190bhp from a 1.6, that's excellent, I'd be over the moon if my 1.8 16v gets anywhere close to that figure. Car looks great by the way.
Nick
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190bhp from a 1.6, that's excellent, I'd be over the moon if my 1.8 16v gets anywhere close to that figure. Car looks great by the way.
Nick
Did you run out of yellow paint?
Car looks great look forward to see some action videos
Ha ha no plenty of yellow mate lolQuote:
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Belive me we were supprisedQuote:
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Well what a weekend i got there on the friday full of mixed thoughts and nerves lol having never drove this car in anger .after setting up base camp i hit the hay .
Saturday it was here still lots of butterflies i got the car warmed up and took it down to the paddock to be scrutinered and it passed so it was then waiting for practice 1.
So after run 1 the car was squirming everywhere and i put it down to not being ust to driving with a lsd.
Run 2 was here and it was the same and even my mate said its not correct as he was watching from the sidelines we were baffled as to why it was happening ,then it dawned on me the power steering it has a ajustment knob and guess what it was on maximum sensitivity so after a few twists the steering felt nice and heavy as i like it .
Time for first timed run and brilliant instantly felt better and i beat my original pb by a second i was super happy .
Second timed run this was the one i was feeling good in the car great run then on the final corner my cv snapped bugger!!
So it was a quick drive back home and change the cv ready for sunday.
Sunday came and the car was amazing in practice going really well the timed runs were great and i managed a new pb by another second and got 4th place so all in all it was an awsome first outing
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Heres my name on youtube and my fastest run from sunday the other video on there is my old 106 hope you guys like ithttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...691eb75594.jpg
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I Love how quickly this has came together, well done to you.
Do you plan to come to Gurston down any time? I’ll come along if so. Waiting eagerly for Colin to come back too.
Me too ��Quote:
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Me 3Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Thankyou buddy it was a push but so worth it now i can develop it as i race ,and as for colin im not in his league yet.i havnt thought about gurston but i would like toQuote:
Originally Posted by 8valve-craig
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Do get along to Gurston, you'll love it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ktown
Excellent result for first time out, and it looks great.
Could you tell me which throttle linkage kit you're using on your Jenveys please?
I think I shall have to invest in a proper one for mine.
how did the gear linkage work out for you after?, did you find it nicer?.any pics of it inside the car finished?
It was very smooth alot better than the original one id recomend doing it to any nova as an upgrade ,ill get you a pic son as i go back up the unit buddyQuote:
Originally Posted by sibzy
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Its just the jenvey single cable linkage to be honest its like the ones you get on carbs not really impressed in there design its very old hat and for the price its abit shockingQuote:
Originally Posted by novarally
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Not sure if there's any other options than the Jenvey offering?Quote:
Originally Posted by ktown
Anyone got other suggestions?
Jenvey do a Fly By Wire set up. Thats probably not an option though.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Seen a video of your car today mate . Looks very quick
Thanks mate.Quote:
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Here you go mate thats how mine is fittedhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bd8fcceed7.jpgQuote:
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Cheers mate she is abit of a handfullQuote:
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You found with this cable shifter it sometimes tries to go into first and reverse at the same time . Mine works through all gears spot on apart from I cant seem to get it far enough across so that its not trying to get reverse aswell if that makes sense .
To be honest i found it akward at first but relised i didnt need to go over so far when shifting as i was its a lovely setup very smooth not had any issues down shifting from 4th to 3rd or 4th to 2nd .i may make up some sort of gate to totaly stop it ever trying to choose reverse.Quote:
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I was thinking the same as there isnt enough plastic on the adjustment bit to get it any further across
Thanks for the pic, i have same problem with selecting first the odd time when its in the reverse position.dont find it as smooth as i expected it to be.
Well not much to report at the moment i did lower the front end by an inch but thats it just waiting for the next hillclimb at the start of july
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Do you use scales when you adjust the suspension? Mine is really nicely balanced, I always corner weight it after any adjustments or work.Quote:
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Just half a turn on a spring seat will upset mine.
Agree Craig, an inch will make a massive difference on corner weights!Quote:
Originally Posted by 8valve-craig
No i havnt i need to get some corner scales on my wish list
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Well guys i found some money under a rock lol and i will be doing a 1 day hillclimb saturday at a place in dorset called manor farm so a good place to test my new ride height
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Well it was a good day guys racing i came away with a 3rd which i was happy with as the last time i was at this venue 3 years ago i decided to hit a 1 tonne bail hard in my 106 so i was very cautious .i was actually running in 2nd but my friend in his saxo laid down a quicker time on the run i spun on so after that i played the safe game and took 3rd so very happy with that also lowering the front by an inch made a lovely difference to handling next stop castle hillclimb in july .there is a youtube vid on my profile on there if anyone wants to see it .https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...34a5e6bfae.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...2f9e5977ec.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...31e899a87d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bdf277b633.jpg
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Well its been a while guys i went to castle hillclimb in july and came away with 2 4ths also on last run thought id blown my gearbox .luckily after inspection it turned out to be a sleve from the cableshift that was stopping my from selecting 2nd few[emoji849]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...408d2b67ea.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9994c502e1.jpg
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After july castle it was on to wiscombe national which was bloody wet and wooly but i managed a time of 45:26 in the wet and my fastest time in the dry is 45:23 so i think im starting to get the feel of the nova now needless to say i was very happy with my times
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August now and back to castle car running sweet so was super keen for this weekend well the saturday was good i did a new personal best time of and came away with 2nd https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1ada5d679c.jpg
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Sunday at castle was some good racing in our class after the first timed runs we were all in the 29s so it was down to the last run gordon in his tigra who ive been trying to battle with this season had done a time of 29.57 which to be honest i didnt think i could beat . I had been having altonator issues aswell not charging my battery so it would drop power and almost stall then be ok .we tested the alto and turned out it was the rectofier pretty crap as the alto was brand new and only had about 2 hours use . So i thought bugger it i borrowed a mates same size battery and rolled to the start as the power steering takes a hell of a draw from it so this was it 1 car to go infront of me i started her up got to the line and had a million things going through my head light went green that was in banzi run was on everything clicked into place and before i knew it i was and the top of the hill and i could breath again .i walked to the timing tape at the top and almost fell over i dont know how i did it but i got the class win with a time of 29.32 to say i was happy was an understatement my first class win super happy .https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...28921da61d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cfc0cdf23c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8a5fcd8831.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...6861f572f5.jpg
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Excellent result, well done!
Thankyou mateQuote:
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Well done mate, car looks epic .
Cheers budQuote:
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