The Counts Track Day Nova Build

Once the springs were on and i was happy i fitted another one of my new purchases, some wheel studs (80mm long total length) loctite ahoy

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And a few of the expanding foam roughly trimmed before i sand it back properly and finish it

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It looks as if it will turn out quite neatly

AWESOME when you think itll see its first track day!

its getting closer and closer to being complete :thumb:

keep the updates comming

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Originally Posted by corsakid

AWESOME when you think itll see its first track day!

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Thanks mate, i'm not really sure on the completion date as things keep coming up (as they do) but as soon as i can get it finished

That jack looks light :cool: The car seems to be getting heavier day by day though lol More seriously though, you never fail to dissapoint James, always top notch work. Keep it up! :)

your drivers side seat belt mount support bracket thingy is wonky - get it sorted :p

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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)

That jack looks light :cool: The car seems to be getting heavier day by day though lol More seriously though, you never fail to dissapoint James, always top notch work. Keep it up! :)

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That Jack is light and i'm very impressed with it :d the car is getting heavier (that it was as a bare shell) but all the weight is necessary ie suspension brakes etc etc its not like i'm fitting air con and dvd screens lol

Thanks for you appreciation of my work :thumb:

Simps wtf are you on about :confused: lol

[quote=Count Vaux Alot]Once the springs were on and i was happy i fitted another one of my new purchases, some wheel studs (80mm long total length) loctite ahoy

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...Rebuild035.jpg

Wow! have them studs not been welded...just loctite?

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Originally Posted by auzzy-b

Wow! have them studs not been welded...just loctite?

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Welded??....no just loctite

Looks good, are you gonna fiber glass or underseal over the foam to make the gap up?

Under seal i would have though

Great update James, it's a while since I last looked in.

Rear braided lines under the boot floor look rather long, also be carefull what you use on the expanding foam, as I tried doing some door builds with the stuff years ago & they melted.

Thanks Craig i will be careful

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...Rebuild047.jpg

Be aware that brake lines touching the car body is an MOT failiure

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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot

Welded??....no just loctite

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I didn't realise loctite was SO tuff? would of thought the studs will just undo with the nuts if you ever need to take a wheel off...
Looking good!:)

red threadlock/loctite generally needs to be heated if you even want to undo it with a spanner on the end, shouldn't think it will let go with a nut spinning off. lol

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Originally Posted by MK999

red threadlock/loctite generally needs to be heated if you even want to undo it with a spanner on the end, shouldn't think it will let go with a nut spinning off. lol

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lol well i was thinking what if the heat generated from the brakes(drums/discs) slowly decays the threadlock.. suppose they dont get that hot! and i have really underestimated itlol cool..

fair point actually they will get fairly hot at times, but if you think about the stud will be spun into it's thread on tightening too, so both nut and stud will be roughly as tight as each other if done properly, so the stud only needs a small amount of persuasion to sit in place

wishing you was here mate, wide nova FTW, it feels so much more planted, good update mate :)

re: threadlock

i have a stud kit on the front of the nova, it took a hell of a headache to get the buggers out but double nut and patience is all ya need :)

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Originally Posted by BRoadGhost

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Be aware that brake lines touching the car body is an MOT failiure

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Its unlikely to see an MOT but point taken i may re adjust their length today

Off topic, nice jack! where'dya get it from?

Good stuff as always James!

Costco and it is a very nice jack - very light and can lift 2tonne!

My mates just got one from Costco too. Although he is yet to use it. Same as my Arcan one that I gave about £240 plus delivery for lol. Wsh mine was £80.

It's stood the test of time though now, easily 3 years old. Can't beat em :thumb:

Loving the build BTW mate. :cool:

Well i had a steel 3tonne black metal one from costco (its in the pics some were) it is low lift but weights about the same as it can lift lol so when i saw this light weight one i thought that would be ideal for pit use while on track etc so win win really :d

Well after a very eventful week/weekend involving getting a new job and, then facing the fact i'm going to have to move to Hampshire (near Bournemouth) for said job and, then having a panic car boot sale to shift some junk i have actually managed to make a small amount of progress with the car.
The new job is with a company called universal turbos the money and the prospects are considerably better than in my current job so that justifies the move really, anyway progress

Finally picked up some more expanding foam and finished off the o/s rear arch

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Then i got thinking about what i was going to do fuel filler wise as the new wide arches didn't have a filler cap facility. Originally i was going to buy a flush fit fuel cap but the cheapest i could find that met my needs was around £80 so, i thought funk that, consiquently i have adapted the old one and now the filler sits inside the drivers door (a favourit position when relocating the filler)

The old filler after a good clean up

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A minor alteration

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A new hole in the inner wing

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Then with the addition of another piece of pipe with a 45deg bend and some hose it now looks like this

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Once it was all fitted up and sitting comftable i took it all apart again for some paint - i only got as far as priming but at least i know thats that sorted

pipes primed

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During this process (in order to get the filler pipes lined up) i also cleaned up and fitted the fuel tank

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Now the tank was in position i could fit the fuel lines and low pressure facet to the car

Facet pump with the fittings fitted with pipe seal (none of the ptfe shoit)

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And the pump mounted in its new home, behind the drivers seat

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I have chosen this mounting position against the favoured chassis leg mounting position under the car for a couple of reasons, firstly because the pump is designed to opperate sitting this way up and secondly and most importantly there wasn't a suitable mounting position under the car as the space behind the rear axle will be filled with an air deffuser (hopefully) - i'm happy with it here and i will enlighten you all to the pipe work strategy once i have some new fuel hose.

Thanks for looking :thumb:

You'll be in the best Mig region when you move down...

Filler is done the same as mine is, smell of fuel is annoying, but it might just be my set up..

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Originally Posted by Benn

You'll be in the best Mig region when you move down...

Filler is done the same as mine is, smell of fuel is annoying, but it might just be my set up..

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WOOP WOOP to the move i'm looking forward to it :d

What filler cap do you use? I don't think the smell is oing to bother me that much on track lol

coming on nicely, thats where i had my facet.

i got my fuel filler cap from tweeks a good few years ago now

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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot

WOOP WOOP to the move i'm looking forward to it :d

What filler cap do you use? I don't think the smell is oing to bother me that much on track lol

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I use one of the aerofit metal cap things, i "trimmed" it done a bit to fit...

Congrats on the new job :beer:

Good work James :d Seriously getting there now, work looks top notch as always but I'm still not sold on the colour! but then again if everyone had the same the world would be a boring place! lol

Congratulations on the new job, sounds promising. All the best with that and the move, just hope it won't be the end of the project :p

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Originally Posted by nova ian

just hope it won't be the end of the project :p

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Even if i moved to the USA i would still finish mine before you finished yours ;) lol

lol You probably would you cheeky sod!! :p

I'm so gonna come and badger you when you're down in Hampshire. Us students have a lot of free time ;)

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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)

I'm so gonna come and bugger you when you're down in Hampshire. Us students have a lot of free time ;)

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Sounds about right! lol :wtf:

I was trying the softly softly approach, but you've let the cat out the bag now Simps! :roll:lol

be warned, those light jacks do rattle apart fast so its best to strip it down NOW and threadlock all the bolts on the rebuild.

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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)

I was trying the softly softly approach, but you've let the cat out the bag now Simps! :roll:lol

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lol

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Originally Posted by dhdev (Oli)

I'm so gonna come and bugger you when you're down in Hampshire. Us students have a lot of free time ;)

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I will look forward to it i'm very accommodating lol seriously your more than welcome :thumb: