985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[stt]

You might even be able to offset the cost of the wrap by offering the signwriter advertising space on the car

[novarally]

Not content with anything, I've started thinking about lighter steering arms, so picked up these from a 2008 Honda F1 car;







They weight in at 200g each, whereas the Nova steering arms are over 700g. If they were just 10mm shorter they would be perfect, but as it stands there's going to be miniscule adjustment available on the tracking.

There's no sensible way of shortening the steering arms, but we might be able to offset the joint on the steering knuckle somehow. This is one for future development, I don't think it will be done for this season with all the other stuff going on.

I've also got all the parts together for my carbon fibre steering column now, more details on that when there's something interesting to show.

[istf]

Where did you find F1 car parts? :o :D

[Mike]

Where did you find F1 car parts? :o :D

Search around in some of the most obvious places & you'll find them too

[t45_ste]

Iv been looking into using ex f1 carbon steering arms but didnt dare bite the bullet. I could prbably get away with using the ones you have there colin as the 10mm would be lost in the wide track.

Off to ebay i go

[novarally]

Iv been looking into using ex f1 carbon steering arms but didnt dare bite the bullet. I could prbably get away with using the ones you have there colin as the 10mm would be lost in the wide track.

Off to ebay i go

Going wide track on mine is a future option, especially as I intend to have custom titanium driveshafts for it eventually. It would only really need a longer track control arm to be fabricated, and maybe some modifying of the top mount.

Of course I could avoid all this and buy the 6R4 which is what I actually want to own.........(apart from the fact that I don't have £60k+)

[Novasport]

Going back 5-6 years, there was a 6R4 road car with 700 miles on the clock iirc and was on Ebay for around £23,000. Don't think it sold.

[novarally]

Going back 5-6 years, there was a 6R4 road car with 700 miles on the clock iirc and was on Ebay for around £23,000. Don't think it sold.

Times have changed, unfortunately, I haven't seen anything much under £50k in the last 12 months.

I'm still kicking myself as I was offered one about 12 years ago for £8k, it was completely stripped down and in about 50 boxes, plus the shell needed work. I had the money, but decided it was too much to take on. Just another one of lifes regrets..........

[Tom-Tank]

Have you got a rough spec list of the car? Havent got a spare month to read all 179 pages

[Royston]

Have you got a rough spec list of the car? Havent got a spare month to read all 179 pages

It's worth the read