Stripped interior

[db_1.2]

Just a quick q, what would you lot think about me having my nova with stripped interior, and 2 buckets with harneses but yet having a 1.2spi engine?! As im only learning i will be doing this in a few months, therefore the reason for no new engine, opinions, am i a bellend?! lol - just thought it looked nice!

[db_1.2]

could i have some piccys please iswell, thank you :D

[SRlew]

i peronaly dont mind it. you'v got to start somewhere for more speed, and weight saving is always a good start i recon. i did it to my SR standard spec engine etc.

[RJM25R]

Well it'll make you quicker, and is relatively cheap!!!#

You could buy buckets for around ?100 each, harnesses for ?40 each, a rear cage for ?120

[db_1.2]

rear cage for 120?! point me in the rigth direction fella! also could i have pics of rear and full cages please, just helps me decide a bit better:)

[timmcf]

forget about a cage until you have got some serious power.
strip out the interior, i heard someone say they did that on there 1.2 and got just over 60mph in second. Dont know how true that is
air filter, ?30
upgraded cam shaft ebay ?70
4-2-1 manifold ?50
then she'll go like fcuk!!!
there is a fella near me who has that done to his, very fast car!

[db_1.2]

im looking to get a 1.6 gsi soon anyway mate, although i just thought about getting a cam anyway, but its an spi so i probably will just wait till around christmas and get a gsi lump, and stripping the interior and getting roll cage just means i dont have to do it in future, i dont have to give lifts, it looks nice, and hopefully it will handle better:thumb:

[RJM25R]

Peter Lloyd Rallying do rear safety devices cage, no diagonal for road use (sunroof or no sunroof)

?120

[Philsutton]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v286/philsutton/retrocar051.jpg

Do it right, i now have 1 seat in mine. No point in carrying around extra weight now is there.

[Jack]

Definately don't forget about the cage. Just because you don't have a big engine doesn't mean the car won't roll. Safety first.

[db_1.2]

I went on peter lloyds and couldnt find one for 120, could anyone show me where to get a half cage or show cage or any cage! for about 150 so i can get one this week:D thanks for the pic btw:thumb:

[Mike.]

my nova's a 1.2 atm any way and its completly stripped out with a cage

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/rollcageisinnpainted019.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/rollcageisinnpainted029.jpg

iff you can find a cheap cage go for it, because its a 1.2 doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't put a cage in it because thats just bollox

Mike

[Dan]

here's my interior on my track toy which is incidently still road legal..........

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/fin4.jpg

http://www2.novaload.net/files/dan/2006/foot.jpg

[Mike.]

car looks great, found a rear strut brace yet dan?

[db_1.2]

Cars are sweet lads, mike where did you get your cage from? and not bein nosey but how much! I really wants one by end of this week so i can get on and strip my interior anyone know where i can get one for 150 quid? only lookin at gettin half cage tho

[Mike.]

i got my cage from demon tweeks mate, its a omp rear cage with a diagonal and diagonal door bars, mine was 250 quid though, and its supplied unpainted. For your price range mate you might have to shop around, i can't think of anywere that do cages for 150, maybe try ebay.

Mike

[db_1.2]

so its like chrome? or just nasty coler? as im goin for a blue interior i was hoping they suplied it un colerd, i think ill save another week in that case, how hard was it to fit?

[db_1.2]

oh yeh did yours come with the rear strut brace iswell mike?

[Mike.]

the rear strut brace was from super novas matey, that is supplied painted it was around 30quid

the cage arrived non painted, so it looked like this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v631/6666666/rollcageisin003.jpg

[db_1.2]

yummy! lol:tard: i dont know much about powder coating could i used a load of primer, thick coat of paint with tinnies and laqour it?

[Mike.]

thats how i painted my cage lol

[db_1.2]

Lol! i have to compliment your job! looks really proffessionalwell you fooled me!!:thumb: i think i found the cage i want on ebay take a look:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nova-2-Dia-Polished-Alloy-Bolt-In-Rear-Cage-NEW_W0QQitemZ8009080198QQcategoryZ40199QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

ill just have to wait a while:(

[Mike.]

thats not a bad cage mate, its more of a show cage than a track cage though.

[db_1.2]

the only track im gonna be doin is round the roads of wiltshire, well, untill i get my gsi lump, ill post some pics up when i get it, its gonna be ages yet tho!

[johnny27]

probaly be safest using an etch primer, considering its bare metal. Altough Mike did'nt and its okay, but it maybe better in the long run incase the paints started to flake in a couple of years, not saying it would though. BTW you can buy etch primer in a areosol, its a little more expensive tha usual areosol cellouse primers.

[Mike.]

i'm going to get a better cage in a year or 2, so that one will do for now lol, we just quickly painted it because it was starting to rust, and yes we did rub the cage down before we painted it lol

[Philsutton]

i still havent painted mine, an it hasnt started to rust yet lol