Ah i see, that was good of them.... The bugs bitten you now hasn't it....
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Ah i see, that was good of them.... The bugs bitten you now hasn't it....
Some nice visual doors too. Look tidy that will.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
You defo got the carbon bug Colin lol
ffs colin, that looks amazing, and a little scary, actually a lot scary..
do you need to space the front wheels out????
Looks good with the new front end! Very mean!
Thanks, I'm really pleased with the way it looks and fits. It will be nice to get the carbon tailgate on as well, but that is going to be bonded into place, so I need to relocate the fuel filler as that's currently inside the boot.Quote:
Originally Posted by mowgli
As for the front wheels, the ones that are on the car in the photos are my narrower 'wet weather' ones, so I think the arches will look more filled out when it's got the 7.5" or 8" wide wheels I use on the front in dry weather.
But there is an option to space out if necessary.
I need someone to make them though Mike.............can you help?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike
A fair bit of effort has allowed me to shift the pedal box as far as is possible to the right;
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This has made the placement of the pedal box as close to perfect as it's possible to get, given the fixed location of the inner wheel arch.
It also means that I'm reasonably confident that the carbon fibre false floor and clutch footrest can be persuaded to fit in there, with a little bit of adjustment;
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Looks good Colin ,I like the carbon floor
Surely the carbon floor is dead weight? I cant see you having much time to rest your foot.
can you not just fit some skateboard grip tape to the floor to stop your heels sliping about.
Is the clutch foot rest not a bit far forward?
Yes, that's why it needs to be modified!Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
It's not dead weight if it gets my feet into the right position to be comfortable in the car. My feet need to be raised, so tape on the floor won't do that.
I think people underestimate just how important it is to be sat in the perfect position, for safety, weight distribution and of course ultimately car control.
I doubt I will use the clutch footrest on a hillclimb, but this was the best quality carbon fibre false floor I could find, at a good price, and it happened to have a footrest built in.
Who knows, if I ever do a trackday it might be useful.
Ah sorry didn't see that bit. Should be to hard to be moved by a lamonator (sp?)
I completely agree. A Nova floor slopes downwards into the tunnel, so a correctly fitted pedal box see's your left heel considerably lower than your right. Unless you have very big feet that also means that your toes are lower on the clutch pedal and will be working your leg muscles harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
I spent weeks getting mine right, but can say with confidence that it is absolutely perfect for me.
I'm just going to cut a section out of it so it can slide around the pedal box, which will push the clutch footrest right up to the bulkhead (or thereabouts).Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
Wise words indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8valve-craig
Mine is going to be 95% perfect, if I could it would go a little bit more to the right, but I cannot do that because the wheel arch intrudes into that space.
But it's a hundred times better than it was with the original pedal box that came with the car.
Not an update on my car, but after a 7-year absence from motorsport, it was great to welcome back Kevin and Ian Plummer today at Gurston Down hillclimb;
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A very successful return it was as well. The car previously used a 2.0 XE, but following the rebuild it has a 1639cc smallblock 16v engine with an XEL head, couple to an F20 Quaife SCCR gearbox with ATB.
Note the wheels - ex-works Astra 16" magnesium in ET49. Looks great.
Very nice Colin ,I love it
I was on my way up, but decided not to at the last minute as we would have arrived just before lunch time. Wish I had now.
Note, Note.... Wheels have fixing threads in them for the super rare brake cooling fans. Those would have been on either the Works Mk3 Astra or the Opel Calibra.
Hi Jezz.Quote:
Originally Posted by toymex
The owner of this car lives about 5 minutes from you........I will introduce you to one another.
Colin
Shame you didn't make it Craig, it was a good day.Quote:
Originally Posted by 8valve-craig
Yes, they did have the cooling fans, unfortunately Kevin didn't get them with the wheels, and like you say, they are incredibly rare now.
Please do Colin ,I would love to take my engine builder to see them and talk about the engineQuote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Kevin built this engine himself (with input from Steve at SBD), and he's done a brilliant job on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by toymex
Very good power and excellent torque on standard cams, and there's potential for more yet (I won't post the numbers on here!).
I will pass on your number to Kevin so you can get together.
BTW - with reference to our Mad'In split rims, I have now found out that Gotti centres are the same bolt pattern, and therefore interchangeable. Might be useful info for you.
The carbon fibre tailgate from UPG in Bulgaria;
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This is going to be bonded into place, so it won't be removable in future. Which is a problem as my fuel tank filler currently resides in the boot.
So, I either need to relocate the fuel filler position, or move the tank completely. I think this is my preferred option, so I picked up this 3.5 litre tank to experiment with;
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It fits rather neatly above the gearbox;
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It will mean I need to remove the one-piece front end every time to fill the tank, but it does away with all the pipework inside the car, saving a fair bit of weight.
Could you not make the front flip forward?
Started work on making the rear caliper mounts - as luck would have it I can just weld 2 captive nuts direct to the axle!;
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and a rather neat packaging solution to mating the fuel pump to my new tank;
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Just need to make up new fuel lines for that and sort out a tank breather.
A friend of mine has machined up some alloy brackets to mount the front calipers, they should be arriving on Monday so I will post up some pictures.
That rear brake set up is the bollocks
Other than possible bleeding problems (pressure bleed or remove to Bleed) that looks like a nice easy modification :)
Please see some of my FAO posts
How come you're mounting the caliper at the bottom?
Do you know if that is a Z16XEL or X16XEL head Colin? The cam cover is Z16 but that doesn't elude to below ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally
Any updates Colin?
I heard he bought a carbon fibre spoiler and it won't fit.
lol lol lol ^
Any progress Collin
For whatever reasons, Colin appears to have vanished from the site... Be that personal problems, or business issues etc. So I wouldnt expect any updates for a while
Last Activity : 19-08-14 05:42 PM
A little bit of progress to report, I got the rear axle all built up and installed, there's still a load of jobs to do, but it's nice to at least have the back end sat on the floor again;
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Rear assembly looks very nice Colin, was it straight forward to bleed up?
Time will tell on the bleeding, as I haven't finalised the fitting of the master cylinders and fluid reservoirs yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southie
But if it's a problem I think I have sufficiently long brake hoses to remove the caliper and lift it up.
That looks awesome!