quaife straight cut box into the nova

[Benn]

Looks awesome dude, roll on mapping vids then...

[matthew172]

today i changed my back axle for one i had in stock that had the conversion plates welded on as the one that was on just had spacer plates that werent welded to the axle
axle off


lacking pics but new axle on




exhaust, 3 silencers to make it reasonably quiet


and when i was finished fitting the axle and it was back on its wheels i noticed it was sitting slightly higher on the drivers side rear, i havnt taken much notice before hand but after some head scratching and pi55ing around i discovered the front drivers side was sitting approx 10mm higher than the pass side therefore puttting more weight on the rear pass side and making it sit lower on that corner so after some more pi55ing around it turns out my strut insert seals are bust and pi55ing oil out and also theres a internal problem with the insert as it should have around 5" travel and it will only push in 3" max, thats why it was sitting higher on that front corner, not sure what make the insert is, fearless thinks its either bilstein or decarbon. ill just send it to hockly and let him fix it i think. some times its just one thing after another

[MARTIN KELSON]

These things are sent to try us Matt!
If everything was straight forward wouldnt it be a boring build?

[Benn]

What are the straps for?

[fearless]

Any Id numbers on the insert Matt ?

[fearless]

What are the straps for?

Straps are used to restrict the droop on the rear beam - stopping the springs from falling out

Its an old trick the rally boys used to do - in fact they used the same progressive spring in the rear for forest and tarmac events but used the straps to 'lower' the rear for tarmac events, by compressing the rear suspension and using the strap to hold the desired height !!!

[matthew172]

Any Id numbers on the insert Matt ?

hi dave, cf07 is the only number on the inserts, they look very much like bilstein ones you can buy from ralloy and hockly

[fearless]

Without stripping mine down I can't confirm which ones you have

The pilbeam struts came from Iain at Eurorally and were sold as Tarmac spec Pilbeam Struts - but I cant remember what he said the inserts were - I have a feeling he said Decarbon (thats what the works rally novas originally ran)

A quick call the Martin at Harry Hockly Motorsport should give you all the info you need - what he doesnt know about nova's isn't worth knowing

[fearless]

A search around the internet suggest its a Decarbon Number -

Quote :"The CR05 code is a De Carbon number. I think that this was a gravel rear shock. I think that CR03 was tarmac"

So you'd think CF would be front


If your struggling to find out let me know and make some phone calls


Dave

[matthew172]

A search around the internet suggest its a Decarbon Number -

Quote :"The CR05 code is a De Carbon number. I think that this was a gravel rear shock. I think that CR03 was tarmac"

So you'd think CF would be front


If your struggling to find out let me know and make some phone calls


Dave

i think you could be right, i would say hockly be able to re furb them for me, ill give him a call, and also was the pilbeam bodies not made to take either decarbon or bilstein inserts? this is just what ive read somewhere before

thanks matt