985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

would you be interested in selling that rear diffuser that didnt fit? and i know you dont normally reply to threads or pms but have locked myself out of my e-mail!

John

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Originally Posted by brake-dust

would you be interested in selling that rear diffuser that didnt fit? and i know you dont normally reply to threads or pms but have locked myself out of my e-mail!

John

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Hi John.

Spooky coincidence alert.........I was literally just writing out the advert for the diffuser to go on EBAY.

I've had a fair bit of interest from people in it, so I thought it best to stick it up for auction.

Any questions feel free to raise them on this topic thread, I seem to be on here regularly, but I do dislike PM's!

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Originally Posted by novarally

It's crossed my mind a few times, especially now that the guy who always used to win that Class has retired (he was running an ultra-serious Warrior engined Mk.2 Escort).

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Was that simon mckinley? or am i mistaken

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Originally Posted by _Jake

Was that simon mckinley? or am i mistaken

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No, the man I know is Andy Bascombe;

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/car9-g.jpg

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Originally Posted by brake-dust

would you be interested in selling that rear diffuser that didnt fit? and i know you dont normally reply to threads or pms but have locked myself out of my e-mail!

John

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John.

Follow this link for the diffuser (and lots of other stuff);

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/hillclimbe...id=p4340.l2562

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Originally Posted by novarally

No, the man I know is Andy Bascombe;

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/car9-g.jpg

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That is gorgeous!

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Originally Posted by Ben

That is gorgeous!

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Trust me, it's far better in the flesh, it is unbelievably clean.

Bit of video footage here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4XNvYT-3P0

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Originally Posted by novarally

I might be calling on you Keith for help with fitting them, it looked like an excellent job you did on yours!!

There's no weight limit at all in hillclimbs/sprints, so the lighter I can get the better. I was talking to a Mini owner at the weekend and he's got his legally down to 480kg!

Difficult to comment on wheel offsets as I haven't got the ideal combination on mine at all.

At the front I've mostly used an ET38 on a 7" rim with a 10mm spacer, so I would say the optimum is probably a 7" with an offset of around ET20 to avoid use of a spacer.

At the back I've got 7" wide with an ET of 11mm, but my rear track is also a lot wider due to the KAD alloy hubs I have fitted. In actual fact the ET11 is a little too wide for mine, so I will eventually get some higher offset wheels made to suit.

You might be better off speaking with other wide-arch Nova owners, as mine has been messed about with so much that comparisons may not be very useful.

Many years ago I had an orange XE-engine wide arch Nova that I am sure had ET0 wheels fitted all round (7" wide I seem to recall), and they filled out the arches just perfectly.

Of course finding the right wheels for the job is tricky, although if you're going for bigger diameters it's not so much of an issue.

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no problem, im sure you will manage but feel free to ask, and cheers for the info on the wheels i did put up a post while back and looked at a few of the wide-arched threads to get an idea.

Picked up my fibreglass doors from Chris in Keighley yesterday (thanks Chris).

Calibra Keith - you have a PM about fitting them! Thanks.

Today my carbon fibre diffuser arrived in the post. By pure chance it is a perfect fit on the Nova, which is certainly more luck than judgement as the guy selling it didn't bother to supply me with the measurements which I asked for several times.

It also arrived covered in sticky tape, which I was more than annoyed about.

Anyway, it cleaned up OK, and I replaced the ridiculously long and heavy duty bolts which were fitted to it with some mushroom headed alloy ones.

Fitting is obviously not complete yet, but here's a few photos anyway;

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/015-23.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/016-28.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/017-30.jpg

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/018-27.jpg

69 OPEL plate is a winner.