Glade to see you are back working on your car. keep the updates coming.
Dirk
Glade to see you are back working on your car. keep the updates coming.
Dirk
good to see her out in the sunlight again, must feel like a real boost to the motivation levels
As Lauren says I don’t think you’ll have any problems with the brake bias adjusters inside ,on my tarmac rally car used to run everything inside a stripped out car making everything highly visible I never had any problems with brake adjusters, hydraulic handbrake etc (had to swap out the fly off handbrake though) for the Mot. Good to see you’ve got the urge to work on the car the weather make all the difference
Mike
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Great to see progress and the sun shinning, wish I could say the same.
Good point about the bake bias adjustment, I WAS going to put the knob for the cable next to the steering but it might fall foul of the 'inspection' needed for 'matriculation. so I will leave it off and just make a fabric covered foam pad in its place. I can always fit it afterwards if I feel it needs it.
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Similar experience here too. Both Novas I have put through multiple MOTs had adjustable bias on braking via a bias bar. In fact on the first Nena MOT the guys allowed me to brake test pre MOT and see if my guesstimate was correct. As it happened it was, but they afforded me some time to check and adjust if needed. On the last Nova I had the remote adjustment knob and cable fitted on the first MOT for adjustment in-situ if needed but once confirmed to be ok I removed the cable and adjuster. I left it for a while tucked behind the centre console. As with many things choose your MOT station wisely. Those with an understanding of engineering and real cars tend to be more flexible if they realise you know the car well.
For any lightweight kit I think the flexibility of brake adjustment is essential. I have brake tested the Nova at high speed on an empty damp dual carriageway and stopped it very safely and quickly from top speed to halt. On my first ever beachbuggy with stock brakes an emergency stop was a scary affair - lock front wheels and skid in a straight line if lucky, or spin around pretty quick !