if you know how and have the skills why dont you quote colin?Quote:
Originally Posted by mk1nova_rich
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if you know how and have the skills why dont you quote colin?Quote:
Originally Posted by mk1nova_rich
These have just arrived in the post - a pair of 22mm diameter Mini stub axles designed for use on trailers using Mini hubs (bargain buy - thanks to Mowgli for the link!);
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...cort/020-9.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...cort/021-6.jpg
They are exactly the same length as Nova ones, but having had a try with them, and some measuring, I find that the plan to machine down the Nova stub axles has been thwarted.........the Nova stub starts off at only 16mm diameter (just after the thread ends) and then tapers out to larger.
But it needs to be 22mm all the way from the thread backwards.
So, I'm now thinking that it would be possible to cut the flange part off a Nova stub axle, and weld these Mini trailer stubs onto them.
I'll need to take professional advice as to whether welded will be strong enough, but I'm sure that a weld properly done would be as strong as a solid piece of metal. That will also avoid the problem of having to get it hardened, as presumably these stub axles I've bought are already done.
The only other alternative is to completely machine new stubs from scratch.............but that will no doubt be a more expensive route.
Any expert thoughts are of course welcome.
In the meantime I decided to go back to having yellow headlamp covers, so got the paints out!;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...cort/007-9.jpg
really like this car , what does it go like?? is it similar to a std nova gsi?? or is it qwuicker?? what torque has it got??
looks very well engineered
much lighter and more powerful than a Gsi so im guessing quite a lot quicker, combined with the handling setup and trick mods i bet the anti-lagged 1.0 turbo makes it quite nippy to say the least!
lol - I think the difference to this & a GSi is chalk & cheese
Indeed........a Power to Weight ratio of 270bhp per tonne makes it go rather well.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
A quick off the top of my head calculation suggests about 117bhp per tonne for a GSi.
Not really on the same planet performance wise.
To give some idea of the performance, there was a specific Class for Ferrari's at the last hillclimb I did, and 10 of them turned out.
This Nova was faster than all but one of them.
And that one was a 430 Scuderia.
This one; http://www.zipp.co.uk/gallery/Loton-...+5126.jpg.html
nice mate youll have to post up events you will be at as id love to pop allong and see this little beast kicking ass!!Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
fair plays :)Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
hiow much does it weigh then?? thats an awesome power to weight for such a small capacity motor
somebody really should photograph some mk1 headlamps at 1:1 scale & make stickers.......
colin, re the welding.. as long as you get someone to make them good & straight, the joint could be no worse than whats already on a nova rear beam.. or get a sleeve machined so you can still bolt it to the 4 holes, and weld the mini stub inside it