The Counts Track Day Nova Build

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Originally Posted by Benn

Christ the front turrets look... Well crazy. Love the fab work, would rep you if i could.

Are they still under the height of the wings?

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They are at wing level now....

i was carrying a bacon and egg roll aswell lol.

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

with the same amount of power (allegedly) and over 120kg ladended less (allegedly) I'm suprised you didn't own me. :p lol

nothing to do with the cubic capacity of your block mind, just the above facts lol :D loving the banter

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Some very good points you make there Olly and I should be up on power and down on weight compared to your old car :D :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Rick Draper

TBH biggest issue running urba low on a nova is not suspension angles its necking out the CV joints.

That was my nova on its ledas running the highest possible i could run.

O and it still had a ruck load of travel to go.

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As Olly said i am already aware of this...my saloon is lower that that atm so i am fully aware of the issues surrounding drive shaft angle etc and will be trying to address this issue....

Sounds good but TBH i dont see where the idea that low = good for a track car? To a point imho but if you want to run that low the you need to do as olly says and change the lower pivot placement, raise rack etc. Would be easier to cut the front off and space frame it all imho, then you would end up with ideal suspension geometry for what you are seaming to want to achieve?

I realize you have done the turret mod for suspension travel (where as i got custom shocks). That was the highest i could physically run my car, it also had the sump around 2" off the floor.

I would guess you are looking towards a dry sump, shallower bell housing, raising the diff up (seen the sequential box mentioned).

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

regardless of 'needing' the shock travel Oli, the more you have, the better it is, you can't argue with that.

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Not really as it can end up been at the expense of droop which is also as important as travel.

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

with the same amount of power (allegedly) and over 120kg ladended less (allegedly) I'm suprised you didn't own me. :p lol

nothing to do with the cubic capacity of your block mind, just the above facts lol :D loving the banter

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I had a faulty coil pack and standard box, you know that Mr Hewitt, you know that! :mad:

lollollol

+1 rep james awesome work, did i hear the word sequential? what a car this is going to be

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Originally Posted by Rick Draper

Sounds good but TBH i dont see where the idea that low = good for a track car? To a point imho but if you want to run that low the you need to do as olly says and change the lower pivot placement, raise rack etc. Would be easier to cut the front off and space frame it all imho, then you would end up with ideal suspension geometry for what you are seaming to want to achieve?

I realize you have done the turret mod for suspension travel (where as i got custom shocks). That was the highest i could physically run my car, it also had the sump around 2" off the floor.

I would guess you are looking towards a dry sump, shallower bell housing, raising the diff up (seen the sequential box mentioned).

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As said before i'm not going super low and i have already raised the rack.

As you said i will be 'looking towards a dry sump, shallower bell housing, and raising the diff' all in the future as im not money money atm :thumb:

Do you know if a shallower bell housing is available?

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Originally Posted by Rick Draper

Would be easier to cut the front off and space frame it all imho, then you would end up with ideal suspension geometry for what you are seaming to want to achieve

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like this prehaps?


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