Nova TD's - Opinions?

[Stanley]

Lately ive had the notion of a Nova TD.

Mainly for the advantage of cheap insurance (points:roll:), cheap tax, cheap running, and easy mods such as turning the boost up etc etc.

Whats everyones opinions on them? I.E., how fast are they etc?

Ive had 3x 1.2i Novas and a 1.4SR and wonder what one would be like in comparison to a 1.4SR?

What are they like to use on a daily basis?

Cheers

[Adam]

Good motors, good torque.
A lot quicker than a 1.2i.
And quicker than a SR with the boost/fueling turned up.

[General Baxter]

just find a mk1 lol

[vaughanmc]

Doesn't all the diesel Nova's have anti-roll bars as well?

[General Baxter]

nope

i got my 1.5TD to about 80-85bhp and about 40mpg perfect :D

[philthepill_389]

great fun when boost/fueling turned up

speak to General Baxter He will tell you a thing or two

[General Baxter]

they will sit a 90mph allday, on 0 boost, so it uses nothing in fuel lol

[Rob]

ive just bought a cavvy 1.7td today for my daily driver and the fuel gage didnt move all the way back.While on the subject of boost,how do i tun the boost and fueling up to make it faster as i,ve never had a turbo diesel before

[General Baxter]

http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/evilbloke/?action=view&current=17TD_0-60.flv

cally 1.7td with boost and fuel done, 10 seconds 0-60, not bad really lol

[Rob]

omg that looks quick for a diesel so how do i do that to mine

[General Baxter]

go onto corsa sport, theres a massive thread about it :)

[Rob]

do i need to registerd

[General Baxter]

not to have a look around no

[Rob]

cheers mate i,ll check it out now

[craig green]

Great economical little engines. My Nova TD has outdragged an XR2i uphill & dropped a Cav SRi (1.8) on the motorway.

Uses next to no juice unless ranting it. Better fun than smallblock petrol engines tbh.

Most are merit trim spec, but they have decentish suspension & ARB's etc to cope with the weight & grunt from the diesel unit.

[dannyb]

I think they are brilliant, dirty_dave from ages ago on here had one which would sit with his old SR quite happily down most roads. Can you fit a regular suspension kit to a TD or is the weight difference of the block up front that much more, needing a different kit Craig?

[craig green]

I think the block could be a bit heavy for crappy GMAX -60 type springs but I expect some pukka eibach or KONI type springs will cope, theres not too much extra weight to it i doubt.

btw my 3-dr TD is for sale. No MOT however.

[rdznova16v]

my last nova was a td i got it off my brother who had it for 3 years,
it ran a 17.8 at the pod in 2005 between us we owned it 5 years and only thing that went wrong was engine mount,
the gte was mine the other was my bros td soz about the pic is 4 years old http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x246/rdznova16v/DSC00205.jpg