Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

And since my block is getting rebored I've treated it to some Autosprint 'flat-top' 87mm pistons with larger valve cutouts should I ever want high lift cams:

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Cage is looking awesome dude, not temped to plate from the tubing to the turret?

I'll tidy it up at the turret end yeah, thinking of an end plate and boxed to the turret. :)

Nice nice.

Awesome work.
http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/829.JPG
That welding looks class!!!
Looks identical to the original cage welding.

All looking good mate! love the cage-turret that looks good! was it too hard?

Nah not too hard really, just spent lots of time making sure the notched tubes sat together perfectly. Just got the strut brace and rear triangulation between B pillars and back arches to do now.

No more cage profiling left, winner! Rear additions are ready to be welded in:

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Hopefully where I've chosen for the strut brace won't be in the way of any inlet/engine parts:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/839.JPG

Will be welded on to be removable anyway with 4mm pressed steel saddle brackets:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/840.JPG

Nice work simba

Awesome work, are you tagging the cage to the pillars too? I love the look of that.

It's welded to the shell on the A pillars, across the windscreen/roof strengthening, above each door and I think at the top of the B pillars. Just where the cage sits close to the car. Wasn't going to go for the gussets etc although I agree they look pretty mean!

Top work!!


That crossbar in the engine bay will get in the way of a set of throttle bodies ;)

Ah cool cool.

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That crossbar in the engine bay will get in the way of a set of throttle bodies ;)

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Yeah? They sit further back than the standard inlet/powercap? Guess I'll have to modify/replace it when I ditch the standard injection. :)

They sit up at an angle...

Looking at the pic im pretty sure the bodies would foul that bar.
You might get away with parrelel bodies fitted on a level inlet

this just keeps getting better

Rear cage finished now, just needs a lick with the grinder and painting matt black:

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And here's the plan for tidying the front up, will add some strength to the turret also:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/843.JPG

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good plans and work as usual mr L

Looks good, and just what i was talking about on the front turrets.

awwws i so proud :) looks really good buddy

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when I ditch the standard injection. :)

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COUGH

U wont

:roll:

Loving the cage,
Looks a very tidy job :d

Nice project!

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Top work!!


That crossbar in the engine bay will get in the way of a set of throttle bodies ;)

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was gonna say ull need the soundtrack to go with the cage'd beasty looks

Finished boxing around the turrets, has neatened up the engine bay no end:

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Quite proud how well some of the welding came out:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/848.JPG

Strut brace saddle brackets welded to the horizontals:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/849.JPG

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/850.JPG

Welded the other half to the strut brace and bolted it in, looks nice:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/851.JPG

Just enough room to fit/remove it around the Corsa servo:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/852.JPG

Can we get a resize? :p lol

From what i can see from the 10mp pics, welding looks fooking spot on!!!

I was so proud of the welding I had to upload 4000x4000 pics lol

Nah, uplaoded the biguns by mistake, fixed now.

I had to scroll across to see an inch of weld....... lol lol

Nah, does look awesome. Class weldage skills!!!!!!!

Turrets work is awesome, weld is fantastic too.

Soooo, are we going see this out this year or what???

Hopefully, I just want to repaint the underneath of the car cos I'm not happy with the Hammerite, then off for paint + get it built up.

Get on with it then!

Great work on the turret boxing mate. Strut brace is a good idea. Gonna look great once all in paint.

i love you iain

Seam sealered the triangulation to make it watertight in the engine bay (and look a bit nicer!)

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/853.JPG

And plenty of matt black, the additions blend in to the rest quite nicely!

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Finished cleaning my engine block and started painting it in Halfords High Temperature Engine Enamel. +100bhp red of course!

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Bored and honed cylinders for the new pistons:

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(Excess paint will be removed before assembly of course)

is all that cage really needed, ?

are you planning on running a season in the wrc?

Yes it is, I drive like an idiot.

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Yes it is, I drive like an idiot.

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so all this work, and your planning on crashing,

fair bob to you lol

Clean the paint off from where the stater motor bolts on too.

Good work though, cage looks fooking immense!!!!!
But youve sprayed all the cage up, surely its going have to go car colour?

Hoping it can be masked off to stay matt black when it's painted inside.