Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

Some good swift work there. Bay will look a thousand times better painted and tidied up.

:thumb:

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Originally Posted by iainel

They were patched up when I first put it on the road, we welded in an extra lip and fillered it to shape. For some reason the rust is coming back through again so it's time to do it properly.

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When the arches are rusty there is no way of stopping it :)
As the rust is coming through from the inner arch panel, so no matter what you do to the outer arch/lip, it'll just come through from the inside again...

The only fix is new panels.

nice work Iain, wish i had this motivation lol

Got a bit more done on the interior today.

I tried spot weld drill bits and had no success with them so went for the grinder approach.

Back end up to get my rear suspension out of the way:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/053.JPG

Chopped off the bracket:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/054.JPG

And grinded the remains down over the spot welds:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/055.JPG

All gone:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/056.JPG

Mutilated the rear seat brackets for easier access:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/057.JPG

All seat brackets gone:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/058.JPG

Looks much nicer:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/059.JPG

The remains:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/060.JPG

Now for this to go to make way for an internal shifter:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/061.JPG

Going:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/062.JPG

Gone:

http://iainel.co.uk/images/forums/NovaWIP2/063.JPG

woo another s/b track slut! i cant wait! im toying with the internal shifter btw...

Looking good iain.

SO, whats the plans? Respray???? Engine??? :p

christ, more hardcore for 09..
nowt wrong with 1.6 8v, ad..

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Originally Posted by Adam

SO, whats the plans? Respray???? Engine??? :p

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Yes to both :plol

Yeah should be a bit better for this year when it's done :cool:

Another perfectly good nova being hacked to bits by a nutter with an angle grinder! Poor car. Fair play though Lionel, looks like your cracking on with it :thumb:

Not bad for a geek.

Why have you cut the bit of dub skin out of the tunnel?