Johnny A
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Registered: 17th Jul 09
Location: Oxford
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Been on here a little while, I might as well show you guys my daily driver.
I bought it for £250 with a blown gearbox:
I bought a second hand working box for £30 and it runs fine. It's a N/A 1.7 diesel engine which although is bomb proof and reliable is dead slow - however upping the fuel pressure made it a little better!
I picked up some new FK budget coilovers at billing for £135 which IMO is a good deal, I also added some lower profile tyres and make the front as low as possible:
There is still plenty of arch clearance on the 13's but the coilover bodies bottomed out so I cut and welded the carrier brackets about 1.5 inches higher and wound the coilovers up to give the bodies some travel.
I relocated the rear beam so it sits above the leaf springs rather than underneath:
Picked up a 1.7 Turbo Isuzu engine from stroud on saturday, I bought the whole car for 99p!! The guy who was selling on egay was pretty pissed as you can imagine!! A towed it 1 mile down the road to a breakers where I removed the engine and all ancillaries then gave the breakers the rest. I then traveled to Swindon to pick up a spare omega gearbox.
When I got back I took a piccie:
LOW eh! Surprisingly even this low it drives very smoothly!
The turbo lump will replace the current 1.7 N/A engine, the engine itself is in pretty good shape apart from the turbo itself which suffered oil seal failure on the inlet size, the oil gunked up the turbine (effectively seizing it). I have bought a decent S/H turbo and cleaned up the engine ready for fitting.
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steddy-eddie
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Registered: 9th Jun 08
Location: bridlington
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looks good, good price too, bet the bloke was pissed off at 99p, keep us all updated with the 1.7td lump, wouldnt mind putting a 1.7td lump in a nova. that is low, does it not catch
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davieslim
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Registered: 15th Sep 08
Location: Glasgow City
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looks good ive got a combo for sale just now, was going to mod it but i really need 5 seats instead of 2
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
Location: Eastbourne, EastSussex
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why have you made it so low? just looks like a van full of tools
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Johnny A
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Registered: 17th Jul 09
Location: Oxford
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quote:
Originally posted by john_c20xe
why have you made it so low? just looks like a van full of tools
Yes of course I know many vans with tools strapped to the bonnet to weigh the front end down 
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john_c20xe
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Registered: 10th Feb 08
Location: Eastbourne, EastSussex
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yeh.... nice one
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Jamis
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Registered: 7th Oct 09
Location: scotland
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i'm doing a combo project m8 and mine cost me £100 and runs mint plus only 80k on the clock.will try post up my project to but looking good m8
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