What an awesome car Admittedly im not keen on being in it, or seen out in it But the lads done good, he's fitted a 2lt 16v lump, and does all the work himself And the thing flies, didnt bother with 1st gear as it just span but knock it into 2nd and its ace, nailed it in every gear and it just kept going, it is quick as There wasnt much out so didnt really have a play, except one of those new shape bm's, the guy thought he could get away, haha how wrong he was, the nova just sat on his bumper and then he moved over

Wicked little car, well done Chris, cheers buddy

(if anyone wants ANY Vauxhall advice, or work done/engine swaps etc etc, he is the guy to speak to. You name it he can do it)

 

Sleeper

 

nice looking wee car mate
get some engine pics up

 

always wanted one,, they always come up on ebay for sale ill buy one one day for a giggle

 

 

The boy is crazy, he's always buying Novas off ebay for spares and to sell bits Got one a couple of weeks ago for 30 squid Solid shell too

 

does he not want a change
ill give him a 325is

 

Looks a tidy motor and i bet it goes well

 

very nice
go really well with the 16v motor in, one blew my mates imprezza away oh how gutted he was

 

Looks smart, for a nova

 

Mate did one of these himself too, looked almost identical but his wasBlue, same wheels and all!

Is it a myth or don't they understeer and handle/brake like a bastid once they've had these engines fitted?

 

nice colour that sweet car

 

imagine how well they go with a 230bhp 2.0l 16v engine in shame i never got a passenger ride in it after it was rebuilt

 

my freind has a baby blue one in leicester with a 340bhp turbo engine in it, the thing flies i dont think he's ever been beat by another car

 

like it

mate of mine used to have one with the 16v redtop in aswell, nippy as owt then the calibra turbo engine was stuck in and it went a bit better

 

thats why 16v nova's are so quick off the line, engine's right over the front wheels, unlike a rst.

nice car

 

Anyone care to shed any light on this?

 

thought they handled shit with the normal engine in

 

A tried and tesetd conversion with excellent results

 

Fair enough!

 

They stop bloody well once you have fitted some of these to it.
Glad your having fun with the old girl just mind out for vectras that turn out on you.
Also thanks for the good responces to the car and as for handling in the wet dont bother but in the dry set them up right and dont lower it to much and there fine.

 

Never been THAT impressed with ones with normal 2litre 16v's in em, but calibra turbo engined ones are MENTAL...

Infact got some Datron figures for some we recently timed right in front of me...
0-100 in under 10 seconds on normal road tyres is pretty fucking mental for anything, supercar quick

 

Is that Mark Watts old car?

 

Ive had a few now, standard Xe like this one, one on throttle bodies, turbo one, and another standard XE one

all hilarious fun, but the turbo one is defintely the pick of the bunch, the midrnage speed (ie 3rd and 4th gears) is better than a stage 3 cossie from even a moderately tuned "evo 5" chipped nova.


My current one is mid engined though, so a little better off the line to say the least!


As for handling, if you get the suspension right, they handle well, but never brilliantly like you can make a 205 with the correct setup.

But they certainly dont have to handle badly.


Put it this way, johnnybravo off here is quicker round the ring in his with only 150bhp than any of the cossie lads ive seen there so far except rainbird, and its not cause he is quicker on the straights than a stage 3 saph, cause with only 150bhp he wont be anywhere near, so its blatantly the fact its getting through the corners far quicker than the cossies that is doing it!

 

No his is still purple and going around some were but aint seen it for a wile now.
You mean this 1.
http://www.courtenaynova16vturbo.co.uk/

 

Steve... I take it thats the Van that got sub 10?

Awesome car, he won't be top dog for long though

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Nova-...QQcmdZViewItem
Found 1 for sale.

 

Tim yes mate, thats the van

You was in the 11s to 100 Tim m8
And the grey Nova was in the 10s to 100

You and the van was both 5.3 to 60 on your best runs, and the grey Nova was 5.4

So did better than you thought with an open diff

 

Fook me! That amazes me on the 0-60! The datron guy was deffo right when he said I'd not do better LOL

I'm obviously the better driver

Can you PM me (or put up here) The comparative times for all of us?

Please have us back for another go next year, all three of us should have new engines, or in the vans case finished his We'll put a proper show on

 

It was those 2nd gear launches mate, you was fookin flying off the line

Il try post the results here or PM you tomorrow, no time now, and wanna be 100% on the van results, as think it went even faster to 100 than ive got on this sheet...

 

OK dude no problems! Just let us know when you can!

My clutch didn't like them

 

looking good chris, the nova days we used to ave we're the best!!!!

 

u cant knock nova xe i built mine for Ł600

wayne

 

Bean tins can be FUN!

 

Cheers fur i will have to find out that picture of you hanging out the roof holding a number plate on the way back from spain.

 

good to see some peeps still lovin the old 2.0 16v nova u can't beat them for all out fun car.

it's the whole surprise element i like about them and how i still miss mine
200bhp N/A power was an absolute scream once into 3rd gear it was an animal.

keep them looking subtle like yours is and no 1 even suspects a thing

heres a little pic of my last 16v nova

 

stop showing pics,, i want one

 

not bad at all,the 1st phase novas i think look well better!

 

damn, it dont work, photobucket limit exceeded

someone want to host a pic for me? il send it ya

(Tims corsa vs the 2x turbo novas, all racing together )

 

I went out in Chips 2ltr turbo Nova a few years ago, it was scary quick