Mongo's Ted Wagon

[Mongo]

Car

1991 Vauxhall Nova 1.4 SR


Engine

Early 20XE Block and Internals.
ARP Con-Rod Bolts.
Polished Crank With New Main and Big End Bearings.
XE Pistons (Mahle) Machined With + 1.5mm Deeper
Valve Pockets, Complete With New Piston Rings.
Fully Rebuilt Bottom End With New Gaskets and Seals.
Up-rated Oil Pump with QED Hardened Steel Internals.
High Pressure Nylon Oil Relief Valve.
New Water Pump.
New Idler and Tensioner Bearings.
Cos-Cast Cylinder Head, Gas Flowed, Wasted Exhaust Ports and Flowed Inlet Ports. Fully Stripped and Rebuilt With Gaskets, Seals, Lapped Valves, New GM Tappets and Bronze Valve Guides.
C20LET Valve Springs.
QED Q38H Cam Shafts.
Vernier Pulleys.
Z20LET Head Gasket.
SBD 208 Kit With Tapers.
MBE 967 Management
Wide Band Lambda Sensor
Straight Through Exhaust System.



Gearbox

F16 Bell Housing.
Flat-Type Flywheel.
Sachs Clutch Kit.
Quaife ATB Limited Slip Differential.
Quaife Straight Cut Synchromesh Gear Kit Comprising of 2.540, 1.760, 1.420, 1.190 and 1.040 Ratios With 4.1 Final Drive.



Chassis

Fully seam welded engine bay.
Seam welded around tunnel and seating area.
GAZ Rebound adjustable and height adjustable 2 ¼” Coil-over shock absorbers (Front).
GAZ Rebound adjustable dampers and –40mm lowering springs (Rear).
Polyurethane bushes all round.
OMP Strut Brace.



Brakes

Astra GTE 256mm front discs
Rear beam converted to discs
Braided brake lines all round


Wheels and Tyres

14” Astra GTE Alloys in White
Nangkang Ditchfinders All Round


Performance (Old spec)

Standing Quarter in 13.8 @ 101.5mph
0-60 in 5.0 est.
0-100 in 14.0 est.
200 Bhp at flywheel


Security

Me! and a few othere bits and pieces


Ice

That'll be the TB's and zorst then!


Future plans

Calibra Turbo brakes 285mm
15” Wheels
Road legal slicks
Remove sunroof
FIA Weld-in roll cage
FIA Buckets
FIA Harnesses
FIA Plumbed-in Fire extinguisher
Hydraulic fly off hand brake
Loads more engine work (watch this space)
Get the bloody thing Log booked!
Up-rated clutch
Turreted rear arches
Rear Coil-overs
Stitch weld rear of car