The Counts Track Day Nova Build

They're the bars for the cott he has to make for all the promises he's making to the missus ;)

I daren't give any more away, as James has pics of me naked that he's not afraid to use lol

I'd rather you didn't then! No offence ;) lol

Well i can say there may be a rear diffuser and a whole 'flat' floor going in at some point but not at this moment...all your guesses are wrong...i thought it was quite obvious...maybe not but to put you all out of your misery up date coming up after dinner....i hope you arn't disappointed lol As for Oli's idea it should help with going round corners but not bumper car stylee....

I want to have it finished by May - perhaps the PNG day a combe but we will see how it goes.

cant wait but i already know lol.

are you going to square the arches for clearance dtm stylee?

only other things I can think are some sort of lower strut brace or a dash, of sorts :confused: quite interested to see now lol

Right i know i have been teasing you all for a while now but, i have got to the point now were i can reveal what the strips of 2mm steel are for...i'm not sure how may people have tried this before but i haven't seen it done? So i thought i would give it a go and its turned out well!

So here goes it all started like this (and yes Olly and i did discuss the idea but i'm not letting him take all the credit :p)

Two front turrets

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1193.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1192.jpg

A straight edge and a measuring stick - note i have temporarily fitted some front wings

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1212.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1213.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1215.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1214.jpg

And some strips of metal

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1207.jpg

....Any one got it yet???

I think i can feel a custom bonnet coming on

So after some careful measurements and a bit of head scratching i marked out a datum line to work from - 80mm down from the edge of the hole in the top of the strut.

As so

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1216.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1217.jpg

Marked out some more reference points and got the grinder out

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1219.jpg

Chomp!

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1220.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1221.jpg

Any one know where you can get replacement front turrets from???? lol

Then to solve the mystery it was time to use one of the strips of steel i went for a comfortable 45mm

I started by profiling it roughly to shape

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1222.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1223.jpg

Then began taking it in after i had cleaned up the seams

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1224.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1225.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1226.jpg

tried the 'lid' on for size and made a few small alterations

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1227.jpg

And tacked it on

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1229.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1231.jpg

And started to weld it all in until the welded decided it was hot as funk again

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1232.jpg

So while i was waiting for the welder to cool i decided to make up some supports for the new extension.

I gave the turret a clean up and removed all the excess weld (weight) once i had finished the welding that is.

Here they are....

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1234.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1237.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1235.jpg

And a smaller one on the out side of the turret

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1239.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1240.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1241.jpg

Its going in there

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1242.jpg

All welded in

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1243.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1244.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1246.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1245.jpg

Gave it a good clean up and a prime for tonight

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1247.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1248.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1249.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1250.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1251.jpg

I think its come out well?

The back edge (bulk head side) in the pic below will have some sort of tag in device for the front legs of the cage so i haven't touched that yet

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...urrets1252.jpg

What y'all think worth the wait???