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Aye.
Theres nothing I'd like more than to do a crazy nut & bolt resto' but I feel like Ive come to my senses ever since I moved out of home & tbh I have almost no motivation to be spannering under my car. Those days seem to have gone, however I am having a hoot charging about the place in my 1.2 so I have no doubt I will enjoy this when I'm done building it.
Been home at lunchtime & my Corsa track rods were there courtesy of VPSC. :thumb:
looking good craig , glad you kept this one as it did look mint :thumb:
All looking good craig, should see this at the shows next year then :)
Good work matey! Keep it up, hope your finger nails are as full of crap as mine are at the mo lol
hows the corsa servo coming on mate?? like simps has said mate your work on your car is excactly how i wont mine keep up the good work and keep us posted!!:thumb:
Looks like a good build. Rear turrets look spot on. Good work fella.
Ian
Had a busy day off from work & have set about sorting the Corsa servo into its rightfull position, after much debating & research. Here goes.
Its going in the battery tray as previously written, here;
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...-Z_Nova015.jpg
With the battery removed from the battery tray area, it looks a little something like this;
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40597.jpg
Here is said Corsa GSi servo & master cylindeder assembly;
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...nkservo004.jpg
Its mounted through a stiffening tray that has extra bolt in points than just the servo-to pedal bolts (x4).
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...nkservo005.jpg
First job was to rid the inside of the footwells of the old transfer bar & pedal assembly/litter
Out with the pedals...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40581.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40586.jpg
To leave an empty bulkhead...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40584.jpg
Then set to with creating the 2nd support for the clutch pedal as the Nova brake pedal was the 2nd support bracket for the std clutch pedal. To do this me & mate Rob decided to space the existing brake pedal (now chopped down in length) closer to the clutch pedal & then rotate it 180 degrees so it now sits up at the top of the bulkhead/underside of the battery tray.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40600.jpg
We then welded to lengts of steel in a V formation to sit in the recess under the bulkhead by where the new support bracket could meet & be bolted down securely.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40601.jpg
Here is the support bracket bolted up independant of the clutch pedal (note wing nuts used for quick installation).
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40602.jpg
This was then welded up solid & relevant sized holes drilled & then sprayed with primer.
Moving back out to the battery tray, we had the holes centre punched so we needed to bore the large hole to pass the plunger on the servo through which mounts up to the pedal in the car.
A few score lines & marker pen marks & we got this...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress002.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress001.jpg
Which meant we could slot this in...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress003.jpg
Next step is to straighten the Corsa's pedal & then work out the position of the pedal pad as it will need to be shortened to bring it up inline with the clutch pedal next to it. We hacked off the bottom part & then used molegrips to adjust the position before welding it when happy with the result.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...nkservo006.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress007.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress010.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...rogress008.jpg
That will be welded properly & painted up by tomorrow, so the next stage of swapping to the PAS rack & deciding where to put the 12v pump in will be next, as is ordering a bias valve (in-car adjustable) & making up the piping for the brake system.
Order the hoses, pipe, fluid, spigot rings, PAS plumbing & reservoir ?tc ?tc.
Ive also obviously had the steering column off, so I have been able to change the column bearing Ive been itching to do for a few years now..
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40580.jpg
Its located under the upper column cowling, in the brown plastic bit in the centre, the old OE bearing was pretty ruff.
New bearing & old bearings.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...s/STA40578.jpg
Thenew one is slotted in with some marine grease to keep it smooth, I put some grease on the lower plastic bush that the coloumn spins on too.
looking very nice!!! :thumb:
Word of warning, the nova bulkhead/firewall is very weak. I had to create a large metal wedge construction to brace the back of the pedal hinge bracket to the bulkhead. Its hard to describe, but when i pressed the pedal hard the battery tray would flex upwards like hell and attempt to seperate at the seam with bulkhead.
looking good craig!! keep us posted!! and i'l bear that in mind Oli!!