who wants another nova?

[Curtoise]

i already have one but i want another :'( but have no space,
however my plan is to take mine off the road for 6 months sort it all out, and secreatly buy another nova to drive in the meantime then i will have 2 :)

[LEWI007]

I want another one to put spotlights, stripped,caged, and strengthened shell, like a rally car for road use, jumping speed bumps and stuff lol

[Jack]

I don't need another one, I have this

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/CCUK/2010_01_08_3863_4_5_tonemapped-2.jpg

[amggsi]

I'm always on the lookout for more, you'd think 5 was enough, but I just can't help myself....

Really want a mint white mark 1.5 at the minute!!

[jakeufton]

i want another nova, i sold mine yesterdaylol

[CoolTiger]

meh 1 nova and a corsa that im not allowed to have is a enough

[djbrowney]

i have two and havent got a pot to piss in, so i wish i had one lol

[Rysee]

Two novas is win... i had two for two weeks

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff175/Rysee_sri_130/14637_307362665482_690095482_937935.jpg

[Rysee]

However Nova and Corsa is fail

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff175/Rysee_sri_130/19112009087.jpg

[Spudly]

Two novas is just pure fail...



Edited lol



And i wouldnt have a second nova, not when i have this......


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/My%20Car/DSC03995.jpg

[Rysee]

My Granddad has one of those:p

[Spudly]

My Granddad has one of those:p


What, with one of these under the bonnet.......




http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a36/spudly01/My%20Car/Veccy.jpg




And SRi written on the side lol

[Rysee]

Oh sorry my Granddads is a SRi130.. my uncle has a X reg V6 SRi, bought for the grand sum of £316 off ebay last week, current petrol prices ftw

[Spudly]

Bargain, mine played with at the mo and has more to come, and will happily swallow a few mtb's and food and tools for days out in the forests with mates, and still does it looking good and in faaar more comfort than a nova:p

[Rysee]

I do like Estates, wish i had one as a 2nd car, i think a saloon boot would swallow a bike or maybe two with the front wheels off

My Granddad got pulled for the first time in his life in his Veccy SRi haha

I'm going to have a go in the uncs V6 next week hopefully, farms ftw

[Spudly]

Yeah but ive found with disc brakes when you pull the wheel off they tend to bind a touch as they never seem to line up properly afterwards and sod pulling the calipers off to push the piston back in everytime, so estate means win lol

Theyre not overly fast off the mark but once theyre moving they shift like fook, definately a motorway muncher:thumb:

[Curtoise]

lol but im 17 and want a nice nova lol, but i need to take mine off the road and get another lol. ps VR6 splitters are ghey.
and RJ yeh thats pretty cool, get some pics of your loon up

[Rysee]

Some of the speeds we used to do in my uncles old V6 SRi were silly it shifted and for a car that people say handle awfully it went round the bends too

[Spudly]

ps VR6 splitters are ghey.


Err who mentioned VR6 splitters............:confused:




Ive not had mine too long but it seems to handle rather well, its lowered a touch too so that should help with the cornering duties:thumb:

[Welsh Dan]

I'll have another as soon as I have the cash. My better half is out of work at the moment so moving out/getting married/project car(s) are all on hold :(.

[Bubba]

i got my more door...will have my gte rot box soon...gotta scrap my japcrap first.

[Spudly]

getting married





You wont be having another nova then sunshine lol

[Curtoise]

lol, i tried to fit a vr6 splitter today and its poo, looks ghey on a povo spec one.
i mean novarally hoards novas lol, i sometimes feel bad how soooo many pass through him and dont survive, must of killed alot. altho we all need the parts but its a shame the mint ones go :(
spud yours is quite nice isnt it? post up some pics.
i love novas but the prices are just getting silly now, might have to look for an alternatively cheap old cool / fun to drive car. but im sure there isnt another lol

[Welsh Dan]

She (Amie) isn't too happy about it, but she knows I will. :thumb:. My current shortlist is either a Nova, a Chevette, a Scimitar GTE or something 7 based.

[SR-Rally]

I hopefully will never have a nova as a road car again! I have 2.5 novas at the moment. Rally car is locked in the shed. Breaking a 1300 sr soon to be scrapped and waiting to here back about getting my old 1200 as a spare shell :) but won't abut of luxury for everyday use ;)

[Rysee]

I hopefully will never have a nova as a road car again! I have 2.5 novas at the moment. Rally car is locked in the shed. Breaking a 1300 sr soon to be scrapped and waiting to here back about getting my old 1200 as a spare shell :) but won't abut of luxury for everyday use ;)
I see the magic number in your post... 1300 and the magic word... breaking i'm interested let me know when you break

[dontliftdrift]

ive owned 16novas in 7years,currently not owning 1 but iam on the look out for a minter;)

[Ernie]

nice sri spud but think you should of got one of these.
My old one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/vectra/VecrtaGSInewdoors013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/vectra/VecrtaGSInewdoors011.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/vectra/stopovershow003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v617/chunny01/vectra/stopovershow004.jpg
i only miss it for the noise as my astra coupe would kick its ****

[Balley]

I am doing the same with mine, just bought a corsa off the bay, I will run that then do the nova up abit! Then do the corsa up and sell it in summer :D

[Spudly]

But Chris, the only difference between mine and yours is the wheels, bumper, skirts, and the cams, the engine is exactly the same but the GSi runs G cams from a 3.0ltr, mine will be having some of those fitted in the not too distant future :p

[sport]

I want a corsa......A

[Spudly]

I want a corsa......A


Dont know why but that really made me lol

[sparkie1401]

im always wanting another, yet im sick off the one i already have

PAIN IN THE BACKSIDE

i was tempted by the black "B" reg Lynz posted up yesterday

[ianglanister]

MEEEE!! Im looking for a cheap project now ive sold the escort. must be 3 door. if its a distance away needs to have atleast 1 week mot and tax so i can drive it home.

[Sloth]

spud, chris' will have had msd cams as its a press car, they changed to using g cams when in production ;)

[Spudly]

Nope there was/is no difference in it at all, trust me ive been off a week so ive been doing a lot of reading up of the specs and possible upgrades to mine:p

[Sloth]

i remember reading the press release when the gsi was announced, it says that they have msd cams and management and exhaust. in reality they had g cams, an irmy backbox and the rev limit raised by 250rpm. my uncle was an aftersales manager at mount pleasant and had a black one as a company car. still the best vectra imo. :)

[Spudly]

i remember reading the press release when the gsi was announced, it says that they have msd cams and management and exhaust. in reality they had g cams, an irmy backbox and the rev limit raised by 250rpm. my uncle was an aftersales manager at mount pleasant and had a black one as a company car. still the best vectra imo. :)


ECU and map (i.e. the limit) was exactly the same as that of the SRi, the only difference is the G-spec cams trust me:thumb:

[Southie]

:cough: off topic :cough: :p

I don't want another Nova as the one I have is enough trouble.

[Rysee]

but i tend to prefer this Vectra

http://www.johncleland.net/images/JC96Vectra.jpg


You forgot to add the tags onto the address:thumb:

[MattBrown]

2 novas, a 306, and a corsa B on the way lollollollol

[Jack]

and RJ yeh thats pretty cool, get some pics of your loon up
:d

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Project%20Ghey/2009_10_22_3715_tm2.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Project%20Ghey/2009_10_22_3733_tm2.jpg

[Spudly]

Pic whoore lol

[blue_peg_16v]

i have two but hopefully after the weekend will just be 1

[blue_peg_16v]

i remember reading the press release when the gsi was announced, it says that they have msd cams and management and exhaust. in reality they had g cams, an irmy backbox and the rev limit raised by 250rpm. my uncle was an aftersales manager at mount pleasant and had a black one as a company car. still the best vectra imo. :)

its a scorpion exhaust not an irmy iirc

[Spudly]

its a scorpion exhaust not an irmy iirc



Earlies had the irmscher dd and later ones had the letterbox type i think!

[MattBrown]

I like the grille on that loon rj!

Any gen where theyre from?

I had one for half an hour, but a lad bought it streight off me:(

[craig green]

I'm glad I'm without a Nova just now. Grippy handling & VW heaters are a pleasant change from a leaky Nova with poor heating.

[Spudly]

leaky Nova with poor heating.



Not all of my novas have leaked and they have all had really good heater so i cant understand it when people say their heaters are babba:confused:

[blue_peg_16v]

Earlies had the irmscher dd and later ones had the letterbox type i think!

nope irrmy are totaly differen there a sort of triangle thing twin if you get what i mean and never had the letterbox they were all twin round ones and im sure they were scorpion mine has the standard one ill see if i can see on it in a mo

[Spudly]

I know what the dd looks like as mine has one, wasnt sure on that one thats why i put 'i think' on it, youre the man to clarify as you have one sat on your drive:thumb:

[Jack]

I like the grille on that loon rj!

Any gen where theyre from?

I had one for half an hour, but a lad bought it streight off me:(
Ebay is your best bet. I've modded mine to take different headlamps though as the standard Cibie lamps are rubbish.

Got another one to go on that would suit a Mk2 bumper.

[Rysee]

To compare Nova heaters even to Corsa heaters is like comparing...
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff175/Rysee_sri_130/afterburner_jet.gif

To this guy breathing on you...
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff175/Rysee_sri_130/pinguimage.jpg

[craig green]

Not all of my novas have leaked and they have all had really good heater so i cant understand it when people say their heaters are babba:confused:

Dont get me wrong, I've been in Novas with good heaters, but all my Vauxhalls have had crap heating, even my GSi last year with a new matrix & a hard revving Mantzel'd XE wouldnt warm up. As for leaks, no holes but condensation galore!

1st non-Vaux, heaters are burn your face hot. Tidy!

[Spudly]

But again mine have always worked really well and ive never been cold in a nova:roll:

[blue_peg_16v]

cant tell spud there is a plate on exhaust but no flash on phone so just get a black pic ill check friday when i do some work on it its rainin now so cba to jack it up

[blue_peg_16v]

i was wrong according to evo its magnex

http://www.evo.co.uk/carreviews/evolongtermtests/19911/vauxhall_vectra_gsi_v6.html

it mentions it near the end when they go on about problems

[Southie]

But again mine have always worked really well and ive never been cold in a nova:roll:

Same here :roll:

Even better now I've the Nova B engine in.

[Jack]

V6 = toasty :d

[blue_peg_16v]

my heater is cack now ive changed from xe to let for some reason vans is awsome though

[Spudly]

i remember reading the press release when the gsi was announced, it says that they have msd cams and management and exhaust. in reality they had g cams, an irmy backbox and the rev limit raised by 250rpm.



GSis start life as SRis, which are then given a thorough working over by MSD (Motor Sport Developments) in Milton Keynes. This involves some pretty tasty kit ΂- in our case 215/45 Yokohama AVS Sports (now standard issue on the Aston Vanquish and Porsche Boxster, incidentally), cool six-spoke 17in OZ alloys, bitier brakepads, thuggish Magnex tailbox, racerish Irmscher spoilers, and inside, hip-hugging Recaro seats, alloy gearknob and a hunky steering wheel with part leather, part shiny plastic rim.
But the heart of this conversion was the extra 24bhp that MSD squeezed out of the 2.5-litre V6, lifting peak power to 192bhp, chiefly by dropping in reprofiled camshafts






Engage 'smug' mode



:d:d:d:d:d:d

[blue_peg_16v]

sloth has v6 fail lol

[Spudly]

sloth has v6 fail lol



Ive only been into this V6 gen for a week now and i know more lol

[blue_peg_16v]

i knew it wasnt an irmy box but for some reason had scorpion in my head but magnex will do me just need a centre section and decat pipe, he was wrong because msd never fitted the engine to a saab lol

[Lynsey]

My my, we have far too many cars now. And the truck. I have the two Novas, and am forced to be content with just two because we have no space left at all for another at the moment. If I were to get another one, it'd be a black mk1 saloon I reckon. However, if the opportunity (a space in the lock-up) arises to get another car, I have my eyes on this tasty mk1 Astra estate. Hopefully we can get the Calibra on the road because my poor Cav SRi has been working so hard recently, it could do with a few wee jobs done sooner rather than later.

[Spudly]

You have far too many toys Lynz, its not fair lol

[blue_peg_16v]

how did we go from cars to the contence of lynzs secret draw? lol

[Lynsey]

Shhhhh! ;)

[Sloth]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloth
i remember reading the press release when the gsi was announced, it says that they have msd cams and management and exhaust. in reality they had g cams, an irmy backbox and the rev limit raised by 250rpm.



Quote:
Originally Posted by Vectra GSi longterm test from evo.co.uk
GSis start life as SRis, which are then given a thorough working over by MSD (Motor Sport Developments) in Milton Keynes. This involves some pretty tasty kit ΂- in our case 215/45 Yokohama AVS Sports (now standard issue on the Aston Vanquish and Porsche Boxster, incidentally), cool six-spoke 17in OZ alloys, bitier brakepads, thuggish Magnex tailbox, racerish Irmscher spoilers, and inside, hip-hugging Recaro seats, alloy gearknob and a hunky steering wheel with part leather, part shiny plastic rim.
But the heart of this conversion was the extra 24bhp that MSD squeezed out of the 2.5-litre V6, lifting peak power to 192bhp, chiefly by dropping in reprofiled camshafts







Quote:
Originally Posted by Kryten
Engage 'smug' mode





:d:d:d:d:d:d

you fail spudders, your quoting evo's roadtest, not the original vauxhall press release, and , like i said there was changes between pre production cars like ernies, and the proper customer cars.

[Spudly]

But there wasnt, thats just confirming what ive already said, they were all the same, this has come up on vvoc a lot and ive spent nearly a week browsing V6 related threads, the engine is exactly the same the only difference is the cams which were the 3.0 G spec cams, why would they build a car and spec it up like fcuk then say weve built this specially for the press, the real car will be nothing like this at all?

[Sloth]

theyd do it like most manufacturers do, so the press give good reviews. clarkson rubbished the vec b so vaux needed something to change that. it happens all the time.

[blue_peg_16v]

sloth admit defeat your wrong the exhast proved it lol

[vaughanmc]

I've 3 atm - That's more than enough lol

Once there all complete I might sell to buy another

Always liked a proper early Mk1 with brown interior

[sport]

Thought i was back on www.vvoc.co.uk (http://www.vvoc.co.uk) for a minute there

[Mike]

Had 2 before (late 04 till mid 05) I personally wont bother with another again until Im old & grey & get bored very easily.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/Random/2661big5.jpg

WiP at the time

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/2661big7.jpg

[novalicous]

i have two but hopefully after the weekend will just be 1

i own one at the moment but after thee weekend it shall be two ;) lol

[novarobbo]

i would love another nova but i currently have this..

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/cavvie/11012010090.jpg

this

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b339/cavvie/22122009265.jpg

and a calibra i am breaking so i have no room and pretty much no pennies left over lol