stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Finally the Nova is alive!
So last week i set about removing the old seized engine, sourced a 'new' one, and swapped all the good bits over to the new engine (everything bar the head and block), bolted it up to the box and fired it in!
After a bit of pissfarting about with a dodgy distributer, fuel lines the wrong way round, and alternator issues, and whacking some tax on it, it runs!
The engine that is in now had been sat for ten years without so much as a turn of a key! But once i got a spark and fuel, it went on the first go! A new timing belt and fluids were used just to keep it safe-ish!
Now i can concentrate on removing all the guff thats on it.
Parcel shelf
Orange dash bits
Exhaust
Laguna splitter in favour of an Astra MK4 one
Tidy up overspray etc etc
A damn good clean/polish
Then i have a vague direction i want to head in with it....
Heres a couple pics of it near my house - Still needs a good clean!
(excuse the side repeaters, ive fixed them straight since taking these pics!)
BIG BIG BIG thanks to Shady, Ross B, Mike (Vtakmike), and anyone else who held a spanner, helped me find lost bolts, or wiggled a dodgy looking wire
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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i need a nova in my life
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stan_the_man
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quote:
Originally posted by fazza
i need a nova in my life
You know it makes sense.
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
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Nice one mate 
Even looks alright in orange lol.
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fazza
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quote:
Originally posted by stan_the_man
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Originally posted by fazza
i need a nova in my life
You know it makes sense.
been and looked at 2 gsi's this week for my mate, both of them for sale on pistonheads.
offered them the cash there after, then they both said there not sure if they want to sell and they will let us know
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FruitBooTeR
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Registered: 18th Jan 07
Location: Wolverhampton Drives: S15
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quote:
Originally posted by fazza
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Originally posted by stan_the_man
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Originally posted by fazza
i need a nova in my life
You know it makes sense.
been and looked at 2 gsi's this week for my mate, both of them for sale on pistonheads.
offered them the cash there after, then they both said there not sure if they want to sell and they will let us know
How stupid lol..... lets put the car on pistonheads and when people come and view lets not sell it 
So u looking for a nova then seriously looking like?
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stan_the_man
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What you after and roughly what are you wanting to spend?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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might be weird me saying this but it looks so asbo in orange 
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wilson_sri
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Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
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quote:
Originally posted by fazza
i need a nova in my life
Come buy mines 
Looks fecking cool man, let the fun begin! 
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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yeh seriously after one.
im in talks about one now actually 
not sure what to do with the corsa, but unsure if i want to buy another let for the nova so may use mine as its rebuilt
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fazza
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I would love yours wilson but not looking to spend that much cash mate, also want to build one myself or atleast most of it.
otherwise whenever someone sees it they would be like ' thats wilsons old nova'
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--ToM--
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Registered: 23rd Nov 07
Location: Wirral
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i love my novas but im sorry i cannot stand them in that colour 
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fazza
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i think its smart in that colour, needs the bumpers and skirts doing black though
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lostboy
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Registered: 29th Jan 09
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Not sure on the colour either but i have seen worse, Looks like your passenger side repeater is trying to make a run for it.
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inliner04
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Registered: 23rd Mar 09
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looks good! what splitter is on there now? laguna or mk4 astra?
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stan_the_man
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Thats a Laguna splitter on in the pics, but il soon swap it for either an Astra Mk4 one, or none at all.....
This car is alot of fun. Been giving a bit of stick over the past few days and its a good fun car! Goes quite well considering!
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