The fastest Nova in the world
Well, I've started with such a bold statement I'd better follow it through.
With the chassis work commencing I thought it would be a good time to start a thread for those who arnt on Facebook on the build of my drag Nova, apart from 1/4 mile racing I'm also going to make a separate attempt to crack 200mph!
On paper we've got this sorted
Power : 1000 plus
Weight : 800kg est
Engine is a z22ler, what's that I hear? It's basically a z20let/h/r engine but using a z22xe block and crank, making it a 2.2ltr z20 engine.
Massive amounts of cash put into this and it should handle the power, engine is ready to be built, more on this later if anyone's interested.
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This is a mock up engine pictured trying the turbo/manifold setup on for size
Body, there's still some Nova metalwork left, but a lot removed and caged, the cage will tag to 8.5 plus it's getting a driver cell which other than a few floor bars almost gets it to a 7.5 tag.
Essential but very expensive !
Currently Ben Speechley (red nova track car I'm sure your aware of) is doing all the fab work, busy removing a roll cage I had fitted but was not happy with, plus removing a bit more.
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Now stripped back he can start putting metal work in there
One piece front end weighs just 12kg and makes access to everything much easier
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The cage we have just removed
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I'll leave it there for now, just wanted to try out using tapatalk also
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The fastest Nova in the world
I'm leaving a bit of room for error, there's a lot of gear going on there mind.
Previously the car was 760kg with f28 & clet stripped out, I'd hazard a guess that the amount of material removed has been replaced with tube but weight savings are made elsewhere also.
If I ever want to compete I'd need to get it up to 900kg believe it or not
One piece front end came all the way from Slovakia, postage cost more than the part annoyingly.
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