New Nova For Me (UPDATED)

[ANDYRACER]

Got a new nova today. It's just a basic 1.2 nova fun but im happy. Paid 325 quid for it off a guy on migweb.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/nova20007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/nova20008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/nova20006.jpg

Future plans involve a 1.4 engine, 60mm lowering kit, Cav gsi rims, And full exhaust.
So what u guys think?

[5_door owner]

nice clean base matey :D

nice find

[Adam]

Nice one mate, it looks pretty clean :wink: :D

It will look great with the mods you have planned, black/anthracite cav gsi rims on a white nova 8)

[ANDYRACER]

Nice one mate, it looks pretty clean :wink: :D

It will look great with the mods you have planned, black/anthracite cav gsi rims on a white nova 8)

Black cav rims all the way :lol: I would have had that nova uve got off Rick if u hadnt have beat me to it :twisted:

[Adam]

Nice one mate, it looks pretty clean :wink: :D

It will look great with the mods you have planned, black/anthracite cav gsi rims on a white nova 8)

I would have had that nova uve got off Rick if u hadnt have beat me to it :twisted:
Lol.
Your new nova looks almost the same as mine anyway :wink:

[ANDYRACER]

Im not even going to take the badges or rub strips off :lol: Im loving my 1.2 badge aswell. :twisted:

[Lee]

Post a pic up of you ritually burning the Halfrauds wheeltrims.

I goddam hate them!!

[Mike.]

looks good andy, nothing wrong with 1.2's :lol:

[ANDYRACER]

Post a pic up of you ritually burning the Halfrauds wheeltrims.

I goddam hate them!!

Oh that will be my pleasure!! Ive got some cav gsi rims ready to go on but am in 2 minds whether i cba refurbing them :lol:

[Dod]

That was for nothing mate and it looks mint, is it an SX? You'd really wanna loose the red stripes and the Bump strips though. Looks beautiful.

[ANDYRACER]

Em na it's a fun. :lol: Im just a bit puzzled coz it has a 1.2i badge and it is a K reg and it is a carb :?: I thought all 1.2 K regs were injection? And the bump strips and badges will be stayin, just lowered, exhaust, wheels and a decent engine :lol:

[Dod]

You gotta loose the 12 I badges at least mate.

[ANDYRACER]

Na the 1.2i badge is the best bit. Proper sleeper. and i espically like the pin strips :lol:

[Lee]

Em na it's a fun. :lol: Im just a bit puzzled coz it has a 1.2i badge and it is a K reg and it is a carb :?: I thought all 1.2 K regs were injection? And the bump strips and badges will be stayin, just lowered, exhaust, wheels and a decent engine :lol:

Are you sure its not single point injection. Very easy to get a carb and SPI mixed up on an old vaux.

[Adam]

Em na it's a fun. :lol: Im just a bit puzzled coz it has a 1.2i badge and it is a K reg and it is a carb :?: I thought all 1.2 K regs were injection? And the bump strips and badges will be stayin, just lowered, exhaust, wheels and a decent engine :lol:
You sure its carb?

Some J-reg 1.2s were carb.
But most if not all K-reg are SPI.

Maybe yours got one of the last carb engines bunged in.

[ANDYRACER]

Well it has a stupid big dustbin lid filter? And has 2 nuts to hold it on? Any help?

[Lee]

yep, thats SPI, Carbs have 3 nuts :lol:

[ANDYRACER]

Ahh well the bugger is coming out so it doesnt matter what the hell it is. :lol:

[Adam]

Well it has a stupid big dustbin lid filter? And has 2 nuts to hold it on? Any help?
Yeah, the spi have the dustbin lid filters :wink:

The only real way to identify them is the engine code, squared off cambelt cover top, and it dont have the fuel pump bolted to the cam housing.

[ANDYRACER]

Well it has a stupid big dustbin lid filter? And has 2 nuts to hold it on? Any help?
Yeah, the spi have the dustbin lid filters :wink:

The only real way to identify them is the engine code, squared off cambelt cover top, and it dont have the fuel pump bolted to the cam housing.

Ahh rgt cheers for the info will have a look and get some pics up when i go to pick it up next week. Cant wait to kill that engine. :twisted:

[Lee]

Well it has a stupid big dustbin lid filter? And has 2 nuts to hold it on? Any help?
Yeah, the spi have the dustbin lid filters :wink:

The only real way to identify them is the engine code, squared off cambelt cover top, and it dont have the fuel pump bolted to the cam housing.

They are also excruciatingly slow, my first car was a 1.2 SPI corsa.

It was slower than an athritic Ant with some heavy shopping!

[ANDYRACER]

LMAO my dad might notice how slow it is, the last car he drove back for me was my nova gsi abit of a difference there. :lol: Ahh well im going to rev the tits off it and see how long it takes to blow up :lol:

[Lee]

quite a while because they have a mechanical rev limiter. Just drain all the oil out and wait for the camshaft to snap in half.

That happened to mine on the second day of ownership from a blocked oil way, and the oil pressure sensor wasnt working, hense no oil light.

[ANDYRACER]

Okey sod it will jsut rev it and have some fun with it :lol: Then go throw the engine in the woods.

[Adam]

Aye, i think the rev limiter is quite low, around 6000ish rpm.

TBH, i dont think the 1200i is that bad, yeah its low power, but its alrate.

[ANDYRACER]

Well my dad is going to take me out for a few lessons before i do out to it, so will see how bad it is then. But defo want to put a 1.4 in it coz i want to learn to do a engine conversion.

[Adam]

Dont be blowing the engine up, give it me :wink: , i fancy slightly modding a 1.2 and sticking with that for a while.
As a 1.4 will push my insurance up by around ?110, and i can;t afford that at the minute.

[ANDYRACER]

Well when i pull the 1.2 out u can have it for free if u really want it. I just dont have any room left to store the bugger. :lol:

[mad-driver]

Put it in reverse at 50 that will see it off

[Philsutton]

quite a while because they have a mechanical rev limiter. Just drain all the oil out and wait for the camshaft to snap in half.

i tried to blow a 1.2i up a while ago, i drained all the coolant out of it then ran it for about an hour while rev the hell out of it. It made lots of smoke but didnt blow up at all.

[Mike.]

Well my dad is going to take me out for a few lessons before i do out to it, so will see how bad it is then. But defo want to put a 1.4 in it coz i want to learn to do a engine conversion.


you don't drive yet surely iff its your first car you would want a smaller engine to start off with, that way you won't get stupid insurance prices.

well you will but it will be lower than a 1.4 :lol:

[ANDYRACER]

Ive looked at insurance quotes for about 2 months now and it will only cost me about 100 quid more for the 1.4 to go on. :lol:

[probert_nova]

i thought you'd get charged alot more coz it was a conversion?
especially at 17 anyway?

[ANDYRACER]

It depends what company u are with i beleive. Plus i can get an engineers report on the conversion which always helps. But im not to sure so im sure someone will shed some light.

[novamadcars]

looks like a good buy mate from the pics the body looks mint

[Phil_G]

most insurers despise the transplanted motor route.

I had someplaces that would rather insure me on a R33 GTS-T Skyline than a 1.6 engined nova as the car was originally 1.2


Phil

[Adam]

i thought you'd get charged alot more coz it was a conversion?
especially at 17 anyway?
Yep, thats usually the case.
Even if swapping the engine for an engine the same CC.
Most places i have rung didn't want to know when i told them i wanted change my 1200 engine for a 1400.
But they would happily insure me on a 1.4 nova for around ?100 more than i pay now, but only if it was a 1.4 from the factory.
They dont like engine conversions.

[Dod]

All the Vauxhall OHC engines are real tough ones. Had an SRi Cav Flat out limiting in 5th gear and lifted her off a hump backed bridge and blew 2 holes in the bottom end, still took about 2 miles to sieze believe ot or not.
Dont blow the engine, sell it or give it away, whats the point in pointless destruction?

[ANDYRACER]

Coz pointless destruction is fun :twisted: But seriously if i do take it out anyone can have it for free just come take it away.

[Mike.]

imo i think you should consentrate on the styling andy

[Adam]

Coz pointless destruction is fun :twisted: But seriously if i do take it out anyone can have it for free just come take it away.
8) It would be alrate to mod slightly and put in place of mine until my insurance goes down a bit for a 1600 or something.
Just dont go above 2K rpm in it, i want it in prime condition 8) :lol:

[ANDYRACER]

Na im priity happy with what it looks like. Just going to debadge it, lower it and put my cav rims on once i have repsrayed them in gloss black. Plus got a few body repairs to do some lil (unt has keyed the drivers door :evil: And maybe a blue n grey sr interior and ill be happy.

[ANDYRACER]

Just dont go above 2K rpm in it, i want it in prime condition 8) :lol:

No problem mate just take the bugger away. It is depressing looking in the bay and seeing that lawnmower engine :lol:

[Stuart]

the 1200's refuse to die. i ran one for 2 years with no service and she still wouldnt die lol.


im not rating the life span of the current 1.2 for very long though

[ANDYRACER]

Neither am i throwing that sort of money at a 1.2 :lol:

[Riggy]

lol 1.2's dont die

i blew my block up on the motorway and the fucker would still start and drive even with a big hole in the block :lol:

[ANDYRACER]

Ahh Riggy uve got a 1.2 car converted to a 1.4 what was the insurance like?
cheers Andy

[Riggy]

to tell the truth mate i didnt really notice as i never got a quote on a std 1.4

but ive had quotes for a 1.6 gsi corsa cheaper then what im paying now

but ive also had quote for 100 more for my valver :lol:

[Mike.]

i love my 1.2 it will soon have twin 40's :lol:

seriously :wink:

[ANDYRACER]

Quick update, me and Ste had a mincing day on the nova, and fitted the engine out of my now very fucked gsi. :lol:

One very dead gsi, now engineless:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/novapics202.jpg

Then we made a start on the 1.2 engine (well i did coz Ste was late :roll: )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/novapics203.jpg

Then yet again another engineless nova, makes an improvement over that underpowered 1.2 :twisted:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/novapics204.jpg

Then the 1.6 just in the bay, not even on the mounts in this pic.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/novapics205.jpg

Then the 1.6 on the mounts and most wires conencted, had to stop due to me having to go to work :evil:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v733/ANDYRACER/novapics206.jpg

Huge thanks to Ste for giving me a hand, his fee was only brews and bacon butties :wink: will hopefully have it running by next week with a bit of luck. 8)

[Ste L]

well you sorted me them drive shafts out, so couldn't really charge ya to help lol

[burgo]

and you recon you can insure it as your first car?? good luck

[STE Novavanman]

thats the only problem i can see as my 1.6 16v is expenisive and im 21

[Adam]

and you recon you can insure it as your first car?? good luck
I couldn't even get a quote for a 1600 when i was 18, and had drove for a year.
Personally i would of stuck with the 1200 tbh Andy, they aint that bad when they are modded slightly.
Im sticking with my 1200 for a while.

[Mike.]

lol he's built a car he can't even use :lol: :lol:

[Riggy]

although looks like you made good progress anyway, and in that respect well done :lol:

[Col_Mk1]

dads insurence ?

[scott.parker]

Alos hope your upgrading all the other items from the gsi?
and ate set up as well etc?

Scott

[ANDYRACER]

Got full gmax suspension kit fitted and 16v brakes to fit, going to eventually upgrade the front dampers at one point coz i dont exactly trust them :lol:

[SRlew]

looking good andy.

going for the sleeper look :D
so im i again now.