Iain's 20XE Trackday Nova

[Sloth]

oooh nice mince iain, weldin looks spot on!

[Iain]

Good stuff, got to wait till the engine/box is back in before you can cut/weld the shifter??

Yeah think so. Still worried the hole won't be in the right place/big enough when I come to fit it though

[Adam]

Just take a grinder to the hole!!

[Benn]

Nice work dude, you only wanna spot plates on for hole plating anyway.

[scott.parker]

Should be fine, ill get you pic of mine tomo for you mate.

Scott

[scott.parker]

Right after you said about the internal selector i went to look at mine and get you a pic (Dar did do mine too)

Well i got some pics, but also decided to cut more out of it, as i had noticed before when trying to get into reverse gear it would not be easy, and the leaver would pop back off the rev/lip thing etc.

So here's a pic or two for you.

Before i cut and butchered it

4th gear position



Close up



Reverse position



Close up



So, i noticed it was hitting, and rubbing on the cut out, I'm not saying Dar got it in the wrong place, as I'm sure he didn't, but car engine mounts, hight, positions might make this vary, so there is not perfect right or wrong..

So i got some snips out, cut a bit out (till it got to double skin) and bent it slightly with mold grips, I'll be covering it over with some rubber or something, so it don't need to be pretty.



That's made it fit loads better now, oh also mesured up and this what i think is about right to cut out to.


Measuring from the weld/ bulk join back it's 20mm to first pen mark, then from the same bulk join the bottom mark is 140mm

Hope this helps?

Scott

[Iain]

Nice one for the pics Scott. Yeah it's hit and miss whether it'll be fine then! Oh well we'll find out eventually.

[scott.parker]

Nice one for the pics Scott. Yeah it's hit and miss whether it'll be fine then! Oh well we'll find out eventually.

Think if you follow the guide line Ive set out it should be OK, so cut 20mm from the bulk seam, then your bottom cut should be 140mm from that same bulk seam.

Scott

[Iain]

The guide says 70/80mm from the seam!?

[scott.parker]

Well on mine you can clearly see it's not that dude!