs back on with new 313lb'ers and eccentric topmounts
> fit toyo r888s
> source facet fuel pump
> fit rear arb

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These are the bits I managed to get done this weekend... after alot of faffing

some progress piccies

313's and Eccentric top mounts fitted (cheers Lee for the gen on positioning, and Dar for the fitting gen)
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changed tyres over on saturday to r888s
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encountered the problem that the front was too low
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as was the rear
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along with the fact with the tyre wall being bulgier (?!) than the 195/45s the inside was touching the coilover spring
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Off we went to buy some 5mm spacers to push the fronts out a weee bit
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still the same .... raising the car at the front sorted the problem, as the bottom coil of the spring now sits slightly higher than the tyre wall, and the rears now don't scrub either with the -60s on, instead of the -90s

Rear arches gone completely now, very very slight burr on them, not enough to call it a lip
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rear antiroll bar & bush fitted - cheers to tom reid for supplying it
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next up was the bumper iron removal from rear bumper
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remove that nut thats holding the iron onto the bumper
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drill through the same hole so you know exactly where the pin will line up
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as you use the existing hole in the bracket to mount the pin
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get pins
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trial fit
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wind in pin to end, you'll have to chop them down else they'll hit the back of your car
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job jobbed
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next up was battery relocation, from engine bay to spare wheel well
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drill hole, add gromit to make sure it doesnt splice through
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sorted.

front bumpers exactly the same as the rear, but i packed it out a little with some engine hose, to keep it tight so it won't rattle
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bumper on
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holesawn only so you cannot tell day to day, covered by number plate
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new photo of bay batteryless, added top mounts, and where swirl pot setup will be
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knacked!

Saved 2.7kg on rear bumper, and 3.2kg on front bumper for those that wanted to know :)

Good skills. Whoever told you how to do those bumpers was a genius. lol

Knew she'd need some spacers too. Starting to look very well Olly.

Last job on those arches is to skim some fiberglass up inside to prevent the arch skin separating from the inner arch. Once youve done that, sand the lot flat.

EDIT ps, that sticker on the back is brilliant!

nice to see using bonnet pins like i said too ;)

look's good :thumb:

Car's looking awesome Olly!

sorry lads... thanks to Lee for the gen on how to do the bonnet pins so easily, and ste for mentioning to me to look at Lee's car that gave me the idea to do them :) :thumb:

it's coming together slowly, well - rather quickly - ordered Facet Redtop fuel pump, and some braided hosing, got an oil cooler and standard pipework - but apparently it'll catch my wheel? :confused:

dash and heaters are coming out midweek, as is firewall (maybe) :wtf:

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

but apparently it'll catch my wheel? :confused:

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Not if you route it properly. Tie it to the tie bar and itll miss by miles.

it will work with the standard fit hose's just use the hose clamp that comes with it and bolt it to the inner wing well out the way of the wheel/tyre.
I will get a pic asap to show you mine.
ps car looks sweet as and so suttle.

Looking top's Oli!

So is it not possible to use the bonnet pins straight into the rear panel, are they too short?

Scott

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Originally Posted by Ernie

it will work with the standard fit hose's just use the hose clamp that comes with it and bolt it to the inner wing well out the way of the wheel/tyre.
I will get a pic asap to show you mine.
ps car looks sweet as and so suttle.

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TBH i wouldnt go near the inner wing. They should be routed from the cooler straight onto the tie bar. Your getting good clearance Chris cos your running 14's. Chris Tunnicliffe has nearly worn straight through his pipes and theyre in the OE clips lol

At lease mine has done a season and still running lol......







Some how lol

Theyre long enough. i run a standard cooler and pipes :)

I will sort a pic out asap fella.
Keep up the good work.

just read this thread from the start..:thumb:

what an amazing job you have done in the time given..
well done.
will be looking at this more often now..:thumb:

Top work there.
Pinned bumpers look cool..

As i said i would and i got 5 mins to take the 2 pins out the front bumper to take the pic a bit beter.
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As you can see loads of room on the standard pipes and could even take 15's as it does for the wet.
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I even gave the car a wash as it was out.
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After buying a standard oil cooler, and pipework, I set about fitting with some advice from Ernie, Lee & Dar as to the routing of the pipework, once I'd found a nice place to seat it I went about making up some bracketery and fitted it securely with rubber mountings, oh and sprayed it up black, as it was chipped
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The fins weren't in great condition, but as long as it cools oil - it's fine by me
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The route we took originally wasn't the route we ended up with, due to the pipework being too short, and when the car was lowered to the floor, the tiebar was pushing the pipe up onto the bottom pully - no good
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After alot of fettling with the car down on the ground, we finally got everything clear and sorted, albeit not with alot of clearance... wasn't over joyed, but went with the "as long as it doesn't touch, its fine"
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Anyway - new powercable finally came for battery relocation, so I could start the car, to find leaks everywhere, both from the sandwich plate banjo, and the oil cooler threads itself, after investigations it turns out I was sold a duff cooler with hardly any threads holding the pipework onto the cooler itself, so off came the cooler again grrr lol

Spotted a Mocal oil cooler, Mocal sandwich plate, and bits and bobs on CS last night, after a couple of PMs I went down to Milton Keynes this morning at 8am to collect them
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Went straight to Pirtek to get some braided lines made up to fit, they quoted me ?129+VAT :eek:

Also my Facet redtop fuel pre-pump arrived and fitting kit, great service from Matt Lewis on eBay
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On with my Wilwood 4-pot brake upgrade, after killing a set of 16v disks and pads at Donny within 4 sessions, and then another set the following 3 sessions, I kinda thought I'd upgrade now rather than keep replacing standard parts

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Wheel with 16v disks and OE calipers
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Calipers & Pads, only about 70 (track) miles old
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Comparison between the disks 280mm V 256mm
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Alloy mounting bracket attachd to hub, altho later realised this has to be attached to the caliper before putting the disk on
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Concern here, is that the hole in the centre of the disk, is larger than my hub size - will I be OK running without a spigot? I'm thinking that if I do, its only the taperedness of my wheel bolts keeping the disk central?
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woooooooo .. good recovery chap

Dry fit to make sure my wheel actually fits over them
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uh ho - it doesn't, well not without any spacers anyway, it catches the spokes, for those also wanting to run the same setup
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This is why you have to attach caliper and carrier together before putting the disk on
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5mm spacer added (i have to run them anyway, due to coilover catching problems) - all clear
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All on, and tight - only done the one side for now, as want to gain some information before I continue completing the job
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New braided hoses
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and with wheel on, and spacer
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Looks awesome mate, I fancy some wilwoods for mine, but need to suss things out so they fit without spacers!

Good work :D

nice clearance :cool:

done well mate.
nice to see you get over any problems you come across:D

You don't hang about do you?, I've got some braided oil hose, 1/2in, 5/8 and 3/4 if it's of any use to you?

Nice, the willwoods look cool.

I think I'm just going to use rubber hose Tom, that way I can jubilee clip it.

?130 + VAT is extorsionate for 2x 15" lengths!

WTF
?130 + Vat for 2 hoses 15" long :eek::eek::eek:

I thought Pirtek were supposed to be cheap,Lol.

I have some -10 aeroquip hose sat around iirc.

You would need to have some -10 fittings welded onto your cooler mate.

Not worth the aggro IMO

Hydraulic hose will do it fine, ran it on my let with jubilees without a problem, not how I would do things now but it did work for me then so i expect you would be fine with it too

Cool, thanks for la gen!

Just sorted out some spigot rings for disks and some spacers being made up for my wheels :)

Olly that fitting is the wrong way. You can see its tapered. Undo it and have a look at the other end, that should be coned to fit the fitting. The taper should go into the caliper.

how very embarressing that I didn't notice that! they just came like that from the previous owner! hey ho... thanks loads rick!

new strut brace arrived, excellent service from www.strutbracer.co.uk worked out at ?58 delivered
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got my bolt to stud conversion from ebay, should save alot of hassle lining up spacers and wheels etc
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fitted my oil cooler, and sorted pipework out finally

made to cuts in front slam panel
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so oil cooler could sit flush to "face" of panel
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made up some 90? angles with holes in
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offered it up Dar stylieee
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looks nice...
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pipework sorted, and very clear of pulley
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However all that is useless, and it's got to be moved again as now my grill doesn't fit lol :mad:

Probably should have checked that aswell, before doing it!

Hey ho!