Nice colour, can't believe how small that clutch is though
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Nice colour, can't believe how small that clutch is though
That colour really suits it actually, I like very much. Is it getting some contrastng decals/accent colour?
Looks well cool mate, can't wait to see pics outside with it back on its wheels.
Completely not how I was expecting it to look. I was thinking it would be a solid bold colour but you have made a fantastic choice. I'd be worried about damaging it too much though now. Looking forward to seeing more updates!
love the colour
Bolted the suspension and wheels back on this morning;
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And then got it on the trailer ready to come home;
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And started fitting a few bits and pieces back on;
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stunning
Can't beleave how different it looks, looks much more sedate now
looks fantastic Colin!
Im sure i recognise this wiper assembly.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
so ****ing cool.
Colin that is funking cool mate! the rear arches look so dam hard core and wide its ace! the wheels suite it so well now, and Carbon blends/complements the color also, it's like a small block metallic wide broth to Dan's lol
Scott
that looks great Colin, a little lighter than i was expecting from the lambo pictures i was looking at,
surely this has to be the best nova ever
Will look awesome with carbon dash etc
Paint looks well done :)
That wiper motor might require earthing.
It is earthed (brown wire just visible behind it, going to top right mounting hole)Quote:
Originally Posted by BRoadGhost
Paintwork/finish looks great, now comes the fun part of bolting it back together eh!
Just looking at the pic Jeff quoted, is that turret literally just cut out larger or has there been any other strengthening in the area? Looks like an easy way to get more adjustment on the eccentric topmounts.
Looks like it been plasma cut out? We did the same on our rally car to get more adjustment on the top mounts, good little trick lol
Looks very well, its come a fair way looks wise from page 1
Looks very similar to the vauxhall steel grey colour..
Far more bronze colour than steel greyQuote:
Originally Posted by Mazz
Looks fantastic now it's painted Colin! :)
spot on with the paint colour. very nice indeed.
No progress at all with my Nova sadly, due to my life being in complete upheaval due to moving house in the near future.
But the new flywheel has at last arrived from TTV, and looks excellent;
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That's awesome!
Are you staying Lincolnshire Colin? I though your house was spot on for what you do!
The house is spot on, the problem is the person I own the house with..........things are all up in the air at the moment, I'm undecided whether I shall stay in Lincolnshire or whether to sell up everything I own and head back down South.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
I'm really impressed with the colour Colin, it looks fantastic. Have you sorted out a set of livery colourwise?
now that is one bad decision to have to make.....Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
hope you get it sorted soon & that it doesn't raddle your wallet too much
Thanks for the thoughts Mike. I'm not sure whether there will be a right or a wrong decision on this one, just a question of making the best future out of a difficult situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
As always, the problem would be simply solved by having lots of money.........
thats a shame colin hope you get everything sorted out, has took me a few years to get back on my feet (sort of)
you have everything you need there aswell hopefully the nova wont be on the list to go .........
Finally got chance to get the new 'prototype' front brakes fitted up yesterday.
A reminder of what I had on there previously, Wilwood 4-pots with 247mm vented discs;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ort/009-44.jpg
And the new ones are a solid disc with an alloy bell (from an OMS single seater) with Yamaha R1 motorcycle 4-pot calipers;
These are the mounting brackets which Sleaford Minis made up for me;
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And here they are mounted up on the car;
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Total weight saving compared to the Wilwoods is nearly 6.5kg.
I still need to do a bit of fettling on the offside brake installation as something isn't quite square, the caliper body is touching the disc in one place as it passes through a revolution.
I got the pedal box re-installed as well, plus the steering rack, steering column and gear linkage, so there is a little progress.
Looks like a good fit, are they man enough?
I think the bolts will, in time, need replacing with shanked ones, as those threads will chatter to nothing. Unless you do something with chemical metal over the threads to fill the gaps. And the nuts will definitely need replacing with either 2 small thin ones per side, or some metal lockable ones, as the nylock will melt out with hard braking.
Good point Mike, I hadn't considered the bolt needing a shank on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
As this was just to test whether the brakes are actually going to be adequate, I haven't worried about doing anything fancy yet.
If they work then I will use a 'K' nut in place of the nyloc, and I will have the brackets and the spacers for the disc properly made.
They do need making from a decent bit of solid, ally should do
as for the catching, surely thats the disc/hub running slightly warped, and not the caliper?
I know weight saving is your religion, so when you get proper spacers made up, you could get them tapped & run allen head bolts & loctite instead of the type of arrangement in the pic... I know its only about 20g per side, but it all adds up, as you have proved many times.
i saw this in the flesh today and all i can say is its truely breath taking.
(also we got home fine and me old fellas ok after the boot tryed eating him lmao)
Limited progress to report, I pushed it out into the sunshine this morning to get a few pictures of how it currently stands;
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As of last night the engine and gearbox are ready to go back in, with the new flywheel and clutch installed and checked for clearances. I've also fitted a new crank seal whilst it was all apart.
I've given up on trying to fit the fibreglass doors, and the original steel/aluminium doors are now being painted reeady to be re-fitted. With a little bit of effort I managed to get the weight of them down to that of the fibreglass ones anyway!
looks amazing colin, have you a finish date yet or is it finished when its finished?
Car looks awesome pal brilliant choice of colour and some serious mods keep it up mate