Mike
25-07-07, 04:41 PM
I discovered today why I fcuking love driving Nova's. And it was a fecking brilliant feeling! I am totally made up :)
As most know, ive been building my Nova up since around December time, and in that time ive been relegated to driving a pansey Corsa 1.2 Spi, that is needless to say, utter poo!
Got home from work today, had a mince with the gearlinkage on the Nova & finally got it to go into its gears, even reverse lol so I though, feck it, ill take it for a test drive!
Now at this point I was bricking it hoping itll all hold together?.
The clutch pedal is mega high, as it needs adjusting, the brakes need bleeding as they?ve gone pants, the fuel light was on, no gearbox oil either?.
Off the drive I goes.....and SH1T THE BED it goes like feck!! I honestly wasn?t even giving it any welly, but the pull compared to the Corsa and my old 1400SR engine is immense!! The handling of the Nova in comparision is no match what so ever to the Corsa, it was like driving an over sized go kart! It felt exactly like a go kart, you just point, and it goes, no ifs or buts, it just goes, and there is massive amounts of grip, i just couldnt belive it :D
All the rattles of a stripped interior, all the sqeaks of the dashboard, the tin'yness of its presently blowing exhaust note & in the back of my mind hoping to feckery it all holds together, but jesus Christ I loved it and im fecking made up with a smile from ear to ear!!!
M :thumb:
As most know, ive been building my Nova up since around December time, and in that time ive been relegated to driving a pansey Corsa 1.2 Spi, that is needless to say, utter poo!
Got home from work today, had a mince with the gearlinkage on the Nova & finally got it to go into its gears, even reverse lol so I though, feck it, ill take it for a test drive!
Now at this point I was bricking it hoping itll all hold together?.
The clutch pedal is mega high, as it needs adjusting, the brakes need bleeding as they?ve gone pants, the fuel light was on, no gearbox oil either?.
Off the drive I goes.....and SH1T THE BED it goes like feck!! I honestly wasn?t even giving it any welly, but the pull compared to the Corsa and my old 1400SR engine is immense!! The handling of the Nova in comparision is no match what so ever to the Corsa, it was like driving an over sized go kart! It felt exactly like a go kart, you just point, and it goes, no ifs or buts, it just goes, and there is massive amounts of grip, i just couldnt belive it :D
All the rattles of a stripped interior, all the sqeaks of the dashboard, the tin'yness of its presently blowing exhaust note & in the back of my mind hoping to feckery it all holds together, but jesus Christ I loved it and im fecking made up with a smile from ear to ear!!!
M :thumb: