looks awesome matey!!!
looks awesome matey!!!
Good plans Dave, looking ace as ever! Ive tried to get my mate to his cav slabs the same,but he's decided to paint them white lol
Scott
stunning
still looking mint dave mate :thumb:
Why not just run factor wipers? Still looks good!
Looking great as usual bud. But that picture, really doesnt do it any justice lol
Thanks for the comments :-)
ive always been a fan of single wipers, dont know why but still want to do one..
Dont pay too much attention to pics lol just taken with phone to show u its still all in one piece..
I felt ide rabbited on too much with the update to mention the next stage of new plans. Ill obviously finish the mentioned jobs to end 'stage 1' but i really wanna get 'stage 2' underway..
*Update again lol
Stage 2, which is what I hope to happen in time for next years shows, pv 09 being the deadline.
Throttle bodies
Rollcage
Maybe X18XE1/Z18XE conversion.
Im not sure if the X14XE will stay. For now, in its standard spec; I wanted to throttle body convert it and just see how it goes/ how I feel.
If I want a bit more I can then keep tuning; add cams etc..
If I want much more, ide sell it on and convert the smallblock 1.8- bolting t.bs onto that. It might even be cheaper to just use that instead of tuning x14xe..
Im not sure if to choose 40 or 45mm bodies as the 1.4 might stay or the 1.8 might go in..
Ive obviously yet to acquire a 1.8 engine..
The only other on-going thing is our (me and a mate) search for a small unit to rent to store and work on our cars. Quite tricky L
If we find one, there is a good chance that engine conversions and so on can take place.. But where we are at the mo there is little to no chance..?
More again soon anyway.
Love the Car Dave. And this means no dis-respect to John, but you've totally transformed the car into a much better, more hardcore looking car, the subtle changes have had a big impact.
Love it and cant wait till your next update.
I think this maybe my favourite mk1 :) It's awesome as it stands now, but with the stage 2 plans it will be immense! Good work peester!
A bodied 1800 would be awesome in there :cool:
whats up with your backbox?i have both a mk1 and a mk2 magnex backbox here if needed?
thanks again guys.. fingers crossed with the plans. It does get a bit scarey looking at costs of whats still to come but i plan to keep the car for years to come. Plus its what ive always meant to do to a nova.
Adam c - theres nowt wrong with my backbox- its just that i want the rest of the system i think. i dunno. lol.
on this first page, theres a pic of sum little metal clips that hold the brake flexi's in place, where did u get these from bud, n what do you call them? cheers.
Just read this from the beginning. Stunning car, really awesome. Keep up the good work! Love it!:thumb:
Can get them new from vauxhall.Quote:
Originally Posted by ben doodar
where is peeser anyway ? havent heard from him for a while
hes been hiding lol
did you threaten to eat him again bax ??Quote:
Originally Posted by General Baxter
i might have an engine after all if your interested ;)
i think i embarrassed him at the last meet, i have no idea where that salt and chips went lolQuote:
Originally Posted by draper
woah magic thread bump.. :-)
I have been hiding a bit, as you do during winter - but still been busy..
Between myself and a couple of mates we've finally got ourselves a unit yaaay! Its small, dirty crappy but not too dear and it is local and better than nothing.
So finally have somewhere decent to work on the car. Full steam ahead with the car plans. Once we've moved in.
Ive been on MIG mostly lately trying to get gen-ed up on these 1.8 small blocks. Lee303 has been a great help. Its all still a bit messy/confusing/in the air..
I keep researching.
Ill update the thread properly hopefully within the next few weeks.
good choice buddy ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Lol, only just seen this, no disrespect felt keith! I love what dave has done with it. I'm really really glad it went to a good home!Quote:
Originally Posted by krobinson
So have you deffo decided on a 1.8 dave? spill the beanslol .
thanks guys..
Its just funds really john,.. the t.b kit is for deffo(from Martin Bowyer) but yeah the plan is to buy a 1.8.. i just dont know if to buy a whole car or just the engine, then which one? Z18XE or X18XE1..? and when,.. lol.
Ive got an idea of prices n that so it should be ok..
Then it would be our only first ever engine conversion. eeck.
No better way to learn then jump in at the deep end old bean :thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by peester
Some good plans there dude :) I'll have to come round and have a nose at the unit..
Hey Dave glad your still alive lol
Well there was a lad on here who kept on about the 1800 16v's i think it was x18xe1 that he said was best? not sure could try find it, think it was in baxters big v small block thread?
Good plans though dude, and glad to here you got a unit, i could do with one! hows your work situation going?
Scott
cheers scott , lucky with the unit really,.. my best advice to anyone looking is to get talking to people/in with the right crowd, if poss.. just keep asking everyone lol. Word of mouth.
The lad on here you meant was dave franczak (sp) he suggests the X18XE1 if you need the o.e tb/inlet and management , which i dont..
Work well, tbh its ok - low £££ takings is the only change really, and although the company have made one or redundancies per store im well established, was on the way up -kinda level so im safe.. Just the 'on the way up' will be a bit on hold, lol. But no, can't complain. All well so far.
ah ha, cheers adam.
yh is a really nice car that bud love the polished slab's
*Update.
We have an engine!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A1478.jpg
Looks like it made it in one piece, a 2001 vectra sri's Z18XE engine with 61K. Ive got 2 months to fit it and find out if it works before warrenty period is up.
£299.00 delivered it was.
Now on the hunt for an F15CR 'box and service bits for the engine.
Still waiting on Martin for a full n final price on the t.b kit.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...r/SP_A1476.jpg
Heres the pic, finally, of the compbrake rose-jointed trackrod ends - other than the conversion of the 1.8 ive also got the front suspension / steering as an on going project to sort out the issues i had from last year i was using it.
So slowly the bits are filtering through. Hopefully next week the engine will be on a stand at our unit where we can start prepping it for the conversion.
Like i say; 8 weeks to go and counting..
Excellent :D
Will make the car even cooler with such a rarely seen conversion :)
TBH you will be better off buying just the inlet from Bowyer and then sourcing everything else yourself, cutting out the middle men.
Get the engine unpackaged, check the timing marks are aligned, and give it a few turn overs by hand to make sure all is well. Are you doing a mini rebuild (hg etc etc), or just putting it in, as is?
Looking forward to seeing this going in
Could maybe have a bit of a mids meet at your unit sometime to see how its going? :)
Cheers ad, what do you mean sourcing everything else myself? Go to Jenvey direct, MBE direct etc etc?
The engine is at work in the pic, ive yet to move into the unit tho we're doing the handover of keys/move in within the next few days - indeed it'll go onto a stand and we'll check it all out. Im not doing headgasket, but everything else will be redone.
Ha, a meet at the unit - well as long as we dont piss the neighbours off..
Looking good fella keep it up.
Yeah, buy the bodies from Jenvey themselves etc, should save you some money
Nice going Dave, looks like your car will be one to keep an eye on then!
PS: where you get the R/J trackrod ends from?
Scott
Looking forward to seeing this :)
cheers scott..Quote:
Originally Posted by scott.parker
compbrake. Nice bits of kit.
that colour is really nice, i wud prefare my nova that colour, always loved that blue,
Dave, where did you get those front doorcards from???
And the black window winders etc (did some mk1s have them black as standard) ?
All Mk1 Nova's had black winders/door handles as standard as far as I know Adam...
Oh right?
Cheers Vaughan