Rally Project

[Dave M]

I bought this nova last year to start stage rallying, I have done a few track days and a rally track 1/1 day. It was a good standard when I bought it but made some changes

Power steering
Quick rack
peddle box
new seats & harnesses
Alloy rad
heated screen
12 new wheels
cill stands
Serviced diff

Still to do;

Hockly shafts
Fit intercom
Fit back flaps
Buy the tyres
fit new disks and pads

Stripped out all the old heater system and a load of other smaller jobs, I am never finished working on it.

The engine is really strong for a 1.6 8v someone spent a lot of time and effort on this car before I bought it, the shell is awesome I forgot just how much buying anything motorsport related was, building one of those from scratch would be a small fortune.

[bazzap8389]

Looks good that mate. Me likey

[totalnova]

Look great, be interesting to see any build pics you have.

[BRoadGhost]

G's car! The guy who had the work done (engine, cage, rear turrets, paint, some of the interior etc) like 15+ years ago is now part of the McLaren F1 pit team.

The guy who did that work is actually the man behind fabled Pepe.

[torquey]

What spec is the 1.6 8v? Looks well.

[Dave M]

As far as I know it was Chris Ashtlys car at one point and they built it or the shell and cage work anyway, I bought it from a sound chap in Leyland. I think it had been sitting around for a while, I got it log booked with not much effort so it was a good standard when I bought it.

[mk1nova_rich]

Looks a good base to start with

[8valve-craig]

Nice. What shifter is that? I have the same in mine. I was lead to believe it was a very early quaife item.

Also are the mirrors Mattig? I recently put some of those on too. Great looking car.

[RallyMarshal]

Looks good.

Got any events planned?

Paul..

[Dave M]

spec, covers engine and gear linkage questions ��

I am real busy at work just now Paul so it's on the back burner, I will do another track day in the next few weeks once I get the brakes done so I can get them the way I want them then maybe a sprint that's coming up at croft, hopefully get my first rally done around august time.