Have fun at Kames with it lad :)
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Have fun at Kames with it lad :)
will do! shame you wont be there..a could of got a look at your nova!
its been a very long time but i have some update's on this nova..(she is still going!)
will get some pics etc up soon.
i have alot of pics/vidoes of the car in action over the year so could take a while to get upto date..
anyway, as some of you will remember i went upto Kames in Muirkirk, Scotland to have a go on the track..i did enyoy it but the car was awful tbh lol it was my first time on the track so just wantd to see what it was like, i went with standard (non matching) road tyres, coilovers that were not set for tarmac etc..anyway, it gave me a bit of experience and i enjoyed it, was managing to keep up with some of the better machinery. kept comparing times..
so here is some pics and videos.
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/DSCF0580.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/DSCF0644.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/DSCF0630.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/DSCF0588.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_DSCF0599.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_DSCF0628.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_DSCF0645.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_DSCF0646.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_DSCF0650.jpg
incar-
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o..._Video0011.jpg
i then carried on competing in the soscc autotest championship that i am in.
the event was local, just 3 miles from my house..anyway, i had such a good day. managed to finish 2nd overall, 1st in class and 1st junior.
It wasnt without trouble though, we managed to rip the bottom of the gearbox to bits (smashed open the casing) so had to do the last 3 tests with no gearbox oil, bit of crunching/grinding but made it to the end..
also bent/snapped a bottom arm which was making it pull to the left something terrible..
it was also overheating/losing power (engine had been abused alot before so wasnt expectng it to go for ever) but again we managed to keep her going and i came home with such a great result.
here is some videos..
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P7130280.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P7130282.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P7130284.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P7130276.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P7130277.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...h_P7130265.jpg
IGNORE the person taking the videos..(little sis)
we thought we maybe better do a little work to the car after that autotest..forgot to say the engine mount came away from the chassis aswell but that was knocked and welded back into place..also managed to snap the alternator lowering bracket and lost the belt so had to run with no alternator for the last 2 runs..lol
here is some of the quick bodges we did (no point spending alot of money or time on it)
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150287.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150288.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150289.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150291.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150292.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150293.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7150294.jpg
we welded up the front end, c14se engine (from stevie78 on here) fitted webbers, 1300 head and highlift cam etc again, new bottom arms/bbj's polybushed etc..
i also welded new arch's on and we re-sprayed the car (again a cheap quick job)
Top effort for giving it some propper use, what kinda times were you lapping @ Kames ?
Good stuff for giving it a proper hammering!
cheers lads
cant remember what i was getting round kames tbh, was getting quicker and braver by the end of the day. was getting faster times than a few other nova rally cars, 2 205 gti rally cars, 205 rallye, civic etc..cant even remember what was all there..lol
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270311.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270312.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270313.jpg
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http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270316.jpg
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http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270319.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270323.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270324.jpg
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...t/P7270325.jpg