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Well, Since the fix, oil continued to pour out, so as the sump had to come off to re-seal the rear main cap i thought i might as well fit the baffled sump Adam sorted for me.
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Got it fitted last night, and left it to seal overnight before re-filling.
Today was another long day. I decided the whole day would be devoted to the Nova in an attempt to get it ready 1 day early. So morning was re-fitting the sump and exhaust, then ran it up to temperature on stands which seemed fine. No more leaking.
Then i had to swap over the damaged throttle cable. The one i had delivered this week was not suitable, so a trip to the bike shop was in order. Fair play to them they sorted me out with everything i needed to replace BOTH cables and didnt even charge me!
I left the old outer cables in place and just replaced the inners.
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This is one of the cables i removed. Despite the fray at the carb end this second area of damage was about 6" from the pedal.
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Then despite no alt belt i took it for a test drive (Which was pretty epic), and pulled over around 5 miles down the road in an industrial estate to check for leaks
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All seemed well, so gave it some beans on the way home,
Got back and left it running, but put it on stands to inspect all or the usual leak prone areas
Just this little weep, which i think is now the front oil pump seal, But not an issue as it is tiny
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Moved on to the pulley, This is the one i had delivered this week, against the old damaged one
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That threw up a problem as the old belt was now too big, So a bit of string and a trip to Halfords later and that too was sorted
Got to love the Halfords Trade Card
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The only belt i could get was pulling the alt nearly as far forward as it could go, but again not an issue as the linkage just needed shortening
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And as a nice bonus the new pulley has got the belt away from the oil filter. Here is where it used to rub
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And now.... Loads of room.
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So, Im all done. It just needs a wash now and im ready to go. Never been finished a day early before.... Seems kind of strange.
Hopefully sights like this will be a thing of the past now
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Been a while since i updated the build on here, but its still very much alive. Quite a bit of progress recently and some big purchases so il get them posted up.
The action day at combe was Ok, but there were issues all day with the fuel supply so never properly enjoyed myself. Got it home and shut it away in the shed for a few weeks, whist considering the next move.
Very pleased with the box, so thats staying, and its the sole reason i wont just drop one of my c20lets in it.
In short, I decided to build a high comp throttle bodied xe, so stripped my best one to use its block, then found out the bores were only just in tolerance for my 86mm wossners.
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So binned that idea and stripped an 1800 - 8v with the idea of having it bored from 84.7mm to a fresh 86mm.
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With that in the machine shop and literally minutes away from being cut i managed to sequre a much better deal, so put it on hold and went to collect this lot
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So, whats here...
Fresh 87mm forged Omega block, lightened and fully balanced early crank, not run since proffesional build.
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Pistons Machined to work with the head.... which will follow.
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Big valve head. Fully ported, all valves +1mm with double springs and steel caps.
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Also got some tidy 285mm Wilwoods.
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A new Gripper LSD for f16 / f20
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And a load of other bits, like another set of Doubles, Verniers, Solid lifters, Unknown cams until i check them properly, Gates belt kit, ARP flywheel bolts, Bonded sump gasket, Multilayer head gasket etc etc.... Even got the engine stand thrown in.
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The price was fair, and im happy. I didnt really want it all, but taking the lot essentially made the bits i do want a lot cheaper.
This now means with a light skim on the head and an ARP stud kit im ready to go!
So one of the first things to do was to go down the unit and fetch one of the spare wheels to try the brakes in. And GOOD NEWS ! they fit.
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Not going to get any scene points for them though, as they wont be on show.
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Bit of squeeze regarding the weights, but theres a nice area for those on the outside of the rim, down in the squares so it will have to be function over looks.
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So with that lot stored up nice and safe i started hunting for an exhaust manifold. I did have a type c but it had a big dent in and i lost my temper with it trying to repair it so gave it away.
Picked this up last week. Simpson 4 - 2 - 1 stainless.
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Then tried the bodies on one of my spare heads, took some measurements and decided on a different route for those too, So instead of dcoe style the manifold will be replaced with a zero degree one.
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With that decided, and my love for the shell rapidly decreasing i thought it best to get stuck into something this week. Been getting a lot of motivation from other build threads on here which seem to be progressing well, and there were bits i wanted to do so first step was to strip it out.
Suprisingly it only actually took an hour or two.
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Iterior wise i plan to remove the bolt in rear harness bar and weld it into the cage, remove both diagonals, as you may have noticed they are a bodge of 1x bolt in and 1x weld in. Both will be replaced with welded in bars.
Remove the lower centre brace and fit a spreader on the tunnel, then run 2x diagonals from the door bar pickup points into the centre.
Fit rear facing diagonals from the door bar pickup points to the rear harness bar pickup points.
Remove the single bolt in door bars and weld in X bars, in preperation for the fiberglass doors.
Weld in a brace behind the dash, and triangulate the cage forward onto the turrets. So plently to be getting on with.......
Firstly.... Stripping out that horrible tar crap.
Heat gun and long crow bar were perfect
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Quite shocking what this stuff weighs! This is only half of it, but once all together i had about 6kg in a carrier bag.
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So thats about as far as i am now. Still plenty to do and lots of money to spend, but hopefully it will be back out for next season.
Also decided that my seats are being replaced now too. Its a big step cutting the rails out though, so i think il leave it a little while.
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looks sweet if it doesnt have some kind of an oil leak then it wouldnt be an xe lol
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Looks awesome loving the pile of nice parts. Always satisfying when resolving a bad oil leak isn't it! Who did the baffled sump?
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Yeah it was unreal. I took it out for a drive, pulled into an industrial estate and peered underneath to a completely dry patch. Since then its started weeping a bit, but i dont mind as im not likely to get kicked out of a pitlane now until next year.
The pile of bits is growing, got my eye on one of QED's dry sump kits too.
The baffle was done by a lad called Adam Dewis. Its a really good job and i would reccomend him to anyone.
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Not done a lot this week, apart from measure up for the cage, and sequre a quality welder to buzz around it. I have decided i will tack it in, but my skills with the mig only go so far and i wouldnt want my safety relying on my own welds. Especially after the last Off, which could have been a lot worse.
Bought some new seats, and was chuffed when they arrived.
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But i wasnt happy with them, They had been damaged in transit due to the negligence of the seller upon packaging, and with the money involved i was not happy atall so have sent them back
Not before seeing how well they fit though....
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Which actually i have no idea, because i still cant fit rails, and that gay floor brace is still in place. So next job is to remove it.... then buy some revolutions / evolutions
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Recently been given a little motivation by a friend to keep chipping away at the car in order to get it out on track next year, So went down saturday morning and started removing the engine and box.
Sold the Carbs and Diff out of it, so i had it half stripped anyway, and the rest was simple, Only took about an hour tops.
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With that done i tidyed up the unit a bit, and intend to build some more racking and a big workbench in there this week, which will make it a nicer place to work, but in the meantime have been out buying parts.
Picked these up today, after quite a mission and walking away from one set of sparco circuits i didnt fit in too well, i called a guy selling these just down the road from the first set.
Got them for a fair price, complete with ally side mounts, and chuffed with the condition as they are very nearly new. Still in date for 4 / 9 years too.
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I had to drive past the unit on the way home so it would have been rude not to drop them off and try them for size.
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To be honest they are a tight fit in there, but i think they will go in ok, especially as the passenger will be lower and further back than the driver.
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Very pleased with them for now. Looking forward to doing the rails next and then hopefully re-jigging the cage around them.
Picking up more shiney bits this week too.
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Thanks Matthew. Well pleased with the cluster by the way, Cant fault it so thankyou.
Been out buying bits again this week, so got my cams sorted (SBD 295's) and some new ARP head studs
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And then came home today to an unmistakable package.
Purchased after maybe a few too many glasses of wine. Looks to be in working order, other than needing a good grease. I had been considering the Quaife equivelent, but a complete linkage hasnt came up for sale in a while, so settled for this.
Its apparantly from one of the old works Astra mk2's, so hopefully i can mod it to fit.
Not quite sure how it will handle the syncro box, but its worth a try as im sure i can get my money back on it if need be.
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