Nova Turbo *progress so far*

Hi all

here's few pics of my nova, the turbo conversion has taken alot longer than expected but hopefully it will be ready for PVS!

Had it running again yesterday after the water return pipe from the turbo split, the car would of been finished by now if it wasnt for autovaux! ordered a load of parts from them and they are still not here after over a week, apparently they will deffo be here for tomorrow :(

Also I ended up in A&E yestday after boiling hot coolant sprayed all over my left hand and right arm! the pain was unreal but after a does of bandages and cocaine (cocodemol) Im ok :D

Off the the ring a week today I'll be in a rented vectra so if anyone is there over the bank holiday weekend you will probably catch me mooching round the carpark!

The main problem with the car is that im getting oil & water mixing, so if I have time im going to get the head off and get it sorted!

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All comments welcome :)

looks real tidy mate!

sweeeeeeeeeeeeet, i see you have cut out the front panel, is this beneficial?? and how does its fit back in ??

good work mate

Looking very nice. Is this Nick Caro's mum's old nova? If it is what happened to the throttle body's? Also have you fitted a F28?

I never cut the panel it was like that when i gt the car but working on id say its a must!

Rick, yeah its nick caros mums old 1, I sold the tb's to guy on mig and Im running a F20 on std boost may go to F28 for next year

looks nice mate hope you get it sorted for pv?

Looks awesome mate! Love it :)

i get back form the ring on saturday the 27th so will prob book the week off work and make sure its done!

need the new coolant pipe to turbo fitting new exhaust manifold, new manifold studs and bolts, down pipe gasket, boost gauge fitting, brakes beelding some paintwork and waxoil underneath and most importantly an MOT! which is booked for friday my mate is coming round tommorrow to help me out so it will pass!

what intercooler is that?
and where did you get it from?

its an eds 8.1 ltr from regal, bit of a t*at to get it to fit the bumper. I have had two apparent frontera sport ones both were too big!

Looking great, nice work.

superb car nick

well done :thumb:

shane

Very nice :)

that looks well nice mate. looks very tidy aswell.

lew

Looks good mate, only thing that i can say is about the radiator sitting weird, yes it is tight at the front of the old nov ive had the same probs this winter, as they say theres a hard way and easy way, hard way always the best option for me tho, see u down at the pod.

nice one mate! love the look of this car! hope you make it to pv!:)

Yes with the rad your best mounting it in the center and drilling new holes for the lower mounts. That way it will sit right.

Yip thats the way to do it, i ran a corsa turbo d rad last year excellent cooling just to big wasnt happy with the fit, so this year gone to pro alloy and had a custom rad n intercooler made to suit ma motor not easy as i use a mk 1 bumper that doesnt cover the valance, all that alloy looks ace, might try put some pics up of it at the moment.

No oil cooler?

One thing I would do is remove the sound deadening from the underneath of the bonnet to try and let some heat out.

Looks lovely mate, infact looks like mine if I threw some more time & money at it.

hope it all goes to plan & gets you to PV.

CG

I agree about the rad and oil cooler they are on the list of things to do, I just need get to everything else sorted first am running out of time!

cheers for all the comments

Top work there fella, car looks awesome!

Nice work mate!
Fitting mine in the car tomorrow so looking forward to having problems! lol

Will the rad fit fit the rad in its standard postion or will I need to get a new front mounted fan?

Simps.

im running a brand new 1.2 rad with the right hand side modded to allow the boost pipe to go underneath it. You can mount a 1.6 rad centrally though. Got my cooling fan from tweeks orginally bought two but there is only room for one at the moment. Doubt you'd get a std nova fan in there!

looks awesome realy clean like it

lookin awsome mate , but then again it did with the XE :thumb:

Looking good mate hope to meet you pv.

car looks stunning mate :thumb:

check ebay :) made you an offer :)

hi did u say at the begining of your post that your of to the ring what dates are u there i go tomorrow the 23rdthats if u are car luks amasing hope its sorted for pvs

yes mate going out tomorrow if you have not already gone!