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Yesterday, 03:13 AM

islandman replied to a thread Intatrim Seats - customisation for a Nova in Interior & Windscreens

Steve are going for the one with harness holes or not? I'm not having the harness holes as it doesn't go with the theme of my car. Another thing...

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19-09-2018, 02:47 PM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

In the sunroof ;)

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19-09-2018, 04:00 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

That has to be the fastest turn around after a disaster I've seen and now you have a faster better shiny toy :bananasplit:. Lets just hope your...

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17-09-2018, 02:31 PM

islandman replied to a thread Intatrim Seats - customisation for a Nova in Interior & Windscreens

Well with any seat, including my current one being a Mark 1 Nova and me bing 6' 4" its gonna be tight. The Stoneleigh seat was no better or worse...

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16-09-2018, 12:26 AM

islandman replied to a thread Scottish Nova - time for a rebuild! in Your Cars

That welder is paying for itself already :bananasplit: you will start to wonder how you managed without one

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16-09-2018, 12:21 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

Love it :clapping::facepalm:

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13-09-2018, 03:19 PM

islandman replied to a thread NOVA for sale in Austria in For Sale

Yeah, probably why its being sold! :tongue:

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12-09-2018, 03:39 AM

islandman replied to a thread Alex's new Nova project..... the saga begins! in Your Cars

Looking very slick Alex

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11-09-2018, 11:12 AM

islandman replied to a thread Scottish Nova - time for a rebuild! in Your Cars

How do these work? you drill a bigger hole then these act as a thread spacer to use the original bolt size?

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11-09-2018, 12:46 AM

islandman replied to a thread Scottish Nova - time for a rebuild! in Your Cars

Steve, check out the Intatrim Stoneleigh seat (yes same name as the show), I tried it in my Nova at Stoneleigh this year. Its narrow enough at the...

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11-09-2018, 12:39 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

Impressive work Dirk as always and some creative thinking to get around those little niggling issues. The engine looks totally at home in the Avante....

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09-09-2018, 11:56 PM

islandman replied to a thread My Second Nova - The Scooby Nova Lives in Your Cars

My current thinking is have the ECU in the rear window tunnel area as others have done

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09-09-2018, 10:44 AM

islandman replied to a thread My Second Nova - The Scooby Nova Lives in Your Cars

Inspired by Dirk’s progress on his engine conversion I figured I better do something. The only thing I have here in Singapore is the wiring loom...

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07-09-2018, 09:13 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

I meant to add the word "heater", i.e. if the water goes through the header tank first it will be cooler before it hits the heater matrix

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06-09-2018, 01:25 PM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

So does taking the heater feed from the expansion tank rather than the water manifold on the block result in 1) Cooler water temperature and 2) water...

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04-09-2018, 01:20 PM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

i’ll definitely be interesteted to see the difference

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03-09-2018, 02:21 PM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

Jim seems to have managed OK without reversing. Also check this some interesting little tips and approaches to the conversion, quite a few neat...

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02-09-2018, 10:31 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

Well these are supposed to be high temperature paints, plus Fellows Speed Shop (who did Jim's) seem to do this as standard on their builds hence...

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02-09-2018, 04:44 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

Dirk, You are doing it the hard way. What I did with mine was a simple degrease with gunk, followed by some rattle can spray aluminum paint from...

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01-09-2018, 08:20 AM

islandman replied to a thread Nova Kitcar Subaru flat-six PPC magazine project car or scoobynova. in Your Cars

Nice job on the flopper stoppers, very similar to mine but much better finished.

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30-08-2018, 01:26 AM

islandman replied to a thread Scottish Nova - time for a rebuild! in Your Cars

I’ve tried “Easy out” bolt extractors in the past without a single case using them resulting in success. My most recent problem was broken exhaust...

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25-08-2018, 01:01 PM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

My parents took it to the local Timpsons and were advised that the nearest place that did it was another store several miles away. They contacted...

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25-08-2018, 08:08 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

\ I checked with Timpsons after you mentioned that to me, they want 251 pounds! :scared: needless to say I haven't got a second key copied yet

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25-08-2018, 06:45 AM

islandman replied to a thread Dirk's Avante in Your Cars

Damn when you said you would have the gearbox done by the weekend I thought you were joking! :scared: Like Alister I've replaced gearboxes but...

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