985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

Various bits of cutting and welding to do now, including fitting the new seat rails and fittings for the harness.

There's also some tidying up to do of various bits I cut away previously, and I'm debating whether to weld up all the 'bung' holes in the floorpan. Previously I had covered them with bits of carbon fibre sheet and tape, but it's not very resilient to attack from stones/weather etc. Only problem is the weight of the steel circles I'd have to weld in instead.

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Who can remember who it was who made carbon fibre VIN plates for Novas? I quite fancy getting one made up to replicate the '002' chassis plate above!

I've also been tinkering around with the pedal box, fitting an AP 'short' cylinder for the clutch, and I've modified the F1 carbon fibre pedal to be the new clutch pedal;

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And the carbon fibre gear lever is basically done now, just needs a metal post to be machined up for the bottom end of it, where it engages into the linkage;

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Now there's only one real problem remaining..............what colour do I paint it?

The interior is going to be done in metallic grey (a la BTCC cars), and I think I want the panelwork done a very bright attention getting colour.

All suggestions welcomed, but orange and green are almost certainly off the list as I race against cars done those colours already.

serious amount of work going into this!
could you pop rivet the carbon on to cover up the holes or tiger seal them?

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Originally Posted by novarally

There's also some tidying up to do of various bits I cut away previously, and I'm debating whether to weld up all the 'bung' holes in the floorpan. Previously I had covered them with bits of carbon fibre sheet and tape, but it's not very resilient to attack from stones/weather etc. Only problem is the weight of the steel circles I'd have to weld in instead.

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How about just putting the original rubber bungs back in?

Porsche Riviera Blue

Colin, couldn't you just get some carbon the same size as the vin plates of Mike and then vinyl letter them.

I found an old thread of someone who'd made the carbon vins btw.
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthr...n-VIN-plates.&

Also what weight is your shell now it's empty lol

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Originally Posted by SimonTW

Porsche Riviera Blue

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I did see a 911 on EBAY in that colour, and it does look nice. Good bright colour which is what I need.

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Originally Posted by paul james

How about just putting the original rubber bungs back in?

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That might actually be the best option, now you've made me think about it!

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Originally Posted by Southie

Colin, couldn't you just get some carbon the same size as the vin plates of Mike and then vinyl letter them.

I found an old thread of someone who'd made the carbon vins btw.
http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthr...n-VIN-plates.&

Also what weight is your shell now it's empty lol

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Thanks - I can cut myself a piece of carbon to suit no problem, but I assumed someone had engraved the lettering onto them, but evidently not.

I'll just get myself some white on clear tape for my Dymo printer and knock my own up then. Cheers.

Not sure if I'll have chance to weigh the shell in its bare state, but if I do I will post it up, it would be interesting. I'd need to fiddle about with bits of wood to get it located on the weighing pads.

It would be nice to know the weight bare, then you can do some real math on each item as you put it back together to see where all the weight is or shouldn't be.

Looking forward to seeing this in a new colour though and putting a proper "Colin Smith" stamp on it.

Save some weight and just strip the paint off then lacquer it lol.
My real colour vote would be renault liquid yellow :)