Captain Mince will be along later with pics no doubt lol
EDIT: just realised Mr Deacon, youve been useless at keeping this WIP up to date as well!!!! Ive merged all the threads i can find for ya :)
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Captain Mince will be along later with pics no doubt lol
EDIT: just realised Mr Deacon, youve been useless at keeping this WIP up to date as well!!!! Ive merged all the threads i can find for ya :)
Nice one.
Is it an early Astra gte engine by any chance? ;)
Yep. Early 20XE. I nearly tore the fuel punp off and dashed it agaist a brick lol
Holy Mo'fo camel poo! Its alive! My god Jackolas, after starting this WiP thread in erm, years ago its actually nearly there lol lol
LOL I abandoned this WIP as I couldn't be ****d bumping it back up each time I made an irregular update.
My official WIP is linked in my sig, if you haven't seen it, its a rather nice little site :p Although thats not been updated for a while either, whoops lol
I'm just getting video off my phone :D
Whilst the video is uploading (youtube is sloooooowwww), here is a picture of Mr Lee preparing to drive the nova
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1052008337.jpg
That seat tried to kill me :(
Rusty discs :(
rust = better heat dissipation :thumb:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8W9neVgLYNY
burbleburbleburbleburble :)
burbleburbleburbleBWAPburbleburle
Waiting for Fiddy Cent next door with his kitted novar to start that up, teehee
Found the dials btw. They're mk2 ones. D'oh :(
No, thats a good thing, as you will be using a MK2 dash lol.
The million dollar question though, is DO YOU HAVE THE PLUG FOR IT? lol
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...1052008337.jpg
lol lol
You look slightly depressed lol
FAILQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
I do have an astra dialset to go in though. And a big box of crimp connectors.... hmmmmmmm :D
jack linky not working for me?
Lee does look like he's got issues in that pic. Like his Mums taken his toys away or summat.
Extreme minceage today lol
Engine is pretty much fin, although there was a slight panic when we thought Lee might have worked his usual XE magic on it :p Just turned out to be a wonky cam gear - still had one spare from the pair Phil sent, so that got put on and all is well again.
Temporary 284 discs are on, but silly me forgot the calipers :gay:
dash is pretty much all in, so its just the exhaust and calipers to sort, then put the seats back in and tidy up...
good to here it. so not much longer now then
Yep. Got some updates to put on the Mk2 dash swap thread as well, the wiring is ubersuperduperfunfunjoy
I only melted one wire though, I blame lee for leaving the battery on :D
lol thats something i wouldnt like to attempt myself but glad it went well
He needs a cuddle, bless him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adam
Dead easy really :DQuote:
Originally Posted by BIGS
Only fail is when you're upside down with a belly full of Chinese food, trying to crimp wires with a hand that has RSI lol
lol yea that might make it more difficult. So it is going to make pvs now then?
lol thought it was broken :( if there was no pulley cover, it would have spat the belt off! Oh, and jack shall now be known as captain crimp from crimpington! Tomorrow, lots of wheelspinny goodness :)
Fantastico :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
Im glad my hand with the old type of loom was handy lads.Just a shame i was trailering scotts nova to his wile trying to work out which wire went to were wile being 50miles away on the other end of a phone lol.
yeah, it was, cheers chris :) gay early looms :(
At lease you didnt try to run the pump of the road speed sensor like i did lol.
OH NOES
WHERE HAS TEH NOVAR GONE!???!?!?!?!?!?!!!!????!?!?!?!?!!??!!?!??!?!?!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...0052008367.jpg
... oh, here tis :D
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...052008373a.jpg
This was after i broke it :)
Your discs turned up in the end then? Cool indictors ;) lol
Youve not gone and put a rod through the block have you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee
:plol
No, but i still broke it :) Hell, if your gonna test drive something, you have to TEST DRIVE IT lol
Comedic video of said breakage to follow.
Ash, no, these are the second ones I bought as a temporary fit whilst I STILL wait the originals I ordered - which have now taken 4 weeks, and the company still haven't contacted me despite promises to ring me :roll:
Few more pics from today:
Yummy big fat calipers fitted
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...0052008360.jpg
Close, but then I've got less clearance on my GT4 calipers, so I'm not worried lol
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...0052008366.jpg
Took the car out for a quick spin - vid to follow, as its 60mb and YouPoob is having a brain fart trying to upload it - which was amusing to say the least. All Alex's neighbours are now deaf, there's a massive wheelspin mark up the road, and Lee broke the gear linkage lmfao lol
Got it back and fixed the broked bits, gave it a quick wash:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...0052008368.jpg
...then off up the road again to take a handful of pics.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...052008377a.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...052008375a.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...052008373a.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...0052008371.jpg
[edit] Thats a temporary front end btw, indicators borrowed from Ash and grille from Lee, to get it thru MOT - Irmsher panel and SR bumper will be added soon. As will rear bumper!
Wheelspins FTW! :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorjack
I did a fscking wheelspin when I drove it, but that didn't involve the tyres on the car lol
LOL, i still find it amusing that you drive a Celica GT4, yet are intimidated by an XE nova with no exhaust lol
Quote:
Originally Posted by Razorjack
you need to move the rubber boot on your engin loom !
Good to hear its alive and running then :)
You need some slim tyres :D
Doesnt have one at present, its still to be sourced. Plenty of adjustment availiable when he gets one to get the loom sat right :)Quote:
Originally Posted by saloonwoody