Riggers' Nova 1.4SR...

[jamie rigby]

The nova's feeling the love haha, some interesting stories, can't beat old cars! even just driving around in it it feels like its got bags of character compared to my DC2!

Not really a fan of them Speedlines as they're just abit chavvy and common on Novas i think, they do suit them tho i suppose aha

I've gotten my choice of wheels for road and track use, they're off at the Powedercoaters atm.

Had a mare ordering brake discs after 2 sets have been wrong but hopefully now the right ones are on the way to me, more on them when they arrive.

Quick rack with poly mounts is ready to go on after a bit of work, hopefully do that saturday if its not pissing down and a Baffled sump is on its way to me too!

 

[jamie rigby]

The nova's feeling the love haha, some interesting stories, can't beat old cars! even just driving around in it it feels like its got bags of character compared to my DC2!

Not really a fan of them Speedlines as they're just abit chavvy and common on Novas i think, they do suit them tho i suppose aha

I've gotten my choice of wheels for road and track use, they're off at the Powedercoaters atm.

Had a mare ordering brake discs after 2 sets have been wrong but hopefully now the right ones are on the way to me, more on them when they arrive.

Quick rack with poly mounts is ready to go on after a bit of work, hopefully do that saturday if its not pissing down and a Baffled sump is on its way to me too!

 

[jamie rigby]

So, still waiting on the brake discs and new wheels that are at the powdercoaters, the track wheels i've got aren't getting powdercoated though they're not too bad plus for track i'm not that bothered about the finish anyways. I've gone for the common Cavalier Cesaros as they look decent, good for brake cooling, cheap and the same offset and width as the fan blades so loads of room for chunky tyres, test fitted not sorted tyres yet -

Got a mint condition sump off ebay, sent off to Dewis Motorsport (recommended, off MIGWEB) for baffling, ready to go on with a new sump and exhaust manifold gasket -

Was abit of a mare to swap, vauxhall made plenty of room to get access to one of the sump bolts next to the flywheel but not the other so with help of a mate he brought a 1/4drive socket and extension, was tricky refitting the windage tray and pick-up pipe too so also much easier with some help! Oil in and filter swapped and jobs a goodun -

After driving the car for the first time i was shocked at how terrible it felt around corners, not just the far too soft suspension but how much you had to turn the wheel, standard rack is 4 turns lock to lock, so after some research i ordered the rack i needed, for it to turn up and still be 4 turns - Fantastic... so sent that back and found the right one on ebay so i messaged the guy and snapped it up asap, the rack is from an Electric PAS Corsa B which is 2.7 turns L-L, only on certain models as they also do Hydraulic PAS Corsa Bs too god knows why they did both options, anyways rack ready to be attacked with a grinder -

after -

then to swap the track rods and ends as the Corsa has slightly wider track, was planning to use the ones off the nova rack but one randomly rounded off the rack when i removed it and the other was fcuked, so obviously no where stocks Nova track rods so ordered some for the next working day along with new rod ends, picked them up all ready to be built up and fitted along with some FlowFlex rack mount bushes, once i fitted the rods it taken me about an hour n half to just bolt the rack on, the lack of room with the engine in is horrendous as the Gearbox is literally the full depth of the engine bay aha -

transformed the car! more soon!

 

[Christopher]

Love it!
Clean plates needed.

 

[cat171]

It's so damn cool!!! I love it!! I agree about the clean plates, they're a minor thing though.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Those wheels are approximately 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x better than the other ones.

 

[182_steve]

That looks soo smart, great little purchase........ when do you ever see Nova's about now!?

Agreed, those new wheels suit it 100x better, be interested to see what's at the powder coaters for the 'road' set!

 

[jamie rigby]

photobuckets fucked,testing.. https://flic.kr/p/VEhMFZ

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[jamie rigby]

photobuckets charging so flikr it is

so, the 3rd set of brake discs turned up, not the ones i was expecting lol... so the brakes that came on the car 284x24mm discs unsure what they were off, and the calipers are cav v6, gave them a freshen up with black paint and noticed the dust seal missing, so i just ordered some new calipers from BrakeParts International as i couldnt be bothered swapping seals etc, so old setup -

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dust seal missing causing uneven wear -

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new goodies, late calibra turbo calipers, yellowstuffs, fresh fluid -

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Lotus Exige 288x27mm discs, spigot rings made from a local metalshop (56.7-60.2mm), discs fitted and carriers -

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calipers on, shaved a little for clearence on the vauxhall wheels -

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Went for mk3 Golf BBS wheels for road wheels 6j et45, freshly powdercoated -

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fitted with new michelin PE2s -

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went to see Chris at EFI Parts last sunday, before and after, still needs more work throughout the map but its healthy and safe for now -

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New Nissens radiator vs 10yr old one -

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wiring tucked under the front slampanel look alot tidier -

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Federal RSRs fitted to the Cesaros -

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[yeecup]

I love novas. Mate had a black 1.4sri which went like stink, wasn't far off my valver, this was back in 1997 lol. Always wanted a white nova Sri . Yours looks great.

 

[jamie rigby]

for sale - http://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/199217/1990-190bhp-c20xe-jenveys-cheshire

My DC2 is just too good of an allrounder to sell and i'm abit limited for space at mine so this has to go, ££££ worth of suspension had just arrived too in some Gaz Golds with some juicy spring rates.

 

[Niall]

I've seen some indecisiveness in my time mate, but this tops them all:wink:

 

[jamie rigby]

I've seen some indecisiveness in my time mate, but this tops them all:wink:

You're only bloody 14, barely had any time yet haha

 

[Christopher]

You're both about 6!
Right decision IMO. DC2 is a keeper.

 

[Niall]

I agree with Chris. DC2 FTW.

 

[Al_G]

Seems a shame that you sold the interior IMO. Not many of these about and this one looked a minter.

GLWTS. Hope whoever buys it puts it back to standard (bar the engine).