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16vChris
07-10-05, 10:08 AM
Anyone use their LET nova over winter? is it ok to drive aslong as you keep off boost?
I want to change the engine in mine, but it is actually mean as my winter car, so dont want to have too cars that are useless in winter?
Cheers
Chris
Stuart
07-10-05, 10:14 AM
just drive to the conditions.... like you would in any car
Jack
07-10-05, 10:22 AM
Yup, no problem running a turbo in winter, just let it warm up properly before you rag it... as you would with any car really. Plenty of other turbo cars work fine in winter, can\'t see a nova LET being any different. Certainly wouldn\'t have thought it\'d be useless.
16vChris
07-10-05, 10:25 AM
thanks for the input, a lot of people said it would spin uncontrollably, what car doesnt if your at the top of the rev range in snow :roll:
Breeny
07-10-05, 10:33 AM
I wouldn't use any Nova in the winter.. lol

Come summer it'll be a mix of rust and holes!!
16vChris
07-10-05, 10:35 AM
I bought it as a winter car so will have to :)
holes will just help with the weight saving :)
Lee H
07-10-05, 11:05 AM
When mine was on the road (ages ago now :cry: ) I used it during winter all the time as couldn't insure two cars, had no problems really.
Philsutton
07-10-05, 03:21 PM
a lot of people said it would spin uncontrollably

lmao, it'll do that is the best of conditions as soon as its on boost
Ste_Nova
07-10-05, 05:12 PM
I wouldn't use any Nova in the winter.. lol

Come summer it'll be a mix of rust and holes!!

get some of these on your turbo :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/Ste_Nova/H252UWT/snowx.jpg

then you can go where u want!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v343/Ste_Nova/K368ARO/PC240007s.jpg
TonySR
08-10-05, 04:05 PM
what tyres are they ste?
Stuart
08-10-05, 04:27 PM
they look like maxxsport forrest/snow tyres..

cheap and nasty and DO NOT drive fast in the dry on them lol
Ste_Nova
08-10-05, 05:57 PM
they look like maxxsport forrest/snow tyres..

cheap and nasty and DO NOT drive fast in the dry on them lol

why not drive fast in the dry with them???

colway rally ms

http://bcsc.co.uk/bbpix/4%20Colway%20Rally%20MS%20145x10.gif
Stuart
08-10-05, 06:41 PM
they will overheat etc yada yada.
whats the speed rating on them?
Ste_Nova
09-10-05, 11:22 AM
they will overheat etc yada yada.
whats the speed rating on them?

i'll have a look later... i've used them for miles and miles on mway at 80+ bit noisy and made my 1.4sr top out at 90 :lol:
Nath
10-10-05, 01:14 PM
from experience ive found the turbos run better in the cold weather, aslong as u let them warm up nicely before u start putting your foot down.
Mark Beeson
10-10-05, 08:39 PM
Do what I now do put it up for the winter.I tax it for 6 months then put it away. Less chance of rot and bumping it. Get a shitter for winter. Itll drive no probs but whats the piont. Used to get on my nerves - no traction