985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[novarally]

If you spent half the time racing this than just changing things you might get somewere

Missing the point totally - much of the fun is in changing things.

[novarally]

I took the engine and gearbox out of the Daewoo Lanos today, with a view to swapping all the hydraulic clutch bits onto my F13 gearbox in the Nova.

Not quite as straightforward as I had hoped! The Lanos obviously has a slightly different gearbox casing, as the bracket for the clutch slave cylinder will only attach by one out of two bolts;



As you can see, there is a design difference at this part of the gearbox, where the second bracket bolt attaches on the Lanos;

NOVA;


LANOS;


Anyway, not the end of the World, the clutch release arm bolts in OK, although I have posted a question in 'Mechanical' as I need help with knowing how much 'throw' is need on a clutch release bearing!

[novarally]

Anyway, the Lanos has donated the important bits for the conversion;





The Daewoo engine is quite interesting, based on the 1300/1400 OHC 8v engine, there may be some useful parts for people using these engines in their Novas, as they have fuel injection, alloy sump, power steering pumps, different engine mounts, different alternator and probably more that I haven't found yet.

If anyone's interested, let me know and I will post up a bunch of photos for reference.

[boffer8]

Looks interesting that, can you not put your cluster in the lanos casing?

[novarally]

Looks interesting that, can you not put your cluster in the lanos casing?

Hi Ben,

Yes, that may be a possibility, although there may be other differences which might prevent that, I'm not sure.

But this Lanos casing does feel heavier (I haven't weighed it, it's just the impression I get), and I do like the fact that the F13 'box has the access plate to allow the clutch to be accessed in-situ.

[novarally]

With thanks to Jezz (Toymex on here) I now have a nicer looking manifold for the engine - a BTB one which has been coated by Camcoats;

[ben doodar]

I've heard people say the daewoo piston rods are thicker and stronger than the vauxhall rods. Would be interesting to see them together in comparison.

[novarally]

I've heard people say the daewoo piston rods are thicker and stronger than the vauxhall rods. Would be interesting to see them together in comparison.

Interesting, thanks. I'm keeping hold of the engine just in case it becomes useful for me (or someone else) at some point in the future.

[zeifer33]

and what models are useful for us? i say, to search for year basically.

[novarally]

Time to replace the ancient old switches and fuse box (with ceramic fuses!) in my Nova;







I'm using the excellent CARTEK stuff (they've also supplied me a battery isolator kit) - they are fairly local to me and did me a great deal on the parts.