Wonderboy
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That gear box is huge! - I think thats what it is 
Looking great so far. Love this thread!
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paulocutts
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Lookin good of course again neil!!
You have got to take me out in it when its togther! see if its scarier than the nova turbo haha
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Novaneil
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Just gone home and two small parcels were waiting for me....
A bit boring but I have nothing to do for 30mins so I thought i'd take a pic and post them up.
The latest 2 Ebay Purchases: A lovely Anodised Oil Cap and some Stainless Rocker cover bolts
Will be doing a couple of hours later tonight on the cars so look out for an update tomorrow.
Neil
[Edited on 25-01-2007 by Novaneil]
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dhdev
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Why do we have to wait till tomorrow for the update, I expect ur greasy fingers to be bashing the keyboard the moment u put the spanners down 
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paulocutts
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neil touching spanners!! everytime I have been round its someone else doin the hard work 
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dhdev
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haha, that sounds about right!!!
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
haha, that sounds about right!!!
You cheeky Barstools!....
Although its funny because its true Im good for 3 things:
1) Taking pictures.... especially when people aren't expecting it (Rabbit in the headlights anyone )
2) Making cups of tea for the troops
and
3) Driving tractors when required 
Neil
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paulocutts
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quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
haha, that sounds about right!!!
need some progress on your nova dhdv!! or did it blow away in those strong winds
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paulocutts
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pic n°2 liking the little finger there dan! lol!
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Novaneil
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Update
25th January
Ben started off by sanding back all the dodgey area's that had bubbled up on his engine after priming (he won't be doing that again!)
Once this was done and had been reprimered, he set about spraying the bay.
The colour of choice is matt black for two reasons:
1) it doesn't show imperfections as much as gloss
2) we thought it would be a great constrast with the gloss black engine cover and all the stainless and chrome parts that are going in the engine bay
Rattle cans were used as its easier and not as important to get a smooth finish.
Dan keeping warn by sitting on the heater
We think its looks very  , and are very happy with the results. Its something a bit different from the norm anyway.
Neil
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Novaneil
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And here's what I did last night.
Dug the intermediate bar out I took off a Cav a while back and installed it
(for those of you who haven't seen this before, its so I can run an Equal Length Driveshaft which helps massively with Torque steer umoungst other things)
Dan sanded back the filler primer with 600Grit Wet & Dry
Look I do do work, for all the none believers 
And finally I installed the new Oil Cap and rocker bolts
The logo on the cap doesn't line up though.... doh! nevermind
Got the day off tomorrow so hopefully should get my engine bay in primer
......at last!
Neil
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Novaneil
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Update
26th January
Had the day off work today as someone was coming to pick my Motocross bike up that I have now sold 
This is her
And this is what I got for her 
£1900 to be exact. Which I prompty gave to my mate Padge as I still owe him 2K for this red corsa of mine Cheers Padge, it is now officially MINE
As I had the day off I set about making a small spray booth around my car
And proceeded to clean up the engine bay with thinners ready for its first coat of primer....
And here's the results
Whilst I was doing this a mate of mine brought his brand spanking new 2007 Honda 450R Motocross bike over to run it in.
Dam I wish I didn't have to sell my bike... Oh well, i'll get another one one day, but for now the Corsa is my hobby
Neil
[Edited on 26-01-2007 by Novaneil]
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Marc
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Engine is looking really
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Graeme
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ur old bike looks very nice, is it a yz250?
looks like gd progress, gd to see the spray booth has great extraction (gaps at bottom of sheets)
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by Graeme
ur old bike looks very nice, is it a yz250?
looks like gd progress, gd to see the spray booth has great extraction (gaps at bottom of sheets)
hehe, yes its a work of art.
Thanks, the Bikes a CR250, just brought black plastics as I don't like the Honda Red. Used to have a YZ250... wish I had never sold that as well
Neil
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dhdev
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Neil you did good, bikes are for gays 
quote:
Originally posted by paulocutts
quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
haha, that sounds about right!!!
need some progress on your nova dhdv!! or did it blow away in those strong winds
I'll get some carbon fibre based weight saving progress pics up this weekend (altho not as exciting as it sounds  )
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
Neil you did good, bikes are for gays
quote:
Originally posted by paulocutts
quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
haha, that sounds about right!!!
need some progress on your nova dhdv!! or did it blow away in those strong winds
I'll get some carbon fibre based weight saving progress pics up this weekend (altho not as exciting as it sounds )
Im guessing that means your fitting your new mirrors then
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by Novaneil
quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
Neil you did good, bikes are for gays
quote:
Originally posted by paulocutts
quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
haha, that sounds about right!!!
need some progress on your nova dhdv!! or did it blow away in those strong winds
I'll get some carbon fibre based weight saving progress pics up this weekend (altho not as exciting as it sounds )
Im guessing that means your fitting your new mirrors then
Mirror (singular!) and the reason its not that exciting and carbon BASED is because I'm gonna make a carbon BASE plate (see what I did there )
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Novaneil
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Today we worked on a different car.
A while back we helped convert a mates AX GTi to a VTS 1.6 16v Engined machine. It looked like this
Unfortunetely after a lot of bad luck this engine let go (suspected Cambelt failure) after just a few miles of driving it. And its taken till this week for the owner (Chris) to get a rebuilt engine to replace the one thats in it.
So the day started with towing the car up to mine
Complete with new rebuilt VTS engine in the back
We then set about taking it apart
But unfortunetely we could not get the car in the air at this stage as someone had lost the locking wheel nut key
so out came the welder to weld a bolt on the end to remove the key
More stripping now that its in the air
The car has a GTi6 Disc conversion and runs on Koni adjustables with Custom front springs
We nice and safely held the gearbox up with 2 jacks as we undid the bolts
By removing the gearbox it makes the engine soooo much easier to remove
Turns out the Cambelt was ok, but it looks like the woodruff key in the crank pulley cog has snapped... as the bottom end goes round but doesn't turn the cambelt. Never come across that before.
Old engine shoved into the back of Chris's ZX, ready to be stripped down at another time
Preparing new engine to go in
In she goes
Just another few little jobs to go and she'll be ready to roll again.
Neil
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jr
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the ax looks the bollocks
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bieransri
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quote:
Turns out the Cambelt was ok, but it looks like the woodruff key in the crank pulley cog has snapped... as the bottom end goes round but doesn't turn the cambelt. Never come across that before
mate had this happen on his C16XE thought exactly the same 
[Edited on 28-01-2007 by bieransri]
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STEvieXE
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is the front panel cut to accomdoate that cold air feed??
how does this go??
i know vts's are good going things?? this muct be wicked...
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
the ax looks the bollocks
Yes there cracking little cars! built out of tin foil so with a nicely tuned 1.6 16v go quite well indeed
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dhdev
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
the ax looks bollocks
I concur
How long's this engine gonna last, an hour
[Edited on 28-01-2007 by dhdev]
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Novaneil
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quote:
Originally posted by dhdev
quote:
Originally posted by jr
the ax looks bollocks
I concur
How long's this engine gonna last, an hour
[Edited on 28-01-2007 by dhdev]
haha, yes... its the cars 3rd 1.6 16v engine and between them its only covered about 5 miles Very bad luck with all of them
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