cheers mate :thumb: not much left to do now,nothing another weekend mincing drinking beer wont sort
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cheers mate :thumb: not much left to do now,nothing another weekend mincing drinking beer wont sort
Right, after getting to this about dinnertime, we found when plumbing in the wiring loom, that nothing actually fitted...
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A trip down to see Hendrix revealed we had some random inlet manifold (one ive never seen before) and it was completely wrong!
A donated correct manifold and a couple of other bits we went back to crack on removing the manifold we'd just fitted, leaving us with this..
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Side by side shots of the two manifolds..
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So we cracked back on with swapping the injectors and fuel rails and getting the new maifold on, so much easier and fitted much better than the one that had come off, but not many more pics were taken..
As it sits now..
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As she now sits, we need some joining pipes to trim and connect the fuel lines, battery fitting up and the loom connecting, some bolts for the SFi box as we havent got any, and tbh, that really is about it!
Another day of mincing and i reckon she will be ready to run again, im actually in shock as she hasnt run since late 2007 :eek:
Maybe early and late inlets. I know they are different shapes....
Once again cheers mate big :thumb: up to ya for the help and encouragement,deffinately wont take much more now to get her running then its just the interior to fasten down and get her in for a mot
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Originally Posted by Rob
Im gonna quote that, and text it to you everytime i think your enthusiasm is waning :p
Knew I was close. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudly
That's such **** luck, but looks like it's all being put behind him now. :)
Spud/rob im sure i have some sfi bolts you can have for nowt. Drop me your address via pm
Well done boys as said on text really looking forward to seeing this out again even if its not on the lovely comps
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Originally Posted by L14MNP
Aye mate, respray pics are page 8 on here :d
John, thats funking awesome, yes please ill get Robs addy over to you, youre a star!
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Originally Posted by Graeme
Made me laugh when you said youd be happy to see it as a 1.0, aslong as its at billing :d
Im so fcukin giddy he has finally given in after six years of ragging him and taking the piss wanting him to finish it :d
Forgot all about this, just assumed it was an abandonned project, but good to see you guys are back on track with it.
Crack on and get it running :thumb:
it was abandonned for 6 years lol hopefully all being well she,l be alive very soon :thumb:
I dont see a difference in the inlets :s
one has a module type thing with a plug connection on it underneath :confused: and none of my wiring would connect into it
So just leave it disconnected surely or just take the module off lol gotta be easier than changing the whole inlet just for that
i think the inlet is a astra gsi one with traction control
holy mother of mercy i cant belive its getting work again, thank god for that.
keep it coming peeps.
its all changed now any way lolQuote:
Originally Posted by burgo
lol lol lol lol yep its still here just been hiding away for a few years :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rickyb
It's all lies its a photo shop lol
Rich im not good enough at PS for them pics to be fake lol
And burgo it wouldve been easier but the tps was wrong, the breathers and the TB water pipes were all wrong, and none of the plugs matched to anything, took us a little while to sus it out, and it wasnt a pain in the ass for rob to change it back over, it was for me though lol
ZOMG!!!!!
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgdhSnuyTkM
Good job lads!
This is all rob actually, he has been on it three nights this week so far, now the engine startup is out of the way its time for me to head back over and finish rebuilding the interior and finish off the c/l e/w wiring, i cant fookin wait!!
Well well good work Rob and his little helper it's been a good quick turn around lads, I hope I'll see this at some point Rob and we need a catchup ;)
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Originally Posted by Southie
Youre having a giraffe arent you, its been on sorn since late 2007 lol
I mean this times effort not in total you smash mash Mother Hubbard lol
Youll deffo be seein it mate be long overdue a catch up aswell :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Southie
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Originally Posted by Southie
Lmfao, aye i knows mate lol
I cant believe he has cracked on with it on the sly, it wasnt too far off being a runner when i left it last week, we had scheduled a weekend on it end of the month, but he has sneaked out unbeknown to me and got his mincing hat on :d
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Originally Posted by Spudly
Still needs some snorting carbs lol
h0ly sh!t, she's a runner .... ghwaan r0b !!!1!!1!
Small but quite a good update imo, she has turned a wheel under her own steam, for those who arent familiar with this car and or thread, this is the first time the car has driven, since late 2007 :eek:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXCWUphjxKc
Couple of random snaps, we were hoping to have had much more done as we persisted through the rain, which then turned to fecking snow!!
Start of the day, two blue xe's in the massive garden (after we had tidied some garden furniture away)
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Turned round, wanted to get the interior cleared out so we can run the window and door locking wiring in, but the rain started coming down hard...
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So we (I) decided to bath her and see how well/if, she cleaned up without the use of a jetwash...
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Then it started coming down faster than i could rinse it off for a decent pic, and i was soaked so we packed up..
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Last few snaps after the snow eased off and how she sits now..
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just seen this rob, good to see its moved under its own steam, hopefully see it on the road again soon!
still looks as tidy as ever tbh
More mincing done today, emptied all the crap out of the car itself as someone had filled it with five years worth of assorted shizzle!!
Pulled the carpets out and ran the ew and cl wiring in properly, and ended up pulling the dash out as the whole loom was untaped for some reason, sorted all that out and fixed a few bodges while I was there!
Fitted it all back up and swapped the 16v digi dash for a much better 8v one and stuck the seats and all the trims back in, it now looks like a real car again, and it now has working electric windows and central locking too!
Then we sat in it drinking beer and laughing at our own stupidity haha!
Opened the boot and emptied it, to find an install!
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It's looking brilliant, it's making me want a family Nova lol
altho its making better progress than greames saloon .......
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Which saloon Chris
the 2 door one matey
That's just a parts collection but with mark beeson breaking his car this month the paint kitty got well and truly spent but on the plus side the unit looks a lot fuller
yer my garage is getting cramped atm, im getting the keys for the one next door tho which will be for keeping my nova in and nothing else