redtop novas - how quick??

[Barn]

A nova with a red roof. Rick

u should be on a stage mate

thanks guys now I'm that much wiser :wink:

[?Marty?]

A nova with a red roof. Rick

u should be on a stage mate

Sweeping up.

[Paul]

A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.

Or a Carlton GSi

[Philsutton]

isnt the carlton GSI a 3lt V6 or am i thinking of sumthing else?

[Jon_nova1]

what do you think a stripped out 1.2 would get i'm thinking of buying of buying a nova shell that's only got the the important parts and of corse a driver seat

[Ste_Nova]

A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.

Or a Carlton GSi

FFS!

[Wiggie]

A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.

Or a Carlton GSi

yeah the carlton GSI was a 3ltr and rear wheel drive for that fact???

[dave.gsi]

and the engines are mounted the wrong way round. apart from that slight hiccup it should drop in a treat

[RJM25R]

My nova had 178bhp, half cage, bucket seats (no rears) and a big sub box in the boot. the best time i recorded 0-60 was 6.47 and quarter in 14.76.

[mr_tricky]

slut! just coz you are jelous we can afford police down south!
i had it on the road for 4months thank you b4 i was banned!

imo 16v novas are well over hyped and i was a tad dissapointed!

I cant see them as being over hyped ? for less than 1500 quid you can build 1 from scratch if your not too botherd about the handling that is. I recorded a 14.8 qtr mile on a standard 20XE engine in my nova and 0-60 6.32 at trax with full interior and system. Recently at CC i kept with my mates GTIR round the track so the car aint that bad. So for 2k a car quicker than an escort cossie over a qtr mile and good enough to stay with a 4wd round a track i wouldnt cll that over rated.