985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[novarally]

If i remember right the hubs are 4x100 too, which was odd on a Saxo. I never really considered buying it but thinking about it now it was a no brainer.

They are 100mm PCD hubs - from what I could gather he had a load of suitable wheels, so he just made the hubs to suit.

[BRoadGhost]

Yeah I don't think any part of the shifter's too heavy looking at it; the base should be strongest & it's a fair height. The plastic is probably nylon; whole thing looks really good with the bearings etc should last forever.

Bespoke billet knuckles would be a great thing to run; I've modified mine so much that starting again from scratch would be the next stage.

[novarally]

Hopefully these photos of the shifter are slightly better than the previous ones;





I'll get some pictures up of the Saxo's front and rear suspension too, as it's very interesting.

[BRoadGhost]

I think those cables can be bought from the likes of Demon Tweeks £60 a pair; it would make quite a good engineering project to try & recreate!

Any trick suspension on a FWD car is worth a look at

[novarally]

A few pictures of this Saxo I have;

[toymex]

Stunning,who made all of that a Colin? Seems way too nice to break

[prs]

wow

toymex+1

looks like some serious r&d is gone in this suspension.. details like the brake cooling, it looks like it was some serious spec racecar, more pics please

[novarally]

Stunning,who made all of that a Colin? Seems way too nice to break

All done by Lee Williams the owner/driver, together with his Dad, they run a company called JJW Engineering in Daventry.

[BRoadGhost]

That rose jointed ARB droplink onto the lower arm allowing driveshaft to float through says it all. Absolutely 1st rate design & execution; bet those knuckles are half the weight & twice the strength of the o.e.

I have no idea on the billet rears other than it's a hogged out solid piece that size & design to make it strong enough?

[novarally]

That rose jointed ARB droplink onto the lower arm allowing driveshaft to float through says it all. Absolutely 1st rate design & execution; bet those knuckles are half the weight & twice the strength of the o.e.

I have no idea on the billet rears other than it's a hogged out solid piece that size & design to make it strong enough?

I've just removed one of the alloy front hubs and they don't disappoint. Superb engineering.

Sadly they don't quite weigh in at half the weight of standard, but they are a little bit lighter, roughly 500g per side. Unsprung weight, so it will be worthwhile.

As for the rear ones, I haven't yet taken them off the car, but I have no plans to use them on my car anyway, Hillclimb/sprint regulations require me to retain the beam arrangement, I can't have independent operation.