985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[stt]

plus the increased safety aspect cant be ignored

[novarally]

If I was going to change to a T45 cage I'd start again from scratch with another shell, I don't think it would be feasible/worth the effort of cutting out the current cage and re-fitting it with another one.

I'll save that option for the day I roll this one into a ball.......

[pastry]

What a good topic, its the bibleguide to make you nova less heavey!

[novarally]

7 hours of fabricating and welding bits today, with the invaluable skills of my friend Paul Finney thrown in to assist.

The bulkhead is now reinforced as the steering rack was flexing it a little, the chassis rail ends are welded up at front and rear, and new seat rails are installed.

We resume tomorrow morning at 7am to fit the harness mounting points and seal up the gaps in the rear wheel arches.

Photos to follow tomorrow.

[BRoadGhost]

Brilliant. Wrap up warm

[autoworksnovasport]

sounds like good work

[scott.parker]

Wicked Colin, i think you'll be happy with re doing it all mate.

[novarally]

A few random photos after spending the day working on it...........

The start of the seat rail installation;



Front and rear chassis rails welded up for strength;





First bit of extra plating to stop the steering rack flexing the bulkhead;



We have also now added a brace to feed the loads directly into the rollcage (photo to follow).

New lightweight battery has arrived (VAMOS - 2.1kg, 12 Amp/Hour), so experimenting with the location of that;



And the lovely carbon fibre seat now in place on its new rails;





There will be more tomorrow, I just have a bit of tidying up to do, and then it will be ready to go off for paint stripping on Wednesday.

[calibra-keith]

those are pure porn colin, like always, how close will you be to your rival/s after all this power and weight wise ?

[novarally]

those are pure porn colin, like always, how close will you be to your rival/s after all this power and weight wise ?

The quickest car I compete against is Neal Masters in the Mini.

He won't disclose a weight figure, but I reckon he will be about the same as me at 540kg.

He has 190bhp (so I'm told), and I will have the same as I had last year, around 175bhp. So still at a power disadvantage, but most people reckon the Nova has superior handling.