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Awesome :)
good luck in germany mate
been following thsi project for years glad you got through the tough times to finish it,
great work, have fun!
Sounds good Andy. Likewise about my local dealers. Bunch of useless, miserable old men.
You cant imagine how quick the words 'No longer serviced I'm afraid' can roll off the tongue. I'm sure they say it with an undertone of pleasure too.
Car sounds fantastic. New grille badge yeah?
Had the tracking sorted at the weekend, Mart took it for me while i was over in Germany, Drove it down to Birmingham lastnight so Karl can take it into Radtec for me while i'm away for a few days to finish a few things with the coolers. That was fun, absolutely hammering it down with rain and ended up coming off the motorway at Cannock because of traffic on the motorway, driving through the floods was fun.... Just odds and ends to do once i get it back, vinal and stickers to fit, then going give it a oil change, a proper good clean and polish as everything is filthy underneath now! and then it will be ready for Germany. Just got to sort the gearbox again when i get back, that should be fun!!
Took out for a good English summer, soaking already!
sounds like your cracking on chap :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by andybishop
I was going up the M6 (to stoke) and coming down again last night to cannock, and the visibility was appualing!! so much spray/standing water going through stafford that everyone slowed down to around 40mph!
It made it to Germany and back!!! Now done 1700 miles since rebuild with no major problems.
Rob picked the car up from Radtec for me on the Saturday before i was due to go to germany in it, i was struggling to get it as i was on my way back from a 3 day works incentive (pi$$ up) in Puerto Banus and would of been in no state to get it... Radtec had changed all the pipes to Black as i'd originally wanted and fitted the fan temp sensor in the radiator which they had forgotten to do. Over the next few nights we sorted some wiring out and sorted some alarm problems we'd been having, and on the Tuesday night Mart and I were working on it till around 1am, fitting all the pipe work for the heaters which we had'nt done when we threw the dash in for the MOT, this almost involved removing the dash again. All the dash components were fitted, door builds, wiring for speakers and door cards were fitting. New Roose motorsport pipes were fitted to replace the red samco and overbraided pipe i had going to the top header tank outlet. It was finally in a decent state to get us to germany.
After work on Wednesday we loaded the car up and left Stoke to head for Dover, picking Karl up from the services on the M6 on the way and also fitting the new Ipod head unit that i'd had delivered that day on the way. We made it for ferry in plenty of time, however a different story for beastie who had forgotten something vital for a european trip.. narrowly making the ferry in time!! On the other side we drove through the night in the rain and arrived at the hotel at around 8 in the morning. Met up the rest of the group who had caught an earlier euro tunnel crossing, and later on Novaneil and his group turning up.
Over the following 5 days i did 5 steady laps in the Nova and started to give it a bit more stick after running the engine in with a couple of trips to Koln Bonn airport to pick up and drop off some friends who had flown out.
I only encountered two problems while over there, one being that it was overboosting to 20psi and the ecu was cutting it back, i adjusted it back bit by bit and eventually got to the end of the thread on the actuator. It now cuts only in 5th and 6th under heavy load. I'd just taken the turbo off the Cavalier i had and not set it up, the cav ran a superchipped ecu and bleed valve which was used to control the boost. I will be chipping it at some point soon to sort the problem and will be able to run more boost.
The other problem was that the i could hear the clutch cable snapping a strand at a time as i drove round the roads surrounding the ring, whilst trying to diagnose my gearbox problem i'd stuck a old cable on it which was past it. This was easily sorted with a trip to the guest house and swapping it with a another from my comprehensive spares stockpile i'd taken with me.
Car needs a damn good cleaning now ready for Trax, also need to sort my wheels out, fit the vinal and stickers and do the final tidy of the engine bay and sort a scuttle cover out, oh and get my gearbox rebuilt, fit it and give Marts his back...
Only pictures i can find on the net of it...
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/images/nurburgringcam.png
Being overtaken by a porsche...
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/images/ringlap.jpg
Good to hear things went well mate :)
Well built car to have done that with so few/non breakdowns etc.
Need some proper pics now mate :)
Will get more pictures up as soon as i've given it a good cleaning and sorted the few bits i want to finish on it.
Car was faultless!! well done to everyone involved!!
It feels so well bolted together & all the care & attention every part has recieved really shows on it. My only complaint was its impossible to sleep in the back of it while on the move! Ah well, can't have everything:)
Couple of highlights were out-dragging a BMW down the main straight & the guy coming straight over to us in the carpark for a look.
And while Karl was driving trying to catch the ferry, cruising at around 110 on the motorway he shakes his head saying "this has so much more still to give" - Nippy then!!
Mart
lol! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by martweaver
top work, bet your chuffed it survuved
Nice sleeper!
Too bad that here in Finland we can?t put legally LET or XE either on Nova :cry:
I?m sure LET Nova goes smooth :cool:
Well as some of might of seen yesterday at Trax my Nova rebuild is pretty much done now!! It was kind of finished couple of months ago and i did a trip to the ring in it but still had plenty i wanted to do on it. So since i've been back it's been up on axel stands in the garage and everythings been cleaned and polished, had the vinal and stickers have been fitted. Should of took some mirrors really to show the work thats gone into the underside too.. Also made a brave decision about having the wheels done darker, cheers to NJ for doing a great job of them, plenty of people commented on how good it looks so hopefully i made the right decision!! I will update my site with the progress pictures soon, but here a couple of pictures nicked from NJ from yesterday(hope you don't mind mate!!)
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1188760896
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1188760876
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k2...g?t=1188761250
Wheel colour looks spot on Andy. Car looks awesome, drive OK?
yeah looks fapin mint andy , project de-rust is officially complete lol :thumb:
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Riggy
Cheers Craig, Yeah it drives ok, well as ok as a turbo nova can!! lol, it's good fun though!
Going to do a few more bits on it over winter and make it even cleaner i think, few bits i want to redo.
Dedication.
Hopefully mine will be a runner soon.
Aye, does look awesome.
Perfect wheel colour imo
Seen this yesterday, me and my mate both agreed it was car of the show for us ! Can't beat a mint GSi with a let !
Looks the absolute business mate! Im sooo glad you went for the darker colour, finished the exterior off perfectly the vinyls,wheels,badges etc, top job fella.
yum yum yum yum yum
Had a good look at the car on Sunday - great job - loving the way Radtech have sorted the intercooler out !!
Wanted a chin wag but couldn't find you !
Nice colour on the wheels as well!
Joff
Cheers Joff, I actually got the idea from Ed's Astra Turbo (Dave Franzaks old one) which is done in a similar way. Sent some pics and idea's to Radtec and asked if it was possible and would it work ok. Must say i'm impressed with the job they've done, and is exactly how i wanted it. It was all made up on the car and another 2 sets made for Keith and Martin's.
Yeah wouldn't of minded catching up with you, i was mostly wandering around or lying down behind the car.
Had a quick look round yours too at Trax, looks excellent! Plenty of work gone into it!! Impressive!
Your a legend Andy, a man amongst men ;)
Just thought it was time for a bit of an update.
I took the car off the road in November last year when the tax run out, after doing the ring trip and attending Trax in it and generally enjoying driving it again!! It was time to give Mart his F28 back, so it's sat in the garage up in the air since!!
My gearbox is away at the moment having the syncro's done. While the front end was in bits I decided to get a few bits re-done that i wasn't happy with. So I stripped the anti-roll bars, wishbones, gearbox mounts and rear beam off it and took them to be powder coated. I also took a load of bolts and odds and ends to be zinc coated that i'd previously painted, so i'm doing another mini rebuild at the moment. Just waiting on some rear wheel bearings, handbrake cable guides and some bits for the backing plates and i can start building it back up. Hopefully it will be done and taxed for PV... :eek:
I've just spent the last couple of hours updating my site www.nova-turbo.co.uk but here's a few pictures anyway.
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...7/dscf0016.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...7/dscf0015.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...7/img_0976.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_1497.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_1499.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_1973.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_1984.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_2017.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/NovaTurb...8/img_2024.jpg
Ahh..now this will show how much ive kept my eyes open..lol i didnt even know it had been on the road last year, looks ace Andy im well impressed with how it looks and what your doing to it, i dont know how you find the motivation to be honest though.
Scott
Its as close to perfect as I've ever seen Scott. Credit to Andy's motivation.
Looks as good as ever Andy. :)
Another Update!!
Gearbox has now been rebuilt, cheers to Pitstoppete on Mig for sorting it so quickly for me, had 1st, 2nd and 3rd syncros replaced. Fitted it Friday night/Saturday morning. Cheers to Rob for giving me a hand fitting the box. Rebuilt all the front end back up and fitted the powder coated beam and other bits. Taxed it on monday and had the Dent man out lastnight to remove two little dints on the bonnet and one on the rear quarter. So all being well it will be at PV this weekend on the JOV stand. Just need to get it back up in the air to give it a damn good polishing and a final spanner check.
Sounds good Andy. Look forward to catching up with y'all at some point over the weekend.
CG
Cya today mate, car was looking mint yesterday :)
Here's are few pictures from PV, Time to get it ready for Billing now!! Needs a good cleaning after the off roading at PV!!
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2290.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2291.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2292.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2293.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2294.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2295.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2296.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2297.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2298.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2299.jpg
http://www.nova-turbo.co.uk/PV2008/img_2300.jpg
^ not workin for me...
btw- sorry i missed you at pv about the vents - i didnt manage to find jov..
you at billing??
Whats not working? Yeah no worries fella, i had them with me, don't think many people found the JOV stand from people asking if i was there.. Yeah i'll be at Billing.
pics weren't working for me, but now are.. lol.
Ill find you at billing..
Its still the tidyest LET nova ive ever seen.
Now that yours is done, what of mart weavers?? off the subject a sec..
Yeah no worries mate, cheers!! Took a lot of work to sort the bay out and make it as tidy as possible!!Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Don't know what's happening with Mart's! Not heard off him for quite a while, have offered to help him get it sorted too... :confused: