Nova Gsi 1600 Turbo, Finland

[opower]

Hello,
I?m new here and I?d like you all to see that there are some nova builders in finland too. So here?s my sweet little thing. :)


http://www.opelclubfinland.fi/tapahtumat/porvoo05/porvoo05_162.html

[Welsh Dan]

Cool, crazy fins :cool:

Do I spy a mark I astra in there? :)

[Iain]

Sweet car :thumb: Welcome to Novaload

[opower]

http://www.opelclubfinland.fi/tapahtumat/porvoo05/index.html
http://www.opelclubfinland.fi/tapahtumat/kalajoki05/index.html

Here?s some more pics from our meets last summer. Even some 1/4 mile action against Lotus Omaga, check it out.:)

[jamie gsi16v]

very very nice car there my friend, looks floorless everywhere. like the tidy setup in the boot and the flocked dash, good choice in wheels and good to see small block turbos to, but nobody can miss the white 600bhp monster:eek: ! looks like a very good gathering you had? welcome:thumb:

[onephatnova]

Tervetulua... opower

Nice pics of your Nova (Corsa Type A) GSi & all the others there too :)

I am half-Finnish and sometimes use the Opel Club Finland forums - under my pseudonym "TurboMac".

Where in Finland are you from?

[jbowman]

Some nice Opels there - Good to see Caltons & Senators havent been forgotten.

[jedi]

very very nice mate:thumb: so what power has she got?

[Lozzie C]

What picture is the Astra Mk1 on?

[Mike.]

thats a nice car that mate, how low is the back of the car though

[burgo]

some very kool cars, nice to see plenty of custom engine mods

[Give it some rev]

Some nice Opels there - Good to see Caltons & Senators havent been forgotten.

hell yeah to that

[SRlew]

that looks absolutly wicked mate!
nice and low too, nice wheels and colour.

lew

[craig green]

Opower.
Ive seen that before, so many nice Corsa A's on that site. i'm dyiung to know what inlet manifold is on your car. Need to reverse mine like that too.

CG. Welcome by the way!!

[peester]

luv it - top choice mods. sweet as.

[opower]

Thank you for all the nice comments. The white beast in the pictures is my mates and it really is 600hp, goes like hell. And the sound of it makes you:cry:.
In our engine the inlet manifold is selfmade from standard, it has been cut and reversed. It really looks like it?s never been touched. The engine is pushing 300hp/400Nm on the rollers at 1.5bar :). The car has ground clearence of 80mm, so it?s been dropped some 100mm or so. Also the arches are widened quite a bit to give room for the wheels to go up.

[-Bruce-]

Some realy smart cars there mate. I have seen alot of realy smart cars from Finland!! Great work by you and your mates.

Bruce

[Nick]

I spy the Friges 618bhp LET !

Ever had a spin in it ?

[Nick]

Thank you for all the nice comments. The white beast in the pictures is my mates and it really is 600hp, goes like hell. And the sound of it makes you:cry:.
In our engine the inlet manifold is selfmade from standard, it has been cut and reversed. It really looks like it?s never been touched. The engine is pushing 300hp/400Nm on the rollers at 1.5bar :). The car has ground clearence of 80mm, so it?s been dropped some 100mm or so. Also the arches are widened quite a bit to give room for the wheels to go up.

300bhp from a E16SE ? 1.68v ????

[opower]

The owner of the firges 600hp doesn?t like taking people for a spin :(.
Yes, the engine is E16SE and only 1600cc! Just give it enough boost and it will deliver great power, it?s also very driveable and gives torque at low rpm.

[craig green]

Agree about the low down torque. I drove mine for the 1st time after my Cav GSi (XE) & just letting out the clutch in 1st, it ran away with itself with literally no throttle.

How is yours fuelled? Opower. I take it, it isnt the std management ECU?

[opower]

We use fully programmable engine management with direct ignition and boost control. It?s called Hestec and it is made in finland (hestec.fi). Also we use automatic launch control, wich helps in street fights;).

[Give it some rev]

so opower, do you have to re-build the engine often because its very highly stressed for a 1.6 8v???

[opower]

The car has mainly been used at track days and the engine is as new. The turbo has been repaired once, bearings melted. Some trouble had with cracking exhaust manifold.

[Give it some rev]

lmfao melted bearings, that means your driving it right. lol

[craig green]

lmfao melted bearings, that means your driving it right. lol

Yeah lol Had my turbo glowing Red before now....

[opower]

Thinking about going for garrett ball bearing turbo with water cooling, maybe gt2860r. Any opinions on these turbos?

[rednova]

excellent car - i like it alot!!!! so what does the conversion entail on the 1600? what parts did you use?

Phil