985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[novarally]

That IMP is very cool

It certainly is!

The chap I bought the wheels from doesn't own that Imp, but he had 4 or 5 others, including a lovely blue and yellow spaceframe racer.

[novarally]

Trial fitted the rear wheels today on a spare Nova race shell (wide-arched) that I have, and it's clear they are going to be too wide. I thought they would be at 8" and with a lot of offset;

[Benn]

Can you not just go extra wide arches? Red shell looks cool.

[novarally]

Can you not just go extra wide arches? Red shell looks cool.

I could, but I wasn't so keen on adding more arch at the back if it can be avoided.

The red shell will be for sale very shortly! Ex-Graham Richardson race car, with some nice bits on it.

[Benn]

Ah ok and i always keep my eyes open on what you're selling.

[toymex]

Colin are you sure that the arches on Graham's car are proper wide arches ,I seem to remember them not being as wide as my standard wide arch kit

[novarally]

Colin are you sure that the arches on Graham's car are proper wide arches ,I seem to remember them not being as wide as my standard wide arch kit

That's a good point Jezz, they may not be as wide as those on my car. But I can't check as my Nova is 250 miles away from me!

[toymex]

Can't you get yours measured ,it would give you a better idea on wether they will fit ,from the pics I think it will be tight tbh

[novarally]

Can't you get yours measured ,it would give you a better idea on wether they will fit ,from the pics I think it will be tight tbh

I'll wait and try the wheels on my car before I make any decisions.

The track is different on my rear beam as well, it's slightly wider as I modified the stub axles to let me fit alloy rear hubs.

[C612DNM]

I wondered where Graham's Nova had gone.. now I know... His "wide body" isn't as wide as some of the rally-x kits, and no where near as wide as I'm planning for one of my future projects.

The wheels - did they come from Col Rooney?