Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

Revel in the subversion.

All an arb does is (in part) add strength (you no longer need), unsprung weight (I expect you wouldn't like) & add effective spring rate (when it now can just be achieved through a change of springs should you even need it).

I'd prefer to limit roll with a roll bar rather than increase spring rate. It'll keep the rear end safer on the straights, and a roll bar is a lot more tunable at track side for wet days - none, standard, 22mm and 25mm are all available and changed with 4 bolts.

You'd be better off replacing the bushings for spherical bearings

Wow, great work. Read the whole of this thread from start over past week whilst travelling for work. Now motivated to get mine back on track as its not been touched in years... Thanks!

Nick are you the guy that bought Nigels yellow atb / carbed / alpha ign nova like in your avatar?

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Wow, great work. Read the whole of this thread from start over past week whilst travelling for work. Now motivated to get mine back on track as its not been touched in years... Thanks!

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Cheers mate, I luckily hosted my own images so the threads not too broken! Glad it’s helped, see you on track this year.

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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost

Nick are you the guy that bought Nigels yellow atb / carbed / alpha ign nova like in your avatar?

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Yes thats right. Still got it but runs on mbe mgmt and throttle bodies now.

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Originally Posted by Iain

Cheers mate, I luckily hosted my own images so the threads not too broken! Glad it’s helped, see you on track this year.

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Yes, the images were a blessing! indeed, see you on track!

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Originally Posted by NOVANICK

Yes thats right. Still got it but runs on mbe mgmt and throttle bodies now.

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Sounds like you need a project thread!

I've finished the toe-linked beam, fitted it and tested it. It was eventful, that's for sure.

So I needed a roll bar on the new beam, so I fabricated some mounts out of 25mm box section with captive nuts to facilitate the fitting of a mk2 Astra GTE secondary ARB:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2b/454.JPG

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2b/455.JPG

Fits nice and snug:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2b/456.JPG

Handbrake guides also re-attached as my Corsa C rear discs use this:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2b/457.JPG

Old one removed, new one fitted:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2b/458.JPG

All fitted:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2b/459.JPG