985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[paul james]

I originally just had an empty drinks can with a bit of wire through it to hold it in place, about as light and cheap as you can get. Since I like things to be a bit more tidy and professional, I got the aluminium tank shown above a few years back. Are there any regulations on the matter in the hill climbing you do?

[novarally]

Bin it entirely and breathe it to atmosphere, should barely see anything out of it if it's been rebuilt. Also adds another visual diagnostic tool tbh.

Race regulations don't allow you to vent to atmosphere for obvious reasons...........

[MK999]

Race regulations don't allow you to vent to atmosphere for obvious reasons...........

There is a way round that but it's an expensive part of a dry sump system Washer bottle or similar with a hole tapped in it then?

[novarally]

Did the final hillclimb event of the year at Gurston Down on Sunday, and came away with a 3rd place (behind the KAD and BMW 16v Mini's again). But I managed a new Personal Best time by nearly half a second, and the Top Three was covered by 4/10'ths of a second, so it was a close battle.

I had a big 2-wheeled moment at one of the corners, and I'm fairly certain that without that I might have got the elusive win. I'm hoping someone has captured that on video or camera.

The under 1400cc Class is ultra-competitive now, to the extent that my 3rd place time would have been good enough for me to win the 1400-2000cc Class by well over a second!!

The engine still sounds very rattly, and is due to go back to BTEC Racing for examination. We have discussed returning it to hydraulic lifters, as nothing has ever convinced me that it needed solid lifters in the first place......

We're going to look at having a custom camshaft made for it during the Winter off-season, as I could really do with finding some more power to take the fight harder to the Minis next year.

Lots of other jobs to be done, which may or may not include a complete strip down and re-paint.

[Prey]

be good to see some footage of your run if anyone did get some - i just realised i never even had another nosey round the nova when i came up - duh!

[MattBrown]

Sounds really good tbh colin.

Ill have to make the effort to come see this race one weekend

[mowgli]

colin, ever thought of doing a slightly larger engine capacity?? that 1400-2000 class sounds fun

[SGA33]

http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/galleries/gurstongallery/Events/2011-sep11
There is a few pics of you on this site from sunday
Looks very purposefull now
http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/...s/_MG_9597.htm
http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/...s/_MG_9322.htm
http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/...s/_MG_9323.htm

[novarally]

colin, ever thought of doing a slightly larger engine capacity?? that 1400-2000 class sounds fun

It's crossed my mind a few times, especially now that the guy who always used to win that Class has retired (he was running an ultra-serious Warrior engined Mk.2 Escort).

But I do like the high level of competition in the under 1400 Class. Having said that there's the possibility of rule changes
coming in for the future which would increase the 'turbo equivalency' factor from the current 1.4 multiplier to a figure of 1.5, which would push me into the higher capacity class whether I want to or not!

[novarally]

http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/galleries/gurstongallery/Events/2011-sep11
There is a few pics of you on this site from sunday
Looks very purposefull now
http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/...s/_MG_9597.htm
http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/...s/_MG_9322.htm
http://www.everleyphotography.co.uk/...s/_MG_9323.htm

Thanks, I'm pleased with the way development is going.