My Nova 16v Project

I can see why you binned it, the wheel came off ! Chatting up the marshall !?!

lol marshall was a cutie!

thankfully it was a very soft landing, as you can see on the YouTube vids lol just 2 scratches, and my mirror was knocked out of joint - other than that, i continued to do my remaining sprints and completed my fastest lap of the day!

thanks again all for continually reading :) :thumb:

very nice!!

keep up with the good work!

OK, so with another trackday booked, at Donington Park for two weeks tomorrow, and with my next Sprint also booked for four weeks on Sunday. I began with my upgrades.

I've ordered an FIA hologomated OMP full face white helmet for my next sprint.

First off, removal of throttlebody backing plate, trumpets and airfilter in order to get an airbox made, as I'm a little concerned about Donington Parks limits, as I remember a couple of years ago lee303 getting black flagged for an identical setup.

Then it's off with the standard steering rack, which was a bit fiddly with everything in situ, but it's do'able, so I've removed my rack as I've ordered a quick rack from Harry Hockly Motorsport, which will be here tomorrow.

One with a couple of pics, and a mini 'How-To' on how to remove the rack with engine in situ.

But if anyone has ever bought a quick rack kit and built it into their own rack, please can you help me out (see below, after photos)

In a poxy single garage, you have to park on the pith in order to get enough space on the nearside, off with the wheels, and on stands
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0721.jpg

Strut brace and filter offski
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0722.jpg

Then I did the trackrod ends, just undone the nuts for now
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0723.jpg

Then went under the car and done two of the four 13mm nuts
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0724.jpg

Then the top ones, this one is fine, the other one (behind gear linkage holder) is a bugger
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0725.jpg

The knock out the rod ends
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0726.jpg

Inside the car, remove the 13mm bolt
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0727.jpg

Upon removal, to get it out the nearside wheel arch, above the gearbox, you have to rotate the rack 45degrees so the bit inside the car is pointing down
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0728.jpg

Standard rack off, all stripped down, boots off, rod ends off
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0729.jpg

Rackless bay
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0730.jpg

Rack teeth
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0732.jpg

Is this 26mm bolt what I have to remove in order to install the quickrack kit?
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q...ure/nc0731.jpg

Good work dude.
Great guide to removing the rack too..

It's been a long long time since I fitted a quick rack kit but
from memory (which may not be 100%)

Undo the larger locking nut which will allow you to undo the preload nut -
Remove the circlip and IIRC the pinion gear is pressed into a bearing which needs to be transfered to your new quick rack pinion

More pictures may refresh my memory !!!!!!!

Nice work/guide :)

Thanks Dave, when I get my kit tomorrow, I'll proceed with taking it to bits (with pics)

So is the procedure able to be done without any special tools? ie: pressing bearing etc. Oh, also, I presume my steering arms have to be removed and put onto my new rack... but unsure how to remove them either? nothing obvious?

IIRC the white plastic sleeves simply slide back to reveal a place to put your spanner to undo tie rods

Is there a guide in haynes manual ??