View Full Version : redtop novas - how quick??
Chazsxi
17-10-03, 08:08 PM
what kinda 0-60's and 1/4 miles people getting in their redtopped novas!?
what would a totally stripped nova get with a redtop performance wise!?
cheers 8)
didnt think myne was that good was bored with it after a month realy :roll:
Rick Draper
19-10-03, 02:11 PM
whats a redtop nova?
A nova with a red roof. Rick
Ian_Gsi16v
19-10-03, 04:10 PM
whats a redtop nova?
A nova with a red roof. Rick
lol
Philsutton
19-10-03, 04:14 PM
whats a redtop nova?
A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.
Dare-devil
19-10-03, 04:27 PM
A nova with a red roof.
LMAO :lol:
Yeah.. Its a Nova with and 2.0 16v..
didnt think myne was that good was bored with it after a month realy :roll:
thats because you were banned and it just sat there!
slut! just coz you are jelous we can afford police down south!
i had it on the road for 4months thank you b4 i was banned!
imo 16v novas are well over hyped and i was a tad dissapointed!
A nova with a red roof. Rick
u should be on a stage mate :roll:
lol
thanks guys now I'm that much wiser :wink:
?Marty?
20-10-03, 04:20 AM
A nova with a red roof. Rick
u should be on a stage mate
Sweeping up. lol
A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.
Or a Carlton GSi
Philsutton
20-10-03, 01:45 PM
isnt the carlton GSI a 3lt V6 or am i thinking of sumthing else?
Jon_nova1
20-10-03, 04:49 PM
what do you think a stripped out 1.2 would get i'm thinking of buying of buying a nova shell that's only got the the important parts and of corse a driver seat
Ste_Nova
20-10-03, 04:51 PM
A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.
Or a Carlton GSi
FFS!
A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.
Or a Carlton GSi
yeah the carlton GSI was a 3ltr and rear wheel drive for that fact???
dave.gsi
20-10-03, 09:29 PM
and the engines are mounted the wrong way round. apart from that slight hiccup it should drop in a treat
My nova had 178bhp, half cage, bucket seats (no rears) and a big sub box in the boot. the best time i recorded 0-60 was 6.47 and quarter in 14.76.
mr_tricky
21-10-03, 09:32 PM
slut! just coz you are jelous we can afford police down south!
i had it on the road for 4months thank you b4 i was banned!
imo 16v novas are well over hyped and i was a tad dissapointed!
I cant see them as being over hyped ? for less than 1500 quid you can build 1 from scratch if your not too botherd about the handling that is. I recorded a 14.8 qtr mile on a standard 20XE engine in my nova and 0-60 6.32 at trax with full interior and system. Recently at CC i kept with my mates GTIR round the track so the car aint that bad. So for 2k a car quicker than an escort cossie over a qtr mile and good enough to stay with a 4wd round a track i wouldnt cll that over rated.
14.62 qtr 6secs 0-60, 150mph(and it was still going) on clock for ?2500!!!!!!!!!
if you want speed and power go for it. i have ashamed brand new civic type-R's, impreza's and cossie's
A couple of people on mig have done 14.5's with fairly standard xe's in various stages of stripped nova's.
well i think they are over rated! thats my opinion, if you think they feel fast then you must be a fag!
id never driven or been in a 16v nova, i picked myne up and the first time i booted it i thought is that it! just not what there made out to be!
myne dynod at 174bhp tho it did have a previous graph for 180bhp from up north :lol: prolly where the ambient temp is -20 up north! :lol:
woody1980
22-10-03, 10:17 PM
may be 0to60 10 sec
You only say there over rated coz youve been there, done that and now spent 10k on a turbo........... :roll:
At the end of the day there arnt many n/a 2L's that will beat a 2l nova and when mine leaves you at the lights whilst yours is still spinning through first.....second.......... and third were then continue this conversation. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
dan16v- i remember the first time i drove my 16v, i didn't really think it was that fast but after being a passenger in the same car, i realised it WAS fucking tremendous!
Ste_Nova
23-10-03, 09:35 AM
after going out in robs 330bhp nova my standard 16v feels tame
but its not slow... as racing 'fast' cars proved
exactly ste...
my nova should run around robs old bhp ie 330bhp, now my car still isnt finished but how do you describe what 330bhp in a nova feels like? and TWAG i reckon my let nova will still get your bog std nova 16v from a stand still! remember you will still be spinning in 2nd gear aswell as me! and i bet you wont fork out for a lsd like i did as you are a cheap skate! :lol:
at the end of the day yes i spose a 16v std nova is fast but to me it just didnt cut it, i expected to realy be thrown bak in the seat etc but it just wasnt like that! :(
remember you will still be spinning in 2nd gear aswell as me! and i bet you wont fork out for a lsd like i did as you are a cheap skate! :lol:
:(
no not a cheap skate, i just have a life other than a nova! :lol:
no life :lol:
funny how u no money boys can never come out every week end coz 'sorry dan ive got no money'!! if novas were my life id not go out drinking thursday friday and saturday would i!!
any way daddy wont let you do the 16v remember! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
STE_SA WROTE:
paulandrewrobinson wrote:
Quote:
A nova with a 2lt 16v redtop engine in. Out of the Astra GTE, calibra or cavalier.
Or a Carlton GSi
FFS!
Sorry STE_SA I've got more of a life than sitting at home studying how a gearbox works in turkish and rebuilding the same head of an engine 24 times.
Don't FFS sake me, i thought i was right obviously not, so sorry for insulting ur field of genius ship.
Sorry to anybody else i offended by getting one thing wrong.[/quote]
oh and talking of doing things proper,
if you want me to stitch weld your bay TWAG could you kindly remove the rust from the seams :lol: :lol: spose thats what happens when your nova has had 2front enders :lol: any cant control a 1.2i gen :lol: :lol: :lol:
You and Twag having a lovers tiff or something?
yes he refuses to swallow
Ste_Nova
24-10-03, 01:23 PM
Don't FFS sake me, .
RAM IT!
'RAM IT'- WTF u talking bout u queer?
I'm guessing it's kind of like 'Shove it' - as in "Shove it up your ar$e".
Just a guess though........
You seem to be getting a litle touchy there dan :lol:
I suppose you do have a life, which does involve going over town alot, but lets just remind everyone what you get up to whilst your out on the town...............
mincing walks across the upstairs in ikon (local night club) :?
then rubbing of legs with two gays sat next to you.
and lets not forget the post mikesri put up, which resulted in a 90% vote that your gay :lol:
rusty engine bay :? dont think so!
I agree with Dan too.
I think that 2.0l 16v Novas are highly over rated, im not disputing there quick but there seems to be some mentality from there owners that they are the quickest car on the roads- And there not.
They are great value for money thats no question. I got bored of ours after a couple of weeks.
dave.gsi
24-10-03, 10:22 PM
i think ppl will get bored of most cars after a coulple of weeks, thast why people modify
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