Peesters Little Project: My return to novaism. (Lots of pics)

[peester]

Really? that stance is awesome!

cheers john, thats how i like to roll

[peester]

*Update.
Despite still no joy with the astra mk1 shifter/linkage i bought all those weeks ago, i need an internal shifter doing for my exhaust/ground clearance issue anyway so with the arrival of cav shifter spurred me into doing something i made a start on that today.
I have some questions too so thought ide put up what ive done, so far.
So, old shifter out.

Made a start on the floor/body modification.


Im cutting what will end up being, a neat narrow gap through the carpet-support bit that widens out a bit at the top where then the usual elongated hole in floor as per instructions..

So the couple of questions..
How do you remove the gear shifter surround bit that the old shifter bolted to; just grind away or does it have x4 spot welds that need drilling out..? -or both..? like in this pic from ad's thread..

Finally; here is my cav shifter and where i shall make the cut; to get rid of the kink (?)

At this stage; with me being clueless with not seeing the astra mk1 item yet il then hold fire and see what might be possible. If i stick with the 'S' nova-linakge ill then also need to shorten this cav shifter it by a further 3 inches is it, with another cut..?
Ill just worry about that as n when i think .
Hopefully the astra mk1 bit will show up next week.

[draper]

good work mr peester

is the engine running properly now then ? really interested to see the results

[peester]

cheers draper the engine has been running ok all summer, but it isnt mapped yet. All i have planned are the exhaust manifold with lambda boss, an alloy rad and sump swap then ive yet to buy the cat-cams and piper verniers, then off the get it mapped properly.

[draper]

any estimated figures (sorry if youve said it a few times but i cant be bothered trawling through your thread )

[peester]

see here:
http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...ml#post4169694
im hoping for bit more torque than mike's tho

[Adam]

Dave, its held with spot welds.

Basically, you need the make the shifter completely straight.
Be aware tho, that the shifter in your pic wont fit a nova linkage, because its got the wrong type of fitting on the end. The nova one has a clamp fitting on the shifter, the clamp bit is on the linkage itself on a cav so the shifter is just a solid rod at the end.

[AlexW]

Get a cav (i belive there the same?), or a corsa gear linkage end and you can replace the crappy standard bush that nova linkages suffer from, and new bushs for the corsa bit are about £7 for the pair iirc.

[peester]

ah cooly; will be drilling them out tommorow then, wicked..
thanks ad - yeah i noticed the ends are different; as said that'll only be an issue if i dont use the astra mk1 bit and keep the nova 'S' linkage..

[Adam]

Astra mk1 bit?
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