My XE nova on throttle bodies (Project 275+bhp)

**Jedro** · 06-03-12, 07:45 PM

boom boom boom let me here you say weyo, WEYYYYOOOO

**pikey1986** · 06-03-12, 07:53 PM

**Gareth_C** · 06-03-12, 08:03 PM

Lol jed

**wwmnw** · 07-03-12, 09:52 PM

Back Garden building isn't always FTW, should be left to the pros sometimes especially after last weekend

**Gareth_C** · 07-03-12, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by wwmnw

Back Garden building isn't always FTW, should be left to the pros sometimes especially after last weekend

Your ****ing telling me

. Just wait till the dorrs are hung at the weekend and the welding begins its gonna be a long weekend

**Jedro** · 08-03-12, 08:26 AM

Originally Posted by Gareth_C

its gonna be a long weekend

its a date

**Jedro** · 10-03-12, 02:20 PM

is the maggot gagger there? im on my way round in a bit, waiting for the dragon to let me out haha

**Gareth_C** · 10-03-12, 07:10 PM

Hi all I thought its about time I put some pics up as I have just pulled it back to bits for painting.
I thought I'd start with my new battery that turned up last week.

Fitted in the car with its nice shiny FIA spec bracket

Also manged to get the Aluminuim door hinges tig'd you turned out quite well really

The weld.

Also bought a strengthening kit from dave of griffin autosport.

The strut tops from HHMS

We started by mounting the passenger door because i'd already fitted the lock system to it.
Outside

Inside

As the door sits

We then spent the afternoon taking the engine out as carefully as possible Took myself jed and wwmnw about 2hrs and we were left with this.

Its going to My mates paintshop next weekend so he can colour in the outside and boot floor area but I'm not sure if i should rattle can the engine bay or get him to paint it properly.

**Gareth_C** · 10-03-12, 07:12 PM

We fabricated the aluminuim hinges by getting some 4mm and some 5/8 (16mm) aluminium bar. I had the bar turned into barrels on the lathe at work 25mm in length with a 8mm hole in the middle. We then cut and filed the plate to match the contour of the door lines and drilled four 5mm holes in the hinge and through the door skin, then tapped the hinges to M6.using some M6x20mm button head stainless bolts, they were threaded through the hinge and the head was smeared with epoxy glue so they wont wind back out. the holes in the door skin were enlarged to 10mm so there is movement to adjust the door. we then copied the hole pattern on another piece of aluminium to go on the inside of the door. which we tigthened up using M6 washers and nyloc nuts.

Anybody needs pic see the post above thanks Gareth

**Mincyballs** · 10-03-12, 07:23 PM

Good pregress mate... still going fast show? or is that a bit too much in too short time?

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