Dar's Sprint Car

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Originally Posted by kevster

take that as a no lol lol lol lol lol

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Yup you guessed it, im not really wanting to start making the rose jointed gear linakges for people for a few reasons really. The first of which is although mine works like a charm the car is used for 15mins max at any one time. One of the nuts worked lose in my first run so it needed to be tightened up. If I charge someone for making one up and it keeps undoing itself then all im going to get is problems. Not only this but they don't fit straight on first go(well my first one didn't) so you may need to play with them to get it to work 100% perfectly.

I can get all the bits you need to do the job for ?50. If your handy with a grinder and can tap holes they are easy to build.

i think i will leave it lol just in case lol lol :thumb:

Hmmm... Clunky! :D

Nice one Dar, definately on my list of things to do.

Confused !!! Your car is using a cav gear stick and the shortened (3 inch) cav rod. Is the actual linkage nova or cav tho !?! It sounds like its a cav linkage, which has got me worried cause i only got a nova one for my car !!!

Don't worry it is the Nova linkage.

Good good ;)

Superb guide, so much easier with a few pics, cheers DAR.

I found a clash between the gearbox mount spacer bracket and the box section part of the linkage when I fitted mine, I'll definately be doing that mod.

Dave.

dabsy - There is a clash with the linkage and the gearbox casing, but its only by a few mm and you can grind off the extra few mm from the nut on the linkage.

Teeny weeny update. I've been struggling with trying to put wheels on the car for years. In a nutshell, because I run spacers the wheel will not stay on the car if you place it on. So to get each wheel on you either have to use both hands and one foot or lower the car so that the wheel sits on the ground and lines up with the bolt holes. Then nova---chris mentioned about a stud conversion. My ears instantly perked up and the said conversion was purchased about 30mins later.

Just finished my spanner check of the car from its last track day and so I have put the stud conversion on. Ahhh its bliss being able to put the wheels on in a normal fashion again.
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thats better mate looks good

mate wot a build, top car, me n a friend are thinking of building a track car (nova 16v)it just looks so much fun, watchin your vids have made up my mind...
now to sell the M3 as i dont wanna use the nova ive just built..