Nova 2.0 16v's (now with pics of project chav)
30-10-2005, 05:39 PM
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Alps Pacino- Depends really what your after,
I have a mate selling a genuine group N ecu which I had on my last nova and combined with the high torque cams it was probably the best thing I could of fitted without going down the carbs or TB route which costs a lot for the gains.
Nitrous on a xe is the simplest cheapest way to make big h/p but its no good really for the track as it wont last long enough ! but you can use anything upto 125bhp hit which transforms the car like no other mod would.
coilovers and a LSD are the 2 main things to making the car fast as they are quick enough in a straight line but lose out in the bends so improving the handling makes it a quicker car,
besides that teh only way of making it a lot faster for next to nothing is losing as much weight as possible, that does make a huge difference.
hope that is some help
I have a mate selling a genuine group N ecu which I had on my last nova and combined with the high torque cams it was probably the best thing I could of fitted without going down the carbs or TB route which costs a lot for the gains.
Nitrous on a xe is the simplest cheapest way to make big h/p but its no good really for the track as it wont last long enough ! but you can use anything upto 125bhp hit which transforms the car like no other mod would.
coilovers and a LSD are the 2 main things to making the car fast as they are quick enough in a straight line but lose out in the bends so improving the handling makes it a quicker car,
besides that teh only way of making it a lot faster for next to nothing is losing as much weight as possible, that does make a huge difference.
hope that is some help
30-10-2005, 08:41 PM
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Can you pm me a price on the group n ecu mate, in aint wanting to spend a fortune on it but need to make it a bit quicker. I think i might ditch the rear seats and fit a cage. Any ideas where i might find a nice cheap cage for project chav
O and it has billys on the front and avo coilovers on the rear. handles quite well really for what it is
Can you pm me a price on the group n ecu mate, in aint wanting to spend a fortune on it but need to make it a bit quicker. I think i might ditch the rear seats and fit a cage. Any ideas where i might find a nice cheap cage for project chav
O and it has billys on the front and avo coilovers on the rear. handles quite well really for what it is
30-10-2005, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by steviecossie
bigpower- if the silver gsi gos up for sale give me a shout
Thanks anyway, Caroline
31-10-2005, 01:53 AM
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Rick Draper, havent seen that picture of the nearly finished bay before, looks AWESOME there mate, really special little car thats going to be
Gotta be a mid 11 second car all day every day i should think!
Gotta be a mid 11 second car all day every day i should think!
31-10-2005, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by chip-3door
Rick Draper, havent seen that picture of the nearly finished bay before, looks AWESOME there mate, really special little car thats going to be
Gotta be a mid 11 second car all day every day i should think!
Gotta be a mid 11 second car all day every day i should think!
It is nearly done now, or at least it will be by the end of next week 
31-10-2005, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RickDraper
Originally Posted by chip-3door
Rick Draper, havent seen that picture of the nearly finished bay before, looks AWESOME there mate, really special little car thats going to be
Gotta be a mid 11 second car all day every day i should think!
Gotta be a mid 11 second car all day every day i should think!
It is nearly done now, or at least it will be by the end of next week
31-10-2005, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by stevenebm
martweaver that is a mint nova,brings back good memories of my 16valver,got 149 showing on the digital clock,obviously a bit out but it was still so much fun,love novas hate corsas
what a top bunch you lot are! its nothing special compared to some of the motors on here but it keeps me busy
31-10-2005, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cep23
Originally Posted by martweaver
Bigpower - thats a lovely GSI you have there, especially on the L plate! Keep hold of that one, getting super rare now!
I was contemplating turbo'ing the 1.6 but the idea has started to fade a bit, mainly due to the rareness of the plate, i keep thinking it will de-value it, not that it's worth much but i've had it near on 5 years and i love it just as much now as the day i bought it, even with the stigma it might have attatched with it's name!
Your car is a true stunner, if they'd of made Breeze Blue in a GSi, that would have been my first choice.
Caroline.
It's too tidy to start engine conversions...etc. Throttle bodies maybe??
31-10-2005, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by martweaver
Originally Posted by cep23
Originally Posted by martweaver
Bigpower - thats a lovely GSI you have there, especially on the L plate! Keep hold of that one, getting super rare now!
I was contemplating turbo'ing the 1.6 but the idea has started to fade a bit, mainly due to the rareness of the plate, i keep thinking it will de-value it, not that it's worth much but i've had it near on 5 years and i love it just as much now as the day i bought it, even with the stigma it might have attatched with it's name!
Your car is a true stunner, if they'd of made Breeze Blue in a GSi, that would have been my first choice.
Caroline.
It's too tidy to start engine conversions...etc. Throttle bodies maybe?? not that the wheels and the rest of it don't do that already
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