Nova cosworth 4x4
16-06-2011, 09:03 PM
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Nova cosworth 4x4
Ok as requested hears my nova project yes not stricly a ford but few people have asked me to put some pics up so hear goes...........
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keep it up 
17-06-2011, 02:53 AM
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ill give you a breif history of the car i built her about 7 years ago and put a 2.0 16v enigine in, polish ported head, silly cams, superchip etc was around 160bhp at the wheels and she looked like this
it ran 14.4 on quatrer mile which was ok but i wanted it quicker so this time i bought a 1.2 nova and put the same engine into it and then got a 14.1 not a great improvment but was quicker lol
so my old shell sat their and i thought to my self i wanted to make it faster and my obviouse choice was to do a 4x4 cosworth conversion for power and grip of the line so toyed with the idead for around 6 years and finally got my self a work shop and bought a sierra for Ł150, cut the nova floor out and chopped up the sierra to fit!
The car is at the stage of my last picture but obviously being a sierra floor everything bolts strait back on just need to shorten the prop and exhaust......
tbh i havent really spent much time on this and id say i could have done to this stage in 4 weeks possibly
it ran 14.4 on quatrer mile which was ok but i wanted it quicker so this time i bought a 1.2 nova and put the same engine into it and then got a 14.1 not a great improvment but was quicker lol
so my old shell sat their and i thought to my self i wanted to make it faster and my obviouse choice was to do a 4x4 cosworth conversion for power and grip of the line so toyed with the idead for around 6 years and finally got my self a work shop and bought a sierra for Ł150, cut the nova floor out and chopped up the sierra to fit!
The car is at the stage of my last picture but obviously being a sierra floor everything bolts strait back on just need to shorten the prop and exhaust......
tbh i havent really spent much time on this and id say i could have done to this stage in 4 weeks possibly
17-06-2011, 09:26 AM
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what a bonkers project absolutely love it mate 
always liked novas from back when my bro had an sr when i was a kid up until when i had an sr for my first car.
what power are you aiming for ? 320 would be nice with 4x4
always liked novas from back when my bro had an sr when i was a kid up until when i had an sr for my first car.
what power are you aiming for ? 320 would be nice with 4x4
17-06-2011, 10:27 AM
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hopefully 400-450 but the ecu will have two maps on it so i have an everyday map and a want to go bit quicker map but am restricted by standard running gear at the mo so that will be the next thing to think about once car is up and running
17-06-2011, 10:32 AM
#26
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id imagine you will lay some 11s on the 1/4 mile
Last edited by bluntys1rsturbo; 17-06-2011 at 10:34 AM.
you have a few body panels left from the nova and thats your lot when it comes to vauxhall bits.
22-06-2011, 10:27 PM
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hears a few more pics
started doing a bit of lineing up on the front tonight and looking at where to cut the wings and how to fix the front bumper on and head lights etc............
started doing a bit of lineing up on the front tonight and looking at where to cut the wings and how to fix the front bumper on and head lights etc............
20-07-2011, 04:29 PM
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Great project, should be pretty rapid when its done.
