985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[BRoadGhost]

Colin I don't understand what you need when you say round-nose clutch release bearing, because what you've just fitted should be all that's needed to release the clutch once the box is fitted (excluding the bleed union shown below). Unless you're in the realms of that slave cylinder not being long enough to reach the plate?

[Gazza808]

the style of clutch hes using requires a round nose bearing, as a flat one can damage the spring fingers in the cover.

[toymex]

Colin i have used a flat face bearing on a 7,1/4 sintered race clutch ,not ideal i know but there was no evidence of any damage when it has been apart

[Southie]

Colin, will you be breaking Novas again when you've sorted a unit out?

Glad your still progressing with this, it looked fantastic last year at the Nats

[novarally]

Colin, will you be breaking Novas again when you've sorted a unit out?

Glad your still progressing with this, it looked fantastic last year at the Nats

Yes, I have a fair bit of Nova stuff still up in storage in Lincolnshire which I need to bring South and then get sold.

I rather doubt I will ever get back into buying and selling bits again, but 'never say never'. I'm not sure if there is still the demand there once was. At the moment I have a very tiring (and low paid) full-time job to occupy the days, and evenings/weekends are spent renovating my house.

[lee303]

Colin i have used a flat face bearing on a 7,1/4 sintered race clutch ,not ideal i know but there was no evidence of any damage when it has been apart

the guy who was gonna find out for me has let me down sadly, sorry about that, have to say though i agree with jez, i run a flat face on my 7.25 and while you do get a witness mark on the clutch fingers, it hasnt caused me any issues...

gearbox looks good btw

[novarally]

Colin I don't understand what you need when you say round-nose clutch release bearing, because what you've just fitted should be all that's needed to release the clutch once the box is fitted (excluding the bleed union shown below). Unless you're in the realms of that slave cylinder not being long enough to reach the plate?

Hi BRoadGhost.

That's an interesting picture you've posted.

I have a bleed valve and hose (from a Corsa C), which is a plastic construction, and there's no way of mating that to an Aeroquip hose.

Could you talk me through what you did to make yours? I guess it's from a Vectra?

Is yours a small block gearbox?

[BRoadGhost]

Yeah fairly sure it was from an early Vectra; the bleed union just attaches to the top of the hard line from the slave cylinder on a slide clip.

Then it's just a metric male to male union with a female on the end of the braided line; I ditched the rubber standard line.

It's from an F18 (Vectra) onto an F16 (shown).

[novarally]

Yeah fairly sure it was from an early Vectra; the bleed union just attaches to the top of the hard line from the slave cylinder on a slide clip.

Then it's just a metric male to male union with a female on the end of the braided line; I ditched the rubber standard line.

It's from an F18 (Vectra) onto an F16 (shown).

Thanks, I will have a scout round the local breakers yard and see if I can find one.

Quick update on the engine;

The valves were bent and the valve guides broken. It seems that when I had the accident the cambelt jumped. So even more expense.

The block has been honed, and there's a set of Omega flat-top pistons ready to go in. The new capacity of the engine will be 999cc, so that's a useful 14cc increase in capacity (!).

New racing-spec valves and springs are waiting to go in, along with a custom Kent camshaft (high-lift, low duration) which has been done specifically for a turbocharged engine. My engine builder has found a head gasket from a Corsa diesel which should be ideal for the job, and is cheap.

The crank and flywheel/clutch assembly has been lightened and balanced.

I now need to pay for a set of custom rods, about £900 apparently, and then there's not a lot else to be done before the engine can all be bolted together.

Now I need to get up to Lincolnshire to collect all the Nova stuff I have in storage, and get on with selling it to raise some cash.........watch this space.

[burgo]

My 1.6 zafira had the same clutch fitting as that so they fit small block boxes as well. Bad news on the engine but cant wait to see what power thr new spec does