View Full Version : rwd/rear engine nova?
chunky6969
22-01-07, 11:36 AM
hi ...just got rid of my 2.0 8valve nova ...miss it like mad ....and now im trying to get prices for a rear engine rwd /conversion for one...
basicaly i was going to buy a new car ...but im getting a company car ...so im actually going to spunk the new car budget all on a nova lol ..i must be nuts ...
dono if the rear engine/rwd idea is gonna happen but if i get a good price ill go for it!
any of you guys on here know of anyone that would take on big work like the conversion ...or know of any rough prces ...a motorsport engineer already turned me down so i may have to settle for a normal conversion
ps ...im in Northern Ireland lol but if it was worth my while i would transport a nova to the mainland
cheers Ryan
puss puss
22-01-07, 11:44 AM
ahhh hopefully you will find someone soon mate would be a nice project :)
JSeymour
22-01-07, 11:45 AM
someone posted up there rear engine/rwd nova doing dougnuts, looked really good. a couple of people asked about having it done he said something like ?3000 iirc.
try a search
chunky6969
22-01-07, 11:48 AM
yeh ive seen a few conversions ..but all seem to be a bit bodged but i had seen that video..its on youtube as well ..goes well too...i really want to spend the money and get it right..so it will last
?3k is less than i had thought..ill search ...but either way i can see me having to travel lol
JSeymour
22-01-07, 11:59 AM
yeah, i think the geezer was from manchester.
Welsh Dan
22-01-07, 12:00 PM
Kev turbo has his one in Oswestry for sale aswell.
chunky6969
22-01-07, 12:10 PM
yeh his isnt really what im looking for ...deffo want to have the project to start from scratch
Welsh Dan
22-01-07, 12:15 PM
Use it as an example then :).
JSeymour
22-01-07, 12:20 PM
Use it as an example then :).
yeah the mechanical side, the stylings abit to funky for me.
chunky6969
22-01-07, 12:22 PM
yeh it wouldnt be my style ...im more into suttle styling ...for me a gte/gsi kit (depending on mk1/2)and some nice rims and on the floor will do ..if it goes well ..it will be a sleeper
firstly you need to decide how to get the power to the wheels, kev turbo did his with the engine still in the front and the other guy (novaboyopr) simply put the engine in the back
you really need to be at a motorsport engineering place tbh. I know of someone who could do it put he would use a spaceframe chassis with integral roll cage and probably a busa engine.
i know a guy whos goimng along the lines of space-framing, he used to make space framed mk2 escorts with YB engines but now hes a vauxhall man
chunky6969
22-01-07, 12:35 PM
ill not be doing any of it myself ...i want to take it to a motorsport engineer ...wouldnt have an average mechanic near it ...one guy that does all the rally prep over here ..says hes done one but wouldnt bother again ...
novaboyopr
22-01-07, 04:33 PM
i can do the conversion for you for ?1500-?2500 depending on what parts you have. if u have none i can supply everything!! i also have mine for sale atm! please pm if intrested
but that is bodged. He wants one that will be good, handle well and be quick. Not one that can do donuts in McDonalds.
novaboyopr
22-01-07, 05:49 PM
but that is bodged. He wants one that will be good, handle well and be quick. Not one that can do donuts in McDonalds.
its not a bodge. that was the only night it has ever been out, and it was only done to show people what it could do.
http://www.novaload.net/forum/showpost.php?p=599836&postcount=53
what? no reply?
Just like there was no reply to the other thread??
I suggest you think about what you are typing in future and start trying to convince people to pay for a ?2k conversion done on a driveway.
chunky6969
23-01-07, 10:44 AM
yeh i really want something that is going to last...if any of you have seen the cover for french cars ...thats what i want ...except a nova ad not a 1700 turbo R5 lol
if your going to a "motorsport engineer" then they "should" have an idea of how to do it properly.... if not then id run away fast lol.
Im guessing if your going to pay for it to be done your surely looking atht eh fatter end of ?10K..... thats a lot to spend on a car that ultimately wont be that fast/well handling (for the money) lol, but hey its your cash ;)
chunky6969
23-01-07, 10:55 AM
yeh if the money doesnt balance out that well then it wont happen...the backup plan is a race prepped redtop in the usual place and the usual wheels
novaboyopr
23-01-07, 04:45 PM
oh sorry im not on th computer everyday to reply. it wont happen again. sorry!!!! think what you want least i can be botherd to try new things without spending loads, so what if its done on a driveway? your proplem is....
I cant really understand what you were trying to say at the end of that post.
My problem is that..
You have built a 'one-off', which fairplay to you for doing so. It has not being tested yet. Has a dodgy MOT and you are trying to sell it and sell conversions like it for in excess of ?2k.
Oh and the forum was showing you online last night when I posted that.
novaboyopr
23-01-07, 06:07 PM
well sorry for not checking the post then! it has been tested, it dosnt have a dodgy mot it was a normal garage. im selling the car due to wanting to start making a 2nd rwd nova with a let and i dont want to rip apart the first one i ever did so i would rather sell it and let other people have fun out of it.
im selling the conversions as you have to start somewhere and i trust my work fully.
now now girls. stop this petty gayness. if you must do it, do it via pm
it doesnt have a dodgy mot?
Yes you recommend a hydro handbrake in the other thread and add that your doesnt have a handbrake and you just leave it in gear.
Not sure if your does or not but I am pretty sure that there must be a firewall between an engine and driver/passengers.
You also state that it has been tested, yet it has only been out once, ****ing McDonalds car park at the crooze innit doing doughnuts. FFS that isnt tested that is chavved.
I honestly cant see the point in it. You have put a lot of hours in to make it what it is now but havn't used it for what it should be built for. If you really want to do doughnuts in McDonalds would it not be easier to just put some trays under the rear wheels? But you want to build one with a LET? Why not just keep the original and fit a dump valve simulator as a LET wont benefit your 'cool' factor very much at da crooze.
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