Calibra LET Vs nova XE

[Martin.p]

Calibra turbo 4x4 (working) vs nova 2.0l xe

Which would feel fastest?
Not top end!
Anyone had both??

[Chay84]

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=calibra%20turbo%20vs%20nova&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDgQtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbcT Npt7M08M&ei=gglcUcPuGYqd0wXs8ICYDg&usg=AFQjCNHncam-sCBTVmHA9ZIL9N0ISV-8fQ&bvm=bv.44697112,d.d2k

[Jack]

Nova would certainly feel faster due to it being a small tin can, and 4wd would probably slow the barge down. [edit] From a standing start though, the 4wd would be an advantage.

My GT4 feels a lot slower than my V6, but side by side they're relatively comparable in a straight line. The Nova feels like its doing 100mph at 30mph, the GT4 feels like its doing 30 at 100 lol

[andyredtop83]

Vauxhall listed the calibra turbo as having a 0-60 time of 6.8 seconds and i reckon a 20xe nova would be round about 7 or so seconds to get to 60 with a standard healthy engine

[Adam]

Pretty sure LeeH did a timed 0-60 in his nova xe of about 6secs dead!

[Spudly]

Hmmm, my mate has a cally turbo, and i have a nova xe........:thumb:

[Martin.p]

Well find a private road and get back to me :)

[Lee H]

Pretty sure LeeH did a timed 0-60 in his nova xe of about 6secs dead!

Spot on, 5.995 to be exact but that one certainly went better than the 3 other XE Nova's i've owned.

[Martin.p]

Nova would certainly feel faster due to it being a small tin can, and 4wd would probably slow the barge down. [edit] From a standing start though, the 4wd would be an advantage.

My GT4 feels a lot slower than my V6, but side by side they're relatively comparable in a straight line. The Nova feels like its doing 100mph at 30mph, the GT4 feels like its doing 30 at 100 lol


This is what I was thinking!!

My Calibra doesn't feel like its doing 100 mph at 100
But nova feels like 100 at much lower speed!

I don't have the desire to be doing silly speeds like that anymore but I do like to feel it pulls away quickly! I'd rather be doing 45 mph around B a C roads than 100mph down A or M roads.

[Benn]

I drove a LE cally turbo 4x4, felt alot slower than mine as a xe.

[Martin.p]

^^ this is the post I was hoping to read!!

You have just sealed the fate of my Calibra!

Now it's just what engine I fit! The xe or the let with turbo removed! And anything else it needs changed.
But I have another thread covering this.

Thanks Benn.