985cc Turbocharged Nova Sprint Car

[peester]

god works in mysterious ways

[dhdev (Oli)]

Very nice and always been a favourite of mine. I reckon there is between 10-20kgs to be saved by changing wheels though!

[novarally]

Very nice and always been a favourite of mine. I reckon there is between 10-20kgs to be saved by changing wheels though!

It runs 15" Compomotive MO's on the front which are a heavy wheel. But on the back it uses 13" RFX's, which are pretty light.

If I keep it, I would get a set of Image split rims made to suit, but I don't think it would even save as much as 10kg.

[novarally]

Took the little 1 litre Nova to a local airfield last week for a bit of testing, and it is very, very quick. The handling and traction is also impressive.

Unfortunately it lost some power towards the end of the morning, and subsequent investigations show a serious lack of compression on 2 and 3.

Hopefully it's just the head gasket, and nothing more serious!

I have now replaced the polycarbonate windscreen with a standard laminated one, as the plastic one was nigh on impossible to see through when the sun was shining.

As mentioned in my post in 'Sportzone', I am considering a colour change to turn this Nova into a 'Sport' replica (and maybe fitting a wide arch kit as well).

[vaughanmc]

Would be very nice as a Sport replica Colin - Go for it mate

[Nova_Tek]

That would be cool Colin, Sport replica with a twist. that wide arch kit on the Nova you asked about actally look quite nice, not normally a huge fan of wide arches but that looks sensible.

I say go for it.

[peester]

wow, that would make it your own..end of an era for the red/yellow/black scheme.

[novarally]

Looking a bit better with a glass windscreen now (albeit rather dusty);

[t45_ste]

looking awesome colin.

Is that a compomotive CXR that i spy in the background? Is it for sale?

[Edd]

Would that then require a custom cylinder head gasket ?