View Full Version : Max Power Haynes modified Nova!!!!!!!!
Check it out,
i have just found the Max Power Nova manual's project car for sale on Ebay. I have always wondered who had the car after they modified it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9858&item=2473616398&ssPageName=STRK:MEBWA:IT
ive always liked that car looks well good
the only thing i disliked about it was the 1.2 clocks and the 1.2 engine
nothing wrong with 1.2s mate :evil: :lol:
its a mint car they were giving it away last year in halfords there was a competition for it.
the personm that won it gave it back when theyrelized it was a nova :lol:
?3000 reserve! :o
Jim
Nope... ?3,000 starting bid, reserve not met i.e. the reserve is OVER ?3k!!
For a 1.2 Nova!! That's crazy!! For that kind of money you could pick up a valver! Or get a cheap 1.2 and do it yourself!!
Seller also lists "Headlight brows"... i can't see any...
Chip_RB
13-04-04, 09:55 AM
Can never quite get my head round the way people take so much notice of what engine a nova has, its only a pretty simple task to throw a valver in, so if you like this car then just budget 500 quid on top of the price for an XE.
Personally i dont like it at all, novas should be done the way the lads on roybacer like them, ie no kits etc:
http://www.roybacer.net/community/index.php?showtopic=2012
Chip
its only a pretty simple task to throw a valver in, so if you like this car then just budget 500 quid on top of the price for an XE.
+ Driveshafts + strengthening + fitting engine + fitting ancilliaries (fuel tank, gearbox, loom etc) (+ insurance lol) so it may well end up a bit more than ?500... depends what price u get the engine at and how much of the work u can do yourself (or mates rates)
Ahhh, you picked a fine example Mr. Chip. Jays car is very nice, but we have a number of non kitted cars ourselves. You only have to look through the members cars to see example after example of subtley styled novas :)
Jim
Chip_RB
13-04-04, 11:02 AM
its only a pretty simple task to throw a valver in, so if you like this car then just budget 500 quid on top of the price for an XE.
+ Driveshafts + strengthening + fitting engine + fitting ancilliaries (fuel tank, gearbox, loom etc) (+ insurance lol) so it may well end up a bit more than ?500... depends what price u get the engine at and how much of the work u can do yourself (or mates rates)
engine 300 quid (including doing a new cambelt etc)
drive shafts = gte ones plus cav mk2 inners 50 quid
loom comes with engine
if its a 1.2i it has an appropriate tank, so you just need a bigger fuel line and the pump off the astra that should come with it
that leaves enough money to buy a welder
Chip
Chip_RB
13-04-04, 11:03 AM
Ahhh, you picked a fine example Mr. Chip. Jays car is very nice, but we have a number of non kitted cars ourselves. You only have to look through the members cars to see example after example of subtley styled novas :)
Jim
cool, glad to see you arent all into that sort of tack.
still it would be a boring world if we were all the same, so a bit of variety is cool, just its not to my personal taste.
cooper_nova
13-04-04, 01:57 PM
i just found another nova on ebay wiv a 6k starting price!!!!!!! :o :o :o :o
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2473299323&category=9858
u gotta c it!, check the spec too don't look too good either
Personally i dont like it at all, novas should be done the way the lads on roybacer like them, ie no kits etc
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
i thought RB had shares in RGM :wink:
Jon_nova1
13-04-04, 04:11 PM
didn't know you could get a 1.2 with 5 gears, doubt it would sell for that much saying that everyone knows it got bought for ?200 unless you really like nova's, max power or haynes or can't mod a car
for a 6K nova I would expect at least a twin V6 turbocharged engine, let alone a non turbo'd valver!!!!!
cooper_nova
13-04-04, 05:32 PM
for a 6K nova I would expect at least a twin V6 turbocharged engine, let alone a non turbo'd valver!!!!!
and nos lol
Personally i dont like it at all, novas should be done the way the lads on roybacer like them, ie no kits etc:
http://www.roybacer.net/community/index.php?showtopic=2012
Chip
I gotta agree with you mate... maybe not the whole roybacer thing, but i prefer subtle nova's.... especially if they look as tidy as that one!
:P :P
for a 6K nova I would expect at least a twin V6 turbocharged engine, let alone a non turbo'd valver!!!!!
Hmmmm, ok :roll: LOL.
Jim
didn't know you could get a 1.2 with 5 gears, doubt it would sell for that much saying that everyone knows it got bought for ?200 unless you really like nova's, max power or haynes or can't mod a car
All 1.2s should have gained a 5speed box after 1989.
peester
13-04-04, 06:23 PM
lol; i reckon buy that and people will think; what an arse, he's copied the max haynes nova. exactly.
didn't know you could get a 1.2 with 5 gears, doubt it would sell for that much saying that everyone knows it got bought for ?200 unless you really like nova's, max power or haynes or can't mod a car
All 1.2s should have gained a 5speed box after 1989.
no they didn't... 5 speed was an optional extra i believe
loggyboy
14-04-04, 03:06 PM
?500 is more than realistic for an xe nova project.
ive spent ?400 and have all i need so my whole project including the the nova is gonna cost ?600
thats ?4 per BHP! :LOL: bargain!!
Ste_Nova
14-04-04, 03:44 PM
didn't know you could get a 1.2 with 5 gears, doubt it would sell for that much saying that everyone knows it got bought for ?200 unless you really like nova's, max power or haynes or can't mod a car
All 1.2s should have gained a 5speed box after 1989.
no they didn't... 5 speed was an optional extra i believe
my j reg 1.2i only had a 4 speed as did my 1.2 van
my e reg 1.2 merit had the optional 5 speed... it was wide ratio
Astra_Boy2004
14-04-04, 07:14 PM
?500 is more than realistic for an xe nova project.
ive spent ?400 and have all i need so my whole project including the the nova is gonna cost ?600
thats ?4 per BHP! :LOL: bargain!!
take it your not considering changing wheels, brakes and suspension then
cooper_nova
14-04-04, 07:34 PM
?500 is more than realistic for an xe nova project.
ive spent ?400 and have all i need so my whole project including the the nova is gonna cost ?600
thats ?4 per BHP! :LOL: bargain!!
take it your not considering changing wheels, brakes and suspension then
:o
not a good idea!! lol
At least with the money he's saved he can afford a decent funeral :lol:
giving the benefit of the doubt tho, he might have picked up some cheap or free astra brakes and otehr bits
didn't know you could get a 1.2 with 5 gears, doubt it would sell for that much saying that everyone knows it got bought for ?200 unless you really like nova's, max power or haynes or can't mod a car
All 1.2s should have gained a 5speed box after 1989.
no they didn't... 5 speed was an optional extra i believe
Not according to Haynes, after september 1988 all 1.2s gained a 5speed box.
Not according to Haynes, after september 1988 all 1.2s gained a 5speed box.
my j reg 1.2i only had a 4 speed as did my 1.2 van
both my 1.2s are 4 speed as well, 91/J reg and 90/H reg
Snowface
14-04-04, 07:50 PM
maybe all 1.2 carb's after that date?
or maybe not.
Perhaps thats just a date when the 5speed box was available for the 1.2s, as an extra.hhmmmm :?:
Aragorn
14-04-04, 10:05 PM
yer ive got a k plate 1993 nova 1.2i expression and its only got 4 speed
sat all the way to uni thismorning at 4.5k+ :roll:
and i got it to 5500rpm in 4th which = 102mph :D:D
i have a k reg 1.2i with 4 gears
blingmachine
14-04-04, 11:48 PM
i'm happy to say that my 1.2i has 5 gears :D
Tsk. Can't be doing with more gears than wheels. :lol:
cooper_nova
15-04-04, 12:20 AM
Tsk. Can't be doing with more gears than wheels. :lol:
:lol:
thats wot i think till i get a 2ltr lump lol
mt 1.2 has 4 gears. god i will be lost when i get a new car which has 5!
cooper_nova
15-04-04, 10:07 AM
mt 1.2 has 4 gears. god i will be lost when i get a new car which has 5!
:lol:
So it must have come as an extra, as some people both have 1.2i's but one with a 4speed and the other with 5.
cooper_nova
15-04-04, 08:58 PM
yeah i'd say it woz an optional extra
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