Project C20 NVA

Im new to the novas so i only just joined the forum. I have started work on a 1.4 sr nova on a h plate with the face lift. The plan is to fit a slightly modded c20xe (filter, cams, chip, 4.2.1 manifold) in to the sr, plus also strip it to its bones and strenghten the chassis and fit a cage with buckets. Looking forward to doing the work but might need some help on the way :D

Before work began
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As you can see there is lots of work to do !

keep us updated mate

at least you wont need to roll the arches lol

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Originally Posted by Pillar

at least you wont need to roll the arches lol

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Is that cause of the lack of a n/s arch or the use of a space saver. The rims which are going on are ready to paint (tomorrow hopefully). A bit a met grey will be used me thinks. :)
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there the centre caps i want for my cav rims thry should look ace when painted

Think i Might badge the whole car as an opel, what do ya think !?!

personally i would take the bagde off the bonnet and have an SR badge on the grill, would consider putting an opel badge on the back. But its your car its up to you :)

All the badges are coming off for the respray anyway ! Quite like some of the opel racing badges for the boot tho ! Anyway thats a while off yet, well at least feb ;)

are you keeping the car the same colour.

No, im changing it to a simlar colour to europa blue, with some grey detailing (bumpers, cage, etc etc).

Got the tyres to put on the rims when there finished. They should be all done by the end of the week.
I went for some kumho ecsta spt ku 31 195/45/15
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Nice ideas.. good luck.

Well i got two of the wheels painted and the tyres fitted today, but i wont get any pics till tomorrow :(
Got a few pics of the inside of the car. I only put the cage, seats, etc to test clearances and what not.

rear
http://img1.putfile.com/thumb/12/36308204845.jpg

Alloy tank and pump location. The strut brace is yet to have a home yet.
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Seats and cage
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Bucket seat and herness
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Lots of work to be done at the weekend aswell. I will post up the progress after the weekend.

Sorry, all the pics will enlarge if you click on them.

I was planning on getting those seats! Are you using the Corbeau Nova subframes? :)

Looks like it's taking shape, good work.

Im using a standard nova subframe with some angle iron welded on to attach to the seats to. I will get some pics of them to, at some point !

Heh yeah do that, could save me a few quid on (IMO overpriced) subframes! lol

First there is a couple of pics of what i had to do to remove the corrosion from the wheels !
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The final result
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With tyre on
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Im really happy wiht results of the wheels, think the colour is spot on.

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Originally Posted by iainel

Heh yeah do that, could save me a few quid on (IMO overpriced) subframes! lol

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The subframes are only tacked at the mo
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what seats are they ?? ive got some corbeau forza seats sat doing nothing at the mo

Any chance you can get some pics from underneath, not entirely sure what I'm looking at in that pic lol They're Corbeau Forzas I think :)

reminds me of my old sr breeze blue and a h reg

They are corbeau forza. I will get more pics when i fully weld them up. Im still trying to find a passenger side subframe aswell.

It might be you old sr, bought it ages ago. It has a blown 1.4 in it when i got it.

love the rally look mate, keep up the good work , also keep the pics coming, welcome to the site.

Forgot to post a pic with a centre cap in.
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my old sr had a white roll cage and a tuned 1.4 with twin carbs

I spent most of my saturday morning welding parts to the nova. Got the burns to prove it ! The harry hockley kits is very nearly in now, not to much left to do. Couple of pics of the progress.

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Got another s**t load of welding todo next weekend as well ! It will get done :roll:

looking good, like the wheels. keep up the good work

excellent work mate, lucky too having a 2 post ramp lol i work on the underside of my car useing axlestands :S keep up the progress mate bang on ;)

looks good, starting to come together now. and yeah your a lucky cnut with a lift, i want 1

I hate working on axle stands, you cant get out the way when some hot metal comes your way ! The 2 post ram is a commercial one so its kind to big for the nova. Plus i can only work on the car on satudays.

Just thought i would let you know what were doing for shafts. Its would kill me to pay Near ?200 for a pair of shafts so i spoke to my mate who works in engineering. He has cut and welded both shafts for me. We have opted for equal lenght shafts to try and counter any torque steer the car might incure.

The welded section

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Complete shaft minus boots and outer cv


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how do equal lenght shafts work ?? surely you cant change the spacing from the gearbox to the hubs ?? or am i missing something ??

In this pic
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You see the cast bracket. That just bolts to the back of the block and the shaft from it to the gear box is mucho thick so it wont twist like the other part of the shaft. Oh there not exactly equal length either, one is 310mm and one is 416mm but its better then the 660 of the normal shaft used in c20xe conversions!

The nova is turning out to be ALOT more work than i first thought. So much welding has been done and needs doing so progress looks slow, but its getting there.

Only worked on the front today but killed a little more rot.
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This is truely the worst part of this build (i hope)

When welded.

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Hopefully every thing from the bulk head forwards will be finished next week, so i can start on the back of the car and the inside !

Nice one, making good progress. Loving the garage/lift

Has anyone got any hints on fitting a omp 6 point cage ? Not fitted a cage before ! Any help welcome.

bolt in or weld in?

Its a bolt in version mate.

Bit more welding got done today. The front end of the car is nearly all ready for primer now. Then i can start on the inside !
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Its coming together slowly !