View Full Version : just got a nova :P
bushy2oo6
25-02-06, 02:54 AM
hi all just got my 2nd nova its a 1.7td :D its fast as fook :) just needs the clutch sorting what im trying to get done tommorrow
spec is
K reg,
silver
1.7td conversion
lowered 60 mm
GSI kit
looks nice i will get some pics sorted soon :thumb:
cheerz bushy
TommySR
25-02-06, 10:44 AM
sounds good mate, always wondered what the 1.7TD conversions go like...
womble sri
25-02-06, 01:43 PM
ha ha i have one of those engines but in an ASTRA ESTATE its lovelylol
it had done star trek miles so prob got nothing in comparison to yoer engine but it has got some grunt so i bet it would fly in a nova! cant you turn up the boost or something?
Give it some rev
25-02-06, 01:51 PM
can you post some pics please, iv never seen a 1.7td convesion before. sounds like a laugh in a nova lol
Sounds cool.
IIRC someone i while back had a 1.7Td nova with about 120bhp.
onephatnova
25-02-06, 03:11 PM
cool, sounds good. :cool:
Mine's only a baby 1.5 but its fairly nippy, especially after gettin the boost turned up.
cant wait to see the pics... (can you take one of the engine bay too ;) )
jbowman
25-02-06, 03:48 PM
Get In!
Like everyone else Im looking forward to seeing some pics. :thumb:
Got the same Isuzu TD lump in my estate and the 1.5 Isuzu TD in my nova - both go so well but I really am interested in putting a 1.7TD in my Nova.
The 1.5TD is good enough for taking on SR's and alike but wud be great to have the extra oompf like you do. (Ive not cranked up the boost yet) Havent found out how to yet.
mikey14sr
25-02-06, 04:26 PM
Sounds cool.
IIRC someone i while back had a 1.7Td nova with about 120bhp.
I also remember someone getting good power out of one of these, think it must be about 5 years ago now? Made the volume of messages coming through on novaowners quite interesting.
IIRC
It was a purple nova with an intercooler etc, dunno whos it was tho.
I think Burgo's planning quite a few mods to a 1.7td engine and putting that in his td nova.
bushy2oo6
26-02-06, 03:59 AM
thanks for the replys lads , clutch is now done will get some pics up tommorow after i have cleaned it :p its fast i love it :)
bushy2oo6
26-02-06, 09:40 AM
will upload the pics in the next 10mins i never cleaned it tho lol
http://www.ripperinfo.co.uk/nova/car1.JPG
http://www.ripperinfo.co.uk/nova/car2.JPG
http://www.ripperinfo.co.uk/nova/car3.JPG
http://www.ripperinfo.co.uk/nova/car4.JPG
http://www.ripperinfo.co.uk/nova/bay.JPG
bushy2oo6
26-02-06, 10:04 AM
all done hope u like it
hendrix
26-02-06, 12:46 PM
nice. looks tidy
Give it some rev
26-02-06, 01:12 PM
the GTE/GSI body kit looks well next to the cav wheels.
looks good, goes even better and still 50MPG, what more can you want from a novalol
shy witness
26-02-06, 04:18 PM
i thought about doin this conversion a few years back when i had my well modded nova saloon...........and i could of got and astra 1.7 td 4 150 quid
deffinatly would have been a decent upgrade from a 1.0 ha ha
although i got the car stolen....and never ever seen it again:mad:
so it hardly matters now
wot sort of works involved i wonder???
jbowman
26-02-06, 04:56 PM
Wow she looks nice, Its almost look at my car. Had my 1.5 TD lowered and had the Calibra alloys :D 1 thing mine aspires to is to has the 1.7 lump.
I still do envy you with the 1.7TD though. Only thing I was wondering did they get the intercooler to sit right with the rad?
hmmm ill have to bin the pug for a TD nova lol
jbowman
26-02-06, 05:08 PM
hmmm ill have to bin the pug for a TD nova lol
Oh dear - driving french tat. :cuckoo: heh heh
meh cheap to run and handles better than a nova as std... nevermind gotta love narrowminded car forums lol.
jbowman
26-02-06, 10:15 PM
Oh I agree there are better cars out there that the Nova but Ive had some crummy french cars. My Gfriends parents have jus bought a new 206 GTi 180 Nice & sporty, but thats been back at the dealers more times than they've had it. Best car I've probably had was a '94 C-class Merc, not british or even a Vauxhall.
My Gfriends parents have jus bought a new 206 GTi 180 Nice & sporty, but thats been back at the dealers more times than they've had it.
My sister's GTi 180 has been back to the dealer a couple times as well.
Had a drive of it a few times, ergh... its like a whale on a tightrope round corners and not all that fast either tbh.
jbowman
26-02-06, 10:28 PM
The 180 does hava a nice leather interior n buckets, bout one of the few good points, Jap cars rule for reliablity I must admit.
novapearl
02-03-06, 12:29 PM
Biggest thing with one of these is: Valve clearances.
They are set by shims and hardly ever get touched. So if it don't start too well or lacks ooomph then get 'em checked. Not unheard of for they not to be checked for over 100 000!
Shims are still availiable. And are fun to do as anyone thats ever done them will know!
Adam
womble sri
02-03-06, 08:16 PM
My sister's GTi 180 has been back to the dealer a couple times as well.
Had a drive of it a few times, ergh... its like a whale on a tightrope round corners and not all that fast either tbh.
i had a bit of a race against one some suited bloke prob early twentys was sitting up my **** at the roundabout so i left him down the slip road of the a 14 i slowed up as my turning was coming and he booted it past to me slammed the anchors on and pulled infront of me and thankfully went on to the m11 where i was going so i again dusted him hard out the sliproad and let off about 100 waited for him let him catch up and popped back down into fourth and left him which i was suprised at i let off at 120 and drove more sensibly and he slowed up as he came past me and i just laughed at him. thinking he was all special in his peugot two-oh-****. tosser!
I'm guessing your nova isn't an SRi as your name suggests then lol
Give it some rev
02-03-06, 08:57 PM
I'm guessing your nova isn't an SRi as your name suggests then lol
thats what i was thinking. anyway, its a shame how the weight has got the better of 'hot hatches', i mean 180 ponies in a Nova would be enough to make it fly, let alone drive. they just dont make them like they used to!!
womble sri
02-03-06, 09:21 PM
no its an sr! but its not standard
He can't have been trying that hard then! I used my sisters 180 to hammer my mate's GTi-6... lol
womble sri
02-03-06, 09:29 PM
no he was cos he booted it as we came onto the m11 but i want sailing past i thinh they do a lower power one as well so it was probably one of them because i wouldnt of thought my 1.4 would have any sort of chance with something like that
bushy2oo6
08-03-06, 02:45 PM
head is now gone on the 1.7td im puting a 1.5td engine with only 47,000 miles in :)
orange_andy
08-03-06, 03:27 PM
i agree with them not trying i got an sr, i had it showing over 120 of the clocks, quite a fast car, my mates got the 206 145gti and when i was going down the motorway when he dropped it he shot off compared to me, no way i could of done him, never mind the 180
orange_andy
08-03-06, 03:31 PM
i agree with the weight thing, but not many people would by a 180bhp car with hardly any safety no nice things like leather interior nice heavy pas lecci everywhere really. most people who can afford a powerful sports car, NEVER EVEN USE IT, i think its a shame when you see people driving cars from gti's to 3litre M3's an you just know they have never gone over 1500rpm ever,
A guy in a 206 GTi overtook me going into a 60 zone once.
I thought about nailing him, then i decided not to be a c0ck and carried on at my own sensible pace.
slammed saloon
08-03-06, 04:30 PM
orange andy wombles sr has a set of twin 40's n cam etc so his prob had a better chance than yourslol
A guy in a 206 GTi overtook me going into a 60 zone once.
I thought about nailing him, then i decided not to be a c0ck and carried on at my own sensible pace.
Admit it, you were just too busy admiring the trees until it was too late...
slammed saloon
08-03-06, 04:52 PM
lol at razor
jbowman
08-03-06, 05:44 PM
head is now gone on the 1.7td im puting a 1.5td engine with only 47,000 miles in :)
Ah what? get the 1.7 sorted - you'll miss the 1.7 torque.
womble sri
08-03-06, 07:46 PM
i blitzed some jap thing today after he nearly pulled out on me and sat up my **** he kept up through first and second but it just pulled hard in third dont know what it was had squareish headlights he didnt look happy as i pulled off he must of been hating the nova as it is a 1.4
After reading about how good 1.7td engines are i think i might take mine to pieces as it is slow and struggles at beating my mates 1200cc corsa.
bushy2oo6
09-03-06, 12:39 AM
After reading about how good 1.7td engines are i think i might take mine to pieces as it is slow and struggles at beating my mates 1200cc corsa.
or they are mint m8 ,it does 120 & pulls all the way too 120 as well and the lad before that who had the turbo right up had 135 out of it :) its mad for a diesel
well it cant now its ****ed it does about 80 lol but will have the 1.5 in soon
slammed saloon
09-03-06, 09:55 AM
there was one in an issue of total vauxhall a few months bck that was runnin bout 135bhp. crazy for a diesel :D
jbowman
09-03-06, 02:10 PM
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/585000-585999/585696_133_full.jpg
slammed saloon
09-03-06, 03:19 PM
thats the badger they put it on rr aswell dint they?
novapearl
30-03-06, 02:27 PM
How did you break the 1.7 diesel mate? They are indestructible... (normally)
Not known for head gasket problems - you say the head has gone?? Exactly where?
bushy2oo6
06-04-06, 04:29 PM
?? its geting fixed bk up when i pay him the money to fix it lol
and im on my 2nd 1.5td engine now lol
but just got my ASTRA mk4 bk
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