985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[novarally]

Watched this on eBay extenders on the pully to clear the mount looks like a crazy mount on the cambelt end
was it worth the money i passed on it tbh but was interested in the setup though

For £200 I thought it was a good buy. The dry sump pan and oil pumphave got be worth that.

[dgbnova#1]

Yes I thought that just wondered if there was anything nicer inside the motor seems a lot of work for it to be standard motor ?

[novarally]

Yes I thought that just wondered if there was anything nicer inside the motor seems a lot of work for it to be standard motor ?

I've not delved inside it yet. I suspect the cam might be uprated, but I would expect everything else is standard. It will have been used in a one-chassis/one-make single seater race series I guess, where the rules were strict, but dry-sumping was essential for cornering speeds and ground clearance.

[novarally]

Here's a few photos of the engine in question, it's not been used in a fair while by the look of it;

[mowgli]

formula vauxhall junior??

re the sequential thing... it wouldn't be massively difficult to make a seq. shifter box.

[C612DNM]

Yes, that's a FVJ engine. Bog standard Nova GSI engine with a dry sump kit fitted, and as you say Colin, worth it for the dry sump kit alone. I use one of the timing toothed wheels on my GSI engine.

They were all built by Scholar engines, who should still have spares on the shelf.

[scott.parker]

I saw this on ebay also, did find it very interesting, forgot to watch it though, but 200 quid aint bad at all..

[lee303]

i had a FVJ engine in my GTE a good while back, they are as said stock but blueprinted, later ones also had an enem cam iirc, great engine, interesting sump setup too as you say, single stage pump?

[novarally]

i had a FVJ engine in my GTE a good while back, they are as said stock but blueprinted, later ones also had an enem cam iirc, great engine, interesting sump setup too as you say, single stage pump?

Thanks for the info Lee, useful stuff.

I now have to hold my hands up and say I know almost nothing about dry sump systems. I have no idea if it's a single stage pump, idiots guide required please.....

[Southie]

Some info here Colin:
http://www.drysump.com/drysump.htm