Nova Vs The Cossie

[Phil_G]

Dar- Wuickly to your appoint about comparing modified cars. I look at it this way, The Cosworth is the modified version of the Sierra/Sapph/Escort, I know it came out a factory, but cosworth was a tuning company, so it is a modified sierra/sapph/escort.....

Any one agree?

No, I dont


It was sold off a showroom floor in that specification, and was built by factory backed engineers to that spec so no, they arent modified. Its kind of like saying that a vectra GSi isnt standard as it was developed by MSD

anyhow = the Cosworth 2wd models are RWD which will prove beneficial when launching from a drag start. Instead of trying to pick its driven wheels up off the floor (a la nova) it is sitting all the weight down onto the rears.

[RJM25R]

Nova has as much rally heritage as the Cosworth, and Cossies rust just as much as our favourite brick-shaped car.......

[Mike]

simple facts are ...... ?10000+for a decent cossie / ?2000-?5000 for a decent nova turbo. A cossie would win everytime its a pointless arguement. 0-60 - cossie..... a nova would just spin away and the 4wd cossie would just pull. Top End - Cossie again.

Which would I have ??? Nova Turbo then when I get bored and I get older so I can actually afford to buy and insure a Cossie .... I'd have a Cossie.

You cant get a decent conditon Saph Cos for around ?4k-?7k

[letvalva]

my mate has an escort cossie and its stage 3, 350/360 bhp and we had a little battle in the piss rain(my car is a let nova running about 280 bhp without the nos) we both nailed it in third and as you would guess i was just spinning like **** but he still only got 3 car lenghts on me which i got down to sitting on his ****, it was a short bit of road really cos i would have passed it no prob if we didnt have to slow down for around about

wannna have another go at it in the dry on a dual carrige way, cos the cossie runs out of puff at about 130 due to the spoiler causing drag



suppose it all comes down to what cars you like, i think its great that peeps think i drive a ****ty little nova, least its paid for and goes like **** for pennies

[draper]

i think its great that peeps think i drive a ****ty little nova, least its paid for and goes like **** for pennies

same reason i love novas, just got to build the bloody thing now !!

sorry, i know its off topic but i would rather have a LET nova than a cossie

[letvalva]

same reason i love novas, just got to build the bloody thing now !!

sorry, i know its off topic but i would rather have a LET nova than a cossie

so would i after driving the cossie i thought the lag was terrible in it.

[draper]

i thought the same after i drove my mates mr2 twin turbo, pretty sure my XE would have him, not least bcuz he drives like a girl - never even been sideways in it, well only when i had a go !! and even then i thought it understeered quite badly considering

[jamie gsi16v]

may i just add quickly i do alot of work at topboss performace and fitzroy the owner has a 521bhp proven rs500 v6 twin turbo and in my nova i have an let running 300+bhp with nos and an f28 and i can leave him from 0-100 and stick with him all the way to 170mph, so im happy enough with that and it kinda shows what power to weight ratio can prove,

[DAZZI D]

Thanks all for comments !! you all had very good questions,and answers. didnt think my question would cause such a stirr .

[Dave]

i have a standard sapphire 4x4 cosworth and my friend had an astra with an xe (not too sure if it had work done but i couldn't see anything obvious) and it is only a small fraction slower than mine and i mean a slight fraction, so with the weight saved in a nova it should be on par with it and nova with a let should beat it

hope that helps!