My C20XE nova

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Originally Posted by Mincyballs

New shiny bits turned up today! Got some cosworth slipper pistons (2ring) and some PEC rods which i believe are 4mm longer than standard....

Thought id do a weigh in against the old setup... the old rod and piston together was 1.178kg and the new rod and piston come to 1.00kg bang on!

700g saved off of the reciprocating mass + less friction due to the new pistons which has one less ring and alot less skirt + the reduction in angularity of the con rod = more power and a revvier engine!

Will start getting another block bored and then get some pics of the build up :D

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Those pistons sound familiar youve been taking notes lol.

Do they look a little like this
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/041.jpg

Little comparison between the old and new.. the gudgeon pin sits higher to the crown 4mm i think

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/040.jpg

New longer rods

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/043.jpg

Finally devised a way to get the speedo to work, this little inductive sensor will pick up a small nut tacked to the drive shaft just hope it can work at high speed due to the frequency of the revolutions

http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/046.jpg

Also managed to get the buttons for using the options on the dash
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/033.jpg

Yeah there ones mate your rods are slighty different though Mine doesn't have that groove in them

Some nice parts going into this build :cool:

Did you use cosworth pistons as well then Gareth? Yeah I was a bit surprised to see a groove in them as well, hope they hold the revs lol

Cheers Connor just hope it goes together right!

Yeah I am mate I got them for the cost more than out else.

updates updates updates :witch: lol

Tiny update in the rush to get it done for fast show!

New cams are here and have a slight increase on the duration!
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/026.jpg


Get the dash mounted in the position im happy with although later in the year im going to put an original mk1 dash in and mount my display to that for a tidier job as there is a lot of wirirng still to do!
http://i641.photobucket.com/albums/u...ebuild/020.jpg