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Thread: Craig's Xe track Nova (pb fixed to page 10)

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    Pics pics pics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by House1983 View Post
    Good news.

    whats the ETA on the finished engine?
    No idea, hopefully built and dyno'd soon, then fitted when I get the time.

    Quote Originally Posted by Benn View Post
    So it will be a road car but in track look? Why did you have to bin the crank? Glad your carrying on with it.
    Sort of, I doubt I'l drive it much, but it would be hard to change back from the way it looks now anyway. Since buying the GTE I have realised that track cars needn't be expensive, or pretty. It's too much of a bastard child to race, so it isn't really going to have a place other than occasional road use.

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    Pics pics pics.
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    It should look like a reasonably tidy road going car if you chuck some glass windows back in it. Just a bit mental under the bonnet

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    Having it dyno'd and run in out of the car!! I wanted to do that with my new engine but means having mine off the road so I can use the throttle bodies and exhaust.

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    Sadly track cars are built to take abuse.
    All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
    Far from suicidal
    Still I get them tendencies
    Bringing back them memories
    That I really miss when I reminisce

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benn View Post
    Sadly track cars are built to take abuse.
    Quite like yourself Benn I wouldn't feel too comfortable aimlessly hooning it around a track just to impress a crowd. I have an ITB'd Astra GTE to do that in with a fraction of the money in it. Ironically that would probably wipe the floor with the Nova too.

    The plan is to go circuit racing next year, so trackday's are off the cards anyway.

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    That's what has really stopped me doing it again as much as i would love too. Looking back at old videos, my lap times where better and i drove much faster.. As i didn't worry about the car as much then as i do now.
    So totally understandable when you've sunk money in to it like you have.

    Astra is a full on set up track car, so perfect for it and would be perfect for circuit racing too.
    All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi
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    Wimps get out there and rag them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iain View Post
    Wimps get out there and rag them
    Like this?


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    Awesome!!

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