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Originally Posted by novarally
Time to lower the nova a little more - bonnet will clear then ????
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Originally Posted by novarally
Time to lower the nova a little more - bonnet will clear then ????
It would need to be lowered about 12 inches to be of any help!Quote:
Originally Posted by fearless
is there any vids any were of this before you owned it
Not as far as I am aware, I've searched a lot for some.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny s-p
Not much to report at this time, although I really must put together a 'To Do' list for the car, as time is pressing on, and when it comes back to me from BTEC Racing there's going to be an awful lot of work required before the first test session/race.
Following a visit from Steve Porter today, I've decided I need to lose metalwork out of the front inner wing area, just like Steve has done on his car (photos copyright and thanks to Mr. Porter);
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/IMAG0820.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/IMAG0821.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/IMAG0822.jpg
I've also bought some 6-pot KAD brakes (from a Mini), complete with discs, which I'm hoping to adapt to fit, in much the same way as we adapted KAD rear discs to fit;
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/DSCN0616.jpg
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...t/DSCN0619.jpg
As you can see, they are solid, not vented, and they are smaller in diameter, so less weight too. The Nova weighs much the same as a Mini now, so they should be adequate for the job.
Continuing with my weight saving theme, I'm looking into the possibility of getting some titanium suspension springs. They've been used on Formula 1 cars, but I need to do some research on whether they've ever made it on to saloon cars.
I've found some for sale from an Arrows F1 car, but the spring rates are way too high, and they are too short as well.
Anyone know of any other possibilities? - mountain bikes and some motorcycles use titanium springs, but again I suspect they will all be too short for my application.
coilsprings 89 will supply Ti springs colin, not sure on cost obviously and their website appears to be down for me at the moment, but they definitely do them, some of the supertouring cars may well have used them, don’t think the regs specified steel
On initial viewing of the front Alloy Bells, it looks to me as the offset is way too high - ie. the disc will sit too far in !!!
I looked at fitting some Astra Grp A front discs my mate had to my project but the brake bell had a deep offset and ment the disc touched the nova front knuckle :( - Back to the drawing board !!
That's brilliant, thanks for that. I've found their website and will give them a ring for a chat on Monday.Quote:
Originally Posted by lee303
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by fearless
The brakes will be with me on Monday so I can start doing some test fitting, but I am 99% certain I'm going to end up having alternative bells made up.
I could possibly make you some new bells if needed as i'm a precision engineer my trade.Quote:
Originally Posted by novarally