1983 Nova Project

[elgan]

Ive owned this car a couple of years. not done alot with it. front wings, and doors are now showing scabs of rust, small hole coming in battery tray. Car is now sat in storage.
Here is the car when i bought it parked with both my xe gsi and h16 vtb..


Besides cleaning it, M O T'ing it annualy and occasionally using it, i stuck a mk1 SR bumper and grill on, clear front lenses, GMAX lowering suspension kit, some 15" Tigra alloys on low profiles and pressed plates.



Underneath, its a very clean shell. structurally very sound.
Here it is being rolled into a garage, now on some corsa std suspension and wheels to keep it mobile.





Very brief outline plans are..

• SPORT replica (id love to own a genuine sport, but with the engine etc i want to run it would be a shame to do it to a real one, this wont be a bang on replica by any stretch)
• 1.8 Small Block Turbo

Theres alot of things undecided, such as interior, wheels, etc etc..
Have already started collecting parts, and i have lots of various parts already in my collection.
Fibreglass Bonnet
Fibreglass Boot
2 Stripped and light weight doors
Alloy Header Tank
Pace Intercooler (from H16VTB)
SR Rear Bumper
SR Front Bumper and Grill
Poly Bushed Lower Arms
Injection Fuel Tank
Disk Rear Beam
Litres of Polar White :D

[moffat]

looks like it will be a good project

[peester]

hi mate, seen your z18/x18xe1 turbo idea on migweb.. ive been a fan of that car too, like the colour and interior spec. although its all going all white ..
apparently these 1.8 small blocks gonna be all the rage ..
a turbo should work just find on it. Corsa vxr uses same head, must be similar engine..

[vaughanmc]

Should be interesting, a very early Nova

[moffat]

seems to be loads of early novas popping up :D

[bazil]

hi mate, seen your z18/x18xe1 turbo idea on migweb.. ive been a fan of that car too, like the colour and interior spec. although its all going all white ..
apparently these 1.8 small blocks gonna be all the rage ..
a turbo should work just find on it. Corsa vxr uses same head, must be similar engine..

my S3 is a 1.8 and it can get up to 340 bhp before any major engine work so a 1.8 aint a bad size of engine.

[Edd]

looks a good base to start from.

plans sound good too.

[SRimon]

Nice one, nothing at all wrong with a sport rep IMO!

[elgan]

First job is to get the front end stripped down and the bulkhead removed.

Want to fit a corsa pedal box and ive got an ax wiper motor somewhere too.

[peester]

my S3 is a 1.8 and it can get up to 340 bhp before any major engine work so a 1.8 aint a bad size of engine.

yeah but these small blocks are 1.0, 1.2 size- engines..
Think the 1.8 20vt is more a big block size engine..?
Youre not wrong tho.


corsa C pedals elgan?