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SwoonsQuote:
Originally Posted by House
Iain and house are like trackday drug dealers as soon as they catch a sniff of tyres potentialy hitting tarmac they are all over it lol
we are lol To be fair this threads been going for almost nine years, another couple of weeks warm up before we start wont hurt lol lol lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Benn
lol lol lol alas mine wont be as impressive, these guys have done everything properly, most of my build is using parts I have been running on my cars for the last 16 years and just moved from car to car as they have all been budget builds. (this one included which is why the work was done by myself and other members who have helped along the way)Quote:
Originally Posted by turbojolt
I now have a list of parts I need to sort the car but I still have some unsures...
oil pump change, to be or not to be bothered
ARB on front, again an issue myself and Stu need to assess based on the cars first 2 outings (and then find one if I need one lol)
I know one thing, this month is going to be expensive, just bought a new fridge freezer due to the other failing, as mentioned elsewhere the oil burner is in for a 290bhp/460lbft tune up (read as something else needs sorting so the tune up removes that and its cost, and future proofs it against other potential costs so hand is forced slightly) and the nova work starting next Tuesday, if we achieve an mot then at least the nova can be used in one sense and the track days may have to wait until spring :wtf:.......
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...psk7cxx07m.jpg
Day one. Moved to working location
Eating fried food.
The track cars are lining up!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...psgkkmpkgc.jpg
Fairly sure that ain't right....
Standard!!
Well todays update is we now have a brake pedal with my 22mm master cylinder finally put to the test. Never had anything special before as the pedal was crap so thats a win. Front wheel bearings are ordered for tomorrow, engine run up nicely with the old skanky plugs. New ones are also on order as me and stu found noone stocks what i wanted anymore :wtf:. But atleast that drive around with me in the passenger seat let stu know what a real diesel felt like (although to be fair he was tame with the beemer )
Stu also sorted out my beautiful wiring to his own standards..... never heard a man swear so much lol lol lol.
Obviously the bonus was shopping for food which was probably equal to what we supplied at billing lol . Needless to say turkey burger burgers are on the menu tonight.
Tomorrows challenge is order the correct temp sender for my new clocks set up (read as 3 years old but never done properly) and calibrate the fuel sender etc. Might even mount the speedo setup and calibrate that in also.
Our gut feeling is this will still be an example of a budget basher by todays standards and show that cost and speed is only relative once everything is 100% and has been exhausted.
Good work big fella.
I've got an ARB should you require it?!?
What wheel bearings did you decide on in the end?!?
Cheers House. We have a 22mm arb here that i have hoarded for many years. Bearings wise for now standard just to get it rolling. May look into upgrading in the future. My only question would be why do the bearings need doing??? A bigger bearing will do the same job at the end of the day and its not like its a full time rally car built to the old grp a bible doing silly stages and getting beaten to death. Its just a car for smooth tarmac......
Some dick measured them wrong....
No drama on the ARB mate it's sat outside looking sad at the minute!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan
The issue isn't the bearing itself, the issue is the machined hubs, the sustained stresses put through them when cornering hard are too big, a road car would be ok but a track car really needs uprated bearings allowing for the use of non-machined hubs, mine hub snapped on track at Mallory, rather lucky not to end up upside down!!!
We run standard hubs and uprated shafts with cav outer cv's so we dont suffer machining issues
Standard nova bearings?!?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan
Yep, how it was done in the past lol.
Haha!! Old timers!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Just managed to get back onto photobucket, so here is a quick pic of the wheels i dragged back out. Never been fitted since purchase just left in the boxes lol. Personally and as stated back in the thread i am not so keen on them compared to the th's but they serve a purpose.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...905_195021.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...pspvxck2nt.jpg
Aww, doesn't the Mo look dinky lol
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...psuebkxmtc.jpg
Wideness
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...psza7nzjlk.jpg
And following the above we have done a trial fit to see what they look like.....
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...907_094333.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...907_094243.jpg
Liking the updates. As i said to Stu, look at Audi bearing route. I know you've read some stuff, but people seem to swear by them now...
Nice rims too.
More from today. Clocks working and my master cylinder butchery
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...907_152033.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...907_151733.jpg
Loving that clock set! The wheels look a lot better on the car too. they look like some weird early 70's things sat on the floor lol
Love the clock. Motorbike?
What have you joined the front lines? Wont you just have to separate them 12inches away?
Clock set is a bike/kitcar setup. Same size as my old blackberry phone but with everything needed a stock dash would have. The fuel and temp is all working and once we have the front end complete its just a simple case of setting up and calibrating the speedo and setting the shift light.
Still not overly fussed on the mo's to be honest. But i bought them so just aswell use them and keep the th's for dry trackdays
I think tomorrow fingers crossed she will be finished with just some no. plates and an mot next week if i can be arsed. Oh and a rear no. plate light we keep forgetting about
Love it.
Track day at combe next year with me then? My mates 40th.
Got a link to that dash/clock, exactly what i want to run in mine but rev counters have been like 10-12k rpm and i didnt like the thought of wasted rotation.
I assume the car is on stock track width just with the wider/different offset wheels?
I have a wide track kit for mine, but i have found a set of TH's with a low offset in 8j so torn on what to do now.
Ace well dash.
You will need their temp sender as the gm one doesnt work.
For ref, we have the fuel sender setup at 320 low and 20or 30 full
As i have said to many others regarding track on my nova.... if i did it again i would probably just wide track it.i was in a position where i could do what i wanted so went the tyre width route but the wide track has the potential for more adjustability and you have more options for various wheel and tyre combo's for slicks wets and road tyres at the fraction of the cost compared to doing that with the wide wheel route.
well we finally got the car 90% sorted and ready for a potential MOT next week. Firstly I would like to say a MASSIVE thanks to Stuart for spending the last week helping me get it back up and running and being my second set of eyes when checking everything else. Also a huge shout out to House who saved the day at the last minute with a temporary fix until I can sort my own hubs etc out as when it comes to pain they were ours. I might still change the tyres over to my th's and use the mo's for track tyres but that can be a thing for the future. I just look at the mo's and because they are slightly dished they look like 13's
I spent the last few hours after Stu left yesterday giving the car a quick wash and a test drive around the land where the car is based, she drives spot on, the gearbox is direct and silky smooth which is nice to know considering me and Stu last worked on that a few years ago lol lol.
Heres just a few pics I took before locking the car away until next week. (its the same as before but cleaner with different wheels lol )
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...909_141308.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...909_141707.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f...908_181247.jpg
Hope you dried it.