My Nova's Rebirth

[Grim Reaper]

steve...steve...steve...


this is fun

[Benn]

Nah tryed polishing shafts before they dont come up well.

[twag]

Looks spot on ben, any reason why you didn't go for the Corsa servo? Would made a big difference I think, it really empties the engine bay

[lee303]

wilwood are a wierd american size benn, 1/8 -27 NPT iirc, rallydesign sell the fittings and know what they take, the copper lines you've done look ace, no sure on the blue box though

[The Simps]

good work and persistant on the brake lines dude

[Benn]

Looks spot on ben, any reason why you didn't go for the Corsa servo? Would made a big difference I think, it really empties the engine bay

Worried i might mess it up, never tryed a nova with one in. Cheers

wilwood are a wierd american size benn, 1/8 -27 NPT iirc, rallydesign sell the fittings and know what they take, the copper lines you've done look ace, no sure on the blue box though

Oh right, they have an odd kinda mushroom shape flaring in the union, guessing i cant just get the right end to flare it then.. Bugger. Will have a look on their site. Thank you, they taken way to long to get right.
Dont know if they'll looking right yet, if they look poo i'll painth them silver..lol

good work and persistant on the brake lines dude

Yeah its been a killer.

[Carneyste]

wow. One clean and smooth engine bay. Theres a nova round here with a similar thing done in the bay (not quite as smooth as that but not far off) with a XE on throttle bodies in and that looks pretty cool so a LET in there should look the muts nuts. I hope all the hard work pays off for you mate

[lee303]

i would leave the lines copper tbh, they look fine

[brad35]

That looks great mate. It will be a shame to drive around with your bonnet on.

[Benn]

wow. One clean and smooth engine bay. Theres a nova round here with a similar thing done in the bay (not quite as smooth as that but not far off) with a XE on throttle bodies in and that looks pretty cool so a LET in there should look the muts nuts. I hope all the hard work pays off for you mate

Chris'es?
Thank you very much, never driven a let nova so its gonna be a learning curve...lol

i would leave the lines copper tbh, they look fine

My old ones where, just found they looked a bit unfinished, and theres no copper colour in the bay either..lol
But as said gonna fit them all in a bit, if they look poo i'll paint them silver...

That looks great mate. It will be a shame to drive around with your bonnet on.

lol cheers, might pop it off just for fun...

[lee303]

polish them like dec did, then laquer, job done

[Benn]

Backs still hurting from doing the rack...lol Like your thinking, your starting to be a buffty boy...

[Grim Reaper]

polish them like dec did, then laquer, job done

Backs still hurting from doing the rack...lol Like your thinking, your starting to be a buffty boy...

oi ive been telling you to polish them for ages

[spanishfly]

Dude just had a catch up, looks great! If I were to do a clean everyday nova, I think yours is what I would go for.

[lee303]

Backs still hurting from doing the rack...lol Like your thinking, your starting to be a buffty boy...

lol, its not for me benn, but i can appreciate itlmao

[Benn]

oi ive been telling you to polish them for ages

So? I'm not doing it.

Dude just had a catch up, looks great! If I were to do a clean everyday nova, I think yours is what I would go for.

Thank you very much.

lol, its not for me benn, but i can appreciate itlmao

lol yeah yeah.

[Grim Reaper]

So? I'm not doing it.

[Benn]

Sorry dude, hate making them.. Well hate brake lines fullstop. They are make and painted so they are good enough.

[Grim Reaper]

well i know you wont make anything look **** so what ever you do will look ace

[Benn]

lol Cheers, if i had done the corsa servo, i'd have hidden them totaly..lol

[Grim Reaper]

get a corsa servo please lol

[Benn]

Finished the rack off this morning, painted the streering arms up black and fitted the new boots i had in stock. Just need to longer black cable ties for the bigger end.

Finished the rack mounts, these are odd as they seam to have a plated finish on them which doesnt wanna come off when sanded but when you polish it it becomes a bit see thru..
Did more for the rack,


Not the best pic..


Arms painted, new boots.


Started fitting the lines. Worries me a little that the unions screw right in to the T peiece, but in the mc they bottom out on the line... Hope they will be ok.


Lil arty..


Then got the rack in. New stainless nuts and washers.




Just for Gav...


Have pulled my loom thru, and sealed the grommit in, then sat and cleaned up the loom and did some retaping. Got a load of P-clips ready to run the loom tomoz when i have some stainless screws.

Doesnt really seam like i've done alot tho

[CraigGreen]

Nice mate, rack seems overkill (flattery!) but cool. When you put the fluid in, for gawds sake watch for spillage from your T-pieces & hose ends. Mine were tight as feck, yet still leaked. Then you find you can get them tighter & they still leak, so you tighten them more & finally you might stop them leaking. I'm just thinking of all that lovely paint & hard work. So be carefull.

Top job though.

[Benn]

Thank you Criag, i will be carefully. Gonna check the T-piece to make sure its ok as it seams odd. Yeah i started off just going to re wire brush the rack to clean it up, then maybe just remove the casing, then ah go all out..lol

[lee303]

add some ptfe tape to the threads on the unions too, is there any play in the pipe when they bottom out?