Its been run on Castrol RS(which is the non BMW version but the same) for years with no issues. It is used in M3's and its fully synthetic so if its good enough for them its good enough for a Nova :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Royston
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Its been run on Castrol RS(which is the non BMW version but the same) for years with no issues. It is used in M3's and its fully synthetic so if its good enough for them its good enough for a Nova :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Royston
Thanks for the update! Lol
Its running on Vauxhall semi 10-40. like you my experience of the pressure gauge is full when cold, when hot it drops to 1/4 when idling and full again when under load, so it's had me guessing for a while. We have tried out different sets of clocks already, we have quite a few between us. Yeah for piece of mind I would like to independently check the pressure, i guess I need to find a friendly garage.
The seats were retrimmed using a doner set of seats for the bolster material by a mobile upholster, Mark has the details as he kindly organised that.. Along with most of the rest of the recent rebuild, thanks again to Mark.
It's currently got 195 45 15 falken ze702s I think on it. But I'm getting wheel rub with any weight in the back, even the spare wheel is enough, I really don't want to grind the arches, I made them wider in order to keep the lip and give more clearance but it wasn't enough, since we have wheel wobble problems I'm thinking of a different tyre, any recommendations for tyres with smaller crowns, to clear the rear arches. Could tracking be responsible for speed related steering wheel vibration? as it's not the most pleasant car to throw around at the moment.
Tracking maybe a issue, more likely to be the wheels need balancing IMO
In my experience depending on certain brands you'll always get tyre rub with 195's with a 15" rim. I prefer a 14" rim with either 185 or 175, I'm running 175's due to the offset of my wheels. I also beleive that a smallblock nova drives/handles better on 14" wheels.
The wheels have been balanced and rebalanced, which is why we think the tyres have slight flat spots from sitting in one spot for a few years, I've not had this problem before, but my cars have only sat still for a year max before. Or its a tracking problem, which was done by this rally preparation place, which I'm not exactly impressed with, so I don't trust that, Mark had a quick look at the tracking, but it's still can't be ruled out.
I hope you get the problems sorted paul, i hope your coming to billing i cant wait to see the car in real life and not just pictures.
iain
Hang one, who's car is this then? bit confusing..
Its Paul Woodcock's, he was/has been a PNG member for years.
Mark Ridley(Novacabrio) restored it for Paul last year.
Ahh, i see, i could see Mark was working on it, remember it's start etc, but then i noticed Paul saying things, got a bit confused there.
Scott
lovely looking sport