nova newbie...ish

[Baz318]

howdy all,stumbled across this place,its excellent,top marks,I used to have a 1 litre nova a while back,1990,3 door,but she was rotton,so a few years later,nova fever has got me,I just got a 91,1.2 merit,with mot,for 90 quid,5 door unfortunatly,seems sound,but bit of over run and timings off,might be the source of it,but shes too quick foir 1.2,she does the ton no bother,i got a 1.4 sr unit ready for her,but im windering if i should just add the 5 speed box and see how it goes,im still convinced the engine is a 1.4 and not a 1.2,its just too quick for 1.2...i dunno..anyone know where to look for details on block to see if its a 1.4?...cheers..and say hi..lol..coz im gonna make a 5 door look good...hehe...

[wisewood]

you wanna speak to locky about hte 5 door styling - his 5 door is quite nice.

as for the engine, i dunno where to look for the stamp on it to say what size it is - but i do know that my 1.2 would do 100mph without too much trouble... wouldnt get much higher than that without a really big hill though. and the 1.2 is quite a quick engine, just ask MC :lol: he is tuning one at the moment to see just what yuo can get out of it.

[Aragorn]

the head will have the engine it came from stamped on it above cyl 4's spark plug

directly below this there is a face machined out of the block that will have the engine code stamped on it, u will prollyneed ome kinda solvent to get thru the grease and the writing itself is very thin

if its a 1200 it should have 12 then a 2 digit number S for carb and NZ for SPi if i recall correctly

it could well have been fiddled with tho

could be a 1400 block and 1200 head meaning it will be more powerful than an SR since the compression ratio will be up quite a bit

check the carb - if its a 2E3 or weber (twin choke) then its been tinkered with, some folk also recon the 1200i (which i have) can feel fast in the lower gears because it has more torque than the standard 1200 carb but it has 10bhp less so suffers at the top end - the engine code will be 12NZ if its a 1200i

[Aragorn]

on a side note it could just as easily be a 1200 block with 1300 crank and pistons giving 1408cc or summat

and finding out that will be slightly more difficult - infact its a good mod to do if u wanna dodge the insurance company :D

couple it will a nice rally cam and a 2E3 you'd never be caught - the only visible part would be the 2e3 and u could say u assumed that was standard :twisted:

[locky]

Well, my 5 door 1.2 was nippy, but check the engine no aswell!
I'v added u 2 msn so if ya got ne q's just ask!

[hutton]

u driven a 1.2 b4, there surprisingly quick!, every1 whos been in mine has thought its a 1.4, but did u say she does a ton no bother, 105mph in mine and im asking for problems

[Baz318]

alright,I actually found the print myself,when i got to work,Im a tractor mechanic,lol,anyways,it is a 1.2,not tinkered,but one prb,i checked the chassis at the back,and shes rotton,it could be patched,but it would only lat a year,tops,so i will drive her till tax runs up,6 months,and look for another clean model in the mean time,i aint a happy chappie...thanks for the comments guys..i am very interested in the 1.2 with 1300 crank,im gonna save the engine...so,now im left with a 4 and 5 speeds gearboxes,and a 1.2 and 1.4 unit out of sr,just need a clean shell...

[mrtim]

Clean shell.

You'll have to get somethin below an sr.

Ive tried to find a good one in Northern Ireland. There isnt many left.