Work commences on my new shell.

Small update, been doing a few bits and bobs over the last few weekends.

Firstly i fitted a fuel gauge to my alloy tank. I was constantly checking how much fuel i had left.
I used an the exsisting sender from my original nova tank, i just slightly modified the foat.

All fitted and wired

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4062008084.jpg

Then I needed to fit some kind of filler neck, as i was also fed up of having to remove the boot lid everytime i needed fuel and fed up of people laughing at me on the petrol station forecort. LOL

I made a filler pipe of of some new exhaust pipe we had lying around. Then i had it powder coated to make it look abit neater.

All fitted

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4062008083.jpg

And the flush aero fuel cap fitted to the O/S/R window.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4062008082.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...4062008081.jpg

Nice work :)

I Finally got hold of some coilovers a couple of week ago, TBH i was a bit pissed off because one of the adjusters had snapped. Sent it to Avo and they repaired it for me. Excellent service from Avo might i add, 1 day turn around. 3 days in total from me sending it and recieving it back. :thumb:
I also bought some 300lb springs from rally design, but was later dissapointed to find out both springs they sent me were odd spring rates. Oh well they're sorting it for me now.

Coilovers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1062008059.jpg

new 'odd' springs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...1062008058.jpg

All fitted

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2062008063.jpg

I also had a play with castor, camber and toe settings

2deg Neg Camber

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2062008065.jpg


Tracking reset

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2062008074.jpg

and a final pic from the weekend

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2062008075.jpg

more updates to follow soon

Nath

How much did Avo charge?

£39 iirc inc postage back.

bloody good thread mate, youve done serious amounts of work.
impressed at all the custom stuff youve done, and fitted some hardcore brake calipers thatll throw u clean thru the windscreen everytime u stomp the pedal.
pmsl at u beeing fed up of people laughing at you in the petrol fourcourts. got a bunch questions while im here if u dont mind: was it easy enuff to chop all the metal out from under the bonnet and are the hinges and latch structurally sound like that ? youve inspired me to do the same, but i think ill add a few welds here and there to keep it together. and if its not too much hassle could u get me a couple of pics of your custom dash panels youve manufactured, im doing something similar like this myself, how have you got the fusebox mounted under there ? and any idea how much weight saving from adding the corsa cylinder & servo. youve done a top job of it all man :thumb:

I like this alot!

Watch out for something similar in a store near you...

what a nova :eek:

Thanks for the comments guys.

Jimbob-

The bonnet was easy to modify. It is a bit 'floppy' lol but does the job.
I'll get some more pics for you of the alloy dash panels at the weekend.
I have used the original fuse board and just screwed it to the shell.
By fitting the corsa brake system i'm not sure how much weight was saved, would have thought at least a couple of kg. I should of weighed it really but never thought. :thumb:

Here are a few pics from a tracking evening i did at donington with Adam-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/100_2457.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/100_2455.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/100_2454.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/100_2451.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/100_2448.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...0/100_2450.jpg

any videos flying about on the tinternet of this bud, or old n new track times if any ? looks like it was a great day :thumb: