Swiss Trackday Nova

New parts arrived *woohoo*

Pipercross PX500 airfilter with baseplate and four air horns
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6250c.jpg

Quaife Torsen differential
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6252c.jpg

nice, small and oily :)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6263c.jpg

rose jointed suspension parts
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6253c.jpg

there's some welding to be done to get them mounted to the chassis
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6258c.jpg

over all, it will be a very nice addition to my nova :cool:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6259c.jpg

to get an idea how to mount it i placed it unter the car and realised it could be easely welded to the original mounting point.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6269c.jpg

so this will be my solution: cut out the shape of the bracket and weld it together
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6273c.jpg

on a nice sunny saturady i changed the differential.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6277c.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6289c.jpg

Had to hold the crown wheel with a vise-grip wrench to loosen the screws, otherwise the differential wont come out.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6299c.jpg

my self made strut brace was blocking the way out :tard: ...easy differential removing wasnt in my design :d
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6301c.jpg

original differential dismounted
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6307c.jpg

the removal of the speedo gear was a bit tricky but with two flat screwdrivers i was able to do it.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6312c.jpg

and to get it mounted to the quaife differential i placed it in very hot water to expand it a little bit.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6319c.jpg

after that it was a piece of cake to get it mounted.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6321c.jpg

new bearings
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6323c.jpg

then its was ready to get back in my gearbox
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6328c.jpg

there it was waiting for the new diff :)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6351c.jpg

placed the differential into the gearbox
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6357c.jpg

reassembled everything that was needed
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6363c.jpg

and finished with time to spare :)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6365c.jpg

unfortunately i had no oil... because i didn't want to stress myself to get it finished at the end of the day, so i had to wait a few days to drive it.
The first testdrive was awesome, i never driven a car with a LSD so it was completely new territory for me. It was fun! :d

friend of mine painted the valve cover for me.
matt blue... looks like one big lego brick
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6427c.jpg

i'm happy with it :)
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6433c.jpg

Nice set of updates! Pikey engine mounts are great for how easy they are to do. Diff was a great mod too it really transforms the car. Suspension is an unusual design where did you get them from?

i wanted to know if it is possible to convert the dbilas throttle bodies to open air horns.

and yes it's possible, in fact very easily.

i used the hose that was provided by dbilas an cut it to fit around the air horns
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6451c.jpg

that then could put together with the house of the throttle body
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6452c.jpg

and mounted to the TB
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6463c.jpg

very nice :cool:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6467c.jpg

now i'm very pleased with the way this looks
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6469c.jpg

but for safety reasons i needed to get an air filter around it.

i had to cut out a piece of the baseplate so it wouldn't hurt the waterhose
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6495c.jpg

made 4 holes with a 51mm hole saw
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6503c.jpg

drilled a hole for the air temperature sensor
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6507c.jpg

i had to assemble the whole thing before mounting it to the engine because there isn't much space in the engine bay.
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6508c.jpg

i'm lovin it :cool:
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6514c.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6517c.jpg

http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/i.../IMG_6520c.jpg

thanks! i never though the engine mounts would made such a big difference, i always had my eye on Harry Hocklys engine mounts (or similar designs) but now im very pleased i saved some money :)

The suspension is from http://www.timms-autoteile.de i don't know who's the manufacturer of it, there is nothing written on it :confused:

Please please please mount the front rose joints in the verticleplane as they will move/twist if you weld them to the front bracket as your picture shows.

I do not quite understand, you think it will push the bracket towards the middle of the car?

It'll twist the x member down. Have a look for jonlem's thread selling rose jointed parts like you have and see what happened with joints the same as yours.

i know the pics aren't great, but you will get the idea what we mean.

horizontal...
https://encrypted-tbn0.google.com/im...bqJnLFzygj9m3Q
vertical

http://www.mitchellraceengineering.c...mages/129a.jpg

also, i think you should remove the old mount & fit these direct to the chassis, or you risk limiting the adjustment.