Out for a wee blast in Nova

[thegingerwhinger]

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A wee engine bay shot
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I drove up to kinross from Cowdenbeath and then headed up the back road up towards knockhill. Some nice views to be seen.

[Edd]

Looks great

Really like the wheels, what are they?

[thegingerwhinger]

Cheers,
They are lenso wheels mate, fitted with 165/50x15 tyres.

[raf24]

Tidy wee nova mate,scenery not too shabby either...looks like midges heaven there,were you not getting bitten to fcuk? lol

[thegingerwhinger]

Lol i wasnt out the car long enough mate either that or i taste sh it ha, hows things with yours? You been out in it much?

[John]

Very nice! Love the wheel/engine choice!

[raf24]

Lol i wasnt out the car long enough mate either that or i taste sh it ha, hows things with yours? You been out in it much?

I've been using it a lot more than last year mate aye,just getting a few bits done cosmetically that i wasn't happy with cos i'm picky & they were bugging me but i'm getting there now.

[thegingerwhinger]

Very nice! Love the wheel/engine choice!
Cheers mate, im still not too convinced on the wheels, but the engines pretty good for a small block 1800

[thegingerwhinger]

I've been using it a lot more than last year mate aye,just getting a few bits done cosmetically that i wasn't happy with cos i'm picky & they were bugging me but i'm getting there now.
Good good, time for sppedlines n redtop yet? Lol

[bazzap8389]

Very nice mate :) as others have said I really like the wheel choice.

[chadders]

nova looks great mate

[thegingerwhinger]

Very nice mate :) as others have said I really like the wheel choice.

Thanks mate

[thegingerwhinger]

nova looks great mate
Thanks:)

[raf24]

Good good, time for sppedlines n redtop yet? Lol

It nearly did have a redtop when it was being built,i bought one for £300 as it didn't have an engine at the time but i was given an early e16se gratis & ended up selling the xe for £250 :wtf: but i'm glad i stuck with the 1.6,i'm not too keen on speedlines on a mk1 so i'll probably stick with the standard 3 spokes although i do have some nice gte wheel trims & my local vauxhall dealer told me by checking their computer that my car came from the factory with wheel trims,just need some 14'' steelies.

[thegingerwhinger]

Yeah standard is the new modified mate.

[raf24]

Yeah standard is the new modified mate.

Correct,too many been ruined...that & rust have killed most of them.

[vx kev]

Looks good Fraser :thumb:
So what are they like with these engines in then, in terms of handling, driveability and speed? In comparison to say the normal 20XE conversion or even up from the 1.6?

[thegingerwhinger]

Well im probably the wrong man to ask mate as im biased towards a small block over big block any day, these are quicker than say an x16xe and the handlings pretty good in terms of driving on 165/50x15 ditch finders however when i got this i put bike throttle bodies on it with dta management which made a big differance but removed it all and returned it to std to sell it but im just going to keep hold of it now and just hoon it around the way it is. Hows your getting on?

[vx kev]

Always fancied trying this conversion, it looks really tidy in your engine bay. Im starting to have a real adversion to the big block and especially on track. I want a small block for handling and nimbleness but need the power of big block without spending fortunes.
I had my first time out(shake down) at Knockhill with the LET at the beginning of July, didn't go well and had a few issues. Needless to say I left feeling a bit disheartened, got home put the Nova in the garage and haven't touched it since :cry:

[faker]

That wee car is bitchin! Good work

[J398SUR]

Nice colour ....

[Topmanbeny]

so do small block 1800s fit in without any issues over the corsa 16vs ? and do you get these out of late mk 3 astras or something?

[thegingerwhinger]

so do small block 1800s fit in without any issues over the corsa 16vs ? and do you get these out of late mk 3 astras or something?

Late vectra b's or early mk4 astras. 115bhp std i believe.

[thegingerwhinger]

Nice colour ....
Thanks mate

[thegingerwhinger]

Always fancied trying this conversion, it looks really tidy in your engine bay. Im starting to have a real adversion to the big block and especially on track. I want a small block for handling and nimbleness but need the power of big block without spending fortunes.
I had my first time out(shake down) at Knockhill with the LET at the beginning of July, didn't go well and had a few issues. Needless to say I left feeling a bit disheartened, got home put the Nova in the garage and haven't touched it since :cry:
Thats exactly why i sold my nordic blue xe because i just hated driving it. Small block for me every time.

[Topmanbeny]

Surely though 1800 twin cams are heavy compared to a 1300 , 1400 or whatever and can't be far off the weight of an xe or let ? However if its as easy as a corsa xe swap with 115 horseys as standard that's very tempting . Awesome lil car there by the way

[thegingerwhinger]

Surely though 1800 twin cams are heavy compared to a 1300 , 1400 or whatever and can't be far off the weight of an xe or let ? However if its as easy as a corsa xe swap with 115 horseys as standard that's very tempting . Awesome lil car there by the way

Cheers mate, and i couldnt tell you the differance in weight between an xe and small block 16v