The Counts Track Day Nova Build

Fair play if youve already ordered them, might as well sort it 100% whilst youve got the welder out, Lol.

update punk?

I've mostly been food poisoned this week so non until tomorrow lol

If you can James get someone to press the panel that will replace the spare wheel well, not that its a massive issue but it helps reduce noise and also adds a bit of strength.

Nice injury btw

UP DATE!!

During the week before death a la food poisoning i finished off the stitching on the under side of the engine bay and gave it some primer

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../engbay268.jpg

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Then gave the rear beam a lick of paint...i like the blue

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../engbay270.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../engbay271.jpg

Then today i had Oliver (TRACKDAYNOVA) over to give me a hand (it was a good job he did come over as i felt rough all day and he was a great help!)

He did a super job of stripping then gutting the doors they went from around 22kgs as a whole door (without the card) down to 11kgs fully stripped and then down to 9kgs gutted (this is with out the plastic windows though) so a saving of 13kgs a side!!!

The doors as they started at 22kgs each

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The strip begins

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The left door at 9kgs and right door at 11kgs

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HHHHMMMM sexy smoooooth

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Top work fella, how'd you get the seams so clean before welding?

Hope you're feeling better dude. Good progress and neat job from Olly on the doors! Grinder and steady hand? or air nibbler?

While Olly was getting on with the doors i started on the rest of the underside of the car cleaning the back end up (funking crust and under seal!!)

As it started

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ture/ncTC6.jpg

Rear chassis legs cleaned

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ture/ncTC7.jpg

Some general messing about lol

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ture/ncTC8.jpg

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Removal of the exhaust bracket

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/ncTC10.jpg

And on to the spare wheel well

The beginning

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/ncTC11.jpg

The middle

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/ncTC12.jpg

The end

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/ncTC13.jpg

The wheel well weighed in at 4.8kgs and the ali at 2.6kgs so a saving of 2.2kgs and a flat floor for the centre exit and any splitter
type device i might wish to craft

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I cut out the ribs so the ali would lay flat

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Shaped the panel

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And trial fitted it

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A few rivets and some sticky later and its home for good

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And the inside (it looks like a lepper did the sealer but bollox to it)

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The doors side by side

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And the remains of the day lol

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Originally Posted by John H

Top work fella, how'd you get the seams so clean before welding?

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Just a wire wheels on a grinder buddy!

oooh some more!

really nice job on the wheel well, looks really neat and thought out.

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Originally Posted by The Simps

Hope you're feeling better dude. Good progress and neat job from Olly on the doors! Grinder and steady hand? or air nibbler?

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Yer i'm feeling better but still not 100% - its the valentines plans i had that were ruined that made me feel really bad and the £150 each i lost on hotel bookings and comedy club tickets in london for fri night what a c u n t! :mad: :mad:

It was a grinder and a steady hand btw :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Jonlem

If you can James get someone to press the panel that will replace the spare wheel well, not that its a massive issue but it helps reduce noise and also adds a bit of strength.

Nice injury btw

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JB i see what your saying and i could have got it pressed but didn't think DOH! if i experience buffeting or 'bong' in ollys words at high speed then i will add a brace but i plan to hang the exhaust in the centre so that should the panel from moving as much (aledergedly :confused:)

£150 each! Dam it! Think what you could of bought for the nova with that!!

i know i know :cry: :cry: :cry:

you dont look too upset standing in the empty shell lol


top work going on here.
only just started reading this thread, work rate is awsome.
cant wait to see the end result.


all this weight of everything reminds me of women on a diet every jan/feb.

this is a mans diet.
lol

I had got over the initial hurt by then but i might suffer longer lasting pain from the missus lol.

Believe it or not i'm not rushing the work along just working at my own pace with my finger out unlike some lol lol

Thanks for the positivity btw

Top work as always!!!

Coming along nicely James, and the photo's are very good as usual Olly :thumb:

Wheel well plating is done very nicing, as are the doors, really nice and cleanly cut. Good work.

Cracking work mate :)

Absolutely love the doors for some reason! Stripped out to the max

Cheers Ben!

Stripped to the max...the only way all the way :thumb:

thanks also for the nice comments :thumb:

enjoyed working with you again today James :) we did good!

To true bud!

You seen a nice sequential? sadev? :)

All i can say is its quite local ;) :D

lol i hate secrets, tell.......

yes please do.

Absolutely immense work on this car mate :)

Will be some machine out on the track!

+1 rep ;)

In not telling until everything is for sure lol

And thanks vaughanmc you just got me my first bright green blob :thumb:

Not a problem mate lol Nice to be nice :thumb:

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Not a problem mate lol Nice to be nice :thumb:

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To true +rep back!

Just one bit of advice. Iv had the sequential in the front of mine and it fowl's in alot of places, wont fit with standard width track. the quaife unit is very large though lol

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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot

To true +rep back!

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Cheers fella :thumb:

Update - only a little one though as i'm still suffering the poisioning lol Finally i have found myself a cage Big thanks to Dabsy (Dave) and to Olly (trackdaynova) for the extra tubing and cuppa on the way up there.

Right last night i collected the cage and on the way up to Derby Olly (trackdaynova) said why not pop in for a coffee so we did! Conveniently enough he had some tubing just the rigt size for the few areas on the cage that i woukd like to add to - i'm going to add a rear diagnol and possibly a brace accross the front a pillars were the dash was, i may also add another diagnol between the b pillar and the strut tops if i can bare to add the extra weight. On the other hand 'safty first' as tey say lol

The cage put together loosly on the drive, a little rough round the edges but nothing major. Its designed for a dashless car so bone @rse!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...85/cage002.jpg

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Legs to the front turrets

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Door bars

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A total of 16 cage to shell tag points

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This is how it was mounted to the rear strut tops/inner arches but i think i will be changing this.

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And some Ollys old pole that i should be putting to good use....

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...85/cage017.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...85/cage020.jpg

Its now away being cleaned as i CBA so hopefully it will come back looking not too shabby!

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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot

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This shot reminds me of the playground around the corner from me. Poor kids :D Have you and Olly been swinging on it lol

What colour is the cage going to be? It looks like its seen some hammer :thumb:

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Originally Posted by NOVABIKECARBED

This shot reminds me of the playground around the corner from me. Poor kids :D Have you and Olly been swinging on it lol

What colour is the cage going to be? It looks like its seen some hammer :thumb:

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Poor kids! The kids were fine once we had plied them with sweets...

Anyway the cage is going to be the same colour as the rear axle below as it will tie in with the seats! The cage has been through a bit by the looks of it but it will be great once finished.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../engbay271.jpg

Oooooohhh posh cage! Door bars AND forward triangulation!!!

Nice colour blue mind!

Thanks Mike i was happy with it, it should look a little better once i'm done not going mad though :roll:.