corsacdx
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Hi,
I have been fettling a corsa dash to fit in my nova over the last few weeks.
As I have never seen a double dash - thought I'd make one up as the corsa dash lends itself to this type of conversion! A fair bit of patience and fibreglass will be needed to get it finished but you get the gist of what I am trying to achieve :-
I have already wired in the correct loom for two digi dashes so the passenger will be able to see what warp speed we are doing!
Also had to move the hazzard switch as I am putting a bespoke Satnav system in the centre console part :-
Full rebuild progress here :-
Click here
Cheers
Joff
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BYRON
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wtf
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All Torque
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W T F indeed!!  
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Jules
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Joff glad to see you found your way onto CS aswell m8!
[Edited on 08-04-2006 by Jules]
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Jambo
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bizzare! but cool, whats going in the dial housing then?
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Born_corsa02
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Ru putting an instrument cluster an the passenger side with a steering wheel aswel so the person next to you can pretend hes driving too
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cossie_corsa
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i was gonna put a 6 inch screen on mine. looks good though mate
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Jambo
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Awesome will the clocks work??
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Sam
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I thought it was the original Joff. 
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JadeM
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Joff  
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corsacdx
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As the clocks will be digidash ones and as I have already put all the wires required into the loom and mated up the plugs I can see no reason why the two digi dashes won't work.
I need to mate up the digidash something like what cobra has done with his so it sits right and has no gaps! No steering wheel tho' on the passenger side - that really would be silly !!! 
I'm glad this has had this reaction - was looking to do something a bit different!
Joff
(to avoid confusion I live in East Yorks!)
[Edited on 08-04-2006 by corsacdx]
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Sam
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You must have spent a small fortune on this project!
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Jambo
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cant wait to see it finished
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Wrighty
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brilliant effort
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Gavin_G
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Dav
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Different! And this is actually going in a Nova you say? Will definitely be interesting to see it it finished with both clocks working!
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Nath
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Original idea i'll give you that. Should look alright when finished.
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Scotty C
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I like 
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mike16v
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i think thats pretty neat, will be cool when finished
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corsacdx
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Things have been moving a bit slow - helps if you are not away on a residential training course
for a week - anyone for a teambuilding session??
I have now finished the centre console concept - it includes the heater and fan controls, intercooler
inlet & outlet temp readouts and the satnav. Pic :-
I have had to rethink the buttons and switches for the ignition, start, boot release, nos and fan
override - these are now going to live in a pod on the centre console just below where the ash
tray normally lives.
Talking of which the ash tray cover is now going to house the air temp / time / date readout
which normally lives on the top of the dash - pic :-
Also been fibreglassing the second pod cover to cover over where the steering column normally
comes out - this is still a bit rough and needs lots more attention . Pic :-
When I am happy with the overall fit and smoothness of the whole of the dash I am going to start flocking.
I will give the ashtray concept the first flock in blue just to see how it comes out, and if there are any
problems it isn't too big to rub down again!
Engine is away being rebored at the moment to accept the oversized low compression pistions so the cc
of the engine will be enlarged slightly . The crank is also being balanced and the flywheel is being balanced
and skimmed. I have been able to get a full refurb kit from GM for all the seals, gaskets etc and are
replacing the water pump and oil pump (a Z20LET item) so things on this front seem to be coming together.
Need to get in touch with Radtech to get an alloy radiator sorted for the engine cooling side of things.
Well thats about it - coming together nicely!
Joff
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Joe
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Gona be interesting to see this finished, centre dash bit still looks a bit grainy though? Nice work anyway though.
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Ry_B
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Good effort, will be interesting to see this finished!
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corsacdx
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Doesn't really matter about the texture on the surface as its all getting flocked anyway - this will mask any minor surface differences.
Joff
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BeArDy
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Lil_John
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that red interior looks like a childs playroom.
no offence to whoever owns it.
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