Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

[peester]

good stuff Iain, look forward to reading the feature

[Benn]

To people saying TV said they had done enough track cars etc etc.
I think just the story of how Iain built his car up, tought himself to weld, pretty much learnt everything from scratch, was well worth a feature alone.

Trends come and go... One day everyones in to track cars, get its really low clean cars, then it's this big power...
All goes in circles really...

[Iain]

Cheers guys.

[Mazz]

About bloody time tbh, but I've just cancelled my subscription to TV! Looks like a trip to WHSmiths now!

[burgo]

I went out and bought it so ive got a picture of lionel for my wallet

[Spudly]

Nice one Iain.
Well deserved.

To people saying TV said they had done enough track cars etc etc.
I think just the story of how Iain built his car up, tought himself to weld, pretty much learnt everything from scratch, was well worth a feature alone.
Not just about the car, someone buying a feature car doesn't make it worthy of a feature.
To see his motor come from a 8v 1.6 with a set of wheels, to then seeing it propped up on its side on top of a stack of tyres in his parents drive
And then turned into the car thats now been featured.

He's done a top job.

Definately well deserved, i saw a post on the TV facetube page asking about cars to be featured, and i sent them the link to Lemons wip thread.

Jamie added me and asked more about it, wanting to know more about the car and the builder, it wasnt just the finished package that sealed the deal, its everything you listed in your reply Adam, the fact that if he didnt have the skills to do a certain part of the build, he went out and learned them

Awesome little car, and a reallt good write up, well deserved imo, glad to finally see it in print too

And just to add, im not trying to steal any glory or Iain's thunder, his skills earnt him the feature and nothing else!

[Mazz]

bump?

[Iain]

Feels like I've not updated this in forever, summer's here and I have some motivation and somewhere to finally work on the motor so looking forward to prepping it for trackdays and hammering it this summer!

Took it out for it's last outing to Cloud 9 meet at Ikea on Sunday:



And a few last pics of it before it gets tucked away:





OK now to business. Reason I've not touched the Nova in a few months, been having this built and finished the final touches and a driveway so I can finally tinker with the motors:





Spacious picture above, now crammed full of Nova spares and Novas



Now onto the trackday prep...

First off, clunking from the front is a sign the shocks are knackered again, so stripped all the suspension off ready for a refurb:





(Rear brakes are also off for some sneaky upgrades!)

Suspension is looking a bit worse for wear, the front shocks aren't holding pressure properly so they're both ballsed for the second time in my ownership. Damage/rusty patch on the front piston has got worse too, so maybe it's time for some new ones if anyone's got any going!





Looking forward to updating with some braking tweaks that should help trackday Porsche killing!

[Novaload_Nick]

I want that garage! Top work

[kevster]

wow smart garage there mate love it !!!!!