Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

[Mike]

Top stuff Iain!

[Connor]

Engine bay is looking very smart

[nova ian]

Cracking Stuff Iain, bet your really looking forward to driving the beast now!

[Smiffy1203]

looks great mate

[Iain]

Rubbish update but I have lowered the steering column as the fastest wiper setting hit the dashboard and I couldn't see the warning lights on the dash!

Thanks to my fantastic bracket design I could whip this out:



Bracket, note 2 holes at the top:



Redrilled and used 2 lower down holes in the shell bracketry:



Bish bash bosh, column lower:



Also stripped down the front-end and replaced the core plug I 'fixed' as it was leaking AGAIN grr

[peester]

dash looks better - should be a cool 'sportier' driving position too
fingers crossed with core plug

[Benn]

Good work on the dash and movable column.

[Edd]

On to the front suspension now, got my topmounts fitted for more caster, thanks to machining it down slightly:

how much did you have machined off the top mounts mate ?

need to do something similar at work tonight on my pair but don't want to take too much off

[nova ian]

I had these done for Iain, it was 3mm, so 6mm in total radius.

[Iain]

Glad you replied Ian as I can't remember. You can see from the pics they have allowed slightly more adjustment as they would have fouled in their current position

I noticed my bottom pulley was wobbling around quite a lot and research showed me this is because the rubber can perish and move slightly. Got myself a new bottom pulley from TXAutosport.

New one on left @ 566g, old one on right @ 1.23kg so not a bad weight saving either.



And fitted. It's very tight on the cambelt pulley so I have no idea how it'll ever come off if I need to remove it!



Also fitted my passenger seat and harness, couldn't get it as far back as I'd have liked as the rollcage bar is in the way. Also I think the seat rails are wonky as the drivers side touches the window and the passenger side is miles away