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LHD Corsa to RHD Nova Sport Replica Track Car

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8-29-2013

So we got it up and running very quickly (see vid below). Thanks to my very mechanic friend who did the wiring - I'm colourblind so avoid it like the plague!

8-31-2013

Hmmm funny...

Made all the brake lines up today, also got the pedalbox in yesterday. Hopefully get it running properly now all the vacuum hoses etc are in place, it started but wouldn't idle.

9-1-2013

So I started off a bad day, well, badly.

The insane power of an early 20XE snapped a hub. So that didn't go to plan... New one ordered.

I hadn't been able to get the car in 4th or 2nd gear, turns out the Corsa B steering rack bracket can't be fitted to a Nova. Finding this out now means it took 2 1/2 hours to remove the Corsa B rack bracket and put in the 2 Nova brackets behind all of the engine and water pipes etc.

Got my dash back from being flocked and started custom fitting the GTE digi-dash. Dropped the screen from that and it cracked. Ergh. Got it fitted then it hit the steering column bracket, so had to cut that and reshape that a little. But I got there eventually. A bit more tweeking and I'll be happy with it.

Brake lines done yesterday. LHD clutch mount turned out to be quite a handy little hole for the brake lines to go through. They will be joined by the fuel lines soon.

Rear beam out, stripping that tomorrow and get it to the powdercoaters Monday morning with the front suspension and fuel tank.

And finally my badges are now complete

Well I'd only put these shafts and hubs in recently as I had 1.2 outers on my old shafts. Last time I was at Combe the hub nut kept coming loose, which must have been this breaking up.

9-2-2013

Pm'd back

Rubbed down and repainted the fuel tank today. Used hammered black hammerite in a can, it looks very good. The colour isn;t black though, it's a metallic graphite grey which is even better!

And the painter came, finished the rub down and got it in primer. Its off to a spray booth next Monday, so it's basically got to be complete by then apart from the pretty bits!