kimbo
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that photo was when i first got it.it used to have some dodgy spot lights, flamer kit and neons but thet came off it right away and changed the wheels and converted it to 2lt 8v then to 16v. it looked good with the smooth boot,delocked and smooth wings.i wasnt keen on the bumper.
still lookin good tho
[Edited on 17-02-2008 by kimbo]
[Edited on 17-02-2008 by kimbo]
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dan_c4rsa
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cool.
the loom wirings a bit dodgy to be blunt but is a sound car!
Hardly anyt rust - tis a winner!
Going to dave on tuesday to have the verniers put on and all the probs with the fresh engine sorted along with my exhaust if he can do me the favour, as everything ive tried hasnt stopped it blowing 
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dan_c4rsa
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took car back to Dave A today. Should be sorted in a week/2 weeks.
Hopefully i'll have a car back that i can use!
Also remembered i had this lying around today - i actually forgot i had it!
will fit it when i get the car back
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dan_c4rsa
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vsport just rang.
car's just about sorted.
was the ecu and some earths buggering it up.
Fitting verniers tomorrow i think along with sorting exhaust and fitting anti-rollbar.
wooop
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Dave A
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Problem found
New Ecu fitted and some wiring sorted out (20 year old wiring looms arent the most reliable) and it runs and drives nicely. 
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Dave A
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exhaust also now sorted. had to chisel off the stuff you had put round the joints. Was it cement 
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Dave A
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new ecu also has a higher rev limit to make the most of the cams 
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dan_c4rsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
exhaust also now sorted. had to chisel off the stuff you had put round the joints. Was it cement
was some specialist expoxy stuff mate - is the bee's knees when it actually holds the blowing part!
Have you managed to stop it blowing at the manifold at all? As that was the main problem due to me stupidly welding the lambda too far forward haha.
more revs - vroom vroom!
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Dave A
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exhaust all sorted, no leaks. also sorted your front radiator hose as it was leaking a bit. Needs a new hose ideally as the one fitted is a bit short.
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dan_c4rsa
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ah i thought i had a leak due to losing water
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dan_c4rsa
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update.
picked the car up staurday, drove lovely, after 2 hours, it was sat in assdaa carpark after id nipped to the toilet with the starter motor permanently live, missing bolts from various places and a horrific banging sound.
Looks like the projects been royally fooked. May be selling it :'(
or will organise taking it to beardy when i have money sorted out
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Vaux Lad
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What?
Missing bolts from where?
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Wrighty
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wtf
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DannyB
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quote:
Originally posted by dan_c4rsa
will organise taking it to beardy when i have money sorted out
Mate no offence but this sounds like your pointing the finger at Dave A, which is a tad unfair.
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Dave A
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Dan, until you know what the fault is its unfair to speculate what has gone wrong with the car.
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jimmy 2.1
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quote:
Originally posted by red_top
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Originally posted by dan_c4rsa
will organise taking it to beardy when i have money sorted out
Mate no offence but this sounds like your pointing the finger at Dave A, which is a tad unfair.
Tbh, i'd be just as annoyed really! Everytime its been to Dave its come back broken? 
Hope you get it all sorted Dan
[Edited on 20-03-2008 by jimmy 2.1]
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Jamie
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Sounds a bit odd. Any update?
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LukeD
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Everytime its been to Dave its come back broken
And isnt it your job dave, to find any faults and fix them?
Hope you get it all sorted anyway mate. 
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Vaux Lad
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He did fix it....
Not his problem if something happens after its left his workshop.
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Dave A
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car came back to me as it was idling rough, after 10 hours of checking and changing everything it could have possibly been it turned out to be a dodgy ecu. new ecu fitted (all free of charge) and it ran perfectly well.
dan collects car, drives it back home and it develops a noise. I give as much help and advice as possible, offer to ins[ect it for free and thats the last we hear from dan.
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Dave A
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quote:
Originally posted by dan_c4rsa
either way - a souple of weeks and it should be perfeck. at least ive been able to take it for a rag, and screw the running in, i blasted it
and comments like that worry me 
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Ste L
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave A
quote:
Originally posted by dan_c4rsa
either way - a souple of weeks and it should be perfeck. at least ive been able to take it for a rag, and screw the running in, i blasted it
and comments like that worry me
i thought you went by the "run it in hard" process????
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Dave A
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yes, in a controlled environment on a dyno where you can control the load given at any paticular rpm with a/f ratios and temps being monitored etc....
[Edited on 20-03-2008 by Dave A]
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ainsley_brader
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quote:
Originally posted by LukeD
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Everytime its been to Dave its come back broken
And isnt it your job dave, to find any faults and fix them?
Hope you get it all sorted anyway mate.
As i read it V sport didn't do the conversion? They merely rebuilt the engine!
Were they asked to check everything else over?
Either way a faulty loom and or ECU is nothing to do with rebuilding an engine and isnt something that can be checked!
Any the starter pernamently live could well cause a banging noise and could be the ignition switch for all we know again nothing to do with V sport.
Obviously we need to know where the bolts are missing from but i think theres a lot of people here jumping to conclusions!
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bieransri
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i had the same problem on my nova. the main feed to the starter was earthing on something causing it to engage. made a racket and couldnt figure out what it was until i inspected the starting/charging harness.
found that it had rubbed through
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