carnoisseurcraig
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Ok guys, its a corsa forum i know but we are all under the VAUXHALL umbrella so i thought id share what ive been up to since march
There is a wee story to this car so bear with me. When i was 18 (27 now) i bought a nova GSI.. was my first car and my pride and joy... sold it then thought no more of it... in march i picked up my local autotrader and THERE SHE WAS... £200 quid, spares or repairs... I sold it way back then for £3500.. (NOVA's were expensive then)
So i bought it as a project and decided to put her back to the way i had it when i was 18, which i set about doing its was still the 1600 engine i had it it but 3 days after buying it she blew up... NO big deal.. my mate had a spare 2.0 8v SRI 130 engine in his garage doing HE HAW so 2 days later she had the 20SEH engine in her, torquey engine as well... and here she is just now.
not quite finished. needs a respray, tinted windows and im powdercoating the wheels white.
But i always wanted the C20LET in there. so i hunted my local area... No joys so i had to travel and found a FIXER UPPER in middlesbrough for cheap. long journey but i get free fuel and a company car so it was only my time that cost me.
there is a LET engine in there somewhere... 
so i set about stripping it down and rebuilding it from top to bottom
it was pretty bad. Needed the block skimmed and rebored and head skimmed and fully rebuilt. pistons were goosed and crank was scored and needed ground. turbo was also shafted.
head was sent away and rebuilt
Bought a second hand turbo and had that reconned for £145 quid plus VAT
worked out cheaper than getting a replacment.
bottom end was rebuilt. got the crack reground, oversized shells, new pistons, rings, block was also skimmed.
i bought some paint and set about painting stuff.... its soo addictive
i also found a rear ended jag XK and stole the intercooler... which will be front mounted on the nova
i began the task of building it up but my engine stand STILL had not arrived.
WOO HOO, its arrived.
once the stand was hete it was just a case of assembling it all together...
well thats it until my holidays on the 19th of this month... Il then strip the 2 litre 8v out the of nova just now and begin the transplant of the new LET into its new home... SERIOUSLY cant wait....
well last night i got LOADS done.... Transporting all the engine, box, ancillaries, engine crane etc all in one go was difficult.
the bottom pics are the engine on the 3 mounts... still LOADS to do
So the next day i set about doing it.
[Edited on 14-11-2006 by carnoisseurcraig]
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Shane
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well done fella look 
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corsa_godfather
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nice one,alot of wotk rrite enogh lol
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Gareth
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Stunning project!!!
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Eck
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Looks awesome fella, all I'd do is put the standard grille back on, but its you're motor  this thing should shift once finished!
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Gaz
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Nice that mate
And its a corsa A so of course it can be here 
Nova's are cool when repected work has gone into them!
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mikey-corsa
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looks awesome mate!
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carnoisseurcraig
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quote:
Originally posted by Gaz
And its a corsa A so of course it can be here
LOL, you know i completely forgot about that... 
[Edited on 06-08-2006 by carnoisseurcraig]
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Jambo
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Thanks for posting Criag dont get hangups about it not being a corsa, as Gaz rightly said its a corsa A
Red is sexy and LET's rock
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carnoisseurcraig
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cheers Jambo
must admit its looking good.
I forgot to say i just bought a new plate for it from a guy on MIG
B16 NVA i think that will look cool on it when shes done
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Gaz
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Will finish it mate hehe
Awesome!
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and-m
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Get a cover for that cap!
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carnoisseurcraig
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wot cap mate???
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and-m
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The distributor! The Bosch caps should come with a black one to cover the housing.
[Edited on 06-08-2006 by and-m]
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mike16v
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looking really smart craig, gud luck with the conversion, keep us updated fella
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carnoisseurcraig
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aaahhh, dont pay any attention to that mate..... thats the old one...
i have a new one just not put it on....
i was wondering what you were on about there. LOL
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carnoisseurcraig
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quote:
Originally posted by mike16v
looking really smart craig, gud luck with the conversion, keep us updated fella
will do mike... not much to do now apart from rip out the old engine, strengthen the chassis and put the new engine in..
Im just trawling the FOR SALE forums for goodies.
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jamied
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if you have any trouble fitting theres a guide for sale on ebay...
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M6RKK
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nice one mate keep up the good work... keep us posted (Y)
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willay
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very nice
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carnoisseurcraig
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well i started work on nova today. Was a very late start of 3pm as i had loads of little jobs around the house to do first.
Basically today was just to get the engine out and prepped fot stitch welding. Il get back to it tonight as im just waiting on a crane to lift it out.
here was this afternoons progress
Thats her just left sitting on 2 bolts on the mounts ready to be taken out later on tonight.
more pics will follow in the coming days.
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Marc
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What were the chances of seeing it for sale in the trader!! Good work, I take its for keeps this time!!
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carnoisseurcraig
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yup... shes for keeps... well, until the wife says so..
head office always has the final say!!
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richysport
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it's lookin good keep us updated
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Adam-D
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how much did the engine cost to re-build?
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