Project A Series

[novashed]

you can get some, but only from germany, for a wing secondhand the same condition as mine is like £100, a new one is 400 euro! so id rather spend the time doing it this way, not easy but im not made of money lol.

yeah when i first laid eyes on the bonnet my heart sank a bit as it was pretty straight to start with but had rust pitting on the underside so blasting was the only way or dipping, but dipping is more expensive and my time is free, but wire wheel is so time consuming, im just weighing up pros and cons as i go along and from past experiences.

[Brian_S]

I did the whole of my manta with about 10 wire wheels on angle grinders. I'd have to say, never again! lol. One of the worst things is when the wire wheels get a bit old, they start firing the bristles at you and they general stick in you!

Looks like you've got plenty to keep you busy. The Manta A is a lovely looking car.

[novashed]

sod wire wheeling the whole of it, my blastersn have offered to take the shell in, i may do that for the floot pan and engine bay just to get rid of the hard to reach areas, but she is laced with underseal so they will want that off to blast it.

i must admit i have loved the shape for some years, nver dreamed id own one, just glad ive got the bottle to actually modify it too- tastefully of course

[novashed]

one wing completely derusted and patched ready for filling

onto front end, where the fun starts!

[ollied]

one wing completely derusted and patched ready for filling

onto front end, where the fun starts!

lmao at those brakes

Some nice progress bud any timescale to having it drivable or are you doing long term like the nova.

Hopefully sorting an engine for the van tuesday morning

[novashed]

hey bud you back from hols? not sure if i got a txt off you as phone screen got smashed saturday lol, put a new one in now. im actually ploughing on with this one, only thing that will slow things is the paint job as i maybe/most probably letting some pros do it.

[novashed]

righty not much to report as been stacked out with work even worked saturday!, got the saab lump on a stand finally to start playing, aslo ordered some sills from germany to help with swifter progress, only 90 quid all in for a pair.

did manage to do this yesterday though, five stiches later reseat my nail and a comedy bandage im home, all bloody day waiting for slot in plastic surgery unit though!! lost a whole days work.

[ollied]

Mmmmmm that looks tasty, what did you do to it?

[novashed]

righty

got the the rollover spits made up for the shell even with my manky hand!, managed to get some box section froma local fabricators yard these should do the job nicely will get the shell on this week with any luck and







used an old flywheel with the ring gear cut off for the job of locking the position whent he shell is tilted, drilled more holes and a tab on the side of the a frame to put a lock pin/bolt in worked quite nicely, just need to weld on the arms for bolting to shell

[Steve!]

wicked

[novashed]

started stripping the saab lump down today ready for refresh on gaskets and timing chain and to look at how im goig to reverse the inlet so it faces the slam panel rather than the bulk head, also got a head gasket set today and bolts, need to send the exhaust agsket to Turbo Gav for flange to be made for up facing tubular manifold for a larger turbo

[novashed]

get a nice big v8 in it

was debated but has been done a couple of times with the a series, i want to be different. never had a forced induction petrol wagon

[corsadonk]

Yeah Saab engines are the way to go, a bloke I know is putting one into a Morris Minorlmao

[novashed]

being doing some more delving and removing the balance shaft setup has positive effects to rev pickup and cuts costs of replacement, just ahve to blank up the tensioner hole left in the block, could do with some help here from deek, being the saab expert lol.

so aside from gasket change and new timing chain kit etc engien will left as is, it is pretty clean, cleaner than any vaux engine ive worked on anyway.

[nige-p]

if you put a normal asspirated inlet on the throttle body will face the right way or if you put a ng900 one on it will face upwards which may cause you some clearance issues, im not 100% on if the inlets match on the 2.0 and 2.3 those so would be worth checking

[ollied]

What is that tube with the yellow cap on it? not the dipstick surely

[novashed]

i looked at a normally aspirated one today and it faced the same way as the turbo?!

itis the dipstick ols and oil filler.

[novashed]

this is a NA one



and yes i dont like the look of 900 one

[ollied]

i looked at a normally aspirated one today and it faced the same way as the turbo?!

itis the dipstick ols and oil filler.

Oooh thats a weird way of doing it

Have you thought about something like this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-200SX-S...item2303b154da

[novashed]

finsished stripping the engine down to the block and give it a once over, and its in very good condition not a lot of wear ontiming chain sprockets etc, i will still replace timing parts for peace of mind. bores have no lip whatsover.

i have removed the balancer shafts completly, not sure if i have to blank them off somehow yet.

[V6H]

Going to watch this thread i love the old opels.

[novashed]

Oooh thats a weird way of doing it

Have you thought about something like this NISSAN 200SX S13 CA18 UPRATED INLET MANIFOLD on eBay (end time 08-Nov-09 13:14:11 GMT)

is odd yeah may re-route it as may be in the way.

that is what i kinda had in mind or asimple tube with say a v6 throttle body, something nice and large

[novashed]

bit more progress, had a job this morning but managed to get a fews hours in.

had to be a tart and getsome paint on the block, make it look nice, dont look to bad even after knocking a whole pot of silver hammerite!!!



cleaned up the cam cover and buzzed off the saab writing and 2.3 bit of stealth, satin black btw still wet in pic



also sprayed up the underguard only because i had it blasted and dont wish it to rusty again, may not even be used yet



crap pic but lobbed it together to start looking at the inlet modding



cut the ends off the inlet plenum and just need them welding on, will have to wait though as need to bolt all the alt back on and check clearances

[antobroko]

ace looking engine

[novashed]

ace looking engine

cheers, once i get the manifold made up for a 'fook off' turbo will look the mutts nuts