Project 2011: Steve's Track Car

[duick]

Hi

I started a new project a few months ago. I will build a track car this time

Base is a '93 1.2i City, 1 owner, 91.000km

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar1.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar2.JPG

The shell was pretty solid, but I also found some rust :mad:

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar3.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar4.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar5.JPG

As I have some original panels, repair was done quickly

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar6.JPG

Dissambled the car and put it on the roll-over jig to clean up the floor.

I welded in the chassis plating kit, painted the engine bay and interior, drilled holes for the cage, welded in plates and much more

[duick]

More progress:
http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar8.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar9.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar10.JPG

[duick]

Rollcage bolted in, dash and 1 seats in, switch panel built and fitted

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar12.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar13.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar14.JPG

still need to finish the interior.
Steering will be rebuilt with a Quaife setup
I've also started with the engine, will be a C20XE

Cheers
Steve

[Hobbit]

Good to see it getting a proper engine :) and I thought you were a small block lover. :d

[Mazz]

Nice project :) Whats the gear stick out of?

[duick]

and I thought you were a small block lover
Apparently everybody is "shocked" to see I'm fitting a big block to a Nova lol


Whats the gear stick out of?
It's out of a Vectra C, I will use the cable linkage for the shifting

[scott.parker]

I remember you saying at Billing you were going to be doing a track car, not sure if you said it was having an XE or not, and that Vectra C shifter/linkage is a nice idea, same set up as a mk4 Astra? Ive seen it in golfs, they have have all gone modern cable setups too, i wonder if it's better then the old cav style?

I'm sure you will let us know.

Scott

[andybishop]

Looks stunning Steve, you don't mess around, looking forward to seeing this when we are over at the ring next year.... ;-)

[MK999]

Car bought at 9:54AM and rust sorted caged and ready for an engine by 9:59, impressive stuff :)

[duick]

lollollol No, been building this since April

[Rickyb]

looks a good project shame about the big block bit but its your car keep the updates coming.
rick

[Edd]

Looks like a good project

I'm sure it will look awesome like your other builds

[Graeme]

Looking good Steve, keep it up, I don't suppose you have a spare Opel bonnet badge lying around do you?

[bazil]

Looking good Steve, you have a nice trio of White ones now lol

[NOV4_SPORT]

Very nice steve, i like the look of this and will be keeping an eye on your thread.

iain

[Novasport]

Glad you finally got the WIP thread started. Saw this on my trip over a few months ago and was looking good. Was also impressed with the workshop.
Will be keeping my eye on this Steve

[andybishop]

Glad you finally got the WIP thread started. Saw this on my trip over a few months ago and was looking good. Was also impressed with the workshop.
Will be keeping my eye on this Steve

and it looks like the cars in the small garage on the end...

[duick]

I just noticed that I completely forgot to update this thread lol

Ok, 1st test drive was in February
http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar20.JPG

Later on, I changed some "details"
http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar23.JPG

And as I always loved the design of the Group-A Novas from the 80s, I got the decals made :d

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar27.JPG

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/Trackcar/Trackcar28.JPG

I took the car for the 1st track day to Belgium last week and it ran very fine :d :d :d
There are still a few small things to do, but no major work.
I still got an error code of the Lambda sensor, but as I changed it already and the error code is still present, it might be due to a broken wire somewhere. need to check that

[Connor]

Wow decals look great. loving the number plate also.

[Alex J]

best wheels for a nova imo

[Mieran]

What box did you end up using and did the cable linkage work?

[duick]

Gearbox is a F17/3.74 from an Astra G.
Yes, the cable linkage is working GREAT :d
Never experienced a shifting so precise and quick in a Corsa/Nova