Scooby-nova

[John]

Was pointed to this build by a chap who i work with, Not too sure if it's a re-post.

http://www.subaru-central.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=10406

[Southie]

You need to be signed in to see it John, is it worth me signing up lol

[mk1nova_rich]

You need to be signed in to see it John, is it worth me signing up lol

+1

[Iain]

Need administrator approval too grrr.

[John]

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e254/Banner1982/009.jpg

[John]

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[John]

Some of the better pics from the thread.

[Southie]

Looks like a fair bit of efforts going into it, is it still ongoing then? Are the running the 4x4 off the impreza as well??

[Iain]

That looks pretty cool! Reminds me of the Scooby-underneath-Firenza-body I saw at a recent RetroRides meet.

[John]

yep it's on-going, looking at it all of the scooby floor pan has been used. He want to runa 350bhp wrx engine and 4wd.

[Bubba]

get him on here :thumb:

[Mike]

Tidy.

A friends EK Civic is looking similiar ish to that at the minute.

[Derick-Sport]

insane lol

[John]

get him on here :thumb:

Will pm him on scooby central.

[16v Nova Kev]

looks cool but scooby engines are crap imo.

[Adam]

looks cool but scooby engines are crap imo.
Explain....

[Hoochie]

looks cool but scooby engines are crap imo.


only if they're looked after by monkeys, or not at all :roll:

edit* oops, it's Sturge, didn't realise she was logged in lol

[nova_saloon]

Explain....

there only crap because they can get oil starvation to the 4th cylinder as its far away from the pump. otherwises bullet proof, and a **** to change spark plugs on the 16v engine and a bitch to do head gaskets it to, i know ive had to do one!!! was pooo

[peester]

well, im no expert but thats how 4x4 nova is done.. just plonk the top and sides off one onto a 4x4 car lol
cool, good to see it finished

[nova_saloon]

well, im no expert but thats how 4x4 nova is done.. just plonk the top and sides off one onto a 4x4 car lol
cool, good to see it finished

i certainly agree, itds just made doing asll framing and ****, its built for 4x4 then. but space framed like one on here will be light, which is win, just the transfer box's are a bit ****e on the 4x4 c20lets

[mowgli]

gets popcorn.......

i keep looking for a cheap v6 monterey as a donor for my daydream nova 6r4.

[Adam]

UK Scooby engines are a bit weak, so jdm STI ftw.

[mowgli]

/\ how come?? is it an emissions thing?? as the original engines are basically the same. the yanks reckon subaru engines are good for 300k+ miles.

[grooge]

my mates a subaru tech and i used to work at the garge aswell. if the engines are well looked after they last well. customers that treat them well n bring them in for every service usually have no problems and easily see huge milages.

[NOV4_SPORT]

Looks pretty intersting imo, would be good to see it finished.

iain

[Adam]

/\ how come?? is it an emissions thing?? as the original engines are basically the same. the yanks reckon subaru engines are good for 300k+ miles.
The english engines are weaker due to cast pistons etc iirc.
STI imports had blueprinted/forged engines, and ran more power.

[Rexy]

Prft its not an evo engine so its not even good bloody poobarus.. prft

Looks like its comming along mind, and im sure it could be chassis twisting fun I really hope they do some chassis work, the torque will really kill that poor little nova.

[Jack]

The english engines are weaker due to cast pistons etc iirc.
STI imports had blueprinted/forged engines, and ran more power.
....then got limited to 112mph. LMFAO

[Edd]

That looks insane, would be interesting to see the electrical side of the conversion tho

[16v Nova Kev]

prob will never get finished

[AdamK]

Prft its not an evo engine so its not even good bloody poobarus.. prft

Looks like its comming along mind, and im sure it could be chassis twisting fun I really hope they do some chassis work, the torque will really kill that poor little nova.

Hes using everything off the scooby its basicly a scooby with nova pannels mate.

[CrAzY_kAyLL]

Will be very intresting to see how it handles ect when finished but gets my vote so far

[Rexy]

Hes using everything off the scooby its basicly a scooby with nova pannels mate.

It still has a nova floor pan/chassis. They split the chassis legs under hard driving with a C20XE with 140lbf... Imagine what 350/350 would do to the poor thing.

And its not really everything from the scooby, its just the engine, box and running gear. Its unfinished atm, so who knows what else he has planned.

[Rexy]

Next time, I will look at the pictures and take 100% notice before posting stupid comments... apologies...

Still a ****ty poobaru prft...

[John]

lol at rexy. Progress is slow on the wip, but iirc he runs his own business too.

[AdamK]

lol at rexy. Progress is slow on the wip, but iirc he runs his own business too.

Well doing a project like that you know hes not on the doll lol.

[16v Nova Kev]

Still a ****ty poobaru prft...

seconded

[Andy]

....then got limited to 112mph. LMFAO
did they??,i had more than that out of my mates jdm sti???
I thought the uk ones do 155 and the jap ones do 130? i couldnt see any more than that in his

[Jack]

Should be. All JDM cars are (or were)/should be limited to 112mph. Its not hard to delimit them though.

Mind you, all JDM models are "supposed" to be 276bhp. Its usually EU/UK models which are higher power (see Supra, 3000GT). Again, its usually not hard to swap the odd bit to get the power.

[mowgli]

10 years ago, the imprezza was the chariot of the gods...... why does everyone call them names now?


ps. i think this will be a brilliant build.

[Mike]

10 years ago, the imprezza was the chariot of the gods...... why does everyone call them names now?

Because there old hat now lol they no longer a £22k 4 door family joyride motor lol

[16v Nova Kev]

most have had 10+ owners and every one of them has gave them a hard time

[mowgli]

most have had 10+ owners and every one of them has gave them a hard time

i've seen that phrase somewhere before...................

[Mike]

most have had 10+ owners and every one of them has gave them a hard time

Sounds like the life story of a prostitute LOL lol lol lol

[16v Nova Kev]

lol lol

[16v Nova Kev]

i've seen that phrase somewhere before...................

same with novas but they are a bit cheaper to fix:thumb:

[gazz]

Nothing wrong with impreza's. you look after them they look after you.
mine was on 185k when sold and still goin strong now.
would have another over a sh!tsubishi cr@p anyday.

[dj_wudgey]

this is a class build this seen it before! but its a awesome build!!

[Rexy]

mowgli, have you driven an impreza at all?

I've driven a classic, owned a newage 2003 WRX and test drove a newage 2002 STI.

They just well I dunno its hard to explain really. The seem to do the job, but there not all bells and whistles in honesty I always found them well boring.

Granted the evo wasnt massive power by any means but it was so much better at what it did over any of the imprezas I took out the evo was a 1998 R plate evo 5. And to me felt more agressive looked better too. The imprezas have always been cheaper and thus earned the following they have with the evo's being a more premium brand and a lot more technology and equipment going into their cars.

They both get smoked by Nova xe's mind :P :thumb:

You need to try an impreza mowgli you will either love it or hate it.

[mowgli]

everyman rally day 5 years ago. got to drive an evo (few years old) & a brand new roadgoing imprezza on a runway course.. maybe it was cos the evo was some old press car (no carpets. no cage) and had been round the block a few times, but it was like an old L200 pickup inside, and felt rotten, but the scooby was fantastic. and trying to get my head round how to load up the tyres to get it really going in the corners was great...

[Rexy]

Awesome, at least you have had an experience in both of them (Y)

[mowgli]

and didn't worry about getting arrested.....

[Jack]

I've had a shot in a couple of Impreza's, wasn't overly impressed with them. Have yet to drive a Lancer though, but I already know Mitsubishi customer care is disgustingly hopeless. Subaru score much better there, my sister was well looked after by the local dealer with hers.

Still, the Impreza is a bit of a chav icon which puts me right off. Same goes for the R33 and Supra :(

[MK999]

Should be. All JDM cars are (or were)/should be limited to 112mph. Its not hard to delimit them though.

Mind you, all JDM models are "supposed" to be 276bhp. Its usually EU/UK models which are higher power (see Supra, 3000GT). Again, its usually not hard to swap the odd bit to get the power.

Is 276 bhp rirry mr offishall :) Rook vehy quick because of the gealbox yo seeee

lol

[ben10]

hi i am ben this is one of the projects i have going on at the moment only started jan this year only spend a few hours here and there but it will get finished kev 16v as all my projects do i am a mechanic and this is one of many cars me and the lads have and are building i have built nova and corsa xes and lets as well as others but have always struggled for traction on the vauxhall projects i dont really rate the vauxhall 4x4 system but love my novas so i tried the scooby route as a good friend owns a subaru garage so parts not a problem and there fun to drive, i no its not every ones cup of tea but its different and will be fast i have all the goodies it needs and there isnt much we cant do between us. i have lots of nova parts to sort out which i dont need and will be needing some bits myself i will post again but not on computer much thats y progress looks slow on the car.it is nearly ready for paint so should be in body shop before christmas and hopefully out for around june :thumb:

[dougie_boi]

hi i am ben this is one of the projects i have going on at the moment only started jan this year only spend a few hours here and there but it will get finished kev 16v as all my projects do i am a mechanic and this is one of many cars me and the lads have and are building i have built nova and corsa xes and lets as well as others but have always struggled for traction on the vauxhall projects i dont really rate the vauxhall 4x4 system but love my novas so i tried the scooby route as a good friend owns a subaru garage so parts not a problem and there fun to drive, i no its not every ones cup of tea but its different and will be fast i have all the goodies it needs and there isnt much we cant do between us. i have lots of nova parts to sort out which i dont need and will be needing some bits myself i will post again but not on computer much thats y progress looks slow on the car.it is nearly ready for paint so should be in body shop before christmas and hopefully out for around june :thumb:at least your no scared of giving it a go which is what i like to see doesnt matter who says what etc your car do as you please as people will either like it or they wont and they wont be shy in expressing there views on that lol but hat off to you mate hope you keep us updated in your progress
cheers dougie

[bainyboy sr]

something i would love to do always fancied a scooby nova , that will be so fast i want a shot lol

[John]

hi i am ben this is one of the projects i have going on at the moment only started jan this year only spend a few hours here and there but it will get finished kev 16v as all my projects do i am a mechanic and this is one of many cars me and the lads have and are building i have built nova and corsa xes and lets as well as others but have always struggled for traction on the vauxhall projects i dont really rate the vauxhall 4x4 system but love my novas so i tried the scooby route as a good friend owns a subaru garage so parts not a problem and there fun to drive, i no its not every ones cup of tea but its different and will be fast i have all the goodies it needs and there isnt much we cant do between us. i have lots of nova parts to sort out which i dont need and will be needing some bits myself i will post again but not on computer much thats y progress looks slow on the car.it is nearly ready for paint so should be in body shop before christmas and hopefully out for around june :thumb:

Hi Ben, welcome to the png fella! Keep us updated as you go! Who cares if it's not everyones cup of tea! :)

[markc20xe]

i love it think it is sick and will look good when finished and good luck wit it :thumb:

[dj_wudgey]

i love it aswell and not only will it look good it will sound good two impreza's sound ace i think!!

[pie]

looks sweet buddy :thumb:

reminds me off the scooby golf they did on chop shop :lol:

til they wrecked it with skyline lights etc :lol:

[Ben]

looks like a lot of work has gone into this, be intrested in seeing it finished!

Bit like Colin's 4x4 cossie nova!

[dj_wudgey]

i was thinking that ben that was a awesome machine aswell!!

[Danny s-p]

nova + scooby sound track = my dream nova

[Mieran]

Awesome project, I bet when its finished and you start whooping people the first thing will come in their head is "must be a redtop turbo" lol

[L14MNP]

^ Not with a Boxer soundtrack. They'll think 14SR with a cracked dizzy cap. lol

[Mieran]

Or a misfiring 'valver' lol

[CrAzY_kAyLL]

Bit like Colin's 4x4 cossie nova!

anyone got a link to this Nova ?

[dj_wudgey]

its in the projects matey only a few pages back as its just been bumped!!

[Southie]

anyone got a link to this Nova ?
>LINK (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90690&highlight=cossie+nova)< ;)

[dj_wudgey]

beat me to it lol

[ben10]

hello just let you all no car in paint shop so will be back home in a couple weeks to put back together will put some pics on later

[wwmnw]

Good stuff mate, look forward to seeing some pics.

[MK1_Ben]

Good to hear.

In regards to the scooby vs Evo discussion.

I used to work at an "Import" garage, and have driven various Evo's and Subarus. Out of the lot the most fun was definitely a Makinen Edition Evo 6. I actually borrowed an STI WR1 Impreza; 500 in the country, 316bhp standard and 0-60 in under 5 seconds. Insanely quick but handle like a trolley in comparison to an Evo of equal age, which is what puts me off them. Also as stated above, the styling of an Evo is alot more "extreme" and they aren't common as muck like older Impreza's so they do look something special when out on the roads.

[calibra-keith]

i asked if anyone had done this a while back as i had most the stuff to do it

[Mike]

i asked if anyone had done this a while back as i had most the stuff to do it

Its already been done to a few Corsa over the last few years.

One of which, albeit a shell, is up on eBay for £3k at the moment.

[claire6069]

10/10 to him!! i swapped my xe corsa for a scooby, best thing i ever did, love it!!
i've had millions of 'type subaru engine rattle into google' jokes and such forth but at the end of the day, so long as they're serviced regular, warmed up and cooled down properly, they're no different to any other 2.0l turbo engine. they're prone to going bang because idiots dont understand them and whack massive boost pressures through a standard engine and then de-cat them and wonder why they go bang!!
i reversed mine over a 2foot drop the other day on accident - nothing wrong with it at all, its perfectly fine so they defo get my vote on being bulletproof if it can survive my driving lol

[claire6069]

any updates on this yet??

[istf]

Any updates? I find this picture, but I don't know is it same and couldn't find other pics. Progress pictures could be interesting.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/60377_508850405792247_112400487_n.jpg

[8valve-craig]

Looks like it, Same bloke at the back of the car from the first pics

[faker]

That's bonkers! Having owned a Subaru impreza and driven loads of evo's belonging to mates, I think they are both mental cars! My classic was bog standard, I was the third owner, with a fully stamped dealer history which I kept up. Out of the box they are simply awesome cars. Mine got updated dampers and a nice exhaust and enjoyed. Bags of power when you want it and the wife could drive it like a 1 litre subaru justy. Evo's seem to be a little more bonkers.

[8valve-craig]

I always used to go for the Legacy Turbo's. They were better owned and maintained, never modified and had the same EJ20 setup.

Even they have a following now, but still a lot less chav.

[theworx]

Im considering undergoing this project myself but worryed about the legalities if it. I was planning to keep the car road legal would it be registered as a nova or a subaru. Obviously the chassis number from the nova would be removef becsuse would be using the flourpan from the subaru. Id prefer it to be registered as nova because when the police pull you over and the reg comes bsck as a subaru but it looks like a nova. It would take some explaining. Also are there any mot testers on the forum that know what problems I would have. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[kent14sr]

To do this properly, it would require an SVA (single vehicle approval) by VOSA and at this point it would be assigned an appropriate number plate. I would expect the make would be kit car or similar.

An SVA would be required due to the changes that would be made to the key chassis components

[theworx]

Ive built kit cars in the past and done sva test and I dout this would ever pass. Was hoping I could get away with that. Was thinking of buying a nova that has already been registered as a 2 litre and gust drive it on the nova plates. Just wondering if there would be complications at mot. I could keep the chassis number from the nova and weld it into the right place by the drivers seat

[Southie]

If you think it wouldn't pass god help you trying to build a dodgy car and have a crash, build it right and get the proper tests done...

[8valve-craig]

Good luck when you accidently kill someone then.

Edit ^beat me to it.

[theworx]

Im an engineer and would make sure it would be done properly. The problem is with the new sva test the exterior dimensions of a nova would not pass the sva guidelines. So wanted to do it leagaly but find a loophole to avoid sva. I want it to look like a nova but if I had to get it through the sva I would have to round off most of the novas edges and lose the shape of the nova witch would be defeating the object of using the nova shell in the first place

[novalew]

Keep it to the track/strip if it ain't legal. Not worth the consequences mate.

[Iain]

Possible to make some "SVA Test friendly" arches/wings/panels then replace them after the test? lol

[novalew]

Should big jap bodykits be banned for the same reason?