Nova Vxr Project

[jimbonov4]

Hi, Well i think it's time i got my finger out and got this project under way!

So the nova started off life as K93 1.2 white Van, my girlfriend bought it about 8 years ago and has been stored inside workshop since.:tard:

It was a really good shell with only needing minor repairs to body at rear sills and inside boot area near rear panel, so after sitting about in the workshop for many months we thought about doing some of the repairs, we dicided to replace the full front end, new crossmember , front panel and front wings.

These went on and unfortunately due to other work commitments sat in the corner for about 2 years all primed ready for paint.

Eventully last summer we pulled it out the corner and blew off the dust that was about 5mm thick and got the buzz to put some paint on,at last!!!:)

At the time my girlfriend saw a colour that she really liked, which was a kawasaki purple, so on it went and we were really happy with how it turned out, here's a few pics!!

Having trouble inserting pics!!! Help!!

[Pistol Pete]

You cant post pics until you have 15 posts. Dont go spamming your way to that amount...it may take you a while to reach 15 if the mods catch you lol

Welcome to the forum by the way.

[djbrowney]

sounds good mate

[Nova_Tek]

Sounds like a cool project. What are the engine plans?

[jimbonov4]

Ah right ok !

Better get typing then eh!

[l1nuxxx]

Sounds good mate, I'm not far from you, I have a Nova V6 good times lol.

Drop me a PM if you want to meet up sometime

There's another guy on here doing this atm iirc

[napalm_27]

what vxr engine are you using as one is already being/been made by a member on here and may have some hints/tips to get you to were you want to be.. iirc gunny has it.?

[jimbonov4]

Sounds good mate, I'm not far from you, I have a Nova V6 good times lol.

Drop me a PM if you want to meet up sometime

There's another guy on here doing this atm iirc


How does it feel with the V6 in , is it not a bit heavy?

Yeah i've seen gunny's project looks good so far!

[jimbonov4]

what vxr engine are you using as one is already being/been made by a member on here and may have some hints/tips to get you to were you want to be.. iirc gunny has it.?

Yeah i seen gunny's one, i was originally going for X16XE that i got from a mate, had stripped it down for rebuild and bought all new parts for engine to do a full build on it, and had made plans do a lot with in terms of change inlet system for itb's , cams and headwork.

But then i came across an offer i could not refuse.

Hence a Z16LER with 1300miles on it, out of a rolled VXR>:d

[Plug]

just make sure you fabricate the drivers mount out of some hefty metal mate

also if the motors been rolled with the engine running i would strip it down and rebuild :thumb:

[Count Vaux Alot]

Your plans sound interesting and i will look forward to seeing some progress.

[MattBrown]

Its been done on a local corsa around here, it was a major headache, and he is on engine number two now lol

Got 265 brake though, look on corsa sport for the thread!

Be warned, they have the stupidest igniton system everlol

[Nova_Tek]

sounds like a very interesting project as it's not done often. Would really like to see this project get finished.

[Mazz]

Sounds like an interesting project, good luck!

[l1nuxxx]

How does it feel with the V6 in , is it not a bit heavy?

Yeah i've seen gunny's project looks good so far!

Yeah feels heavy at the front mate. It wheelspins in 1st,2nd and 3rd.

The plan is for an LSD and the F28 box soon, then NOS.

Its my daily driver but i'm more into straight line performance just now so I'm building it up for Crail.

[rwaggers]

sounds interesting mate i will defo be keeping an eye on this thread

good luck:thumb:

[Mazz]

The Corsa B VXR project is here :

http://corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=486065&page=1

[jimbonov4]

Thanks for the support so far.

I was planning a full strip and build anyway because it was rolled so thats not problem,just need to get some time to get engine sitting where i want it then make the mounts.

I'm gonna change the loom and ecu for aftermarket ecu and custom loom
to do away with DBW throttle set up.

[burgo]

sounds like youve been ubber lucky with the engine

[L14MNP]

Great plans mate. :) I look forward to seeing how you tackle this, especially the electrical side of things!

[MattBrown]

Great plans mate. :) I look forward to seeing how you tackle this, especially the electrical side of things!

Have a read through the threa on corsasport!

Its a very strange way of doing things lol

Its came down to a local meet one sunday, and fair play it went well:thumb:

[L14MNP]

I assume it's the type where you need the radio as well as the clocks/transponder chip etc?

Link us up dude.

[MattBrown]

I assume it's the type where you need the radio as well as the clocks/transponder chip etc?

Link us up dude.

Previous page mate!

And IIRC you dont need the radio, as you can run an after market unit!

Erm, just the way the coilpacks are, wasted spark etc:roll:

[MK999]

I assume it's the type where you need the radio as well as the clocks/transponder chip etc?

Link us up dude.

It is the corsa D that won't start with the radio removed iirc lol

[Tony M]

Keeping my eye on this beast

[c20 nva]

:wtf: about time mate lol

[steviet293]

a planing dooing a spot of corsa killing by any chance lol. good to sea you geting started mate, give me a shout and i will come and give you a hand,

[jimbonov4]

Cheers Stevie, Rammie

Will be trying a trail fit of the engine next week hopfully.

If noboby comes in and ask's me to do a quick MOT!!!

Gary's still getting smoked!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[let_nova]

pics!!

[c20 nva]

Cheers Stevie, Rammie

Will be trying a trail fit of the engine next week hopfully.

If noboby comes in and ask's me to do a quick MOT!!!

Gary's still getting smoked!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol need some one to do it :thumb:

[dave watson]

this thread needs pics and what you doing about electrics youll have to rewire the whole car practicly and in my opinion youll have to make sure it can connect to vaux comps because a few vxr conversions i have seen need to be connected to a comp to be set up right

[c20 nva]

he,s going for stand alone mate

[MattBrown]

Standalone is by far easier so that corsa chap said!

Omex I think he is on, and you don't need the radio to Start them, as you can get several headunits from the factory, and loads of double din iso ones!!

[Plug]

this thread is useless without pics

[steviet293]

he is a busi man, pics will come when he gets a chance.

[dave watson]

this thread is useless without pics

same feeling +rep

[steviet293]

all good things come to he who waits lol.

[Derick-Sport]

be brilliant to see some pics of this pal

[jimbonov4]

Pics will be up soon promise!!!!

Got some more bits today,

Front and rear hubs from Corsa vxr, dont know if i'll use them but
might be use to someone if i dont.

Also got front legs from vxr to get the factory engine and gearbox mounts
off.

[jimbonov4]

this thread needs pics and what you doing about electrics youll have to rewire the whole car practicly and in my opinion youll have to make sure it can connect to vaux comps because a few vxr conversions i have seen need to be connected to a comp to be set up right

Dave going for aftermarket Ecu, used KMS on numerous track cars for mates
previously with good results, so i'll be using KMS on this too, just need to sus
what T/B to use, poss sub prezza one.

[jimbonov4]

all good things come to he who waits lol.

How long we gonna wait on some progress on your corsa stevieboy

Let me know when u want exhaust done got the parts to do it now!!!:roll:

[Edd]

Pics Needed

[Pete]

you have 15 posts now, put pics up lol

[Nova_Tek]

Agreed, time for pics.

[jimbonov4]

heres some pics as promised hope you like so far
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[jimbonov4]

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[jimbonov4]

Here it is with some paint on her!!

What do you think?

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[General Baxter]

im not reading the thread but its going to be a right old shame when you have to weld new plates into the bay for the engine mount like gunny did lol

[jimbonov4]

Yeah mate dont worry bout that the thoughts on this car changes everyday,
so we've decided to change colour to glacier white, seems a better choice!!!

[jimbonov4]

will post pics of engine tomoroX

[Count Vaux Alot]

I would have kept the original colour but white will be better than purple lol looking good so far

[Nova_Tek]

Looking great mate, nice progress. Glad you picked white over purple. The original colour would have been cool too.

[jimbonov4]

http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae91/jimbonov4/iphonepics2.jpg

Here it is my weapon of choice for the nova,needing a wee clean up, but that can wait till i get the mounts done first then its a strip and build,
might add some goodies when its stripped!!!!

[General Baxter]

would it not be better to put all the insides into a x16 block?

or wont that work ?

[dave watson]

wanna see a pic of the engine number that must be a corsa vxr engine because it isnt an astra vxr

[djbrowney]

that would work perfect, not sure if the head will fit though !

[General Baxter]

well im sure the head is just a 1.8 head, which fits onto a 1.6 block,

[djbrowney]

wanna see a pic of the engine number that must be a corsa vxr engine because it isnt an astra vxr

who said it was a astra vxr engine ???

[dave watson]

who said it was a astra vxr engine ???

no 1 but why go to all the bother of butin a 1,6 turbo in when you can put a 2litre turbo in its abit on the pointless side

[General Baxter]

erm, why not?

1.6 turbo is more then enough power,

or more likely it was CHEAP ?

[djbrowney]

its a modern engine with far far less problems than any let i have ever known lol

[dave watson]

[quote=General Baxter]erm, why not?

1.6 turbo is more then enough power,

or more likely it was CHEAP ?[/q

1.6turbos are quick but you carnt have enough power

[djbrowney]

have you ever driven a 200bhp nova ^ ?

[General Baxter]

you can in a nova
240bhp max i say, you can go more but whats the point, be undrivable and scary

[General Baxter]

not proud but jellous coz he has a valva corsa as an everyday car and a mk 4 astra with around 350bhp

hes been in some fast ones, doubt hes owned one, he dont have a license, iv found my person to pick on tonight lol


also iv snitched on you ;)

[dave watson]

hes been in some fast ones, doubt hes owned one, he dont have a license, iv found my person to pick on tonight lol


also iv snitched on you ;)

youve snitched on me ??? spill the beans

[jimbonov4]

no 1 but why go to all the bother of butin a 1,6 turbo in when you can put a 2litre turbo in its abit on the pointless side

Dave if u read page1 post9 i explained what the engine was mate.

And why do the norm by fitting a z20let/ler that would be the along the same line as fitting c20let,lets build a front end heavy motor that is only good at straight line speed. (dont thinkso mate)

Remember i building this car for my girl, so its gonna be driven by her, so want to keep it as a good allrounder.

Anyway by the time i've worked my magic on the 1.6 Turbolol It will embarres most Z20LER's out there:d

[Mike]

^have fun with the wiring :thumb:

[gunny]

no 1 but why go to all the bother of butin a 1,6 turbo in when you can put a 2litre turbo in its abit on the pointless side

Dude you suck, 192bhp standard, capeable of upto/more than 240 with remap, exhuast, filter and de-cat on original management, different crank and pistons to the c/x16xe (unless forged pistons are used of course) with a bigger head (personally i think vauxhall prepared them for tuning upgrades) lighter than a z20leh and very good engines. Regal have one at 300bhp and theres still loads to be made/fitted/thought up for the z16leh, it hasn't had the tuning past of the z20 engines.

^EDIT: i may be wrong on some things but 'AFAIK'

Good luck with the project mate, what gearbox are you using?

[craig green]

A 2.0 with the same bhp, will always be torquier & have a less peaky power delivery though. You could extend the same argument to anyone fitting an engine smaller than a big block 2.0.
As for stripping it down, why bother?? Its nearly new & better built to factory tolerances than it ever could be. I rolled an Astra GTE & the engine ran for a few minutes upside down with the corner of the rocker cover broken off, when I put it into another shell, it ran again with no issues, though it was a bit odd feeling for first few days, then kinda found its power again.

That purple was rank btw. Best paint for a combat kitted Corsa but not a sweet Nova.

[gunny]

A 2.0 with the same bhp, will always be torquier & have a less peaky power delivery though.

Very true, but then again you have the weight differences, not immense but depending what kind of car your going for 'every little helps'

[jimbonov4]

Cheers Gunny!

Would really like to useM32 box, if i can make it fit.

Dont like to make things easy for myself but hey, love a challange.

How's your nova any more progress mate.

[gunny]

The M32 is a bit locky a short stocky skinhead mate, from what i recall you would need to mince a hell of a lot out of the chassis leg then re-build it/strengthen it.

Not yet been waayyyy to busy with work, luckily as i need the money lol, but im hoping to get some progress over the next few weeks, it has to be a PVS this year!

[jimbonov4]

Did you try a mock fit up with m32 box?

[gunny]

Did a bit, didn't look too great, and i put it next to my F28 which we all know are big boxes and it was definitely fatter.

[Count Vaux Alot]

Its true its a very capable engine and would be plenty for any nova, if anyone's interested in the turbo 1600xe idea see the last few pages of my wip......

[craig green]

smallblock turbo FTW. I've only been pushing the idea since I joined!

[General Baxter]

smallblock turbo FTW. I've only been pushing the idea since I joined!

+rep

[Count Vaux Alot]

smallblock turbo FTW. I've only been pushing the idea since I joined!

Calm your self Craig it will sink in in the end lol

[dave watson]

Dave if u read page1 post9 i explained what the engine was mate.

And why do the norm by fitting a z20let/ler that would be the along the same line as fitting c20let,lets build a front end heavy motor that is only good at straight line speed. (dont thinkso mate)

Remember i building this car for my girl, so its gonna be driven by her, so want to keep it as a good allrounder.

Anyway by the time i've worked my magic on the 1.6 Turbolol It will embarres most Z20LER's out there:d

ooh for youre gf i didnt read that bit and i wasnt on about a z20let i was onabout a z20leh

[Stuart]

M32 is cable shift.... enjoy converting for that :d

[gunny]

I looked into it when I started mine, wouldn't be too dificult tbh it's only push/pull cables

[steviet293]

am sure if its feesable jimmy will find a way, thats what he dose best thinking outside the box lol. if it was easy theire would be no chalange theire.

[chrisnovaturbo]

what ever you do dont map it with out changing the injecters as there maxed out from standard. with a stage 1 map the standard injectors max out a 4900rpm !!! so will lean out and melt pistons, not good. ive got corsa vxr and got the power upto 242bhp without a map lol. im lucky i ant blown it up yet as ive just found out that it was running lean :eek: still pops some nice flames tho lol

[gunny]

I've heard this before, you have to machine out the injector ports iirc?

[elgan]

i converted my van from rod to cable shift. ull just need a big hole in the bulkhead to take them through! nothing to be afraid of

[jimbonov4]

Here it is engine sitting where roughly it will live
http://i961.photobucket.com/albums/ae91/jimbonov4/novavxr001.jpg
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Just for you stevie mate.

[Nova_Tek]

Looking good mate.

[steviet293]

yeeha progress. i will come in on the way home one nigt during the week for a coffee.lol

[let_nova]

nice, is the shell seam welded?

[LEWI007]

LOVE The colour, i was going to paint mine similar to that.

IMO, you should make it like this and keep that colour..

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh57/LEWI007/f7152ae2-1.jpg

[thegingerwhinger]

Cheers Stevie, Rammie

Will be trying a trail fit of the engine next week hopfully.

If noboby comes in and ask's me to do a quick MOT!!!

Gary's still getting smoked!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheeeky!!!!!

[Mushy]

I`m not too fond of metallic colours on mk1s, kind of ruin`s the whole old skool theme, more of a mk2 thing you can get away with.
But the colour is growable, keep the progress coming !

[steviet293]

cheeeky!!!!! what you dooin on heere fly boy:p

[CrAzY_kAyLL]

Not read all the replys but noticed a few that made me laugh telling you to just do what all the other Nova owners have done/are doing lol

Can't wait to see this finished and then see it in the flesh because since the day the Corsa VXR was born I have been waiting for someone to do this to a Nova :thumb:

Be good to see what the insurance comapny say when you ring them up and say you want insurance on a 1.6 VXR Nova lol I bet they just think you mean a 1.6 GSI Nova :wtf:

Keep up the quality work and remember do it your way and be different :d

[thegingerwhinger]

what you dooin on heere fly boy:p

just remembered all this **** still existed mate. :thumb:

[steviet293]

Not read all the replys but noticed a few that made me laugh telling you to just do what all the other Nova owners have done/are doing lol

Can't wait to see this finished and then see it in the flesh because since the day the Corsa VXR was born I have been waiting for someone to do this to a Nova :thumb:

Be good to see what the insurance comapny say when you ring them up and say you want insurance on a 1.6 VXR Nova lol I bet they just think you mean a 1.6 GSI Nova :wtf:

Keep up the quality work and remember do it your way and be different :d
Waw somone with a good opinion and not a sheep folowing the rest. You bills your car for you not every one else so foot how you want it.their are tomany critics on here that can't tell a screwdriver from a spanner. O well rant over

[napalm_27]

tbh iv seen a few corsa vxr's in other cars but not many astra vxr's been put into anything except mine... I may have missed them but to this day havnt seen one in a nova.. Good build keep up the good work :thumb:

[jimbonov4]

Hi peeps, sorry not been any updates recently, been very busy with customers cars, defo plan on doin a bit of the mounts over next couple of weeks honestly, will post pics asap!!!!!!

[MK999]

tbh iv seen a few corsa vxr's in other cars but not many astra vxr's been put into anything except mine... I may have missed them but to this day havnt seen one in a nova.. Good build keep up the good work :thumb:

I'm sure someone must have picked one up in a nova before.

[Danny s-p]

any news on this then mate

[ward]

im liking that ur doing something different,good luck fella

[BongMong]

The colour is quality!!.. Love it (y)

[Elstro1988]

I like the purple, but also think white will look good too :)

Good for you, this looks pretty cool, and a different way of doing things engine-wise too.

What are you doing to do bodykit/rims-wise? Keep them subtle or full on VXR-ish? (silly question lol)

[c20 nva]

hes not done much to it he is a busy man he run's his own business
http://jndevelopment.net/ :thumb:

[jimbonov4]

[quote=c20 nva]hes not done much to it he is a busy man he run's his own business
http://jndevelopment.net/ :thumb:[/quote

]

Cheers rammie,

nova has moved a few feet out of the corner,

will be getting stuck in about it in the next few weeks mate.

sick of looking at it lying burst, need to get stevies bus out first but!!!!!!

[c20 nva]

My car will be paying a wee visit soon I hope lol

[Bubba]

:o what colour is that?? im lokin for a pinky/purple for mine (purely to win a bet)

[wwmnw]

:o what colour is that?? im lokin for a pinky/purple for mine (purely to win a bet)



At the time my girlfriend saw a colour that she really liked, which was a kawasaki purple, so on it went and we were really happy with how it turned out, here's a few pics!!

First post Bubba, unless you mean the name/code for it.

[Bubba]

yeh, lol maybe should have said

[jimbonov4]

Hi Folks, Sorry no updates lately, been up to my eyes with work for customers, nova vxr is on the old back burner as they say, just done c20nva exhaust for rammie. Purple Nova has got a new Mate in the workshop, just got
93' SR red, pretty good nik, minor repairs req'd, will start thread for him.

This now give's me more time to get vxr project the way i want it, GF has been nipping my head to get nova done hence the purchase of 93' 14 sr, dont need much for MOT.

[c20 nva]

must say its a nice clean nova mate and that exhaust on ma car is a work of art mate ta very much :d

[PVG]

Great project bud:thumb: This engine is a cracker, we got a mate who`s strapped on a K04 and he`s running 288bhp & 280lb/ft and he`s got another mapping session to come.