twin engined nova

[paddy138]

anyone remember this twin engined nova by regal autosport . 2.0 turbo phase 3.5 engines X2 was in max power about 3 years ago.

[blue_peg_16v]

yep i remember it it was at billing 1 year

[peester]

hmm.. is there a point to the thread matey?

[SRimon]

probably the most famous nova ever, hardly one to forget :S

[craig green]

boost beast was its official name.

Try searching or looking on www.edsmotorsport.de

[craig green]

This one....

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/HOT%20METAL/img157.jpg

[tom_beverley]

IIRC they state a sub 3 second 0-60 dont they?

Everytime I've seen it though its performance has been pants!

[craig green]

Yeah it usually snaps driveshafts....... But it did record a mental 0-60 at TRAX a couple years back which allegedly proves its worthy.

I've seen it do a few runs at POD & TRAX & to be fair it does shift.

[Jim]

IIRC they state a sub 3 second 0-60 dont they?

Everytime I've seen it though its performance has been pants!

I think it was 2.6 seconds to 60, hardly pants performance. I believe it still holds the quickest 0-60 time for a road car at Silverstone.

[paddy138]

PEESTER: no point to the thread just asking about it. is that ok.

I have the issue of max power that its in. i would never throw it away. is the car still about. its a serious piece of engineering.

[craig green]

It lives in Germany. Was built (or finaced) 50/50 by Regal & EDS.

Find the EDS site & theres plenty of videos of it. (there used to be)

[paul james]

All the vids of it are on youtube now, just search Boost Beast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH9nNDBudlQ

[Jack]

I thought it was built by EDS and registered to Regal to get round TUV regulations?

[paddy138]

regal had it in maxpower, dont hink they mentioned much about eds. i cant find anything about it on eds website

[mayhem]

I thought it was built by EDS and registered to Regal to get round TUV regulations?

yup. thats why it's in the UK several months a year.

[draper]

it snapped a driveshaft at PV06, the guy was fixing it on the stand and i fell over him lol

[Stuart]

regal had it in maxpower, dont hink they mentioned much about eds. i cant find anything about it on eds website



Youd do the same and claim you built it if you get to look after it for a few months a year and parade it round as yours to get advertising......

[shy witness]

thats seriously quick ..................yikes

i remember seeing pictures and that in a few magazines a year or 2 ago

although i havnet heard much talk of it in a while



wouldnt you just love a go in that ha ha

[alan b]

that is a savage car that. i have a max power dvd here somewhere with it in a drag race with fensports corrola i think! theres was a two tonecivic coupe in that same max power mag black/silver. it now belongs to my next door neighbour and its in bits! cement allover it and the fiberglass install is smashed to bits! sory for going off topic btw!

[staggy_gsi]

i remember that beast well, awesome car!

[blue_peg_16v]

ive got a dvd with it on
the bloke from cossvaux was driving it as they were a regal dealer

[chris-gsi]

thats car is a animal see it a pv 06 for the first time what id do to have that motor.

[shy witness]

i sent a couple of mates that video link......................and they thought it was altered 2 look faster.........

they dont understand that its justr a quick car......


is there a spec sheet or any kinda concrete..foundation stuff about the car i can swiftly pass on and show these boys

1 of thems in saxo vts lland for his 1st car.and quite frankly nees a few education lessons

[Jim]

Forgot to mention, it came to a meeting that I organised a couple of years back. For all the mixed comments the Regal guys get, it was really good of them to come up to Milton Keynes with the car. They even brought some goodies for us which we used to give to people for a small show and shine competition.

[craig green]

Its got a pair of phase 3.5 tuned LETS.

The gear change (linkage to rear) is crap on it IIRC, hence most of its troubles.

[paddy138]

they spent months trying to get the gear linkage to work properly. they use a hydraulic system for it. the shel must have serious reinforcements. he used a calibra subframe on the back to hold the rear engine. the underneath of it is just full of big water pipes. its unreal. i love this car

[fearless]

The gear change (linkage to rear) is crap on it IIRC, hence most of its troubles.

Agree totally - The first attempt used rods and pivots - was quite agricultural in its operation

The last time I saw it - they had addressed this problem by changing to F23 gearbox's (Cable change) - They changed the gear lever to one off a VX220 but modified to run front cable change as well - Not sure whether it improved the gear change totally - but a step in the right direction :thumb:


Dave

[burgo]

Forgot to mention, it came to a meeting that I organised a couple of years back. For all the mixed comments the Regal guys get, it was really good of them to come up to Milton Keynes with the car. They even brought some goodies for us which we used to give to people for a small show and shine competition.i remember that jim, i had a proper nose around it

[womble sri]

i think i saw it pull an 11 at pv06 still not bad but nothing like the 7s on youtube!