Saab 2.3 turbo

[C7LJN]

Has anyone looked into fitting a 2.3 Saab engine into a nova?? I know they are a bit longer than a 20xe but they do bolt onto a F20 box.

I was just offered a very cheap full car :-)

[Sloth]

i'll answer, if no-one starts being stupid.

[C7LJN]

Well go on then??

[Bubba]

afaik...the mounts are the same. or at least my mate thinks so as he has been lookin at sticking one in an astra

[Spudly]

If youre thinking the one as found in the 9000 carlsson then i would have said its too wide, there is a thread in projects where one is/has been fitted into a mk2 astra and a lot of chassis leg widening has been done to allow it to sit in the bay properly!

[Plug]

theres a couple mk3 astras running them down this way. ive not heard or seen anyone attempt it in a nova yet though.

if you do it Be sure to make a project thread with lots of info :)

IIRC Paul with the yellow turbo nova was putting one in a mk2 astra gte but that was the 2.0 T

[C7LJN]

Yes in the astra is a fairly easy swap to do. The nova is narrow so might be a case of spaceframe the front end to get the space needed that might be lacking between the chassis legs

[Lee]

If anyone can, Colin can lol

[mowgli]

it will be too tight. leave it for astras or corsas

[Spudly]

If anyone can, Colin can lol



Definately:thumb:



Colin, if space is an issue in the bay why dont you turn the egine round and say, run it longitudinally :wink wink: lol

[Bubba]

it will be too tight. leave it for astras or corsas

nothing a 14lb sledge, some binder twine and some stonechipping cannot sort lol

[mowgli]

binder twine would not be good enough for that sort of conversion.....

you could try to shift the gearbox over to the left to get a little more room, but spaceframing it seems a bit extreme

[Sloth]

right, i did post a klink to a post off mig, where a lad had fitted one to a nova, so it has been done. like its been said the 9000 motor is laid out different, its the 900 post 93 you need. i can go on, but thats the basics. if it was me, i'd use a corsa c 1.7 cdti front subframe, and build a space frame around it, then use an f23 box, as this bolts in nicely, and go from there. there is a lad in birmingham running a 2.0 fpt in a corsa c, and its pushing 400bhp, and looks factory.

[C7LJN]

nothing a 14lb sledge, some binder twine and some stonechipping cannot sort lol

pmsl that's the game lol

rwd was a thought but I just bought a nova last week to have as a daily driver and be better on fuel than my hilux so don't want to go to far into it and make it rwd

[Stuart]

1.9 cdti ;) go on, go on, go on..... even the poxy 120ps one has more torque than a Courtaney "stage 2" ZLET lmao

[C7LJN]

Cheers Sloth I will have a look for that

[C7LJN]

1.9 cdti ;) go on, go on, go on..... even the poxy 120ps one has more torque than a Courtaney "stage 2" ZLET lmao

that was thought of aswell as I used to have a Saab 95 3.0l cdti and that went like fook but the v6 diesels are funny money

[Sloth]

if your feeling brave, there was a z28net from a vectra vxr on ebay for 900

[Stuart]

that was thought of aswell as I used to have a Saab 95 3.0l cdti and that went like fook but the v6 diesels are funny money

yeah bare engines and gearboxes are mental cash, but you can get a catB/C car for shag all

[C7LJN]

I can see this changing from a nice easy project to another monster money pit

[Stuart]

I can see this changing from a nice easy project to another monster money pit

and you are surprised why? lol

[bai1ey]

if your feeling brave, there was a z28net from a vectra vxr on ebay for 900

link? is it still there ?? thank you please

[dj_wudgey]

Definately:thumb:



Colin, if space is an issue in the bay why dont you turn the egine round and say, run it longitudinally :wink wink: lol
Rwd for the win!