Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

[turbojolt]

yer im well up for that mate

[Hobbit]

I want to be you track day fwiend

[Mieran]

Iain on a dry track how many clicks do you have your rear shocks set to and what spring rates are you running?

[Adam]

Nice work on the mount!

[Iain]

Hobbit we'll organise something this year, not even looked at trackdays this year what with the weather etc!

I'm currently on 325lb front and 250lb rear springs, I honestly can't remember what damping settings I use as it's been so long 14 clicks on the rear rings a bell as a starting point but I fine tune it depending on the feel/handling of the car on the day.

[Iain]

My updates are getting more and more dull each time Not doing much work on the ol' beast recently, but...

Since the car steps sideways when braking, I've re-adjusted the rear drums and it now brakes nice and straight and is a lot more stable. Drums off, bit dusty:



Loads of dust in the drums too:



Quick clean:



Self adjusting mechanism that needs a helping hand:



Tapped the adjuster round with a screwdriver, only needed a few turns, set them both so you could only just get the drum on and felt the same resistance when the pedal was pressed:



Planning on doing loads more trackdays this year so long overdue is this purchase. Plated 1300kg (980kg max load) Woodford lightweight, perfect for towing my 830kg Nova:



One problem I had with it was I couldn't open the Nova doors when loaded because it hit the mudguard, so done some small mods to them. On:



Wingnut and bolt on the inside mount:



And with a slot instead of a hole on the inside of the mudguard, it neatly folds out of the way of the door:




Booked onto Blyton Park on the 25th May (Saturday), so just over a week to wait till I can (hopefully) test out my slicks and recent tweaks.

[peester]

ha awesome modification to the trailer. Professional stuff now eh.

[zeifer33]

Yeah, i have the same problem. I like your solution

[Mazz]

Thats an awesome idea, simple but effective!

[Benn]

That's very good. I almost knocked my self out on a trailer like that, it has a small bar in front of the guard. The nova door hit that and slammed on my head. No nice.