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Ian
05-09-04, 08:26 PM
http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/DSC00185.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/DSC00112.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/DSC00109.jpg
Philsutton
05-09-04, 10:10 PM
that just make me depressed :(
Mike.
05-09-04, 10:17 PM
that car looks great now just think how good it will look when completed
Breeny
05-09-04, 11:04 PM
Its finished now... (or near enough!) :D
-Bruce-
05-09-04, 11:16 PM
that does look mad!! come on phil get yours done!!

i like the magic tree on the diagonals of the cage!! :lol: new car smell

bruce
HEVY-nova
06-09-04, 12:52 AM
awesome
Matt Nova
06-09-04, 11:37 AM
Top Quality mate, what kinda power it going to be running?
Ian
06-09-04, 12:00 PM
he was rushing to finish it for trax and was going to display with us, no show so guess it wasnt done
Jules
06-09-04, 01:18 PM
Hopefully it'll be at VBOA then?
Is this the same Austin who has/had the stripped blue valver with black rims?
Breeny
06-09-04, 02:02 PM
Yep... same car as above Jules! lol
benji
06-09-04, 05:19 PM
what rear axel has he used?
Riggy
06-09-04, 07:04 PM
that looks wicked :o should make some scary times bein rwd :D :D
Rob77
06-09-04, 07:11 PM
Absolute genius.
krobinson
07-09-04, 10:09 AM
Cheers Ian!

Thats just stunning, fair play to the guy for having the guts to take on something like that! I'll definatly take my hat off to him, and shake his hand @ next show!

Keith
NovaNeil
07-09-04, 12:23 PM
Saw this at USC!!! It was parked on a Trailer in the field.... AMAZING! Can't wait to see it running round a track.... sideways!

Neil
dav
07-09-04, 05:51 PM
i went out in that thing up brighton seafront last summer and it was mental. I can't even imagine how much fun it'll now! Austin you have some set of balls on you mate!
TWAG
07-09-04, 11:18 PM
Looking real good! Wasnt this car up for sale not long ago?

From the pics it looks like its actually being done properly, instead of butchering it.

Should be great run when finished!
rgv_stu
09-09-04, 01:39 PM
looks like a mk1 scort rear axle
m.d.
09-09-04, 05:26 PM
that is exactly what ill be doing next year. i emaild him the other day about a few things he did but he never got back to me. does anyone know how to contact him as im real interested to see how he has done the steering rack
PAG
19-10-04, 10:37 PM
any updates on the progress?

i would like to know how the steering is going to be done also.
i saw the car at his house ages ago whn he sarted to cut out the transmission tunnel! looks very good so far!

think he using alot of mk2 escort gear! but dont hold me to it
krobinson
19-10-04, 10:44 PM
Not sure mate. But i dont think its MK2 escort gear. As the rear axel/diff is alot wider on the MK2, but this seems to fit perfectly with the nova's width.

Keith
J4MES
19-10-04, 11:38 PM
wow thats just amazing... :o :o :o
Kev Turbo
19-10-04, 11:59 PM
it now has a MOT and is road legal as well! haha
nova ian
20-10-04, 12:27 AM
:o :D thats awesome, how much fun could you have in that!
Philsutton
20-10-04, 12:41 AM
that is exactly what ill be doing next year. i emaild him the other day about a few things he did but he never got back to me. does anyone know how to contact him as im real interested to see how he has done the steering rack

im not sure how he has done his but i can tell you how ive done mine on the V8. I swaped the front hubs over so that the left was on the right hand side ect, this allows for steering rack to be moved away from the bulk head(well i dont have a bulk head any more :lol: ) and into the centre of the engine bay. Normally the trackrod ends go in from the top of the hub, i have drilled out this hole so that i can fix it in from underneath thus lowering the steering rack out of the way of the engine. This might not work for the 2lt as i am having the V8 sit quite far back into the car and not that low down in the bay. Hope that helps slightly
robb
20-10-04, 09:29 AM
Does anyone have any new piccies of this, I quite fancy doing that.

Will be an amazing beast when complete!
Snowface
20-10-04, 10:09 PM
is there going to be enough weight over the back tyres to give it grip?

U got a lot of weight up front already.

Looks nice though. Any updated pics?
beatin u
20-10-04, 10:44 PM
the front end stuff is ford capri, and then the escort axle, so i was told.



is there going to be enough weight over the back tyres to give it grip?

the weight transfers to the back under exceleration :)
Austin_Nova16
21-10-04, 05:35 PM
Hi all.

Well, its been a while since I've posted here. Gutted I didn't get it done for trax (cheers Ian for the pass anyway - we did turn up in me mates 1.poo :(). Also wanted it done for Billing, but that didn't happen either.

Its on the road now with just a few little problems. Got a new prop, and had to ditch the welded diff due to a bad whine although it went fully broadside on every corner or roandabout! Just need money for an LSD now.

Anyways, heres a few pics taken a couple of weeks ago now, so you'll notice the odd thing or two to be done., I'll try and get more soon....... enjoy......

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/frontside.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/rearside.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/inside.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Austin/rwd%20nova/bonnerflipped.jpg
Ste L
21-10-04, 05:39 PM
thats nice that, very nice :D
Philsutton
21-10-04, 05:48 PM
it looks amazing, but i bet its more fun to drive than look at
krobinson
21-10-04, 05:52 PM
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Please get more Daylight pics up!! You flappin legend!!

Keith
PAG
21-10-04, 06:28 PM
Now who has the most stripped out nova???!!!


i think you do sir!


hope u wrote everything down cos i would not mind to have crack at that!


more pics loads of em!
Austin_Nova16
21-10-04, 07:56 PM
I'll deffo have some pics by the weekend, as its dark by the time I get home from work...

lol @ my siggy PAG, just havin a laugh.. :lol:
_Ben_
21-10-04, 09:55 PM
Fair play Austin, looks like a quality bit of engineering. Out of curiosity, how have you solved the issue of a steering rack?

Cheers.
dan-hipgrave
21-10-04, 10:21 PM
:o thats well cool mate, love the flip front 8)
burgo
22-10-04, 12:52 AM
the flip front is ace
J4MES
22-10-04, 02:18 AM
those new pics are amazing, that flip front is awesome, good job!!
novashed
22-10-04, 11:07 AM
it goes to show even with a car that has been modified to death such as a nova new and ingenious (sp) ideas xcan be created, spot on for effort, want to it in the flesh (metal) now