Nova 1.0l Project

Then gave into peir pressure and fitted the Alessios to her...

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However i was unsure about them, and after flicking through pics of my car decided to re-fit the Mistrals, It looks too common and the Mistrals suit it way more i reckon, so theyll be coming back off tomorrow and going back onto the Corsa :thumb:

And heres afew videos of the engine running, and the gorgeous sound it makes!!

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Looks better on the Allesio's imo.
Although ive never been a fan of Mistrals

Speedlines in white and colour code the bumpers would be nice

lol reminds me of my old beast :cry:
Looks nice but looks better on the mistrals imo. Needs some bumper tape and she is a winner :)

Leave the bumpers as they are, and even though i run speedlines, i dont think they suit her as much as the mistrals, odd that aint it lol

I think she sounds lovely!

Don't paint the wheels white, looks perfect as it is

Not painting the wheels other than siver, im not a fan of white black or grey wheels tbh, Bumpers will be staying grey for the time being untill i save up enough to do a full GSI exterior, vynals GSI decals etc

She is VERY loud, after looking a little closer it appeas the centre section has been cut open and re-welded shut, most probabley to remove the baffles inside, but boy does it sound nice! :thumb:

Anyway the Mistrals are now re-fitted, back end has settled nice and put my red/clear rear lights back in, plans next are sort the split CV out and fit a high vis brake light, and them a damn good clean as shes not been cleaned since the engine :thumb:

just read through quite a few page's,im actualy gobsmacked youve put a 2.0ltr in there:eek::d
get a big :thumb:'s up from me mate considering the work youve put into her,unbelievable.

seen there car not long back on the way through from work(would have stopped but was being dropped off!)
are you working at manor(parkside)garage now mate?
fill the van up there now and again on the way through for the lads in a morning........

good work mate:)

Haha cheers Andy, yeahh im working there now, im here now if you wanna pop up for abit and have a look round her :thumb:

Just afew more pics of her, CV boot replaced, rear seats fixed in properly, washed kind of, and afew next to my best mates 1.6 ( which is currently for sale should anyone like it, its the pne that sold for £900 on ebay around 6-8 months ago, its very very clean :thumb: )

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My mates 1.6 16V SR/GTE rep

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And afew of ours together, cars were outside for 10 mins and already had 2 people coming over asking if they were sale lol

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Have just picked up some polybushed front arms, tie bars and ARB bushes tonight for ehr, also picked up a Superchipped eCU to see if that will make any difference, updates tomorrow folks :thumb:

Looking nice Dave, like your mates car, very nice! As for the ecu, you will notice a slight gain in the revs and extra pull/torque etc from about 3krpm to 5krpm i will imagine, but it wont be any massive difference over all, just bit better to drive when drove hard.

Cheers Scott :thumb: Aslong as i see a difference in the ECU ill be happy

Just uploading pics of todays progress

Front Polybushed strengthened lower arms and tiebars, along with ARB bushes

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No pics of them fitted, not really any different, undersealing started

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Needs finishing off to be perfect but its a start, All the arches undersealed and rear drums hammerited black

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And just a couple shots of her outside, fitted a White GTE spoiler to her, not to everyones taste but i prefer it

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Plans next are fit the Superchipped ECU, and try and still get insured on the damn thing!! :thumb:

Heres a couple of my Mates for you Scott, only differences since these photos are it now has a euro fog, Full rainbow SR interior instead of the GTE one, and bump strips with red stripes down the sides

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Currently for sale if anyones interested :thumb:

I think the spoiler mightve looked better in grey kissy, maybe some GTE/GSi esque black vinyl on the tailgate to break it up, mk1 spoilers work on mk2's btw i like it, did it myself a few years back:thumb:



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Spoiler looks well imo :)

Get a new camera/phone tho lol

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Get a new camera/phone tho lol

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Its not his camera, he has a rose tinted lens so we can all see the fuzzy love he holds for his beloved :d

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Spoiler looks well imo :)

Get a new camera/phone tho lol

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Its my camera lense Adam, the lense is scratched and glazed so it comes out crap lol, needs replacing

Glad you decided against the speedlines, they dont look as good and they need to stay on that 5 door to make it look half decent.

Not keen on the spoiler :( but everything else is 100% perfect. Would be a shame to spray the bumpers white and make it a full rep as it looks great as it is. When do you turn 19 so you can drive it?

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Glad you decided against the speedlines, they dont look as good and they need to stay on that 5 door to make it look half decent.

Not keen on the spoiler :( but everything else is 100% perfect. Would be a shame to spray the bumpers white and make it a full rep as it looks great as it is. When do you turn 19 so you can drive it?

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Turned 19 2 weeks ago, however its still around £6000, however been told to try again once ive got 2 years NCB and hopefully then it should be around half that :thumb:

Even half that is too much lol

Shop around everywhere and hopefully it'll drop right down.

Not updated this in afew months so here goes, been busy at work so not really had much time to work on her untill this week

Private plate offered up, Colin Mcrae decal added to the rear window

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One of the engine, changed since this pic

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Decided to wire up some reverse lights into the indicators using some sidelight bulbs, nice little addition and i wont have to creep backwards now to let people know im reversing

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Omega intermittent variable speed wiper stalk fitted

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Exhaust taken off and taken to the fabricators, had the bent Mk1 tip cut off and my old tip off my old backbox cut and welded on, comes out perfect now and is a nice size, as the other one came out in the corner and was too small for my liking

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And today i took a trip upto douglas Valley car breakers who were breaking a C20XE Nova, i managed to get the pipe i needed to t-piece the one from under the inlet to the ehader tank, they were some very nicely finished stainless steel pieces hence why i got them, also picked up a M-Tech power cap for a bargin price of £10! Got it fitted and polished up abit, the induction noise is epic now, love it! Also fitted my carbon fibre head sheild afew weeks back

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Quick video of the reverse lights if anyones wondering how to do them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUGNyCrNgsQ

And heres a video of me taking it up the road, its a little too loud

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Looks nice dude, I didn't know this engine was 2.1cc where's it from, and I see you say it 208bhp how the hell you managed that?

2.1 208bhp?

Tidy Dave! Enjoyed reading the full thing :thumb:

Not updated this in nearly a year!!! Crazy how time flies!

Only a small update, strut brace i had fitted was ridiculously cheap and tacky, Fouled the power cap massively and restricted engine movement. After seeing one that i knew would fit around the engine as it is set up (OMP style brace) I purchased it off eBay, it was in need of some serious refurbishment

As it came:

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In need of some love, paint flaking off due to being poorly prepped and painted white, also seized solid adjustment bolt as you can see

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Anyways after lots of hours of stripping, heating, un-seizing and painting in my new work (HGV bodyshop) it was rstored to its former glory... and i uncovered the old girl from the garage to fit it

Old brace... cheap and tacky

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New brace fitted

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Now you may all be thinking ''Why on earth are you spending money on a car you can't insure and has been sat in the garage for the last 2 years''... well i turn 21 in 5 months, so i can then get temp insurance cover for the summer months, and i also reach the start of the insurance prices coming down for me too, although i have since aquired 3 more points in March :( but we will see...

We'll see what happens :thumb:

Nice mod, i have the same bar:thumb:

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Nice mod, i have the same bar:thumb:

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They're the only ones that fit nice with a XE engine and power cap :thumb:

Not updated this in over 6 years. Although everyone on facebook knows shes still around, still own her, 14 years I've had her now since I started this thread. She was however wrote off afew years back after someone pulled out on me when inwas doing about 50. 2 years later she was back on the road.

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