Re: my new nova
I would have fitted the tank where Nick says but my exhaust exits there now on the n/s ,i dont want to fit it on the o/s as it will affect the balance the tank is going very slightly further forward and as we had the rear end sorted i dont want to mess with it too much it will also be slightly more central so all good
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It'd be better for weight distribution to fit the tank/swirl/pump set up in the hump infront of the axle, also less pendulum effect.There'll be shorter pipe and wiring runs aswell.Leave a comment:
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Good work, love the pedal box idea, much easier than buggering about with the seat. Is that the spare wheel well you've got rid of? Thats what I want to do with mine soon just to tidy the boot floor and lighten it a bit. Where are you running the tank and swirl pot etc now?Leave a comment:
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Well as i swallowed Graham,s hook and swam with it i thought i wouldnt be racing next year due to class structure ,so i started to pull the car to pieces for a rebuild /upgrade ,i never really thought the car would end up solely a race car when i originally built it so certain things never got done like seam welding ,so i wanted to strip it down and sort it out .If anybody has ever driven a Nova you would know how bad a driving position they have so i wanted to sort this aswell ,i also wanted to move the driving position further back to aid weight distribution so i bought a floor mounted pedal box and i spoke to to Jon Betts who has kindly made me a plate with sliding captive nuts for the pedal box ,so if any longer people want to drive it the pedals can be moved by simply undoing 4 bolts .I have bought fuel injection for it so need to fit a swirl pot and alter the fuel tank arrangement ,as the tank was in the spare wheel well i couldnt easily adapt it to suit so out came the grinder and now i have a hole that will be easier to make a box to fit it all in
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Yes all best with the op gary.my misses has had it mate.it works
Nick you got me in tears here son,pass me a tissue pmslLeave a comment:
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Thanks Jezz, hopefully i'll get out next year and see some of this giant killing your doing
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Still on the case for the ap's son.might be worth checking the roll book 1st tho mate.aps may put you in birleys class tho son.and we all know he has to win lol.....Leave a comment:
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Those fuckwits on the comittee that run that fuck qmn are jokers mate.change this change that.may be people should try make there own fuckingnrace cars faster rather than changing classes every year to suit.fuck off and join a race seris with a proper class system .it looks easy in your nova tho mate id even fancy my chances against some of those mugs in your thing lol.Leave a comment:
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Well i am in a typing mood tonight
So i have managed to do 5 of the 8 rounds this year and have had some good results and driven like the novice i am on other occasions .
Out of the 5 rounds i have managed to win my class ,i have managed to get overall pole in the qmn (due to a very short red flagged quali)
Managed a 3rd overall ,not sure how TBH and managed to dnf or dns 7 times so all in not the best .
It seems that if the rumours are right that the organising comittee are going to alter the classes again and it seems that i might be moved up another class ,originally when we built the car i would have been in the bottom class e ,racing mini miglias and the likes of Nick and Andy ,then it was altered and i had to go up to class d to race with the 2 litre 16v,s and now it seems that i might be racing 2.6 16v,s. and possibly proffessionaly built clio cups and turbocharged leon,s
Obviously my class win and 7 dnf,s have made me too successfull
What i have found is that circuit knowledge is vital and time in the seat is priceless ,so i will wait to see what work is like next year,if i have the funds and if the rumours are true then i will look for another series that will put me with similar cars or if my mate has his way we will rebuild it even better and go and try to race the more powerfull cars but i dont see trying to pass people in the corners only to lose the place down the straights as being my idea of racing ,i used to have that in my old sport on trackdays
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Well another Qmn race at brands ,the last of the season ,as usual it was all a bit of a last minute panic ,after brake issues last time out i had unloaded the car to find no fluid in the reservior ,assuming it had boiled and evaporated i filled it up and bled the brakes and left it like that untill a couple of days before this race where i went out to have a final bleed of them ,to find no fluid again ?Luckily it was a dry day and i could see a big wet patch below 1 caliper ,after stripping it nothing was obvious so we rebuilt it and put new pads in hoping it was where the pistons were quite a way out was causing the problem .
On arrival at brands we unloaded the car and went to start it but it wouldnt have it we managed to flatten the jump pack and varley and kill the starter motor and still it wouldnt start so we had to bump it .It went straight through scrutineering and out i went for a damp qualifying on slicks .
I was really very gentle for the first few laps of quali as i had to bed the brakes in and it was really very slippery at druids and clearways so i just poodled around trying to get some heat into everything ,then the session got red flagged so back to the pit lane ,almost immediatly the sent us out again and i had a different mind set now and started to push ,i really enjoyed it from here as the car was all over the place ,i like to think i was in control but probably wasnt ,the car would understeer under power then it would find some grip and launch itself across the track .I had done quite well and had qualified 4th so was pretty pleased at that .
Race 1
I was lining up along side Ash hargreaves in his 306 and behind Lee Allen in his mini ,with Rod Birley on pole ,i worked hard on the installation lap to get some heat into my tyres so when the flag dropped i managed to take the outside round paddock to pass Ash i then followed Lee into Druids and down towards Graham hill where i managed to get a better exit so was upto 2nd the rest of the lap i pushed as hard as i could to try to keep up with Rod and on the next lap he had a moment coming out of Graham hill which enabled me to get a run at him along the Cooper straight but as soon as he could put his power down he pulled away ,as we approached surtees Rod was quite slow ,i guess now wary of his cold tyres after his moment at Graham hill my car is really good here so i just launched it round the outside and managed to take the place but as soon as we got to the straight Rod powered back past but i gave chase as best i could and grabbedback going into paddock but as i went to accelerate i had no drive ,Race over 
I got the car back to the pits thinking the clutch or possibly the gearbox had given up and had a massive oil slick underneath when i parked it up waiting for a tow back to the paddock ,but when we got back it was clear that the driveshaft had popped out ,so we set off home to grab another shaft and sort a spacer .
Sunday morning back at the car the weather was terrible but we set about repairing the driveshaft which was fine ,but there was no brake fluid in the reservior again so we filled it up and bled them through again in the wind rain and hail stones and we put a wet setting on the car and put the wets on ready for the race .
just as we were called to the assembly point we dropped the car off the stands and luckily my mate saw the front wheel move in the arch ,so we jacked it back up and had a wiggle and it soon became apparent the cause of the driveshaft failure on Saturday ,the front tie bar bkt had split and was allowing the strut to move about
So it was a mad panic to borrow a mig and weld it up which we managed just in time to make the grid .
I was starting at the back as i didnt finish the race on Saturday but on the way to the grid i couldnt get 2nd gear ,not to worry i dont use 2nd other than at the start of the formation lap ,so i could get round this .
I have never driven the car on wets so it was all new i have never even driven it with the wiper on so it was really wierd but i managed to get away ok ,couldnt see much and was really surprised by the lack of visibility,i can now see why we have high intensity rain lights .
I managed to pass what i thought was a couple of cars ,nearly got wiped out by a citroen that didnt realise i was alongside on a couple of occasions ,then coming out of druids i think it was a mini ,fiesta and another car had come together and were in the middle of the track so had to brake hard and take evasive action but not being able to get 2nd i had to try to keep going in 3rd ,the car bogged down and it seemed like everyone i had just passed went back past me so i had a bit of red mist now and started to push way too hard .i think i managed to get my place back and was chasing down the next bunch of cars ,went into paddock way too fast ran out of tallent and put it in the gravel
So that was that another race that i didnt finish .
It wasnt until after the race that i found out i hade made up something like 15 places in the few laps i managed
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