My Wide-Arched F/G Panelled MSA Log booked Track Nova

[calibra-keith]

Cage and seats in, need some plates for legs and il weld it in, then see if i can find front section of a cage at some point

[8valve-craig]

Hows this going?

Just been speaking to chris at CMComponent's. Have arranged to have a pair of doors, a pair of wings and a bonnet done for 4 weeks time

Might need some guidance on hanging them..... Its hard to tell from your pics but can window rubbers and lower weather strips still be used?

[calibra-keith]

Hows this going?

Just been speaking to chris at CMComponent's. Have arranged to have a pair of doors, a pair of wings and a bonnet done for 4 weeks time

Might need some guidance on hanging them..... Its hard to tell from your pics but can window rubbers and lower weather strips still be used?

nothing to update at moment, been out of work since christmas and been helping mates with there cars, i have the money to get it running right (ECU) and paint and few odd/sods but dont really want to spend till i know whats happening on job side of things just incase

i had the rubbers on and was ok, never tried the metal surrounds but i think i will be getting rid of rubbers and bond/screw them in, fitting the doors is easy tbh done it twice now, plus you will have your standard doors to double check measurements before you cut

[calibra-keith]

decided to have a tinker with direct to box gear linkage set-up for the nova that came with the car (removed it because it was stuck solid)

after stripping it down and clean up









after opening it up the bar had slipped round inside i think something is missing attaching the bar, i forgot to take a picture but does anyone have a picture of inside theres to give me an idea ?

also took engine out of corsa ready for c20xe conversion





a little bit of surface rust to clean up but solid

[8valve-craig]

I wondered what had happened to this.

Keep at it. Would be nice to see you get some use out of it.

[calibra-keith]

I wondered what had happened to this.

Keep at it. Would be nice to see you get some use out of it.

moneys been a little tight lately, close to been useable thats the annoying thing, doesn't mean i will be selling the nova tho lol

[8valve-craig]

first dibs on the doors....

[calibra-keith]

first dibs on the doors....

still after a set ? how did you get on with chris

[8valve-craig]

We agreed a deal on some doors, wings and a bonnet for £500. But the cars been tucked up until today so wasnt too bothered. Fitted an Xe on 45's today so might start buying more bits for it.

Its a good deal. But soon doubles when factoring in colection fuel and bodyshop costs,

[calibra-keith]

true you are a fare distance from him, i may know someone selling a set of doors in Lincolnshire, a bit closer for you, Colin smith aka novarally,

[8valve-craig]

Are they the ones off his red nova? If so i think they are just outer skins and dont open.

[calibra-keith]

Are they the ones off his red nova? If so i think they are just outer skins and dont open.

no, he also has a set same as mine made by chris that he may not be using now

[calibra-keith]

managed to get a few little bits done today, clutch cable, had to use another throttle cable to R1 carbs and cut it shorter so i now have 2 working pedals lol

tacked the gear linkage in and abit of cutting

before





after



i will clean everything up once every things sorted, also took picture of iinside the gear lever/linkage,

i have been trying to find out some info is it just me or is there something missing ? ford type 9 ?







backward and forward movements ok-ish but must be something missing for side to side to twist the bar ?

[calibra-keith]

not long got back with c20xe for corsa, with mounts, shafts, powercap ect ect

might get started on it tomorrow or at weekend

[calibra-keith]

made a start on fitting the XE to corsa





not far off just need to get few little bits then get it running

[calibra-keith]

terrible weather yesterday but wasn't going to let it stop getting it running, shortly after me and my mate started it started to rain, and i mean rain without stopping all day,

so we made shelter lol





all i can say is i wont be doing that again but it was funny and we did get the job done,

video below, first time running, blowing on mani only had 2 nuts on, air temp and lambda sensor wasn't plugged in also need to get new radiator and pipe

[corsaXEV_chris]

good progress buddy your also nuts for doing 2 cars at once, lol, personall6y i'd lose track of what i was doing, lol

[calibra-keith]

good progress buddy your also nuts for doing 2 cars at once, lol, personall6y i'd lose track of what i was doing, lol

hopefully got a triumph herald to play with and another suzuki sj coming soon

[calibra-keith]

[calibra-keith]

[Spinbitch]

Brilliant project mate, just read through the entire thread. Be great to see the Nova finished.
Soory I must of missed it, who did you get to do the fibreglass panels for you? Thinking of getting a bonnet and maybe a bootlid for my MK3 Astra.

Chris

[calibra-keith]

Brilliant project mate, just read through the entire thread. Be great to see the Nova finished.
Soory I must of missed it, who did you get to do the fibreglass panels for you? Thinking of getting a bonnet and maybe a bootlid for my MK3 Astra.

Chris

cheers,

chris off png, cmcomposites he did my doors

[calibra-keith]

[corsaXEV_chris]

is this paint or a chrome plating? cant tell in the pics, also the wire with the croc clips in the pics before confused me, lol.

[calibra-keith]

is this paint or a chrome plating? cant tell in the pics, also the wire with the croc clips in the pics before confused me, lol.

powder coated bud, that was high chrome powder