Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

on mine i used a bar and bent the end a small amount , oh no sorry that was the cluch cable hole lol pay no notice to me mate lol

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Originally Posted by Iain

Benn also benefit of using the standard one is I get to retain the standard switch and 3 speed settings :)

Scott/Kevster it's on TAS solid mounts, I think it has cleared enough not to cause problems - the pipe may touch the manifold but it shouldn't crush the pipe in to the matrix solid pipe. If it does look close I can undo the matrix bolts and pull it out slightly too :)

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Just keep your eye on it once its running as you might get some rubbing from the inlet onto the pipe from any movement etc, but if the mounts are solid you might be OK, just mu old car did that! :thumb:

Well I got some abuse from my old air horn setup (page 1):

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/014.JPG

Figured I'd go for a little more discreet this time although this bad boy is supposedly 139dB!

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/250.JPG

Mounted up my strut brace temporarily:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/251.JPG

And got the horn mounted on a tab welded to it:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/252.JPG

Looks quite discreet in the bay so I'm happy with that. Just the wiring left now (using a relay provided in the kit cos it draws more power than a standard one):

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/253.JPG

Seeing that gives me the horn..... baboom tish! lol

Good work bud, looks neat in there as you say.

Finished wiring up the horn, it's plenty loud enough for such a small little unit lol

Made a bit of a crap discovery day, the doors were either not painted on the bottom edge or (more likely) placed down on something hard, leaving exposed metal. Both are suffering from surface rust along the bottom edge, not what you want on Nova doors that are prone to it anyway! :(

Was planning on fitting the heater blower and finishing the cooling system but I failed to get one from the scrappy so I ploughed on with the exhaust (was fun to chop something up after the terrible day so far!)

Silencer ready to replace the kink:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/254.JPG

Nice and shiny but will be painting it black to fit the rest of the system:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/255.JPG

18" silencer body:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/256.JPG

And 3" left on either side (standard is 2" but asked for the extra length to fully replace the kink:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/257.JPG

And what I've ended up with at the end of the day, just tacked in to place at the moment but if tomorrow's mockup looks good I'll weld it up proper and hopefully fit it:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/258.JPG

Got some Stainless Steel 308LSi wire for the job so hopefully get some good welds on it

Looking good dude. Get the doors back too him asap.

Touched them up with some paint for now. Can't have the doors off cos it lives outside

Shame to here sbout the doors, but its not the end of the wold you can sort it.

Good job on the system, trust me you have plenty to play with there, an its all push fit so theres some guve there too.

Scott

Good work on the exhaust!

Exhaust looks sound. Could do with making something like that myself.