My Projects thread

[MK999]

Looks fantastic Nick Absolutely love the Racelines in that grey.

Just to echo what you said on the 2 pack adhesive and maybe inspire some more confidence! Adhesives nowadays are incredibly useful and stronger than mechanical fixings in many cases, there are composite strips and adhesives I know of holding up a failing stone bridge in Oxford, and you also won't see rivets on modern jumbo jets or fighter planes, the panels are glued on!! Done properly I'm sure those brackets would even hold up to an accident with luggage in the boot better than the original spot welds.

Plate certainly sets it apart, which isn't something I say often as I'm not normally a fan of private plates! Possibly a pointer towards this being your most impressive project yet too?

[Spudly]

Oh my word, how did i miss your update now youve finally put it up



Thats some impressive work, it only took a passenger ride in mine to make you finally crack on then, coming out again next meet, might end up with you sourcing a lump and getting started on fitting

[Nick J]

Looks fantastic Nick Absolutely love the Racelines in that grey.

Just to echo what you said on the 2 pack adhesive and maybe inspire some more confidence! Adhesives nowadays are incredibly useful and stronger than mechanical fixings in many cases, there are composite strips and adhesives I know of holding up a failing stone bridge in Oxford, and you also won't see rivets on modern jumbo jets or fighter planes, the panels are glued on!! Done properly I'm sure those brackets would even hold up to an accident with luggage in the boot better than the original spot welds.

Plate certainly sets it apart, which isn't something I say often as I'm not normally a fan of private plates! Possibly a pointer towards this being your most impressive project yet too?

Thanks fella and yeah I'm confident with the adhesive as we've been using it with great success for years now so I'm sure it will be absolutely fine. On the plate note I just thought it would be a nice touch! Surpassing what I did with A6VXL will be a task in itself but I'm taking my time so hopefully it will come together in the end as a well built example. I have many ideas so we'll see how they pan out!

Oh my word, how did i miss your update now youve finally put it up



Thats some impressive work, it only took a passenger ride in mine to make you finally crack on then, coming out again next meet, might end up with you sourcing a lump and getting started on fitting

Cheers spud! Yeah it did push me on a little.....It feels like ages since I was behind the wheel of a big block nova and forgot how much fun they can be!

Nick.

[Spudly]

Good to hear i gave you a little nudge in the right direction then Nick, i cant wait to see the way this turns out, will be epic no matter what

[Edd]

Be nice to see a ZLET engine in it IMO Nick, 99% sure if you use a early mk4 Astra Coupe ZLET engine loom you don't have all the grief with management etc, use the standard one

[Novasport]

Edd, recommending a Z20LET .
I love the Z20LET in my Coupe, it's a very torquey smooth engine as standard.

[Nick J]

Good to hear i gave you a little nudge in the right direction then Nick, i cant wait to see the way this turns out, will be epic no matter what

Lets hope I don't disappoint you all !

Be nice to see a ZLET engine in it IMO Nick, 99% sure if you use a early mk4 Astra Coupe ZLET engine loom you don't have all the grief with management etc, use the standard one

Lol at you recommending a zlet! I wouldnt actually do a zlet it would have to be a zleh as they don't have the balancer shafts and so on that cause the bottom end bother and suppose to be a stronger engine so I've read. I've also heard zlet management can be used but unsure if it will run an leh? I know lomas uses zlet management to run his c20let so guess it may well be possible. Thing is this project isn't about pushing barriers or breaking a sensible budget which I think may happen if I go down that route as theirs too many unknowns. I will be more than happy with a c20 truth be told. Andy bishop and rob would be doing the transplant for me and they know what their doing with novas and let engines so it would be an easy task as oppose to something they haven't tackled before too.

Edd, recommending a Z20LET .
I love the Z20LET in my Coupe, it's a very torquey smooth engine as standard.

I had to read Edds comment twice too !

Nick

[Andy]

This is unbelievably clean!

[Jeff16v]

She's a beauty Nick, I vote, leave the front engine in as standard............................then slap a LET over the rear but hide it,

[Edd]

Edd, recommending a Z20LET .
I love the Z20LET in my Coupe, it's a very torquey smooth engine as standard.

I absolutely hated mine but that's because it kept breaking with one thing after another, loved it when it worked tho

Guess fitting a CLET is alot easier tho as you say Nick