The Counts Track Day Nova Build

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Originally Posted by kenny_afh

loving the cuts on the pillars, thats something ive not done on mine but could b a possibility. im building mine as a rally car so id like to keep the strength there as i know i'll roof it eventually, but if i ever have to replace the roof the seatbelt mounts will be binned!

heres some links to images of some of my weight loss ideas, most of them for very little gains but oh well, havnt had time to read thru your whole thread so dont be too annoyed if its things you have already tried or arent applicable.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...tober08005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fffffff013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...fffffff011.jpg

also things like using a heated screen to remove the heater/fan/control and piping, cutting the inner webbing off the bumpers and removing all irons, hollowing out the GSi spoiler, stripping all unused wires from the loom etc etc etc it all counts at the end of the day.

cant wait till i get a spare evening to have a look thru and see what else i can spot that might be of use, from what ive seen there seems to be a bit more method being used than on many lightweight cars!

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Hi mate when you do get the time to read through the rest of my wip (admittedly it may take a while lol) you will see i have already considered 90% or more of what you have said and rightly agree.

Getting me to drive it will be a great way to shed weight too, I only come in size "skinny bugger" lol

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

surely these strength comments are all on the provado that Novas are actually structually strong anyway

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A point well made imo lol

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Originally Posted by The Simps

Its all a waste of time anyway as he'll proabably stuff it on the first corner OllyTB style at Donny - remember that one Olz! There's a vid somewhere.

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If i do stuff it on the first corner i will be happy in the knowledge that it will be one more corner than your car will ever make at this rate Mr Simps.... lol :p

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

do i ever lol that was hilarious... ahhh well... that was another Oliver that couldn't keep up with me lol lol lol

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Unfortunately i probably wont be able to see if i could keep up with you as you are a big homo and broke your car.

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Originally Posted by The Simps

oooooohhhhh the banter!! lol lol

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Banter banter....

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Originally Posted by trackdaynova

lol lol great innit

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And yes it is lol lol

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Originally Posted by kenny_afh

what strength does that area actually have?

in my opinion none,unless you really dont want minute amounts of flex in your rear windows.

if you rolled the car that area would be negated by the pillars around it (which in turn would be negated by the rollcage)

in a side impact that material was also fairly useless, but as there are never going to be rear passengers, and nova shells are ten a penny anyway im happy enough to ignore that.


one thing ive never seen the sense in removing is the floor mounted crossmember under the front seats, as that would im my opinion be a handy thing to have around when you skelp something side on!

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I would also agree with most of the above apart from the cross member part as i dont plan on skelping anything out on track although i take it you are coming from a rallying POV (after having removed it i cant see it would offer much if any support)

This just gets better and better! :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot

Unfortunately i probably wont be able to see if i could keep up with you as you are a big homo and broke your car.

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http://www.alaska-in-pictures.com/da...eline_3235.jpg


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Your building a giant water slide like the one on that Barclay's advert??? lol

Here's Olly lol lol


http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/...ater-slide.jpg

something in the pipe line me thinks

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Originally Posted by Gsi_Jimbo

something in the pipe line me thinks

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lots of oil?! lol