Lightening a Nova

[burgo]

Mr Dar, a Nova is always a nice place to be

have you been in a properly stripped nova on a long journey wih fecking hard suspension??? it soon starts to drain you. until you come to some bends of course

[craig green]

Its bad enough in any XE Nova tbh. Exhaust boom & induction roar...

[Lee]

Ive just had a hairbrained idea to get a direct link camera, and rig up some sort of 'scrapheap challenge' remote control system, so I dont have to be in the car at all.

Passengers will feel safer too if they can stay in the paddock with me

[Stuart]

lee you tit.


have to say, in dans old old 1.6 8v build I could happily sleep in that thing on road trips .

[meritlover]

have you been in a properly stripped nova on a long journey wih fecking hard suspension??? it soon starts to drain you. until you come to some bends of course

yes, and straight cut gearbox resonating in your head is not nice thing either. but it is always a joy to drive a well prepared nova

[mayhem]

used drilled front discs. the missing material must make them lighter. also try using less oil. a ltr less = approx 1kg. so 3 ltrs less is approx weight loss of 3kg!!
dont top your brake fluid and coolant right up to the top, and use as little fuel as you can get away with. also use part worn brake pads as it is pointless carrying about all that extra pad.
hoover the car and pick up loose change. and remove useless things like horns and headlights. they arent used often enough to justify the extra weightage.
try and pump up the tyres with helium or if you are brave, hydrogen, this is lighter than air so will effectively reduce the weight of the vehicle, although when warm it will expand and cause unstable tyre pressures.
remove all the plastic bungs from the floor and drill some more holes.
wash the wheel arches and inner wings out of all dirt and dry mud. this is nice. buy a dry cell batter, bin the alternator and go total-loss ign.
scrape away all the undreseal from the underside of the car. it is very heavy and also promotes rust on poor novas.
have a hair cut and a shave before you go in, and cut your nails, this will save vital grams!!!
remember being a good car is all about power to weight ratio, so if you can reduce all these weights then you will have a better ballanced and faster car.
i hope this helps you have a nice nova!!!!!

you forgot 1 thing..

remove the underseal.. and let it stand in some water for a few wheeks!

rust is lighter then metal, and if youre racing a really fast car, just kick youre nova a fe times, loose rust will fall off, and again youre lighter !

[meritlover]

yes, but rust is nasty for novas. and it also makes a nova very weak. which makes me sadened