Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

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Originally Posted by scott.parker

Cool looks good mate, but whys that cardboard box producing Oil pressure!? :confused: mega fire hazard!:eek:

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I'm sure that used to say fuel level lol:p

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Originally Posted by djbrowney

awsome progress not looked at the thread for a while, who you going to get it painted by ???

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Might paint inside and bay myself, not sure about the exterior.

nice work Ian, :)

Good work on the shell, you lined the catches up well after all then..lol

20 measurements each side and a couple of drawing attempts but should only be a couple of mm difference now. :cool:

Looks good dude, yeah might have edited it! lol

Good work!

coo, youve bought the bonnet ive had my eye on getting one soon too.. my ol' bonnet has a dent in it and the strengthened fibre-glass version (the one that goes onto o.e hinges) is just one ive fancied for a while..
do you have to use rally-esque pins/catches for it, cannot use o.e catch??

All the holes on the underneath are filled in (latch, rubber stops etc). I guess you could mod it to fit a latch but I don't think it was made with that in mind.

Aerocatches look quite cool anyway! Better than the classic pin design & lockable so safe.

Rubbish update, it's taking me ages to choose/buy/paint it so doing odd jobs instead.

Was cleaning the underside of my slam panel and noticed more weight saving that could be done! 262 grams of pure unrequired metal!

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Gone:

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Looks weird from the top without the spring bit!

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Also drilled the rear bumper holes, guessed the measurements and they were bang on, winner!

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That's some crazy weight saving.

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Originally Posted by Lionel

Also drilled the rear bumper holes, guessed the measurements and they were bang on, winner!

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Dear Lord

Exciting stuff eh.

lmfao. that slam panel weight savage is legendary

I can see his next update, after a few beers and watching an episode of the simpsons.......





Looky, speed holes......



1722 grams saved from drilling holes in the entire shell, started here.....



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Iain, why not just go for alloy replacement slam, or chopped out one for access?

Scott

Thats half a second shaved off your 1/4 time right there!!!

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Originally Posted by scott.parker

Iain, why not just go for alloy replacement slam, or chopped out one for access?

Scott

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I never get that, you can get the rad out with a xe in piece of piss, so when does it need removing...

I did think about removing it a while ago, but decided it wasn't worth it. Would replace with alloy one if I did remove it though.

carbon fibre one ?

carbon fibre shell? space framed out with a 4wd beast?

Go on you know you want to

OK not much progress, but the cage is repainted matt black:

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Suspension and steering gear has been loosely bolted/cable tied in place to make it a rolling shell again. First time off axle stands in about 6 months?!

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Front wings have been seam sealered where they have been rolled:

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And annoyingly I have somehow broken my toptint windscreen in storage! Grr.

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Looks good Iain, early style boot will make a difference :)

It needs lowering lol

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More info on the turbo brick needed. lol

Whitey is looking very impressive thought mate! colonhatsofftoyousir

Looking good dude, wouldn't it have been easier to paint the cage after the shells painted?

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Originally Posted by Benn

Looking good dude, wouldn't it have been easier to paint the cage after the shells painted?

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Guessing he's thinking along the lines that it's easier to mask up the cage than an entire shell?

Figured masking up a cage is easier than masking up a whole car when it's done! lol

Edit: Yep as above!

Masking a cage isnt easy!

monster truck novas FTW. all you got to do now is make the rear wheels turn with the front. haha

why not paint the cage the same colour as the shell? no masking...

Breaks it up a bit having black seats, wheel, cage etc I think. And I have black cage padding for it.

cages always have to be a different colour, it's just the rules lol

Going to get a quote for powdercoating loads of stuff so decided to strip them down ready. XE covers:

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Rear beam is looking a bit tired, and I think the bottom shock mounts are knackered:

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So I removed the ARB:

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The replacement beam, have since removed the rear drums/mounts etc:

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Rear axle bush cut off at one end:

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And out:

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Same with front lower arm:

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And components ready for cleaning and powercoating/painting. Is it worth plating/strengthening the bottom of the lower arm?

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Also picked up another F20 gearbox to fit my Quaife diff in to:

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a lot of people say strengthening the lower arms is bad, as they bend if u crash and dont bend the chassis, howver mine are strenghtened as are quie a lot of peoples.

Glad to see youre having the lot powdercoated, be worthwhile with all your bling bling shiny bits!

Iain, have you considered fitting a Corsa rear ARB?

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Originally Posted by iainel

And annoyingly I have somehow broken my toptint windscreen in storage! Grr.

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/608.JPG

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A ha ha ha ha ha lol

Yeah noticed a lot of people have strengthened them. Got me thinking about it as they could flex quite a bit when I put them in the vice.

Corsa rear ARB, does that go inside the beam or is it different?

Different

IMO if you don't strengthen the underside of the front arms your asking for trouble, but then i don't know of anyone who wouldn't wen doing a good XE/LET conversion.
Also i like the bush removal, similar to how me and my mate did his lol

And as for Corsa anti roll bar, Humm you could try it, or go for a straight bar across the rear part of the rear beam, to them tow mount holes, Benn was going to try, don't know if he did or not.

All looking good though mate.

Scott

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Corsa whiteline rear ARB

The corsa one of over 15mm wider each side...
I'm waiting on a cav one comming to me to try and use, its ment to fit better.
So i will be soon.

I haven't plated my lower arms, after seeing how they are ment to fold when you slide in to a kerb. So i'd rather they fold them it bent the chassis.