H-I-J '76 Nova re-fit.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by dannyboy

Just an observation but have you thought about making the rear brace more triangulated due to the distance the shoulder bolts are away from the cross bar, looks like the upper body could rotate if something unfortunate happened,

Tech thought along these lines, more so in the event of a backward crash, say into the wall, the top of the seat would need more support.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Rockingham was our last JD race, it's been a great 10 year run with many many great memories, we'll miss it dearly (not so much a few of the parents) but the ending was pretty sweet, winning the championship in the semis and the race with a great final round against an impressive racing family (the Wilsons).

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Congrats on the win, and for building an outstanding race car with that Nova. It was wise to take it to the track and have the tech team look at it before trying to enter it in competition. Also, why is it with kids and sports,be it soccer, basketball,Little League baseball or junior diggers, the kids are great,but the adults can't seem to stay in their place? I guess bad sportsmanship isn't instinctive, it's taught. Have a great year coming up !!

[FED 387]

Great starting line photo looks like she's leaving on the last yellow too--- look at the wrinkle in the right slick---Great job on the build too now all we need is some more pix of the finished product ---after its been all put together---any problems with tech and if so what was "wrong"--FED 387

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by FED 387

Great starting line photo looks like she's leaving on the last yellow too--- look at the wrinkle in the right slick---Great job on the build too now all we need is some more pix of the finished product ---after its been all put together---any problems with tech and if so what was "wrong"--FED 387

We need a pad on the cage bar next to her head, rear firewall isn't sealed nearly enough, a brace near the top of the seat and the brakes need a pump to get good pedal so they need re-bled. We've rented the track Nov. 25th so I'll get some more pictures and maybe a video while we're there, That gives us a few weeks to get some stuff lined out and to get some new tires put on.
Meanwhile here it is outside after the first bath.

[FED 387]

Minor stuff considering you had it all torn apart ---couple hours and you'll be good to go looks great. Did they give you any points or did you just want to see if it would pass techFed 387

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by FED 387

Minor stuff considering you had it all torn apart ---couple hours and you'll be good to go looks great. Did they give you any points or did you just want to see if it would pass techFed 387

Yes, we got two GPs for making it through tech.

[Nmbr1GMfan]

Originally Posted by Greg Reimer 7376

Congrats on the win, and for building an outstanding race car with that Nova. It was wise to take it to the track and have the tech team look at it before trying to enter it in competition. Also, why is it with kids and sports,be it soccer, basketball,Little League baseball or junior diggers, the kids are great,but the adults can't seem to stay in their place? I guess bad sportsmanship isn't instinctive, it's taught. Have a great year coming up !!

Thank you Greg. Some parents are terrible, I try to stay out of the drama and take the high road. I heard last weekend the #1 kid in points had 3 competitors taking dives, after an obvious one 1st round the D2 crew got wind and stopped it which led to our matchup with them second round. The kids don't come up with that on their own for sure.