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quaife straight cut box into the nova
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Running a standard dissy?
What management have you got?
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I thought it was MBE......
You wouldnt want to slip with a screwdriver when near that paint!
Is that a brand new gear cluster? Also is that a Quaiffe ATB or do they do plate type diffs?.... Just interested.
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Nice work fella,
Should go well with that box in:thumb:
Ian
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managed to get it in without any scratches thank feck lol
the gear cluster is second hand but has only done a couple of meetings in autograss then the fella changed to a 2 speed box so its like new
yeah its a quaife atb diff, not sure if they do a plate one i would expect they will do though
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wht shocks are they mate ? is it me or is the shaft really thick ?
phil
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Suspension is ‘works’ front pilbeam adjustable wide platform strut bodies with de-carbon tarmac inserts
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jelous.....:(
:thumb: cool as feck
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Good work matthew, are you doing any shows this year?
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yeah im going to pv not sure about the others ill see
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i know it meets both criterias of track biatch and show and shine but will you be running it up the strip?
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love this nova thumbs up good job you had chance to drive it with the straight cut box doesa it make much difference
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The sound alone is worth it even at 5mph!!
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got one in my corsa turbo! the noise is worth every penny! and oh yes big difference!!!! flys through the gears! on the limiter in 5th before you know it!
:D lol
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Originally Posted by matthew172
WTF ????
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anyway at this point me and the mrs found a nice house with yard,driveway and best of all a big double garage so we had to move fast if we wanted it before someone else got it so after a few phonecalls and a few offers the house was ours!!!!! and you guessed it the nova got pushed aside for about 8 months while we renovated the house but i did still buy bits and pieces for it when i could afford it
alternator back from the chromers
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...o-0114_000.jpg
i bought a metal opel plug cover and had my mate nick paint it for me, what a absolutley awesome painter he is
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...strawip039.jpg
i was never too keen on the speedline mistrals and ive always had a soft spot for the oz rally wheels so after months of looking i found some magnesium oz rally wheels in a 6.5j 15 et45 so i snapped them up straight away, ill be getting them refurbed and painted black eventually
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...o-0150_000.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...o-0149_000.jpg
i also had my engine covers repainted by nick as they were a touch dirty, the finish is simply awesome
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DSC05291.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...2/DSC05293.jpg
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well this is where the nova had been resting, in the garage at the new house
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/002-2.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttspics004.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...ttspics009.jpg
i had originally intended to freshen the bay and maybe put some high comp pistons and cams in the xe but it seemed quite costly to do this with not much of a big difference in power gain as it was already around the 200bhp mark.
so with all the inspiration of barnes absolute animal of a turbo corsa this had made me seriously think of going down the turbo route as it was so much more bhp per £ so i sort of looked at the nova abit as you randomly do pmsl! and after a few txts to barnes himself the decision was made to turbo it!!!!!!!
i didnt want to buy a let motor as it would be a grand and as i intended to change all internals anyway i thought it would be false economy so i sourced a coscast xe motor to convert to turbo spec
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Looking good allways loved this nova. N have recently read the thread on corsa sport thanks to the link on Nick j's project thread. Have allways wanted to see a bud thread on this so keep the updates coming. Top work.
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WTF ????
ill also say WTF lol
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nick j cant half paint nice to see the old girl makes me wish id offered a bit mor when bret had it upforsale now
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well with the block back i needed some pistons so i got a set of omega low comp forged pistons from steve milton with pockets to handle +1mm oversize valves
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/003-2.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/002-3.jpg
with these bought i took the block, pistons and crank to paul gardner to have the block bored, honed, decked and crank ground if it needed it, turned out the crank was still perfect after 21 years of work! so it was just polished and balanced, he also supplied me with the genuine big end/mains bearings (heavy duty turbo diesel ones)
block when i got it back
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/004-1.jpg
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/005-1.jpg
crank polished and balanced
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/003-1.jpg
bearings
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...w172/004-2.jpg
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Interesting - what turbo are you using? And what power are you after?
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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
Interesting - what turbo are you using? And what power are you after?
hello, i have a gt3071 for it, would be happy with 400 bhp but the motor should take 500+ easy with the spec ive built it too
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nice progress, i do hope you dint regret going down the turbo route :)
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Excellent car and now saves me going on Cs to look for updates lol, keep up the good work mate
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So how far along is the build now? Turbo lump in the car? As those pics are rather old...
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If the updates on Cs are current the motor is back in one piece and about to be refitted
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very nice car :)
whats Cs ?
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Excellent car and now saves me going on Cs to look for updates lol, keep up the good work mate
Seconded ;)
How come you've only just updated this after three years lol
Love this car BTW :cool::cool::cool:
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very nice car :)
whats Cs ?
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