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About LinkBackslooks awesome mate want 2 do somethin like dat meself but just for road use.had a couple of novas meself 2x1.2 and gsi.
looks awesome mate want 2 do somethin like dat meself but just for road use.had a couple of novas meself 2x1.2 and gsi.
The novas looking good m8! Im liking the use of the ccl gun for your battery terminals!
I seen your van aswell i think wen i was up at the oban sse depot a few months ago. Its looking nice aswell!
cheers paul, figured the CCL was the best option. better than holding a pair of pliers on the floor and standing on them! didnt know you were up this way, what were you up for? only been in dunoon a couple of times myself and only to the depot once. cheers for the van commentsyour astra is coming on well too.
Haha! We were up a while ago for a first aid course then we had to go up again cos one of the guys at our depot made a switching error and there was a whole big investigation about it. And cos i was on that job with him i had to go to! Total waste of time but it meant a good skyve for a day! Haha! Chhers for comments bout the astra, i took some time of work to clean it all up! Its off the road aain rite now tho, it isnt getting a spark and we think weve sourced it bak to a burst wire in the wiring loom, but baisically my wiring loom is totally sh**ged. So im tryin to source a new one now that hasnt been cut or messed about with!
today i lowered the van! also straightened up the wonky rear mudflaps and painted the drums black.
before:
after:
im sure everyone will agree it desperately needed lowered! used eibach sportline -50/-30 kit, just about to go for a wee spin and see how it feels
next job for the van is to fit the predator pads i picked up, once i get a pair of discs
NIce, looks a LOT better now.
Let me know how you get on with the predators, looked at them and decided against them for the nova cos Id never heard of anyone else using them :P
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
Big improvement!
broom broom broom engine loom next week and i can see if it turns over.
oh and gary get back to work ffs
did you do that raldes order in the end mate?
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
no i havnt yet. but ive not forgotten.
well what can i say...done next to nothing on the car in weeks. rapidly losing motivation as there never seems to be any light at the end of the tunnel
so thought feck it i'll take some pretty pictures and see if that spurs me on a bit.
looks great! now finish it already
Originally Posted by Turbostevo
Lee303. **** off. Your boring me now.
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Chin up Kenny we all go through that point in builds and mods, im the same at the min waiting on shafts. My mates building a Tigra with a Sadev box which im having a run out in next week, cant wait to get me motivated again.
for a second then, i thought that was my van!Originally Posted by kennybarbour
Kenny, nova is looking excellent.
Jamie
well managed a bit of progress lately.
now got all the difficult wiring sorted so just a couple of 2 second jobs to do and still to wire in the plug for the immobiliser transponder when i find a car to cut one off of! also gary has made me an EXCELLENT inlet box which i cant thank him enough for. some sneak pics below.
theoretically all i need to do before i can start it is:
1. (find and) fit the JIC fittings for the fuel rail and jubillee some hose onto them from the copper pipes thru the car (temporary to get things going)
2. wire in transponder plug
3. check coolant hoses and fill
4. engine and gearbox oil
5. position throttle cable bracket on inlet
6. fit fuel filler neck and fill with petrol
plus a few other minor bits and bobs which i wont bore you with, the main jobs are up there. still plan to have it going before xmas but there wont be any more money getting spent on it till january so if anything is faulty etc it wont be replaced and plans will be pushed back. sorry for the essay heres some pics
just spent the last whoever knows how long reading the project thread from start to finish, very impressive Kennycan you still get hold of Yoko 539s? I've heard they ceased production
That plenum looks like really nice job, well done to Gary.
Glad to see it coming together!! Be on the road in no time.
Did you get my text?
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
Looking good Kenny keep up the good work.
Love that inlet mate,looks really well made!
The inlet has now been painted aswell, looks really cool. The dimensions were a bit of a gamble as i couldnt trial fit it, but it clears everything
The base of it was matched to the gasket, and the inside belmouthed to help flow (the two parts were then welded together)
Placing the gasket onto the std lower inlet showed there was quite alot of material to be removed for the powerbox/gasket/lower inlet to all match, so that was done too.
Wasnt exactly scientific, but im sure will give gains over std
anyone going to the scrappies this weekend? fancy cutting me off a plug from a corsa sport transponder? (the box and ring round the ignition barrel) no scrapyards near here and my wanted ad on corsasport fell on its arse.
anyone willing would be reimbursed with some beer tokens
im a big fan of those rally o.z rims.. looks the biz.
they are actually compomotive THs, i bought them with the stickers on. having said that if i ever refurbed them i would almost certainly have the stickers re-done as they really set the wheels off!
the genuine works GM Eurosport OZ alloys are either ****ed or super expensive these days it seems, altho they'll all be about 20 years old now so no shame on them.
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