Me In a Nova 16V..

[vaughanmc]

Me in the passenger seat of this silly 1.3 16V Nova going round the local race-track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5iX5uuCJ8

Vaughan!

[SRimon]

1.3 16v?

what a 16v head on a 1297?

[Iain]

That's a really thin track - What type of races is it used for?

[Adam]

Suzuki engine?

[vaughanmc]

Yeah Swift GTi engine with 40's -- making around 120bhp

The track is used for sprints and also a annual rally

I think it was a go-kart track at one point but not to sure...

Some cars can make about 120mph on the straight so its not all the bad

Vaughan

[SRlew]

funny that was woundering how easy it is to put a swift engine in a nova the other night, as they seem to be pretty quick as standard.

what mods to the engine has that got?

thatd feel well weird driving around that track

[vaughanmc]

lol the guy i go to the rallies with managed to throw a RWD Transit about that track in the wet - with ease

thats the 2nd engine in that nova i think -- ported head, twin 40's - don't know what else...i'd need to ask

has proflex suspension, quaife gearbox and diff

[Chunky Lover]

lovely sound off that gearbox/diff
iirc those suzuki engines are 100bhp standard

[SRlew]

yeh i thought they were 100bhp standard, not sure if it'd be worth doing or not

[vaughanmc]

that one seems to work quite well but i dont know if i'd go through with the conversion..

[Will F]

yeh i thought they were 100bhp standard, not sure if it'd be worth doing or not

Just stick a 1600 GTE engine in??

The only reason they used the Swift engine was for the old rally classes. For a 1.3 thats a very good output.

[LUV2XLR8]

as will f said, good easy power for the class, seen a few nova's around on events with suzuki lumps in them..... might go and pinch my sisters wagan R's engine now :D

[SRlew]

yeh i know what you mean, but i love the fact of having small CC but bigish power lol, its like that at the minute with my 1.4, its well good