Well been doing 14hr days working on my Nova the last 3 days and all the hard work is now paying off only the boost pipes, fuel lines & exhaust to do then she'll fire into life

Some of you will remember that she had a Group-A spec 1.6 8v fitted but as much as the lal engine was a monster it just wasn't practical with the high lift cam that was fitted (no power below 3000rpm)

so many months ago i sold the engine and purchased a Calibra Turbo and have since robbed it for it gearbox & engine, stripped it & rebuilt it and now have finally got round to fitting it into the Nova engine bay (which i tell you ain't easy if you doing the job right & making it tidy )

with the fact that the car has only ever covered 52,000 miles and is super super mint as the previous owner totally stripped the car and rebuilt it and in the process fully seam welding the shell to Group A Spec.

I've tried to keep it in mind that i wanted it to look factory fit and as original as possible as if it drove outta the show room fitted as standard

The engine will be running on Phase 1 EDS chips so it'll be a mild 250bhp which TBH is plenty quick enough for me as i have the BMW aswell

This should keep the engine ultra reliable and usable which is what my goal was from the beginning anyway will do a full post on this once its all done but heres a pic so far. All being well she'll be running tomorro





WELL finally finished it today got it all bolted back together tonight about 9pm took it for a little drive and well it spins in 3rd in the dry and the engine is still running standard chips gods know what she'll be like when my new chips arrive
As you can see it just look like a midly modded nova from the outside which was exactly what i wanted

Here some fresh Pics the light was fading so will get some more up shortly



Waiting on freshly painted rocker cover to arrive yet

 

i remember that GTE!!!!! absolutely, stupidly spanking mint.

i love nova's!!! and that looks superb with the LET in it mate

 

Nice looking nov bud, i built and ran a turbo nova also with full quaife box n diff with 300horses, feck me it was quick and reliable but any more power and 4x4 was needed hense my new 106coz.

 

must be nuts to drive mate

 

Nice, you taking her to Performance Vauxhall at santa pod this year?

 

im sure that used 2 knock about linlithgow!!!!!

 

Finally! That looks awesome Matt, i proper like this!

If you ever come to sell this, i want first refusal!

 

looks mint

 

 

more pics needed

 

indeed it did its the same car bought it in sept last yr it been in garage now for about 5 months with no engine in her until now some more update pics today people

 

i love the gte and only the GTE

 

Superb

 

Looks good mate. I still personally like the engine I built but ah well.

Im sure that will be rather fast with 250bhp lol. Well done.

Get some more pics of it up

Bruce

 

I liked the engine 2 mate but it weren't practical

I've had every other type of engined nova apart from a C20LET so it made sense to convert this nova as its a super mint shell to start with and the welding had already been done

 

sweet nova

 

 

Whens it coming back to Cheshire Matt?...glad it's all coming together now, it's gonna give the cosse a good run for it's money this time

 

fat little nova m8

got nemore pics ???

 

luv that..well done man.

 

Shortly i'll be down on a RSOC meet in the distant future


BIG UPDATE CAR NOW FINISHED

 

Looks awesome mate!

Saw some of these ripping up the strip at the Performance Vauxhall show on Sunday, hell of a sight

 

That looks MINT!!!

Love it, cant wait to see it in the metal

Well done Matt

 

The poor guy in the FQ300 wasn't very happy tonight

 

If I had a Nova, It would be like this


Very nice mate

 

 

thats a rude boy that. love it

 

Nice Nova, makes me want one

 

brilliant mate

 

Bloody lovely looking Nova IMO, looks exactly along the lines of how I'd have mine.

I still really want a 16V Nova/Corsa after my Mini for some reason........