985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[novarally]

Don't seem to have had much time to do anything to the car, but I did get a couple of hours in yesterday.

Scuttle area prepared for the new fluid reservoirs;







And some work on prepping the floorpan, where I removed the mounting plate from the old pedal box;



And just to make me feel like some progress, I placed the engine into the bay;



Can't fit it yet as I am waiting for my gearbox to come back after a check over, which has now been delayed because my LSD is knackered, and I need to buy a new one. An expense I really could have done without after the costs of my accident.

I picked up an interesting engine for spares today - more details and photos to follow tomorrow.............

[toymex]

As we discussed Colin ,I bet the slipper was the cause of your mishap,how are you going to fix the reservoir ,I might have to get one of them as my girling ones leak every time the car is used in anger,if you ever come across a hewland box please bear me in mind

[Novasport]

Pics and details of interesting engine...

[novarally]

As we discussed Colin ,I bet the slipper was the cause of your mishap,how are you going to fix the reservoir ,I might have to get one of them as my girling ones leak every time the car is used in anger,if you ever come across a hewland box please bear me in mind

I'm going to silicone round the bottom of the reservoir to make it a 'fireproof' seal, and then it's just the little carbon fibre right-angled bracket which picks up onto the old battery mounting stud (see photo). I think that will be adequate, as the pipes to the master cylinders also retain it.

You thinking of going sequential then? Or do you want a dog 'box from a Vectra Challenge car?

[novarally]

Pics and details of interesting engine...

Haven't done any photos yet, but it's a 1600cc 8v engine with dry sump system, uprated cam, fancy engine mount, different crank pulley. It's come out of a single seater.

[Andy]

Haven't done any photos yet, but it's a 1600cc 8v engine with dry sump system, uprated cam, fancy engine mount, different crank pulley. It's come out of a single seater.

hmmmm,interesting indeed!

[toymex]

I'm going to silicone round the bottom of the reservoir to make it a 'fireproof' seal, and then it's just the little carbon fibre right-angled bracket which picks up onto the old battery mounting stud (see photo). I think that will be adequate, as the pipes to the master cylinders also retain it.

You thinking of going sequential then? Or do you want a dog 'box from a Vectra Challenge car?

I would love a sequential ,but that puts me up a class so it's the dog box that I am after ,although I might start saving for a sequential ,there doesn't seem too many options though I was thinking Sadev as I have heard good things about them

[novarally]

I would love a sequential ,but that puts me up a class so it's the dog box that I am after ,although I might start saving for a sequential ,there doesn't seem too many options though I was thinking Sadev as I have heard good things about them

You probably know that Ben (Boffer8) has a Sadev for his Nova, so he'll be the man to speak to. They're going to be the most readily available option, and the bellhousing to suit is 'off the shelf'. Depends whether you think you'll still be competitive in a higher Class I guess.

The Hewland dog 'boxes are hard to find, and I'd want to check what spares back-up is like these days.

[novarally]

As we discussed Colin ,I bet the slipper was the cause of your mishap,how are you going to fix the reservoir ,I might have to get one of them as my girling ones leak every time the car is used in anger,if you ever come across a hewland box please bear me in mind

Jezz.

My gearbox guy doesn't think the LSD was the cause of the accident, but I remain unconvinced. Naturally I want something to blame apart from driver error!

The ramp and some of the plates have picked up due to wear from a driveshaft, he's a gearbox specialist and says he has never seen one go like this before, and doesn't know why.

[dgbnova#1]

Haven't done any photos yet, but it's a 1600cc 8v engine with dry sump system, uprated cam, fancy engine mount, different crank pulley. It's come out of a single seater.

Watched this on eBay extenders on the pully to clear the mount looks like a crazy mount on the cambelt end
was it worth the money i passed on it tbh but was interested in the setup though