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Get a tyre pyrometer and find out what it's actually doing first, hard to adjust things when you have no idea what the tyres are actually doing. You can make educated guesses from handling traits but to really know whats going on tyre temps are key.
Sort the arms like we discussed and a lot of your steering issues will sort themselves.
Thats quite interesting mate, i like the way going about it, i might have to sift back through your thread as im going to do corsa servo/peddle mod and EPAS mod on the loon..
Cheers Ben, standard TREs will be binned soon!
Adam, yeah thought it was crazy low PSI, which is why I went for the 10PSI one (couldn't find a 15PSI one that was my first choice). Bought the camber and tracking gauges, will come in very handy in the future (already lined up 3 cars and they all drive better than they used to including the Nova that's a lot more predictable in straight lines now)
MK999 yeah that's the plan, will just go for the Compbrake setup as a bolt-on solution:
http://www.compbrake.co.uk/images/uploads/CMB0390.jpg
Sounds good Scott, Corsa stuff is loads better you won't regret it!
Nice work dude, i need a good nose arounnd this! where was the camber gauge from?
Camber gauge was from eBay member stop4tools: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/stop4tools
Ordered! Cheers :)
MIG Club east midlands rolling road meet this morning, good turnout:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/531.JPG
Strapping the Nova down:
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/532.JPG
Quick video of the runs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmTX0wE8hKc
This video you can see it chuffing black smoke when its running rich:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPihfk0r-do
Resulting figures and graph, only 149bhp and 145ft/lb torque which was a little less than I was hoping for but oh well, equates to 180bhp/tonne. Might be time for some nice camshafts...
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2a/533.JPG
I love this car! Good power when you done the bottom end your self and like you said its not perfect is it still burning a bit of oil
Have you got a certain amount you want from the engine or do you just want a bit more then you already have?
The car loves you too lol Yeah its still burning oil, still to investigate if its rings/stem seals/etc though.
Honestly it does everything I want from it now engine wise, seems reliable and has great power delivery for the backroads and enough power for the straights at Donington. Never been that fussed on rolling road numbers just thought I'd attend, although seeing a number automatically makes you want to improve it!