1.6 honda engine into nova?

[azzas-sr]

my son wants to make a nova track day car and i have been offered a rover tomcat with a 1.6 honda engine cheap. Does anyone know if this engine would fit in a nova. would be nice and light and reliable.

[napalm_27]

been done before with alot of hassle

[burgo]

nightmare conversion. weigh the honda in and with the money from that get a 1.6 16v vaux engine which will bolt straight in

[napalm_27]

agree with the above baby xe FTW!
they make good power with little money spent on them aswell

[milko96]

Go for the X16XE or C16XE Andy, far far easier... just fitted one in the saloon, you can get the full swap for £200 easy.

Gimme a shout if you have any questions.

[mowgli]

the main trouble with the honda engine is that it rotates the opposite way to european engines & thus its gearbox is on the rhs. its a good engine, for a 80's honda eco box, but it would be hell to fit to a nova

edit..... why not use the rover as a track day car???? they had a one make series for them when they were new & they were pretty fast round a track

[azzas-sr]

that is what i told him to do but he loves the look of novas

[craig green]

Agree, use the Vauxhall 16XE. The Rover derived Honda lump isnt any better, its not VTEC anyhow.
The width of the Honda engine & box wont go in a Nova, so obv cure is a vauxhall gearbox, except as Mowgli pointed out, the engines rotate backward, so you'd have 5 reverse gears & one forward gear even if you could find one made back to front....

[nova_saloon]

deffinatly go for the 1.6 16v vauxhall engine there real good. no jap crap lol. believe me the hassle is alot less and will do about the same if not better. and cheaper