mint i love it, looks like better access to everything. tempted to do one myself but expensive!
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mint i love it, looks like better access to everything. tempted to do one myself but expensive!
you will have to let me come have a look at this mate its pure porn, that dash is a nice touch(first time any1 done it?)
anytime chris, never seen any dash conversion on a nova if im honest, good thing is i stripped the dash down and removed the metal work so im left with a carcass which is nice and lightweight.
Bottom front bar works great, i did the same on my last nova, makes access to everything so much easier especially when youve got a big turbo/manifold setup it really helps.
just remember before cutting out everything that holds your front end together to brace it elsewhere, on this one a bar was made and mounted onto the 2 front engine and gearbox mountings which held the front end in place while the work/welding was carried out.
things should be able to progress a bit now ive got the expensive manifold, but then again its gonna cost me that again to have a exhaust system made :-(
im tempted to just fit a full mk4 car harness now so ive got the full dash working ???? as i was gonna fit the mk4 clocks anyway and would make it easier to plug the harness in instead of wiring it into the nova loom.
Dash looks minted, suprisly looks right at home in there. Would be quality if you can get it all working correctly, with the trip computer and that lol
alreet mate did you get the back end of the floor welded back in scott said it was cut out dash looks mint
That dash does look very cool in there.. I'd also be tempted to just fit the MK4 loom you may aswell if you're going to run all the clocks etc. Be a first.
Car looks ace. Perfect wheels and height for it aswell! The dash is looking good, would definetly keep it in!
boot floors not welded yet bossy, might still 4x4 it yet.
just went and got a full mk4 wiring harness
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/272/imagepij.jpg
By heds28 at 2011-11-19
and collected 'the bars of doom', these hopefully will tie in from the wishbone mounts on the chassis to the front crossmember giving a lot more strength and rigidity.
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/4659/imagexje.jpg
By heds28 at 2011-11-19
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6419/imageolg.jpg
By heds28 at 2011-11-19
so gonna fit the full car harness the next few days and try n finish the dash off then work out how im gonna do the engine bay harness, obviously im not gonna run abs or air con so some of the wiring may be removed from the harness at a later date, im also wanting to keep the engine bay as clean as possible and hide whatever wiring i can.
its mad how simple mods on a nova used to be enough and now fair play people are finding new stuff to do with them well done bud rep added!
Looking good as ever.