Gm/vauxhall 80,s/90,s projects

[vauxluva]

I have allways had it in my mind that they must have chucket either an 8vs.e.h,or a 16v x.e,just for a testlol

[Southie]

Errr.... I'm confused.

[vauxluva]

Sorry i ment with a nova,having all the parts to hand in its hard not to think that they had not tried it,were did it all start?

[1990GTEBOY]

:wtf: needs a little more explanation ...........

ahhhh now i see lol .....

could be an interesting thread .

[Pistol Pete]

I think he means possible Vauxhall Nova prototypes with 8v/16v engines in.

[Balley]

Yeah Now they should of made at least an Seh Nova to compete with the Gti's, R5GTT, Uno T, RST etc etc

[Balley]

I bet the ode boys dropped a Let in a GSI as a practical joke one tea break and thought this could catch on,.. then tea break ended and the forgot all about it for the next 5 years!!

[Southie]

Basically then who was the first to do a 2.0 8/16v conversion and has anyone some early pictures of these conversions taken on there old polroid cameras, and surely the mechanics has a incling that these conversions would be still going 20 odd years on lol

[vauxluva]

Well courtney must have been in the loop, would like to think it was done...........:roll:

[Mike]

I have allways had it in my mind that they must have chucket either an 8vs.e.h,or a 16v x.e,just for a testlol

Oh please :roll:

[shed-on-wheels]

im sure i have a mag somwhere of the first big block conversion all mounts ect were hand made as were driveshafts built in a barn iirc

[sport]

Think carquip were doing it in 1989

[shed-on-wheels]

that may be the people then sport

[vx kev]

I have it on good authority from an old rally driver i know that they did do an 1.8 8v mk1, very very very rare. Either that or he dreamnt it lol

[Hobbit]

^ wasn't there a write up in TV of a really early 1.8 converted hatch.Owned by a bird, iirc it was featured along side her boyfriends saloon.

[vx kev]

^ wasn't there a write up in TV of a really early 1.8 converted hatch.Owned by a bird, iirc it was featured along side her boyfriends saloon.

Aye a Black C reg Irmscher edition thingy, was from up this neck of the woods too.

[Hobbit]

that was the one, he had a tow bar on the loon to put off the last of the late breakers round knockhill lol pretty sure that was the same feature...

[vx kev]

that was the one, he had a tow bar on the loon to put off the last of the late breakers round knockhill lol pretty sure that was the same feature...

Yeh thats him, back then a track day at Knockhill could be like a night at the Stockies. You needed all the protection you could get lol

[Danny s-p]

i remember that a car was the saloon blue

[Hobbit]

Thats the one, think I have the feature at home. will scan it and bung it up if I remember this weekend.

[Cle]

i no the car too there has been pics posted up of it on here before, IIRC (could be wrong) did it not have a irmsher kit on it and was in scotland aye

[Bubba]

it had irmy grill and 1.8SR on the bootlid.

i know my mate did an XE conversion about 17-18 years ago (i think)...and and then LET'd it a few years after that...and he still has it

[Spudly]

Its all lies, the big block conversion was never done, its just an urban legend, ask anyone and they will tell you they run bottles of skimmed milk in all the fast nova's these days, lol




And going back to the nova in the feature, was an astra mk1 GTE engined SR, with the decal 1.8SR on the bootlid as bubba stated, the conversion was never anyrhing to do with vauxhall though, was featured alongside the boyfriends nordic two door loon on speedline mistrals, iirc he is or was on here a couple of years back too, oh and the lass was a bit of a bird too:thumb:

[duick]

The 1st companies in Germany that put the 1.8 engine of the Astra GTE in a Corsa A, did that already in 1983. But it was no test and try of Opel. The even sold a few of these conversions. Iirc, the 1st XE in a Corsa was done in 88 or 89, but also from a tuning company

[Cle]

was featured alongside the boyfriends nordic two door loon on speedline mistrals, iirc he is or was on here a couple of years back too, oh and the lass was a bit of a bird too:thumb:

Im pretty sure i no who you mean but she hasent posted on here since the change so cant see any of her old posts

[Jack]

Im pretty sure i no who you mean but she hasent posted on here since the change
That sounds so wrong. lol

[blue_peg_16v]

the mythical lotus nova i see has not been mentioned lol

[Cle]

That sounds so wrong. lol

How lol

[SGA33]

Martyn Tinker had a 2.0ltr 16v in his nova for autograss racing early 90's.

[blue_peg_16v]

martin tinker also used to make conversion shafts had a few sets of tapered off him back in the day lol

[svlet]

http://www.topbuzz.co.uk/gallery/marcus_plowman/lotus_nova.htm. For blue peg

[Cle]

that was for sale on ps not long ago

[svlet]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-110537.html this is the thread some one mentioned with the 1.8sr still looking for pictures

[blue_peg_16v]

i wasnt refering to the car more the storey behind its build and the rhumors that they xe;d a nova

[svlet]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?87117-crail-raceway this the car. In question

[Hobbit]

That's the one.

And why did no one ask to see boobs in that thread? :roll: slackers lol

[svlet]

Lol it wasn't compulsory back then I'm sure the rule of breast or gtf is a newer one am sure

[Southie]

So we need Moffat to have a word with his dads "friend" then about this lol

[ste porter]

there was a rear engined rear wheel drive offered by a vauxhall endorsed private company i have the link on old hard drive but someone posted it on here in the first place cant recal who it was though.
was late 80s and they did a cobnvertable version of it aswell weather there was actualy many if any sold i dont know as it was about 6k back then which was more than the car to start with

[Hobbit]

another pic of the sr... currently playing with my scanner, photoshop and hosting site to see how best to do it...

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/sr1.jpg

[svlet]

http://www.opel-corsa-a.com/index.php?seite=Modelle/Umbauten/Pitz/Pitz_e.htm
this could be the first conversion but don't know if the thread was for uk cars only

[svlet]

Just found a few older conversions one is a 1.8 done in 1983 won't let me copy the link now tho

[saloon-mogz]

thats my mates old loon when he sold it it had a 1.6 8v in it