Joff's Nova Turbo Project

[jam-77-nova]

Yes, correct its the Kingdom Developments one they made before all the stupid Jap style cr@p came into fashion in the late 90's , GSI Big Mouth , I sourced it still in primer and it had a load of micro bubble holes from the original moulding which needed filling and sanding!

Colour is Europa Blue as found on the Astra G 888's and Coupe Turbo's.

Joff

werent they just a gsi bumper with a extra bit in the middle,, havent seen any for sale seen the jap one on ebay few times but not these!! would love one they make nova look so much more beefier without looking stupid

[joff-turbo-nova]

werent they just a gsi bumper with a extra bit in the middle,, havent seen any for sale seen the jap one on ebay few times but not these!! would love one they make nova look so much more beefier without looking stupid

They are a fibreglass bumper from top to bottom. The wide mouth bit is considerably bigger than you would get with an OE GSI bumper with a bit grafted on the bottom.

Joff

[boyd_1989]

Well after 5 hours reading this from start to finish..... WOW !!!
I love this motor, was only meant to be having a quick look then got carried away .
Oh and is there anything which you cant do? Lol ... Amazing work mate.
Theres only a few things i would change, but it really is amazing mate!

[joff-turbo-nova]

Ok update on a few changes....

The centre console was looking a bit aged , the Dell Axim PDA has been somewhat troublesome for the last 3-4 years and completely packed up in 2013.



The underlying adhesive had started to crack....



So it was out with the old.....



Any one wants a free PDA.....



And out with the angle grinder. A TomTom Start 60 was inserted and I got busy with the fibreglass filler...



And then some more...





Then after lots of sanding I got the filler out and smoothed things off...





So broke the flocker out and the blue flock....



I have de-blinged it a bit as well. And all wired back up in the car...



Couldn't resist changing the start up and shut down screens to the 888 logo !

[joff-turbo-nova]

Also did a job I have been putting off since 2013 (as I didn't have the Nova out last year) - the cambelt !

Here is the original one from the engine build - well over due on time rather than miles...



After removal it seemed in very good condition, but I didn't want to take any chances...



So on with the new idlers and belt (after a lot of swearing and grazing of knuckles)...



Used the special tensioner tool I got a few weeks back and tensioned using the Haynes method of winding on 7 teeth from the marks and tensioning at that point . Seemed to work fine with just under 90 degrees of deflection in the belt.

Suffice to say my levels of patience and good will have been somewhat diminished today - I forgot how much of a git changing belts with an inch and a quarter clearance can be!

Need to change the oil and flush through some new brake fluid and it should be ready for the MOT in a couple of weeks.

Cheers

Joff

[Benn]

Love the new center console. Though youd of gone with a tablet over a satnav. Looks much better. Black knobs are nicer too.

Oh and the smoother and tidier you put filler in, the easier it is to sand out.

[nova_niek]

TomTom, proudly engineered in the Netherlands.

[joff-turbo-nova]

TomTom, proudly engineered in the Netherlands.

So I found out last week at a pub quiz !!

Joff

[mowgli]

that doesn't surprise me....

what with the number of people staggering out of hash cafe's without a clue where they are going........

[Southie]

What happened to this old beast, always loved this build?