View Full Version : Anyone get bored of fast cars?
Well ive had a xe nova, xe on carbs a V6 and a LET for 4 miles lol :( , now im getting my new nova and fancy doing a smallblock as i really fancy doing a fastroad 8v, anyone else had these kind of thoughts or am i just ghey?lol
Novasport
16-12-10, 08:50 PM
Yep
You cant drive fast anywhere anymore. My 1.3 Sport is more fun to drive than most 200bhp+ modern day hatches etc.
novas are all about small revy engines.
but thats just my opinion :)
novas are all about small revy engines.
but thats just my opinion :)
amen lol last nova i drove was my V6 and my mate in his c16se ate me round the twistys lol
amen lol last nova i drove was my V6 and my mate in his c16se ate me round the twistys lol
haha quality, i had everything to fit an 1800 8v mk2 astra engine in my nova, evan then i went out and bought a 1400 sri and dont regret it :d
vauxluva
16-12-10, 08:53 PM
8v all the way for me (carb)
Yep
You cant drive fast anywhere anymore
so true :thumb:
8v all the way for me (carb)
ive always had carbs, got a 1400 multi point now and it doesnt have sh*t on carbs! ha
Rickardo
16-12-10, 08:57 PM
Nobby, do more than 4 miles in a Let and you'll never go small block again... Ever
Deanosri
16-12-10, 09:02 PM
I built a 1400 sri, she's rolling roaded at 114bhp! 102ft/lbs too. My mate Maka had an 18e in his sr and mine kept up with that :)
I haven't got bored of fast cars yet, they are addictive, last had a small block lump about 10 years ago and have never been tempted to go back.
Nobby, do more than 4 miles in a Let and you'll never go small block again... Ever
i would be the same mate more than likely but a LET's out of the question money wise, and dont really want ANOTHER xe or V6 lol
I built a 1400 sri, she's rolling roaded at 114bhp! 102ft/lbs too. My mate Maka had an 18e in his sr and mine kept up with that :)
thats the engine i was going to put in mine, lad with an astra belmont bought it off him :thumb:
what spec is your 1400 ???
not worth having a nova with anything less than an xe! Your just ghey lol
vauxluva
16-12-10, 09:16 PM
not worth having a nova with anything less than an xe! Your just ghey lol
I would rather buy a cav turbo and leave the nova as gm intended :d
General Baxter
16-12-10, 09:16 PM
not worth having a nova with anything less than an xe! Your just ghey lol
x14xe ? lol
Thing with lets and xe's is,they handle abysmal,but that smile they give you when your sat on the bumper of an expensive car in an 80's sh1tbox simply cannot be matched.
BUT they drive SOOO much better with a smallblock round corners,theyre far more nimble like how a small car should be imo
General Baxter
16-12-10, 09:19 PM
put a none vauxhall engine in it!
audi 1.8T engine ;)
^^serious? 1.8 20vs are shoite. not many other engines worth putting in. for example newer f*rd engines are all gash with maybe the exception of the focus/mondeo st and rs engines, even these dont have much if anything on vauxhalls offerings so dont see the point.
General Baxter
16-12-10, 09:25 PM
well its better then a CVH lol
Deanosri
16-12-10, 09:27 PM
thats the engine i was going to put in mine, lad with an astra belmont bought it off him :thumb:
what spec is your 1400 ???
Kent NVO61K cam kit, Sportex 4branch and full system (mild steel), port n polish, new big ends and rings, balanced crank, standard flywheels been lightened and balanced, roosemotorsport hose kit. Had all gaskets and seals etc replaced, stands me at about £2000 though! But it surprises ALOT of people:d
im gagging to get my LET finished. whole car will only stand me about 3k so dont think its that bad £ per BHP, should be around 300bhp and handle reasonably well for a bigblock. i did however have a LOT of fun with it when it had a 14sr engine and pierburg2e3 carb and my 1.4sri corsa's were both a hoot on twisty backroads
Rickardo
16-12-10, 09:29 PM
Andy is spot on.
The fun you can have with a Let Nova is unreal.
You can terrorize almost anything in a straight line. The look on there face is priceless.
I reckon, if money is spent on the right suspension, etc, they can also go round corners without bursting into flames.
Never owned a Xe Nova, been in a few, tbh i was seriously impressed.
mk1nova_rich
16-12-10, 09:31 PM
it all depends on how you drive and the roads you drive on. A talented driver in a properly sorted Nova SR would scare the **** out of you on the back roads
my mates got a 1400 single point corsa, its super slow but on the twistys he scares the sh** out of everyone that get in it, he just stays flat out everywere! haha
but that smile they give you when your sat on the bumper of an expensive car in an 80's sh1tbox simply cannot be matched.
Ask (blue_peg) Rich about the BMW 330csi and then the 911 Carrera Turbo both on the way back from Billing one year and the Porsche convertible on the way to the national weekend aswell, the look on the face of the soft-top porsche driver was fooking class, he was not impressed at all LMFAO, properly good memories (all well within the national limit btw:p)
Deanosri
16-12-10, 09:38 PM
it all depends on how you drive and the roads you drive on. A talented driver in a properly sorted Nova SR would scare the **** out of you on the back roads
lol very true
craig green
16-12-10, 09:41 PM
I'm bored of modified cars tbh, the money is all down the drain IMO. The scene has thankfully shaken off the fibreglass era, but most boy-racers are either ditching their back seats, spraying their wheels the loudest colour they can find or just generally doing what they can to get noticed.
I'll always appreciate nice cars but I think from now on I'll be an observer (watching other people spend).
Joe Richardson
16-12-10, 09:57 PM
Never had the chance to own a fast car yet so i dont know lol
I like big fat comfy cars.
It is nice to spend all day strolling up and down the M5 chasing Imprezas though.
dj_wudgey
17-12-10, 12:21 PM
Ask (blue_peg) Rich about the BMW 330csi and then the 911 Carrera Turbo both on the way back from Billing one year and the Porsche convertible on the way to the national weekend aswell, the look on the face of the soft-top porsche driver was fooking class, he was not impressed at all LMFAO, properly good memories (all well within the national limit btw:p)
yea i cant wait untill im wiping the smils off off people's faces with a nova or somthing off the sort!! i dont think ill get bored off fast cars ill get bord and need more power but ill allways love cars especially fast cars!! i havent owned anything that's fast just a few quick nova's but when i do get something fast ill probrably constantly be looking for more power!!
Danny s-p
17-12-10, 12:52 PM
this y i am only building a 1.6 8v big block are just gay if you ask me year good in a striate line and if you have the skils on a track you can make big block handle good. but y not just stick with what you were giving a old light engine that do sent make the car **** it self when it come to a corner.
dj_wudgey
17-12-10, 12:57 PM
or you could get a alloy block and have a big block that weigs as much as a small block but in sr's gte's gsi's ect leave them how they should be lol
L33 LEG
17-12-10, 01:13 PM
Never really been into driving fast cars to the limit. Would much prefer a car that looks the part and has a quick engine as standard. My next car is still going to stand out a hell of a lot and be considered a sports car but that doesnt mean il be driving it fast.
dj_wudgey
17-12-10, 01:18 PM
i like both i want my sr to looks and sound good in and give a little bit off right foot in lol and then i want a base model nova or a corsa with a xe let to thrash the balls off lol
nova_stee
17-12-10, 01:19 PM
1.8 16v small block on tb for me instead of my turbo all day long
Cars were beginning to lose my interest to an extent. Then I got a RWD. Then I welded the diff. Then I fitted a larger turbo charged engine. The interest returned, although not fully and also in a different way.
ATM I am rolling around in an 1100cc FWD Itialian POS and quite content though. Still fun on the twisties and off the mark when required.
I'd say I'm nowhere near as much into cars as I used to be and consequently don't spend as much buying/modifying them and that's a good thing.
I still like a bit of a laugh though. :)
having spent thousands on building a XE and then realizing that it was only good in a straight line i would not have another big block
smallblock FTMFW !!!!! :d
there's lots to chose from 1800/1600/1400 16v's or just use a original nova engine
L33 LEG
17-12-10, 01:30 PM
I'd say I'm nowhere near as much into cars as I used to be and consequently don't spend as much buying/modifying them and that's a good thing.
I still like a bit of a laugh though. :)
I'd say i am still into cars just as much, if not more, but just taking it into a different direction. I know i will be spending alot more money on them as i get older :(
dj_wudgey
17-12-10, 01:31 PM
yea rwd would entertain me big time lol
The only car I would spend big on now would be classic (pre 73) and Japanese. Some of them will make awesome investments.
What's your next motor going to be then mate or is it hush hush?
L33 LEG
17-12-10, 01:54 PM
The only car I would spend big on now would be classic (pre 73) and Japanese. Some of them will make awesome investments.
What's your next motor going to be then mate or is it hush hush?
A bit hush hush and there are a few contenders so dont want to say anything just yet. Not going to be special enough for some people, but from the job i have and without using finance it should get some people talking lol
I am guessing something like a Maserati 3200GT or a FF RR Vouge. lol
Games ftw. :d lol
MattBrown
17-12-10, 01:58 PM
I'm only 18, so it's fast cars and fast bikes all round when I get the chance.
Allthough the plod don't appreciated much round here
And they certainly won't e happy when the ducati 748 gets on the road lol
L33 LEG
17-12-10, 02:00 PM
I am guessing something like a Maserati 3200GT or a FF RR Vouge. lol
Games ftw. :d lol
Slightly out my price range lol I may pm you one day soon for some advice and a second opinion :thumb:
Edit : just looked at the 3200gts, that is my budget but not really me i dont think lol
brownbear
17-12-10, 02:10 PM
I just don't get bored driving... Fast or slow cars. I Drive it to the edge and hope my protected no claims is worth the extra I pay! :)
brownbear
17-12-10, 02:10 PM
p.s I had more fun in a 1.2 More door nova than I did in my Mk2 Gti....
Slightly out my price range lol I may pm you one day soon for some advice and a second opinion :thumb:
Edit : just looked at the 3200gts, that is my budget but not really me i dont think lol
The RR is within your budget too. I agree though, they aren't my kind of thing either. My mate who had the Maserati now has the RR and loves it.
Hmm advice/second opinion. It's JDM then is my guess. lol R34 GT-R. :d
L33 LEG
17-12-10, 02:18 PM
Il pm you in a minute lol
lol Cool mate. I dunno if I am getting them though. Sent Dod a reply and Raddo Tom a message. Unsure if they reached their target.
brownbear
17-12-10, 02:22 PM
You sent me a message???? Never got it fella.
You sent me a message???? Never got it fella.
Dang it. RE: this (http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pfsw&action=display&thread=93818)
brownbear
17-12-10, 02:28 PM
Dang it. RE: this (http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pfsw&action=display&thread=93818)
sold!! :cry:
L33 LEG
17-12-10, 02:28 PM
Well i have just sent one, let me know if you have got it or not :)
brownbear
17-12-10, 02:34 PM
still nada.
still nada.
Think he meant me? lol
Replied Lee.
Tom I know! It wasn't when I first seen it. That must have been on Tues or Weds though.
brownbear
17-12-10, 02:37 PM
Poo.
p.s I had more fun in a 1.2 More door nova than I did in my Mk2 Gti....
Tom, we're talking about driving cars here, not what you get up to in the back seat lol
Nobby, do more than 4 miles in a Let and you'll never go small block again... Ever
wise words ive done about 40miles in 5 months of ownership lol
God dam thing wont stop breaking haha
waynes sri
18-12-10, 03:25 PM
my SRI still as its lil 1.4 8v and yea cant say id love a xe or a let but i doubt will ever happen for me has id never put one in mine as think should be left how it is.but mine int that sluggish and a bet with a bit of work would be quick off the mark so nobby ill say go for a small block:thumb:
dj_wudgey
18-12-10, 07:28 PM
my SRI still as its lil 1.4 8v and yea cant say id love a xe or a let but i doubt will ever happen for me has id never put one in mine as think should be left how it is.but mine int that sluggish and a bet with a bit of work would be quick off the mark so nobby ill say go for a small block:thumb:
i agree with the should be left how it is bit matey!! id never have anything but the 1300 lump in the sr!!
Never, you can never have enough power
dj_wudgey
18-12-10, 09:52 PM
i know that paul i just use my sr for shows i want a base model nova or a corsa with mental power lol
blue_peg_16v
18-12-10, 10:11 PM
Well ive had a xe nova, xe on carbs a V6 and a LET for 4 miles lol :( , now im getting my new nova and fancy doing a smallblock as i really fancy doing a fastroad 8v, anyone else had these kind of thoughts or am i just ghey?lol
i want to build a 1.6 16v on throttlebodies at some point
blue_peg_16v
18-12-10, 10:12 PM
Never, you can never have enough power
are you related to clarkson paul lol
POOOOWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
Never, you can never have enough power
lol lol lol
Seriously you get bored of anything after a while.
I built my yellow car to scare the **** out of me, but after a while i soon found myself bouncing around in the seat shouting faster faster!
put a none vauxhall engine in it!
audi 1.8T engine ;)
if I crashed the S3 that's exactly what I'd do!
If it makes a 1450kg car do 0-60 in 6.5ish secs and onto 155 mph it would be fookin rapid in a bean can nova.
The other engine I'd love to see in a nova is a Z28 NET.
Seriously you get bored of anything after a while.
I built my yellow car to scare the **** out of me, but after a while i soon found myself bouncing around in the seat shouting faster faster!
Lol i can actually see you doing this! The next q is what next then?
david dixon
19-12-10, 12:19 AM
Never, you can never have enough power
My favourite statement of this thread :thumb:
David.
david dixon
19-12-10, 12:21 AM
The other engine I'd love to see in a nova is a Z28 NET.
lol that would NEVER fit, i have had one sat on a pallet then measured it up next to our 3.2 v6 before it went into the nova.....all i can say is NO!
David.
lol, you can't see much of it under the vectra bonnet
maybe rear mount would work lol
Lol i can actually see you doing this! The next q is what next then?
Got to go to two wheels.
blue_peg_16v
19-12-10, 01:21 AM
Seriously you get bored of anything after a while.
I built my yellow car to scare the **** out of me, but after a while i soon found myself bouncing around in the seat shouting faster faster!
tbf i know what you mean ive always said phase 3 with front wheel drive is enough, but i know find my self looking at bigger turbos and stronger internals and light weight buckets seats etc, the seats will never happen as i suffer from a bad back and can lock up, the nova even with the comfy leathers nearly killed me last time i went 260miles in it, but the turbo is a possibility especialy since the seals are going on mine so would be rude not to upgrade lol
blue_peg_16v
19-12-10, 01:24 AM
if I crashed the S3 that's exactly what I'd do!
If it makes a 1450kg car do 0-60 in 6.5ish secs and onto 155 mph it would be fookin rapid in a bean can nova.
The other engine I'd love to see in a nova is a Z28 NET.
z28net would only be usefull in a straight line ask jack about v6 handling, i do want to fit one to my vectra gsi though and the mrs has said i can keep it as a project when i get her a new motor so watch this space slamed caged btcc inspired vectra gsi coming up lol
lol, my brother now has a VXR vectra and it's deffo a good engine but sadly his older vectra GSI is now lying unloved in our shed, I'm trying to get him to fit either a C or Z LET in it.
blue_peg_16v
19-12-10, 01:40 AM
wouldnt bother with either in the vectra the z28net is the future for the big barge
danderv
19-12-10, 07:13 AM
^^serious? 1.8 20vs are shoite. not many other engines worth putting in. for example newer f*rd engines are all gash with maybe the exception of the focus/mondeo st and rs engines, even these dont have much if anything on vauxhalls offerings so dont see the point.
Rather have a 20v that a let anyday.
BRoadGhost
19-12-10, 08:13 AM
So really this is just a rehash of "Bigblock nova's don't handle" ..."So I'm right to go smaller... right? right guys........?" [sniff etc]
& I wont repeat why people keep harping on about it.
Everybody knows that bigblock nova's don't handle it's a fact
XE/LET's are just the easy choice for higher bhp
Bet if you had a 180bhp smallblock XE nova and a 180bhp XE nova got people to drive them both to compare most people would chose the smallblock
BRoadGhost
19-12-10, 08:25 AM
No; it's just no one who's achieved it has crowed about it that you've heard of... yet.
My XE handled very well tbh. WAY better than my old (snigger) 1.2. AND it was on cheapo ditchfinders lol
The new run of Ford engines are actually very good.
Pistol Pete
19-12-10, 11:04 AM
Seriously you get bored of anything after a while.
I built my yellow car to scare the **** out of me, but after a while i soon found myself bouncing around in the seat shouting faster faster!
This is the truth!
blue_peg_16v
19-12-10, 11:15 AM
The new run of Ford engines are actually very good.
the duratec is a massivly tunable lump and is the xe of the future imo (in saying this i dont mean it will be in every nova under the sun more it will be a kit car main stay and end up in numerous rear wheel drive cars like escort mk1 and 2s were the xe has been popular for years)
Wazza024
19-12-10, 11:28 AM
Sometimes i often think of building a small block as i find them alot easier to have more fun in i think they handle better and can be quite nippy for small blocks. Don't get me wrong when i drive my let it puts a smile on my face to watch peoples faces as your going past them but they are crap at handling i think and seem to be more of a pain in the **** but i like learning about lets and reading everyone elses advice about them then it gives me a insight to these let engines. But i find with having the let you get bored of the power you have and want more.
MattBrown
19-12-10, 11:35 AM
Got to go to two wheels.
Ducati 1098 desmodichi
202 Bhp, and they're mental fast.
But 48k lol
comptoncj
19-12-10, 11:56 AM
Everybody knows that bigblock nova's don't handle it's a fact
XE/LET's are just the easy choice for higher bhp
Bet if you had a 180bhp smallblock XE nova and a 180bhp XE nova got people to drive them both to compare most people would chose the smallblock
I would agree! my gsi is still a hoot round corners but goes better than a 20xe in a straight line, best of both worlds IMO
dj_wudgey
19-12-10, 07:50 PM
Seriously you get bored of anything after a while.
I built my yellow car to scare the **** out of me, but after a while i soon found myself bouncing around in the seat shouting faster faster!
yea i can imagine this happens but i love my sr as she is!! i want to build something with big power though! i want it to look standard aswell sleeper ftw lol
Ducati 1098 desmodichi
202 Bhp, and they're mental fast.
But 48k lol
No being sensible first, R6 or gixxer 6
dj_wudgey
19-12-10, 09:08 PM
^^ bikes suck cars ftw!!!!
comptoncj
19-12-10, 09:10 PM
^^ bikes suck cars ftw!!!!
lol
^^ bikes suck cars ftw!!!!
lol
repped Wudgey
dj_wudgey
19-12-10, 09:15 PM
thanks people i hate bikes big time there just a waste off metal!!!
blue_peg_16v
19-12-10, 09:43 PM
thanks people i hate bikes big time there just a waste off metal!!!
thats cos your not tall enough to fit on one lol
this thread still going lol
bikes suck cars
You watch some weird pr0n :wtf:
dj_wudgey
19-12-10, 11:21 PM
lol jack!! and rick id struggle but im sure i could fit just allways hated bikes with a passion lol
Bungalow_Barlow
19-12-10, 11:21 PM
amen lol last nova i drove was my V6 and my mate in his c16se ate me round the twistys lol
yh my old 1600 beast lol
dj_wudgey
19-12-10, 11:34 PM
not suprising nobby v6 nova dont like corners lol
MattBrown
20-12-10, 10:07 AM
thanks people i hate bikes big time there just a waste off metal!!!
Ride a propper one.
Then you will love them.
And paul, R6 is a good reliable bike.
Fella in work has one with 60k miles on:thumb:
You cant corner fast on a bike, so feck off :p any gaylord can go fast in a straight line lol.
Plus 99.9% of bikers are bellends thinking they can do wtf they like on the roads and that they are immune to the law, coonts.
^^^
Well said Stu
A39 from Bridgwater to Minehead is full of bikers being coonts anytime of the year, at least 5 bikers killed per year, which just attrats more of them :roll:
LEWI007
20-12-10, 11:00 AM
If you can go faster in a straight line then youve got more time to take it easy on the corner before they even get there lol
If you can go faster in a straight line then youve got more time to take it easy on the corner before they even get there lol
The number of douche bag bikers I've seen fly past me at 60+ while in a 30mph village, and to then catch up with them when in the 60 zone of twisties and then try get the slow ass mofos to move out of the way is just annoying as fook.
I've seen bikers doing 'knee down yo' on massive roundabouts as I then drive round the feckers (without doing stupid speeds lol)
I'm sure being a power ranger is a great buzz for the massive acceleration avaiable, but as a 'fun' vehicle I simply cant see it.... Speed/G-Force in bends is more horny than flat out speed
Road bikes are only good for donating engines to go carts, smart cars and Bedford rascles
The only bike I want is one of these
http://media.playstadium.dk/images/news/tron/tron-bike.jpg
Cut me up mofo? Eat my wall! POW lol
I've yet to experience a truly fast car. I love bikes though and as for the above argument of bikes vs cars, speed feels faster on a bike (if ya know what I mean) and you can corner fast(ish) on a bike but obviously a car will always be faster round the twisties.
Anyway, men with balls do this click (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ydg4Y04K0U&feature=related)
Powered by vBulletin® Version 4.2.5 Copyright © 2024 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.