985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[MiniManDan118]

^^ Colin is taking a visit to me on Sunday to pick up the remains of my LHD stuff

[dgbnova#1]

Classic recycled parts

[Mieran]

Have you looked into cable shift stuff colin? Some GM parts with fit but I think a company in Germany make them too.

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http://www.shop.cae-racing.de/index.php?a=31&lang=eng

[Novasport]

I think Steve(Duick) used a Vectra B cable shift mechanism

[Harvey]

There is a write up on Vectra B cable shift conversion that RallyMarshal (Paul) is fitting to his F20 on his Astra mk2 rally car that I service click me.

[novarally]

Have you looked into cable shift stuff colin? Some GM parts with fit but I think a company in Germany make them too.

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http://www.shop.cae-racing.de/index.php?a=31&lang=eng

Thanks very much for that Mieran, that is extremely interesting, I've never seen that kit before.

It would certainly solve my problem, but I'll need to have a look at more 'DIY' solutions as well to try and keep costs sensible.

Thanks Harvey and Rich also, I will investigate those further.

[BRoadGhost]

When I corner weighted mine, I found the offside front considerably lighter than the nearside.

[Mieran]

Thanks very much for that Mieran, that is extremely interesting, I've never seen that kit before.

It would certainly solve my problem, but I'll need to have a look at more 'DIY' solutions as well to try and keep costs sensible.

Thanks Harvey and Rich also, I will investigate those further.

The cheaper alternative is from a vec c

They use a F17 box (small block) and run cable shift, you will need the turret from top of the box too along with the shifter, cables etc

Must be a 1.8 btw and not any other model

[novarally]

The cheaper alternative is from a vec c

They use a F17 box (small block) and run cable shift, you will need the turret from top of the box too along with the shifter, cables etc

Must be a 1.8 btw and not any other model

Brilliant, thanks for the advice. I shall be off to my local breakers to see what I can find. It might be the best way forward in the short-term, until I can find the cash for the very trick CAE shifter mechanism.

And of course I can sell the present gear linkage from my car, which is extremely nice!;

[nuds sr]

i have just managed to collect all the parts for my nova to convert it too cable shift im going to be running it on a F20 gearbox
main thing i have heard is you have to make sure you buy all the bits from a 1.8 vectra c with f17 gearbox as if you use other cables or shifter will cause it not to work im hoping it works fine as the gear shift in a newer cars like vectras and astras with cables is so much better