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Who`s Colin????
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Who`s Colin????
Aye just when Shaun said open day at Colin's place...
Had to post these purely for the sound effects..
Apologies for thread hyjacking.
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rather annoyed at this thread already,
out of 17 pages iv found about 10 photos, the rest is just general gabbing,
note, project page, not general chat ;)
sorry grumpy mood
That Scoob needed some anti-lag - Enough of the un-necessary posting for me as well
the scoob needed a front end too :P sorry shaun had to be said :PQuote:
Originally Posted by vaughanmc
cool project:wisewood:
amazing project, may i just ask, what was actually wrong with the escort cossie?
hes not using the eCos jamie
I prefer Vauxhalls and you get alot of unwanted attention in the escosQuote:
Originally Posted by jamie gsi16v
And i like to be different and i think the nova van will be
And i like to be different and i think the nova van will be yeh it will just be a `little` different !!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
The Escos shell & running gear will all live on. Albeit not in one piece.
I guess the reason this isnt more common is because the nova is so successfull in FWD format, LOL
Nice project Colin. Keep at it, will be a credit to you & what is done with Novas when completed.
id say its not that common as not all of us have got the time space or money to do such a project lolQuote:
Originally Posted by craig green
I agree with the gearbox issues on the imprezas in general and yes they can have issues with holed pistons but tbh i reckon that one of the main reasons they become probelematic is because of the way they get treated, people thrash the nuts off them all the time and you get loads of people messing around with the boost settings without altering anything else!! one thing i dont agree with is the noise, i think its amazing! imagine pulling up in a nova with a scoobie grumble, anyway back to the thread. One of the reasons i think using scoobie running gear and a floor pan etc would be a good idea is because theyre cheap and very easy to get hold of and the amount of tuning goodies and accessories available are second to none. Hows your car coming along anyway mate? you have the whole floor and bulkhead in dont you? is this all welded up or just tacked in so you can adjust it? what was alining everything like? because it'll have to be pretty spot on to avoid it shaking its self to bits, look forward to the next update.
Right a wee update now The sierra floor is now 100% fully fitted in place now. Next step now is to seal up all the welding so its nice and tidy and weather proof. now i need to get the cage sorted and get a wide arch kit... Anyone got a good second hand one for sale????? looking for the pro-tech style one if i you aint got one well new it will be then. Also im struggling with a colour anyone got any ideas?????? i was going to go focus st orange but thinking now to keep the coulor vauxhall
How have you gone about making sure everything is straight and square ?? just measured it all up ?? You wouldn't want it to crab up the road !! ha
You just have to measure from loads of different points from body to floor and then floor to body till its all symmetrical. You just haave to get your points at the start. Front ones and rears and side points bla bla bla. Do you catch my drift
Oh aye, just didn't know if you'd used any kind of jig / brace to hold it all together or not while welding it all up.
Its just a case of tacking and measuring and rechecking and doing as needed as per measurements:)
No pics!?
The new vxr colours look nice if you want to keep it a vauxhall colour :thumb:
keep it white :)
Nice project but i fail to see despite all the measuring, re-measuring in the world you can ensure its all spot on and straight without a jig? I mean what are your reference points?
:eek: top project fella,truefuly im lost for word.
if you pull it off you are going to be making some????, doing it for other people;)
Well it hasnt failed me in the past. And if you did have it out a little it can be compensated with adjustable tca and rose jointed rear arms. But as i have said it aint happend to me yet and this is the 4th car me and my mate have put a floor in.Quote:
Originally Posted by MAD_Rick
When looking for points on the body i look for symmetrical marks on the body (pre cut out) pieces if you know what i mean. You need to measure the points between each other before the old floor is out so you know if the shell hasnt twisted when the floor is out. Use them with the center line of the new floor then the same with the new floor to the center of the body. recheck body points between each other once the new floor is in bla bla bla can go on forever with what i measured. The nova is really easy for the measuring as it really is just a rectangle no curves down the sill line etc.
Anyway enough about that. Paint i do like the Arden blue but its not a nova colour. It may just stay white to keep it easy. Or go anthracite grey like the colour you get the GTE`s in
I would personally go for a colour which dose not look out and out obvious but i would go for something a bit different, i saw a rover in white with a blue tinted laquer over the top which looked ace, or how about a white with blue pearl in it? hows the rest of it going anyway? progress sounds excellent! i no theres loads to do but do you have any aim to as when you want it done by? good goin anyhow and lookforward to seeing some pictures.
Looking for it to be done for this summer so i can maybe get down to billing or something with it. As ive never been down i know alot of people that do and say its great but ive just never went. So thats the plan get it ready for a show
I was just about to comment on the fact that you've not used any temporary bracing at all but then I read the last page. Even measuring all the time can put things off, especially with the +/-5mm tollerences nova's were originally built with.
Any updated pics?
Think I'd rather have just built a nice spaceframe to weld the nova skin onto.
dont you mean 4-5 cm!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey14sr
How about the beige, brown or flat green?
Would definately be different.
Breeze blue or lazer blue both nova colours and and both are the b*llocks.
Yes did think of going the space frame way but is alot more expence and the last time my mate done a 206 that was wasnt really that light.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikey14sr
And yes novas were just chucked together as i aint ever had one that the rear axle sat bang in the middle of the car always of to one side about 5mm
Colour i was looking at the post that was up about the standard yellow nova colours someone was taking votes on the two. I could be into something like that i did like the look of that
colour..........hmmm i think some sort of blue........ sent you pm.
did you get anything done the day, mike said you were off the day
Army green with black bumpers. lol
Or everything black
OMG you have to do it Jamaica yellow.Quote:
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That would be awesome, but go full on sleeper with sr vinyls though. :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt2107
Awesome project mate i like it.
I would say like a few others this kind of thing should off been built on a jig as you will be supprised on how much a body can flex when you remove the floor.
I would say by looking at your photos i would bet the back end has bowed in by at least 10mm.
Welding the floor back in 5mm to the right and 5mm pointing down will make a MASSIVE differance at 70mph PLUS you have to take into the fact when you lift the cosworth floor the weight of the metal itself will make the full floor pan bow down.
Massive respect for doing the project and i am really looking forward to seeing it finished......
I reckon that it will be perfectley sound so long as it's all been maeasured up and put in carefully, it's suprising how much the tolerances can be out before anything goes wrong, i no this from experience from where i have bodged up motorbike frames with bits of tube and straightend them with scaffold poles etc and they have still ridden spot on, so i'm sure that a few cm will be fine with a car.
B20RDYAwesome project mate i like it.
I would say like a few others this kind of thing should off been built on a jig as you will be supprised on how much a body can flex when you remove the floor.
I would say by looking at your photos i would bet the back end has bowed in by at least 10mm.
Welding the floor back in 5mm to the right and 5mm pointing down will make a MASSIVE differance at 70mph PLUS you have to take into the fact when you lift the cosworth floor the weight of the metal itself will make the full floor pan bow down.
Massive respect for doing the project and i am really looking forward to seeing it finished......
and just how much weight do you think is in a floor pan when its removed from the shell ??? because when we lifted it and moved it around there sure aint a lot of weight, and not enough to bend or flex in anyway !!!!!!!!!!!! the floor pan is still very solid when the shell is removed..................
Awesome project mate i like it.
I would say like a few others this kind of thing should off been built on a jig as you will be supprised on how much a body can flex when you remove the floor.
I would say by looking at your photos i would bet the back end has bowed in by at least 10mm.
Welding the floor back in 5mm to the right and 5mm pointing down will make a MASSIVE differance at 70mph PLUS you have to take into the fact when you lift the cosworth floor the weight of the metal itself will make the full floor pan bow down.
Massive respect for doing the project and i am really looking forward to seeing it finished......
Well i have the confidence in my work and thats good enough for me.
And how many saxos and 106s do you see driving strait up the road none every single one crabs up the road and when you put a decent 4wheel tracking gauges on you see the rear is miles out and thats good enough for them out the factory.
I will see what i can do for some pics tomorrow for those that was asking
sounds good to me what your doing. pics will be good if you could get some tomorrow. i want to see more of this.