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Shame about yesterday, I have got some compbrake 4 pots you can use if you want to keep the old shell going. The unit and Caddy sound like good ideas, it really does my nut having to keep loading and unloading the van prior to an event
Yeah we’ll have a chat about those mate, don’t let them go anywhere else’s without speaking to me first!!
Might get up to Ben this week, I’ll bang you a txt mate
In-depth reply, good work! Lol.
Sounds like an awesome plan, shame your so far away, I'd be calling in to borrow them ramps. Lol
Everyone welcome mate!!!!
8valve-craig
12-05-18, 06:59 PM
Good to hear you were out again Mate. RE the Gearbox if you are ordering from Quaife I would get the order in as soon as possible. I just waited 14 weeks for my new gear kit.
Cant wait to see some progress on the new shell.
Good to hear you were out again Mate. RE the Gearbox if you are ordering from Quaife I would get the order in as soon as possible. I just waited 14 weeks for my new gear kit.
Cant wait to see some progress on the new shell.
Jeesus!!!!! Maybe just a standard F20 then!! Haha
Sounds good , they are well used but quite good calipers tbf
Good to hear you were out again Mate. RE the Gearbox if you are ordering from Quaife I would get the order in as soon as possible. I just waited 14 weeks for my new gear kit.
Cant wait to see some progress on the new shell.
what gearkit did you get?
my 5sp dogbox took about 3weeks incl. shipping to the netherlands..
NovalutionGSi
13-05-18, 11:31 AM
Everyone welcome mate!!!!
Will bear that in mind. Lol
8valve-craig
14-05-18, 08:29 AM
what gearkit did you get?
my 5sp dogbox took about 3weeks incl. shipping to the netherlands..
Sounds like they had your's either in stock or on order.
Front triangulation done
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Also made a decision on dash setup
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Dash 2, easy as.
Love the bars. THat steering "column" looks ace too.
Love the bars. THat steering "column" looks ace too.
Yeah Ben doesn’t mess around!!
Popped up to see him for a seat check
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Yes I made brum noises!!
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Welded in
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Dash bar
Pedal box next
Then engine mock up
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F18 box sourced and cleaned, quaife SCCR purchased, all going to the Phirm Monday for Tim to build it all up.
Hoping to do Caldwell early July!!
You say sourced... it’s your own box that was sat in my garage! SCCR should be good.
You say sourced... it’s your own box that was sat in my garage! SCCR should be good.
Touché
Looking good mate, did you not fancy a dog box?
Any luck with the beam
Looking good mate, did you not fancy a dog box?
Any luck with the beam
£4.5k mate!!
Eventual plan is quaife sequential but I don’t have the £8k right at this moment. Well I do but the accountant won’t let me spend it on a quaife gearbox, apparently I have to pay for bums to sit around watching Jeremy Kyle, but I digress.
Yeah plan is sequential in a years time as an upgrade mod.
So get it working using an SCCR then see where we are. It’s not hard to convert it.
All quaife parts and rebuild kit delivered to the Phirm.
Plus my F18 casing, 2 spare old gear clusters and a bunch of syncros from Iain’s back pocket.
Hoping to get down with Tim and get the box built one Friday in a few weeks.
As I’ve not sorted a unit yet I’m gonna use the 3rd ramp at the Phirm to install the new box, easy as you like.
Ready for Cadwell on the 9th of July!!
Loving the progress.
Will you not be abit close to the wheel (your first pic)
novarally
31-05-18, 02:59 PM
Ready for Cadwell on the 9th of July!!
Excellent, I'm at Cadwell on 7th/8th July for a race meeting (Northern Sports and Saloons) so I'll stay up there for the Monday track day.
Loving the progress.
Will you not be abit close to the wheel (your first pic)
Close is best mate!! Prefer a close wheel. Need to be comfortable. We'll be able to tweak the position with a dished wheel if I need it closer
Excellent, I'm at Cadwell on 7th/8th July for a race meeting (Northern Sports and Saloons) so I'll stay up there for the Monday track day.
Mate, we'll keep you informed on how we're getting on!!! It's looking good but we all know cars are shit!!!
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Well that got expensive quickly!!!
torquey
01-06-18, 06:58 PM
Nice collection of parts :thumb:
Update.
We did Mallory a few months back. Broke 4th gear in the first session.
Croft coming up in a weeks time, figured we should sort the box out.
Bought a load of quaife internals for an SCCR, didn’t have time to build the box up.
Bought an F20, took the car to headquarters and in 3 hours Iain and I had the box out and the new one in and working.
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Also took advantage of the new facilities and Iain stuck some rubber on the new wheels that have been in storage for nearly a year
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Bit too wide at the front! However as this is our test bed for things on the new shell, it’s meant we can get Ben to adjust a set of front wings and add a little extension to cover these, we’ll also roll the rears, so the new shell won’t have a problem!!
In order for Mallory to work, Iain dreamt these up
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And he’s gonna roll the rear arches too!!
All a bit of fun!!
total_vauxhall
03-08-18, 07:36 AM
The 5 door wings work very well with wider wheels I use them on my drag car
8valve-craig
03-08-18, 10:46 AM
If you are using 5dr front wings on the new shell House you might as well do the 2dr quarters too.
Round arches are a temporary fix and are 100% not being painted.
Box swap
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House hard at work
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New goodies for me to fit for him mmmmm
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My weekend consists of getting them to fit.
If you are using 5dr front wings on the new shell House you might as well do the 2dr quarters too.
Sticking with normal hatch arches on the new shell mate, Ben is widening the front wings a little and rolling the rears to make it work. I wanna keep the hatch arches!!
8valve-craig
04-08-18, 07:35 AM
Fair shout. If you can get them on and not rubbing (even when hot and mid bend) then good job.
Mine are the way they are because there’s a risk of contact. It did actually happen in the last race so I have a dented rear arch but was able to continue.
Fair shout. If you can get them on and not rubbing (even when hot and mid bend) then good job.
Mine are the way they are because there’s a risk of contact. It did actually happen in the last race so I have a dented rear arch but was able to continue.
I’m only running 195’s mate so hoping that’ll help.
Iain put the saloon arches on the front and we think we like it!! Haha so they might stay now!!
I’m loathed to do the rears, Ben has done all the work to the rears with new repair panels and it would be such a shame to undo all that work to saloon the rear too. We’ll see how we get on.
I'll take the scaff bar with me incase they need flaring more.
Had a day at Croft with Iain and Harv.
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Lots of fun, despite me not having an LSD, was spinning the inside wheel out of corners, which was boring.
Decided before we do Cadwell that I needed my SCCR sorted.
Got down to the Phirm so the guys were on hand to help if I got stuck.
Using an F18 as a donor box got it apart
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Bits coming off
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1st to 2nd syncro was knackered, so I dived into one of the other clusters we had in stock and sorted that.
In fairness the F18 was in really good shape, all the syncros that went back in were in great shape.
Built back up and ready to go back together with the layshaft and onto the half plate
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Ready to drop back into the case, which was cleaned first
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Built and ready to go, the LSD is still at TSV HQ so as Iain and I will install the box at his before Cadwell we'll throw the diff in then.
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Just need to see if it works!!
RallyMarshal
15-08-18, 12:13 PM
Ahem, cable change :-)
Ahem, cable change :-)
New shell has DTT and solid engine mounts!! It'll be fine!!!!
Can’t wait to see this finished .
I'll take the scaff bar with me incase they need flaring more.
Just to add to the Croft update, House was rapid even without the diff. See my WIP for him in action!
The scaff bar was required on the rear as the rears touched and bent the arch lip down. The fronts caught too so we both hung off it and diy widened them which worked amazingly!
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T'was good fun at Croft and the purple wing looked amazing in the sunshine ;)
Yeah need to decide on the new shell colour.
Inside, cage, underside, engine bay will all be done in that grey all the touring cars use.
Then outside...............
Thinking Red!!! Haha
In a change of plans, we're heading to Rockingham instead of Cadwell. We've heard Rocky is closing it's doors to become a supermarket trolley manufacturing plant, so we figured we'd better get some laps in. We've been before so should be good fun.
In other news, some shell prep work this week, steering column, pedal box mount, dry sump oil tank snuggly located, nice little mount for the fluid resoviours too. As always credit to Ben@Hanger30 for his exceptional work
SCCR installed, sound awful, which I'm told is normal
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Also for anyone that's interested TSV now has a Facebook page. Just search "Team Shonky Vauxhall"
Ben's done a cracking job of that column and the other stuff. Red sounds good for the new one too, it's a good colour really and would go well with the grey. Get Ben to weld up that heater hole before he's finished with it!
Shell is looking good mate, recognise the dry sump idea! Although not likely to affect you but cutting the bulkhead has stopped me from complying with regs for one series
Rockingham on Monday.
Was a good day. No real problems, gearbox was decent but needs a longer 5th. Might be going in a different direction for the new shell.
I'm enjoying this. Honest
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Attempted cover up of his awful welding burn through
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Leaving the pits
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Video of some moments
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8valve-craig
05-09-18, 10:34 AM
Nice little bit of heel toe there, We'll make a racing driver out of you one day!
Yeah thanks mate, I'm so glad the camera shows my feet now so I can see what I'm doing and where I'm lifting off.
I'm really bad at going from full throttle to hard on the brakes, I lift of slowly and apply the brakes progressively, instead of hard off and then hard on.
Few clear laps
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Iain and I chasing the TT from another angle, watch from about 3.30 onwards
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I wish I could heel toe like that.
I wish I could heel toe like that.
I'm hoping the new pedal box will allow me to still do it in the same way.
You can learn heel and toe, do it on the road, every time you change from 4th to 3rd, just practice
As said on Iains thread, i do enjoy watching your videos. Keep them coming!
Plans continue for the new shell.
I was going for a stalk for indicators, dip/main beam and flash but we couldn't find anything that would work.
So I managed to find this on eBay.
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After studying as many photos of rally and touring cars I could find decided the cable should come out here
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Added a screw together connector to allow complete removal of the wheel, however the cord is long enough that it'll reach up onto the cage hook.
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Much better than a stalk, plus the guy that made it is a design engineer and he does odd carbon fibre bits and bobs for motorsport, he's currently designing my switch panel that will have all the buttons on for everything.
novarally
19-09-18, 06:42 PM
Love it.
Love it.
Thanks mate.
Also got this in the post, decided against an oil/air cooler due to mounting issues trying to get it into fresh air, thought we'd give one of these laminova oil/water coolers a go.
There is space to fit a larger custom rad if need be, we'll see how the water temps are before we panic.
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You will have no temp issues with the laminova mate , they work really well
You will have no temp issues with the laminova mate , they work really well
Cheers Jez, only concern was the added load on the water cooling system, I guess we'll see how it works and adjust accordingly, as I say we have room for a bigger rad if need be
Bit of porn, Ben has been doing a few little bits while we wait for a special surprise delivery.
Washer bottle and pump, tiny bottle less than a pint
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Dry sump tank mount finalised
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Heater matrix ready for the screen blower bar
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Fluid resoviours
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very nice updates again!
if you use an Krontec quick release, you can delete the cable on the steering wheel ;)
are you gonna use an PDM for the rest of the electronics?
very nice updates again!
if you use an Krontec quick release, you can delete the cable on the steering wheel [emoji6]
are you gonna use an PDM for the rest of the electronics?
I'd already purchased the lifeline weld on quick release before the steering wheel button ideas came up so wasn't prepared to outlay £480 for the one with the wired connections.
I'm using this wiring module from CBS on the current car and will replicate that to the new shell.
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I've drawn up some rough wiring diagrams
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Originally drawn using an ignition live rail at the top so I could get my head round it, they've been edited to take power from the relative number on the CBS module, the green numbers are where the connection is on the module
nova_niek
24-09-18, 06:43 AM
Thanks mate.
Also got this in the post, decided against an oil/air cooler due to mounting issues trying to get it into fresh air, thought we'd give one of these laminova oil/water coolers a go.
There is space to fit a larger custom rad if need be, we'll see how the water temps are before we panic.
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The great thing about oil to water coolers is that your oil gets up to working temp a lot quicker. And it stays at a more constant temp. Excellent bit of kit.
This is next level
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Feel free to touch yourselves.
How does one cable translate to a H pattern box? This makes no sense.
How does one cable translate to a H pattern box? This makes no sense.
What do you mean? I asked Quaife to send me a lever for my new box and this is what they’ve sent.
boffer8
24-09-18, 04:43 PM
Is your new box sequential because if not that lever wont work...
Is your new box sequential because if not that lever wont work...
Possibly............
Quaife are manufacturing the casing now and it will be ready for collection mid October.
novarally
24-09-18, 06:49 PM
Possibly............
Quaife are manufacturing the casing now and it will be ready for collection mid October.
Oooo, I haven't seen that style lever before. Wow. Can't wait to see the rest of the 'box.
Oooo, I haven't seen that style lever before. Wow. Can't wait to see the rest of the 'box.
It goes clicky clicky clicky!! Flatshift, 50-60m/s from power off to power back on!!! Have it!!!
Also realised I never treated everyone to pics of the new RS6!!
Here you go!!
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Now running 715bhp and 720ft/lb
millworm
25-09-18, 08:40 PM
Thats enough to pull you out of bed lol looks like a nice bit of kit mate
Few things happened today, went over to see Ben @ Hanger 30 and do a bit of mock up to make sure we’re gonna be happy with the sequential lever position.
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We moved the lever a little further forward after the pictures as it felt better coming off the wheel and onto the lever.
Also got some mock up for the wiring done, which I was most happy about
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Not a bad view from behind the wheel
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Also, we’ve been trying to work out a way of sorting the fuel tank and pump. I got hold of a brand new (eBay) tank but it was for a carb engine and doesn’t have the built in swirl/collector pot.
No problem, got hold of an injection tank, cut it open and relieved it off the swirl pot, level sensor/intake pipe and the roll over valve.
Pump feeds from here, level sensor plug, barb will be removed and replaced with a weld on AN-8 fitting.
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Intake down into the swirl pot
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Close up of the swirl pot.
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So fuel from the tank fills the pot via the little filter arrowed yellow.
It’s then drawn up the intake Green and into the pump, to the engine, the return comes back along the red hose and into the swirl pot where it creates a venturi that helps keep the intake surrounded by fuel.
The 2 blue pipes are both breathers, one is the tank breather the other is the breather to the filler neck
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novarally
26-09-18, 09:05 PM
All looking excellent. I’m especially jealous of the new gearbox.
Just wondering why why you want to use a standard-type tank? You may have explained already, in which case my apologies.
All looking excellent. I’m especially jealous of the new gearbox.
Just wondering why why you want to use a standard-type tank? You may have explained already, in which case my apologies.
Gearbox has been on the list for a while mate!! Just needed the planets to align!!!
Both times I've put TB's on a nova it's been with what I now know to be a carb tank, terrible starvation problems below have a tank of fuel when going round roundabouts. So I ran an external swirl pot with lift pump and HP pump and filters and all that jazz.
Well I decided to get hold of an injection tank with the built in swirl pot but they're rarer than rocking horse shit, or atleast Iain couldn't find me one (he's shit), so bought the carb one from eBay and then this rusty one from a donor car we've got, cutty cutty weldy weldy!!
I also hate barb fittings with a passion, so want to use some AN fittings direct out of the tank which means a bit of chopping about too.
Edit to add as I just read your question properly Colin!!
Standard tank position is best for weight and COG, low down, outside the cabin, I’ve got a wheel well mounted tank in the current shell, it’s crap!! Annoying to fill, stinky if spilt.
RS6, running 715bhp and 720ft/lb
Nom nom nom....nom :)
jealous of the new gearbox :eek:
jealous of the new gearbox :eek:
You wouldn't be jealous of the cost!!! Fucking thing!!
In other news.
Got hold of this Irmscher front valence, fixes directly to the front of the car for use with a skinny front bumper
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Got a rear one too, undecided on it
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Fuel pump also arrived, got the connector soldered on, all these bits coming together now
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Steering wheel too
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novarally
02-10-18, 04:46 PM
Any chance you could PM me, or better still e-mail me directly please?
id like to chat gearboxes with you. Thanks
Evening all.
Few cool things today, well I think they’re cool, you lot might not give a flying fuck!!
Firstly to whet your appetites!!
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Ben is planning a few days work on the shell so hopefully will be some more updates.
Onto fuel system, this has been the bane of my existence over the last few months, trying to source an SPI tank and then if I could find one how to fit an uprated pump in the tank.
In the end we decided the best way was to sort it ourselves, popped to The Phirm today to borrow Tim’s knowledge.
Few pics to do the talking, mark out and cut the tank open
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Exposes the attempt at an in tank swirl pot, but it’s totally inadequate
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This is no good, it wont retain the fuel in the swirl pot, no matter what happens the fuel level in the swirl pot would never get above the level of the surrounding tank, the fuel would just drain out of the holes arrowed and thanks to the laws of physics the level in the swirl pot would equalise with the level outside it.
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Had to use an aftermarket fuel sender as I searched high and low for a brand new Nova sender but no luck, this one came from CBS and the float is secured correctly as per the instructions
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Made this little doubler plate up with the AN-8 weld on fittings
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Mocked up some tubing using the original gauze filter on the end of the pump feed
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Tim’s not bad with the TIG!!!
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Fully glued in place
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Made some little tabs to hold the swirl pot into place, was really tough welding these in, had to be so careful not to melt the plastic pot
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Tested it with the hose pipe on the return line only, you can see the jet pump effect as the return line feeds the swirl pot, with the hose on very very slowly, to simulate a return feed from the the fuel rail, it keeps the pot full to the brim and over flows to the rest of the tank, the jet pump effect also draws fuel into the pot from the tank via the clever little gauze filter thing.
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Once the hose is off the the fuel level slowly drains back to match the tank level, as soon as the hose is back on it fills the pot again. So whenever the engine is running the swirl pot will be kept full by the returning fuel from the rail. It will be possible to run the tank down to almost empty now without any chance of starvation.
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Oh and a cheeky shot of the fuel pump and inline filter, these will be mounted to a plate next to the tank, more work for Ben.
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All I have to do now is connect up my Dash2, fill the tank with 5 litres, measure the voltage on the fuel level sender, then see how much it take to fill the tank, divide that amount by 100, then fill the tank in 10% increments and measure the sender voltage, tell the Dash2 the measurements we've taken, it will create an equation and we'll have an accurate fuel level. Set the dash alarm to trigger at 15% and it will tell me when fuel level is low.
totalnova
03-10-18, 10:14 PM
Evening all.
Few cool things today, well I think they’re cool, you lot might not give a flying fuck!!
Firstly to whet your appetites!!
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Ben is planning a few days work on the shell so hopefully will be some more updates.
Get the hole saw back out, you can get a few more holes in that. Looking good.
The fuel tank mods are genius, great way to make a standard one fit for your purpose.
Fuel level sensor calibration today
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Tested with water but will call it fuel cos I’ll confuse myself otherwise, set the tank as level as possible as it would be in the car, got it to hold 38.5 litres of fuel.
Set the dash to display in litres remaining as this to me is more useful than a percentage, also as litres it also means that if the tank holds 41 litres when fuel it should display 41 and not 112% for example.
Here displaying 15 litres
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It’s also pretty accurate, during the drain down test it registered each 5 litre increment pretty well so I’m confident it’ll work.
Set the 0 on the dash with around 3-4 litres of fuel still available in the tank, with the alarm at 5 litres, I’ll have to be pretty dumb to run out!!
Here is a video of the last 6-7 litres of fuel coming out of the feed to pump fitting, this was done with no return feed and back to the pot and just gravity drawing the fuel out, very happy with both the flow rate and the level at which it runs dry
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Also spoke to Quaife and have ordered a gearbox oil cooler system to fit to the new box, not from Quaife, it’ll be one we make up ourselves, drawing oil from the drain plug and returning it to the redundant reverse sensor hole
Should be relatively easy to manage, nice little pump that will draw from up to 1.5m below the pump head, mocal oil to air cooler and a 200 micron in line filter.
Luckily the Quaife gear indicator also displays oil temp and can be set to alarm at a certain temp, say 95 degrees and I’ll just manually turn on the gear oil cooling at that point. The pump manufacture doesn’t recommend pumping oil below 60 degrees.
8valve-craig
05-10-18, 07:20 AM
Good work House
Great idea on the gearbox cooler! Maybe take the feed from a bit higher than drain plug though. I find mine crud’s up with material from the clutch plates and unidentified metals.
Why not have a thermostatic switch to trigger at 95 degrees to save havingnti remember to switch it on or off?
Why not have a thermostatic switch to trigger at 95 degrees to save havingnti remember to switch it on or off?
We've just discussed this very thing, the quaife sequential shifter will flash quite a serious warning at 100 degrees and will continue to flash until the temp drops.
I discussed with Craig that I may be able to piggy back off the temp sensor already in the box and use that to turn the pump on and off. That would require me to make some kind of monitoring device that would receive the input voltage and when it gets to a certain millivolt figure to turn the fan on.
Ofcourse if I had a better ECU I could wire it to the ECU and output to a relay for the pump.
I'm thinking about what I can do on this.
Few little pics today from Ben
Wheel well is no more, it was bent and battered anyway so had to come out.
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Brake balance adjuster added to the back of the shift tower
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Also some bracing under the shift tower to stiffen things up a little
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In an idea shamelessly stolen from Craig, fuel pump pre filter, pump and post filter will be mounted in a box under the flat floor, with direct AN fittings in the side with the tank supply and feed to the fuel rail.
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Few little updates from Ben this week
Cross member off
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Drop plates made
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Welded in place
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Nice chassis leg mod for the dry sump pump
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After a few words with Craig and hearing some issues he had with standard crank sensors, I spoke to SBD who relieved me of a few quid for this bottom pulley and crank sensor. Big thanks to Harvey for sorting the links out for me to just click and buy the alternator pulley from Brise.
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Also popped to see Nick (Totalnova) in the week and picked up a set of wheels, which I'll be using as wet tyre wheels
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My phone just went mad, Ben was keeping these a secret
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Brackets just tacked on at the moment, to be fully welded
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Rad and gear oil cooler positions decided upon, gives room for a larger radiator if we run into water cooling problems.
totalnova
12-10-18, 09:48 PM
Was a pleasure to meet you, was shame we couldn't chat for longer. I'm just glad to the wheels have gone to a good home and I'm sure they will get a good thrashing.
Nick
Was a pleasure to meet you, was shame we couldn't chat for longer. I'm just glad to the wheels have gone to a good home and I'm sure they will get a good thrashing.
Nick
Yes mate, was good to meet you too, we’ll both be at some events this year, we can chat it up there!!
Wheels will get abused!! Promise!!
That crossmember is awesome, so much better than the bolt on tie bar bracket setup.
That crossmember is awesome, so much better than the bolt on tie bar bracket setup.
Yes, yes it is!!!!
Package in the post today
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8valve-craig
16-10-18, 07:41 AM
Is that the £10 Corex that everyone else uses or something different?
It's £10 corex wrapped in £240 carbon effect sticky backed plastic
Few little bits today, waiting on the gearbox to come from Quaife.
Rad mounts
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Removable slam
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More stuff today
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That cross member is a work out art.
Is the rad solidly mounted? Would it not benefit from some vibration absorbing mounts to reduce fatigue?
Is the rad solidly mounted? Would it not benefit from some vibration absorbing mounts to reduce fatigue?
The bottom of the water rad is rubber mounted, as is the top of the gearbox oil rad
That cross member is a work out art.
It is, there’s more to come
Few little things, nothing too major.
Remote oil filter housing and laminova cooler mounts, hopefully gonna squeeze the laminova above the steering rack, or around that area, removing the water pipe from behind the engine and making a custom alloy pipe water system to feed the cooler.
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As I'm running a custom heater matrix and need a way of diverting the hot water away from the matrix, I shamelessly stole this idea from Project Binky, Ford Ranger heater valve.
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Quick explanation, water flow via blue line, purple valve set to closed (cold air)
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Water flow via blue line, purple valve set to open (hot air)
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Push pull cable to activate
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As I'm sure everyone is thinking this is a cheque book build and I can't make anything myself, I modified it as it's vacuum activated, no good for me, removed the vacuum actuator and did a bit of welding, made up a lever for it and welded that on, had to buzz it and throw it in a bucket of water a few times as the butterfly is plastic and i had to be real careful, melting it would have been counter productive.
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Bit of matt black.
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Ready to go, just needs a little clip for the cable, worry about that once we've decided where to mount it.
Quaife tell me the box should be ready last days of October or the first few days of November.
I always thought this was gonna be a propper racecar, so what do you need that heater matrix for? :wisewood:
I always thought this was gonna be a propper racecar, so what do you need that heater matrix for? :wisewood:
Nothing Team Shonky Vauxhall do is proper mate!!
Heater matrix is a simple choice, had a wet day with Craig at CC, the screen misted up, couldn't see, needed warm air to de-mist, red car has a heated screen but it didn't work properly.
The matrix won't detract anything from the engine, hence the valve, it'll just be a closed loop when the heat is off and on the rare occasions I need screen clearing, mainly wet days, I won't be flat out anyway.
I looked into electric options but the amperage was disgusting. This is the best plan by far.
Nothing Team Shonky Vauxhall do is proper mate!!
Heater matrix is a simple choice, had a wet day with Craig at CC, the screen misted up, couldn't see, needed warm air to de-mist, red car has a heated screen but it didn't work properly.
The matrix won't detract anything from the engine, hence the valve, it'll just be a closed loop when the heat is off and on the rare occasions I need screen clearing, mainly wet days, I won't be flat out anyway.
I looked into electric options but the amperage was disgusting. This is the best plan by far.
I still think it's :gay:
even with an misted screen you should be able to beat Iain, right?
the rest of the work looks top notch. looks like it is gonna be ready for paint by the end of the year..?
I still think it's :gay:
even with an misted screen you should be able to beat Iain, right?
the rest of the work looks top notch. looks like it is gonna be ready for paint by the end of the year..?
Iain loves a challenge, the misted screen might have been a good handicap system.
I think paint this year might be pushing it but, it's possible. More than likely it'll be early Jan.
I'm relying on House being too scared to bend the new shell - with 250bhp and sequential I'll take the moral victory if I don't get lapped. lol
IIRC the old Ford KA valve is the same, but cable activated so you wouldnt have had to make anything, and keep your garage jewlery title lol
When I made the heater box for the VX220, I put a VW T25 valve in parallel to the matrix so when fully open it was easier for the water to flow through the valve, and vice versa. More or less worked but still had slightly warm air when open
IIRC the old Ford KA valve is the same, but cable activated so you wouldnt have had to make anything, and keep your garage jewlery title lol
When I made the heater box for the VX220, I put a VW T25 valve in parallel to the matrix so when fully open it was easier for the water to flow through the valve, and vice versa. More or less worked but still had slightly warm air when open
That was my original idea, just to add a parallel valve but another guy I know has this aswell and like you say it still blew a little hot air when set to "cold"
This is the neatest solution I could find!! I didn't know the KA had a cable valve, that is frustrating.
I'm relying on House being too scared to bend the new shell - with 250bhp and sequential I'll take the moral victory if I don't get lapped. lol
It'll be plenty close enough.
So my carbon man just sent me these over, this will be the switch panel to be mounted effectively where a passengers right thigh would be.
Custom made to my specs
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Few more update pics, can't be bothered to write any words
Carbon fibre 90mm trumpets
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Carbon filter box and deep filter
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Lifeline weld on quick release, will be welded finally once the rack is in so we get it in the middle
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Laminova oil cooler mount
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Fuel tank all sealed back up
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Flat floor in
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560mm sill stands
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that flat floor really looks nice!
that flat floor really looks nice!
It does rather!! Ben has to buy a new bead roller to do it, then modify a set of dies to get the correct profile to match the existing floor.
I think the result is rather tasty.
novarally
01-11-18, 07:14 AM
All lovely ��
The trumpets look like Jenvey ones? I'm in need of some for mine and have been exploring options.
All lovely Ã**½Ã*¸Š
The trumpets look like Jenvey ones? I'm in need of some for mine and have been exploring options.
They are Colin, picked them up from eBay after been sent the link by a good pal. Brand new, never fitted, less than half the price they are on the jenvey website.
Would you like one weighed?? I know every gram counts for you!!!
Decided I'd give this a go today!!
Get the centre lines of the holes
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Match to the centre lines on the box itself
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51mm hole saw
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Bolt the old plate on as a guide
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Pray
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Lovely
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Fitted to check they work
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Had to file where they meet in the middle, will tidy this up with the dremel when I get them off again
Old filter on for now, I don't want to remove the strut brace and remount the extinguisher nozzles
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novarally
01-11-18, 02:09 PM
They are Colin, picked them up from eBay after been sent the link by a good pal. Brand new, never fitted, less than half the price they are on the jenvey website.
Would you like one weighed?? I know every gram counts for you!!!
Don't know how I missed those then, I look on eBay every day for carbon trumpets. You did well there.
Mmmwwwwwhaahahaahahah!!!!
In other news, just took a quick trip up to Quiafe
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I'm a little lost for words.
My switch panel box arrived today so got that wired up
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Switches in
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Few wires to sort out
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Connected, tested and neatened
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Ready for the car
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That gearbox is sooooooooooooooooo cool. Can't wait to have a little drive of it.
That gearbox is sooooooooooooooooo cool. Can't wait to have a little drive of it.
Note the shiney input shaft, opted for the superfinishing, essentially high grade polishing, reduces resistances and increases oil spread inside the gearbox.
Looks like a show pony though, Ben would like it all shined up!!!
totalnova
04-11-18, 02:01 PM
I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere about superfinished input shafts, but I'll be damned if I'll be the one making it. lol
I'm sure there is a joke in there somewhere about superfinished input shafts, but I'll be damned if I'll be the one making it. lol
Hahahaha super polished input shafts??
that gearbox is awesome!
do you need new mounts to fit this box? it looks like the holes on the front of the casing, where you attach the gearbox mount, is missing?
LEWI007
05-11-18, 04:32 AM
Looking awesome as always
It'll fit. With a little work!!
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Also got my freak on with the mill
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Made an end cap and some brackets, here just held in place, needs to be welded together, the whole thing will be powder coated black. It's all completely removable aswell so doesn't have to be there all the time, mainly for wet days
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Hose needs shortening slightly, it was hard to hold in place and photo it but it's about there.
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Just need to make a passenger side one up.
that gearbox is awesome!
do you need new mounts to fit this box? it looks like the holes on the front of the casing, where you attach the gearbox mount, is missing?
Mounts from the top, it's essentially Quaife's Honda sequential with an F20 bell housing attached.
So the box mount is from above the same as a Honda, needs a little tickle on the chassis leg to get it in but it's looking good.
Looking awesome as always
Thanks mate, all Ben's work, I can't take any real credit!!
Thanks mate, all Ben's work, I can't take any real credit!!
Don't say that, you made a tube with some holes in, the car wouldn't be what it is now without your input.
Don't say that, you made a tube with some holes in, the car wouldn't be what it is now without your input.
I did make a tube with holes in yes!! And hard work it was too
Very tight but this does the job
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The box and engine now sit on their proper mounts
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Managed a sneaky day with Ben today to sort out some pipework, still a few bits to add but the main bit is done, joiners will be replaced with black ones when the time comes to install it properly.
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Also got the heater diverted valve mounted up, plumbed and working.
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Although it looks tight there is 12-15mm of clearance to the joint
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Washers to be welded to the bulkhead for the connections
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Made this on the lathe and mill, little grub screw to hold the outer cable. Works well enough
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More to come tomorrow.
YOU made something.... Well thats a load of shit :p lol
Another busy day today
Spent the whole day making this, I did most of the bending and drilling, Ben did the welding
Started by working out a layout we were happy with and measuring the confines of a box we would keep them in
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We are going to make some link bars to connect the filters to the pump in the correct way, so to make sure everything was installed inline for those to work, firstly I had to cut up some of the AN fittings and turn them in the lathe and add an M10x1 thread for the banjo bolts to work.
I made up this alloy bit of flat bar to hold the pump and and pre-pump filter inline and an then made up an outline frame.
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Added some tabs and a flat bar in the middle for support
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Moved the flat bar to the post pump filter and made up some braces to hold that in place
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Just needs to be welded together properly now we know it will work
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Roughly placed it will sit here
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Other little bits and bobs
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The flow is the wrong direction but I’ll order the right one for this application
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Gearbox cooler pump bracket that I made yesterday welded on in place, the placement of this was solely chosen by how we could run the hoses, putting it here worked perfectly with the box and cooler inlets and outputs
Nice little touch and nod to all the work Ben has done
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Oh and Craig put an idea in my head, then these arrived
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These are unreal. Proper bit of kit!!
8valve-craig
10-11-18, 07:20 AM
Good work Housey. I just said those are what I would upgrade to at some point, didn’t expect you to go buy them! Anyway very modern, very pretty and I’m a bit jel.
Cars looking awesome.
Good work Housey. I just said those are what I would upgrade to at some point, didn’t expect you to go buy them! Anyway very modern, very pretty and I’m a bit jel.
Cars looking awesome.
Yeah I know!! I looked and mused and next minute I had a set!!
We're hoping to get the car off for exhaust in the next couple of weeks hopefully by the start of December, then back for a few more bits and bobs, hoses and plumbing by first week of Jan. full dry build by the end of jan, paint start of feb, assembly end of feb, rolling road first week in March.
what's the difference between the old and new throttle body's?
You wouldn't be jealous of the cost!!! Fucking thing!!
In other news.
Got hold of this Irmscher front valence, fixes directly to the front of the car for use with a skinny front bumper
Got a rear one too, undecided on it
Fuel pump also arrived, got the connector soldered on, all these bits coming together now
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Steering wheel too
crikey
Not been on here for ages. Builds looking mega. Alan is doing a fine job.
One thing though. That sureseal connector is rated at 7.5amps so not really adequate for a fuel pump. I have every type of connector/splice and crimp tool you may need here, just let me know when you’re up next and come and grab some bits.
crikey
Not been on here for ages. Builds looking mega. Alan is doing a fine job.
One thing though. That sureseal connector is rated at 7.5amps so not really adequate for a fuel pump. I have every type of connector/splice and crimp tool you may need here, just let me know when you’re up next and come and grab some bits.
I’ll PM my number to you mate, I’m not on FB anymore and have been meaning to get your number from Ben!! Need some bits from you!!!
what's the difference between the old and new throttle body's?
I’m currently using Jenvey direct to head 45mm bodies, these new bodies were designed in partnership with SBD and Jenvey.
These bodies have the injector high up the inlet for better fuel/air mixing and also the injectors are from underneath which is better for throttle response.
Whilst the old DTH bodies I have are great these are the next level up.
In back to back testing SBD claim, with verifiable evidence, to have seen 13 BHP gains over the original throttle body design they use. So we’ll see.
I’ll PM my number to you mate, I’m not on FB anymore and have been meaning to get your number from Ben!! Need some bits from you!!!
PM replied.
Fuel pump cradle looks in a ideal place to plumb it in and maintain it in the future.
Fuel pump cradle looks in a ideal place to plumb it in and maintain it in the future.
Yes, fuel lines will be on dry disconnect quick release too, so 2 hoses and 4 bolts and it's off. I'm getting to old to be servicing things under the car!!
Been busy this week getting my part of the unit sorted ready for assembly
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The lower shelf will serve as a work bench, stainless steel sheet on order and a decent vice
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Floor painted
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25 feet x 15 feet, plenty of room to get the car in and both doors open with about 2.4 metres at the front, I'll need some dollies to get the rear of the car where I need it but they're on order.
This build gets better and better.
totalnova
15-11-18, 07:38 PM
Work space looks great, certainly beats a single garage. :thumb:
Work space looks great, certainly beats a single garage. :thumb:
Yeah had a single garage but bought a bloody RS6 that lives there now!! [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]
This build gets better and better.
Trying mate. Just want it to be proper and not shit
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Getting there now.
Added a to do list to the white board
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Wont be long now
Southie
20-11-18, 08:20 PM
Still enjoying your thread House, it’s come a long way recently so keep going :thumb:
Still enjoying your thread House, it’s come a long way recently so keep going :thumb:
Thanks mate, I read back through it and it's just a load of old waffle!!!!
Southie
20-11-18, 09:18 PM
I love a waffle, get some syrup and ice cream on it and that’s perfection!
totalnova
20-11-18, 09:23 PM
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Getting there now.
Added a to do list to the white board
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Wont be long now
Is that the work bench from Costco? Been eyeing it up myself for ages.
Is that the work bench from Costco? Been eyeing it up myself for ages.
It's from Homebase mate. 72" Ultimate tool chest
totalnova
20-11-18, 11:05 PM
I'll have a look, cheers
Few bits sorted today. Lots of little jobs but they all add up together
Switch panel box all mounted up, with fire extinguisher pull and the bottom one will be heated adjuster
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Catch tank mount
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Overflow rad back to header tank done in tube
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Added the bottom header tank to the bottom rad hose
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And heater return
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Dash 2 mounted, with the quaife gear indicator in a good position too
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Cold air feed for the blower is fed from inside the passenger chassis leg, holes to the engine bay and outside sealed up, not perfect but the best solution we could think of
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One side of the screen blower complete, passenger side tomorrow.
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8valve-craig
23-11-18, 10:28 AM
Sick.
Another good day up with Ben today
I started off on the mill, while Ben made some slugs to mount the fuel cradle onto.
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Mocked up in the car for bracket manufacture
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Picture looks squiffy but they’re straight enough in person
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Next up
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So this is for a Corsa B, which meant the roof bend wasn’t perfect for what we needed, only one solution, choppy choppy
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Fit is much better, out with the drill, whilst I was happy using the mill, this needed Ben’s steady hand!!
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Big roof hole
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Played around with some door handles, maybe not the final version but something like this
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Tempted to mill the centre out completely, now I just need to get the fibre glass doors cut out with the die grinder for the handles and locks
Boot lid next, ditched the hinges as we couldn’t find any hinges in stock to bolt to the boot lid and even with the hinges on you still have to cut the ones on the car off and re-weld them in a different position, see Iain’s thread, even after doing all that it’s still not possible to open the boot lid all the way and even then there’s no stay to keep it open. Therefore, Boom removable boot.
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So the jobs are really getting a line through them fast, we are hoping that by Friday next week 98% of the work will be done and we can get it off to the exhaust place for them to do their thing, then it’s booked in for the plumbing to be done first week of Jan, hoping to see it in paint by first week of Feb.
I also learnt that you should never drink and order tools
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Boot is way better like that than hinged. Great progress as ever.
novarally
24-11-18, 01:09 AM
Any chance of a bit more detail on the fixings for the tailgate please?
Any chance of a bit more detail on the fixings for the tailgate please?
Sure thing, I'll get the details from Ben for you mate, can't remember what make they are!!
8valve-craig
24-11-18, 08:56 PM
Mine is hinged, was no messing about at all. You will be furious when you take it off and stand on it, or the wind blows it over!
total_vauxhall
24-11-18, 09:16 PM
Any chance of a bit more detail on the fixings for the tailgate please?
Pit king fixings by the looks of it . They are good
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Mine is hinged, was no messing about at all. You will be furious when you take it off and stand on it, or the wind blows it over!
Same deal with the bonnet though isn't it. No real need to remove the bolt lid that often, Iain had to cut his hinges down and re-weld, as did Ben.
Possibly this bootlid isn't as good a copy as the one you have. To be honest the fit on mine is dreadful!!
Pit king fixings by the looks of it . They are good
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Correct, that's them.
Turn the g.r.p. ring over under the roof vent scoop , it is meant to stick up to stop water going down the hole , drill small hole in the back of the scoop to let water out , unless in the rain inner duct will get full of water , and your going to get wet!
Turn the g.r.p. ring over under the roof vent scoop , it is meant to stick up to stop water going down the hole , drill small hole in the back of the scoop to let water out , unless in the rain inner duct will get full of water , and your going to get wet!
It's just there to see if the hole is big enough, then we'll tiger seal it on, we need to add the drain in this week as there isn't one yet. I would imagine I'll be taping it up in the wet. It's a bit of a crap design.
novarally
25-11-18, 08:11 PM
Correct, that's them.
Pricier than I had expected at £31 EACH. Look the part though.
Pricier than I had expected at £31 EACH. Look the part though.
Yeah they look ideal for bumpers too but the price is a little bit prohibitive.
Yeah they look ideal for bumpers too but the price is a little bit prohibitive.
Millionaire ain't I!!!
Were till you started this build.
Were till you started this build.
It's your fault I bought the box!!!
Little bit more progress today
Drilled and fitted the carbon rear panels
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Same process for the doors
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Then the fun began, trying to translate all the holes in the steel doors to the fibreglass ones, managed a reasonable job
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Internal handle fitted aswell
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External handle was a little harder, but it'll do
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And the nearly finished product, just the hinges and mirror holes to sort.
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Oh and we tried these bits and made them all fit nicely
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Nutty Nova
27-11-18, 08:53 AM
This is looking really nice now. Some great details and love the look of the front end
Wrong front wings
Mock up only!! It will run on hatch wings, but we all like the saloon wings, so I'm having a pair dressed and sprayed when the car is painted.
novarally
27-11-18, 10:44 AM
The door hinges are the tricky bit on composite doors. Good luck with it, I will watch with interest.
The door hinges are the tricky bit on composite doors. Good luck with it, I will watch with interest.
I can't post a pic of the hinges yet, but safe to say they're being fabricated this week and we're confident on the design [emoji6]
novarally
27-11-18, 03:38 PM
I can't post a pic of the hinges yet, but safe to say they're being fabricated this week and we're confident on the design [emoji6]
Oooo, custom made hinges, now you have my full attention. I suppose I shouldn't have expected you to be cutting some out of a steel door and bolting them on (which is what I did)!
I need some lightweight hinges for mine.
8valve-craig
27-11-18, 03:49 PM
Wrong front wings
Correct front wings.
I suppose I shouldn't have expected you to be cutting some out of a steel door and bolting them on
We're supposed to be keeping it all under wraps Colin!! Now you've told everyone how we're doing it!! [emoji849]
Started today with a bit of bumper fixing
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Holds the lower valence perfectly and is just the right height for a shin buster!!
Alternator cutout
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Then alternator tensioner and I made the alloy spacer for the bottom bolt.
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The bolt is temporary before anyone questions it
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Next we turned out attention to the external crank sensor, well, I stayed out the way and Ben played around with the mill to create this
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Bolted through the wall of the sump, will be loctited and then the bolt head lockwired together. It won't go anywhere and the bolts will be safe.
Picked up where we left off yesterday
Cleaned the alternator cutout back to allow the alternator to fall all the way forward, easier to install
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I turned up some little spacers for the boot fixings
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Meanwhile Ben was making something
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All in an effort to get this
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Which allowed this
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The tubes put in for measuring, they will be flush with the outside when finished
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They don't look too bad
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Meanwhile in a dark corner of the workshop it was turning
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Coil on plug done!!
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More tomorrow!!
totalnova
28-11-18, 08:56 PM
Loving the daily updates. All this lathe and milling is making me want to get my wallet out, I just don't have space.
Nick
Loving the daily updates. All this lathe and milling is making me want to get my wallet out, I just don't have space.
Nick
I'd love a mill and a lathe.
If I win the lottery again I'm gonna employ Ben full time so we can just build shit, all day everyday!!!!
Not too much today, Ben finished the rally stands, they look proper!!
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Plenty of room for skinny old me to fit under
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Whilst Ben was cracking on, I looked at a wheel speed sensor, I turned up a little stud, that will be held in with resin on the finished CV, then set about making a bracket to hold the sensor, bit of jiggery pokery
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Oh and we threw the headlights on to see how it would all look. Reasonably happy with it
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The big job list is complete and we're onto a few smaller fiddly jobs now.
Fingers crossed off for exhaust manufacture next week, we'll see if it can be fitted in.
millworm
29-11-18, 10:46 PM
I now need a set of rally stands... lol
novarally
29-11-18, 11:57 PM
I now need a set of rally stands... lol
Same stands that I have for mine. No substitute for a 2-post lift though ��
millworm
29-11-18, 11:59 PM
Same stands that I have for mine. No substitute for a 2-post lift though [emoji853]Don't think I'll get one of them in the garage though lol
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novarally
30-11-18, 10:43 AM
Don't think I'll get one of them in the garage though lol
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Same problem for me, that’s why I’ve got the stands.
Same problem for me, that’s why I’ve got the stands.
Stands are the way forward. Also make it harder for someone to nick it out of the garage!!
Today was a bits and pieces day, getting stuff ready for exhaust Monday.
I'd been told that fibreglass bonnets lift in the middle and are prone to cracking, didn't fancy this, I'll take the extra weight over not getting the bloody thing painted every 5 minutes
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Ben was hatching a plan, he was walking around the workshop scratching his head, picking up bits of material, looking at it, then putting it back, he decided on this
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Then he fired up the mill and an hour later had produced this, to say I was impressed would be an understatement, his skills are next level
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I turned up the little end plugs on the lathe, they were Tig welded in and then tidied on the mill
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A second one soon followed and the fuel cradle system is now complete.
I was busy bolting wheels on and we dropped the shell onto it's wheels for the first time since March 2017!!
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It's on some box section rear shocks as we didn't have any in stock, the fronts are just some spares that were in stock
On the trailer Monday and off to the exhaust guy to work his magic.
Shell safely dropped at the exhaust place today. Game on, will be ready by 18/12 and down to see the man that knows hose on 19/12.
Love it! That mans work is ace!
Collected from Edwards Motorsport after Mike pulled out all the stops and worked over the weekend to get it done for me, as some personal stuff meant our original collection date no longer worked for me.
His skills are next level.
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Another job crossed off.
Mock up began immediately that I got the car back to Bens place as it's being dropped off for all the plumbing to be done Thursday morning
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novarally
11-12-18, 08:23 PM
The exhaust looks superb, every bit as good as my Simpson one.
The exhaust looks superb, every bit as good as my Simpson one.
I'm really happy with it and it was done in 4 days!! Can't rate them high enough!!!
Mocked up and ready for Mitch.
Will be dropping it off tonight
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We've decided on ProGold fittings and Kevlar over-braid hose. I decided on black fittings with gold ferrules.
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are those bmrs fittings?
Yes, I believe that's what they're called.
BMRS ProGold, they're supposed to be quite good.
novarally
12-12-18, 07:12 PM
Yes, I believe that's what they're called.
BMRS ProGold, they're supposed to be quite good.
They look good, are they expensive? I've used mostly secondhand Goodridge and Earls over the years in my race cars, but that means I always have a mix and match of styles and colours on my hoses and unions.
8valve-craig
12-12-18, 07:40 PM
Colin those are what my car is done in. Not horrendously expensive and great quality. Most importantly from your perspective they and the hose are as light as a feather.
novarally
12-12-18, 07:51 PM
Colin those are what my car is done in. Not horrendously expensive and great quality. Most importantly from your perspective they and the hose are as light as a feather.
Cheers for replying Craig.
Which supplier did you use?
8valve-craig
12-12-18, 08:38 PM
I used Mitch are ProLine Motorsport and recommended him to House, his work is as good as it gets.
All fittings are swaged, I’ll email you some pics it’s impossible to upload them here.
novarally
12-12-18, 08:44 PM
I used Mitch are ProLine Motorsport and recommended him to House, his work is as good as it gets.
All fittings are swaged, I’ll email you some pics it’s impossible to upload them here.
Perfect, thanks.
And even better they’re close to East Grinstead, somewhere I’m regularly at for my work.
novarally
15-01-19, 03:27 PM
House,
i haven’t had time to trawl way back into your build thread, so apologies if you’ve already covered this.
Are you using Ben’s rose jointed front suspension kit? And if so do you have any photos of it fitted, especially in relation to gearbox clearance (ideally when the car was SCCR, not sequential).
Thanks.
Colin
Colin, myself and House fitted those kits at the same time. If there's anything inparticular my cars on axle stands currently (what's new) so could get clearance measurements/photos against an F20.
House,
i haven’t had time to trawl way back into your build thread, so apologies if you’ve already covered this.
Are you using Ben’s rose jointed front suspension kit? And if so do you have any photos of it fitted, especially in relation to gearbox clearance (ideally when the car was SCCR, not sequential).
Thanks.
Colin
What Iain said!!! He'll hook you up with any pics mate.
I don't remember there being anything of concern with the suspension kit clearing boxes and such.
Aside from adding loads of castor puts the front wheel onto and rubbing the front wing!!! Craig had to cut his front wings out to give clearance!!
novarally
16-01-19, 04:27 AM
What Iain said!!! He'll hook you up with any pics mate.
I don't remember there being anything of concern with the suspension kit clearing boxes and such.
Aside from adding loads of castor puts the front wheel onto and rubbing the front wing!!! Craig had to cut his front wings out to give clearance!!
Great, thanks chaps.
Front wing cleerance won't be an issue on mine!
8valve-craig
16-01-19, 07:37 AM
You will only need the arms Colin. Tie Rods will need to be suited to your cross member and brackets may as well be too.
I have a surplus pair of brackets and tie rods if for any reason you need them.
novarally
16-01-19, 08:49 AM
You will only need the arms Colin. Tie Rods will need to be suited to your cross member and brackets may as well be too.
I have a surplus pair of brackets and tie rods if for any reason you need them.
You've got the Hangar 30 kit on yours too Craig?
My concern about gearbox clearance is due to the fact my engine/'box has been lowered in the chassis. So I wanted to see how much room there was on a stock installation.
8valve-craig
16-01-19, 02:44 PM
Mine are Ben's arms but the rest is all fabricated to suit my car. I run a lot of caster and my cross member isn't in the original position. Gearbox doesn't come near the tie bars on mine and yours is small block so should be loads of room.
I have an extra brace under my front end, that's the only thing you will struggle with for clearance.
novarally
16-01-19, 03:05 PM
Mine are Ben's arms but the rest is all fabricated to suit my car. I run a lot of caster and my cross member isn't in the original position. Gearbox doesn't come near the tie bars on mine and yours is small block so should be loads of room.
I have an extra brace under my front end, that's the only thing you will struggle with for clearance.
Cheers Craig.
So what type of tie bars and brackets is it you have going spare?
I'm planning to drop in to see Mitch at Proline tomorrow, as I’m working up that way. Thanks again for the recommendation.
Have dropped a PM to you :)
Sneak peak
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novarally
17-01-19, 08:41 PM
Lovely.
Was lucky enough to see the car in person today :)
Lovely.
Was lucky enough to see the car in person today :)
Don't judge it too hard!!!
Don't judge it too hard!!!
You don't have to keep apologising with this car, it's not the red one.
Can't wait to see the finished plumbing pics.
You don't have to keep apologising with this car, it's not the red one.
Well plenty of people don't agree with the way I've gone about things!! So.......
Few additional pics
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totalnova
18-01-19, 09:34 PM
Nice, very nice.
very nice!
what alternator are you running?
edit: do you have more info on the brake switch you use?
it looks like to be an very small pressure switch?
novarally
19-01-19, 07:36 AM
very nice!
what alternator are you running?
No doubt House will be along to confirm, but it looks like a Nippon Denso, lovely little alternator used on Kubota, Daihatsu Cuore and others.
I have one on my Nova too. Hunt around and a genuine ND one can be had brand new for about £50.
No doubt House will be along to confirm, but it looks like a Nippon Denso, lovely little alternator used on Kubota, Daihatsu Cuore and others.
I have one on my Nova too. Hunt around and a genuine ND one can be had brand new for about £50.
Got it in one Colin. I bought it with a single V pulley and had to convert it to multi. Can't remember what I paid now!!
novarally
19-01-19, 09:17 AM
Got it in one Colin. I bought it with a single V pulley and had to convert it to multi. Can't remember what I paid now!!
Yes, they come with a single V pulley as standard. I swapped that for a 4 groove alloy pulley from Brise, as well as a Titanium retaining nut. Total weight of the alternator is about 2.5kg.
Great way to save weight and space, but shop carefully, you definitely are better off with a genuine Nippon Denso item. There are huge numbers of aftermarket copies, and they just aren't of the same quality.
I can give anyone the part number if they want to get one.
Yes, they come with a single V pulley as standard. I swapped that for a 4 groove alloy pulley from Brise
Correct, as did I, minus the titanium nut......I'm not a millionaire!!!
I can probably find the link from Brise too if anyone is interested.
Few more pics
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Yes, they come with a single V pulley as standard. I swapped that for a 4 groove alloy pulley from Brise, as well as a Titanium retaining nut. Total weight of the alternator is about 2.5kg.
Great way to save weight and space, but shop carefully, you definitely are better off with a genuine Nippon Denso item. There are huge numbers of aftermarket copies, and they just aren't of the same quality.
I can give anyone the part number if they want to get one.
I would like to get the part number of the alternator :thumb:
If somebody has the part numbers, or a link to a webshop, of the pulley's i need for this alternator on a xe that would be great!
In a few twists and turns, using the unit as storage only now, not happy with security for the car down there.
So
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25mm on the walls
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75mm on the floor
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Flooring tiles down, not the best brand but they're good enough
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Shelving over the toolbox
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25mm up inside the roof too
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With the car hard over I can get a metre on the opposite side, the doors will be removable so I just need to figure a way of moving it easily on the rally stands
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Plenty of work space up in front too
Got the tool box back in there today, using the roof-space as storage, plenty of space up there.
I've got an air conditioner/air source heat pump coming, I can get it to stay at around 12 degrees with a small oil filled rad whilst it's been 1-2 degrees outside.
novarally
15-02-19, 05:59 PM
Nice job, I wish I could get my workshop up to that kind of temperature.
8valve-craig
15-02-19, 06:36 PM
Me too, I have to go outside to warm up!
It's been 4 degrees on site this week, the last thing I want to do when I get home is go into a freezing garage to do any car work or spend a weekend in the cold!!! This is the best solution.
Literally just ordered my air con, will be here Tuesday and installed Saturday.
Shell dropped back to Ben today for the final few bits, then it's off to paint. Hoping to have it with the guy in 3 weeks time
Build it goes very well, everythings done to a fantastically high standard.
Shame your worried about leaving the car there.
Surely its gotta be safe as it must be well safe as Ben must have alot of gear in there...
Build it goes very well, everythings done to a fantastically high standard.
Shame your worried about leaving the car there.
Surely its gotta be safe as it must be well safe as Ben must have alot of gear in there...
I'm not worried about leaving the car with Ben, his unit is perfectly safe.
I'm taking about the unit I use locally to me, that's the one that isn't safe.
We're trying to get everything done to the best of our abilities, I have some very specific instructions for the paint guy to follow.
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Air con/heating prepped for the man to come and do his thing.
totalnova
23-02-19, 10:13 AM
Air con/ Heated garage, how very posh lol:thumb:
Air con/ Heated garage, how very posh lol:thumb:
Gotta heat it mate, cant spend all my life from October to March freezing!! It's bad enough on site, I'll not want to do any work on the car if it's freezing out there!!
Plus heating keeps the moisture and therefore rust away!! But it attracts the spiders cos they love the heat!! Potato Potato!!
Some progress. Aiming for paint in 2 weeks time
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Doors are an amazing fit for fibreglass.
novaxe235
09-03-19, 09:14 PM
Are the doors hinged? Id be interested to see them in more detail if so.
novarally
10-03-19, 06:50 AM
Are the doors hinged? Id be interested to see them in more detail if so.
Yes, they are hinged. Ben Speechley has done the hinges, and Craig Tomkinson had the doors made. I've seen the doors in person and they really are excellent.
As Colin said.
Yes they act like normal doors!! That was one of the pre-requisites when they were made, they had to look, fit and work like standard doors.
novarally
10-03-19, 10:59 AM
Ben's made me a set of the hinges to go onto my carbon doors. I'm hoping they will be lighter and better fitting than my current ones (cut off a standard Nova door).
novarally
10-03-19, 11:02 AM
House - a question for you..........
Did you think about modifying your front turrets to allow fitment of a slotted castor/camber adjustable top mount, rather like Jezz Francis has done on his Nova?
I'm looking into it for my car, but there's not a lot of room in a standard Nova turret. About 150mm maximum diameter available, when most of the top mounts available seem to be 160-175mm diameter.
House - a question for you..........
Did you think about modifying your front turrets to allow fitment of a slotted castor/camber adjustable top mount, rather like Jezz Francis has done on his Nova?
I'm looking into it for my car, but there's not a lot of room in a standard Nova turret. About 150mm maximum diameter available, when most of the top mounts available seem to be 160-175mm diameter.
Ben and I have just discussed this very thing mate. I'm looking at having a set of top mounts made up that are "under slung" (for want of a better description) so the top is flat and can sit up under the turret top and allow max adjustment.
It will still require some adaption to the hole through the middle of the turret but should be good enough to get all the angles we need.
I'll sort some pics once it's decided upon
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More to follow
totalnova
16-03-19, 04:48 PM
Engine bay looks really well thought out. :thumb:
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