985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

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Originally Posted by Graeme

Is that the cleanest beam you had 'on stock' Colin? I suppose its function over form

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Obviously I used the worst one I had, no point in cannabilising a good one for use as a test bed!

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Originally Posted by Graeme

Is that the cleanest beam you had 'on stock' Colin? I suppose its function over form

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its a beam, he used for a purpose. why does it matter if it is painted in hammerite and tarted up or has some surface rust:tard::tard::tard::tard::tard:

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Originally Posted by discoinferno

its a beam, he used for a purpose. why does it matter if it is painted in hammerite and tarted up or has some surface rust:tard::tard::tard::tard::tard:

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lol well said its a lump of steel that can be sanded and painted and would look like brand new!

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Originally Posted by Ben

lol well said its a lump of steel that can be sanded and painted and would look like brand new!

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Worth keeping in mind that those beams do bend so the any beam will do thought isn't strictly right.

I believe the works manual specified a tolerance on them and if it was out of that you would bin it and start again, obviously ok back in the day when they were a off the shelf item

Car is looking great Colin, brakes are very smart.

The comment didn't relate to being able to see your face in the shine of it or being able to eat your dinner of it, the corrosion sure won't help the strength of it and I'm sure a sprint or hill-climb car is subject to large forces and is driven harder than Vauxhall intended, I know that the car is massively lighter than most but I don't see the point in adding well engineered, billet brake components, to a old, rust-weaked beam. This is only my opinion

The beam is rather thick metal, so a bit of surface rust isn't going to do serious harm. A bit of time with a wire wheel and some paint, and it would look like new I bet.

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Originally Posted by Graeme

The comment didn't relate to being able to see your face in the shine of it or being able to eat your dinner of it, the corrosion sure won't help the strength of it and I'm sure a sprint or hill-climb car is subject to large forces and is driven harder than Vauxhall intended, I know that the car is massively lighter than most but I don't see the point in adding well engineered, billet brake components, to a old, rust-weaked beam. This is only my opinion

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Quote; A couple more photos (on the test axle, not the final job!);

I take it you just look at the pictures and don't read the text.

can we all stop jumping on people.. the thread is about colins car. graeme made a valid comment, about the rusty axle being the test axle, as in being tested on it, not just offered up on it, and he's had 2 pages of abuse.

I did read the test axle bit but I wondered why not use a good one as it looks like it bolts on and off anyway, not a massive deal obviously but the know-it-alls have to be there getting there 2 pence worths in, when I was mearly asking Colin a question.

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Originally Posted by Graeme

I did read the test axle bit but I wondered why not use a good one as it looks like it bolts on and off anyway, not a massive deal obviously but the know-it-alls have to be there getting there 2 pence worths in, when I was mearly asking Colin a question.

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lol