my nova

[blackpoolbouncer]

:D some piccys of me nova seeing as none of yall have seen it yet

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010002-1.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010001-1.jpg
after a small fire on first startup cock up http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/Photo0048.jpg lol
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/Photo0023.jpg
first stages of the R1 conversion
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010008.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010006-1.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010011.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010010.jpg

[blackpoolbouncer]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010018.jpg
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010014-1.jpg
and last but not least my daily driver :thumb:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/P1010019.jpg

[benzie1988]

very very very nice fella ur more than welcome to come and do some work on my car when ya please lol

[blackpoolbouncer]

started of as a completely bog standard gsi bar an internal rebuild so far cosmetically on the outside all i have done is lower it 60mm although it doesnt particularlylook low on these pictures,its not quiete as low as it should be on the back due to the interior being stripped so im getting 100mm or 80mm springs for the back and some 16 comp MOs in anthracite grey depends how it looks with 16's on the back not had it running on the carbs yet though but it was already rapid for a standard gsi after the internals have been redone,methinks its had some lightening and balancing done etc because it wipes the floor with my mates gte and that before the carbs so hopefully ill see an improvement

[Nick]

Interesting !

I'm from the Lancaster area, whereabouts are you from exactly ?

I've got a specced up E16SE on 40's :)

[carrie_girl_wonder]

one word.....niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicccceeeeeee e :>

[NovaLad]

Check the deep dish rims on that buggy lol!!! What's the offset lol Joke.

Nice nova mate love the rims. 3 spokes all the way!

[NovaJackie]

looks good to me mr any other plans for it?

[blackpoolbouncer]

plans are as follows
16" COMP MO'S
spax adjustable shock and custom wound springs
custom made exhaust
roll cage
rs2000 or standard gsi skirts however im missing one of the skirt pieces(the back triangular piece)
maybe smooth of my bumpers if i can be ****d
colour code all the outside bits,mirrors etc
light tints on the windows
vaux gm opel dealer sport mudflaps
engine wise im not entirely sure what to do,ive got three plans if you will and i cant decide what to do,turbo my 1.6,keep on modifying it on the bike carbs or get an LET. i wouldnt give up my 1.6 for a normal 2 litre it would have to have a turbo,hmm got lots of stuff planned but its just doing things slowly,i do everything myself and so far the modifications to the engine have only cost me less than 100 quid cosidering it was a mucky bog standard jobbie,will get some before and after piccys when i can.
its handy because as you can see i have a full workshop and have been running a small modifying business for the last 5 years although its got sidelined lately completely so now ive got all the time in the world to work on my car especially with it being off the road for a couple of months
and nick im just in pilling,you should pop down one day mate,its a great road down to my house from lancaster,one of my favourites

[NovaJackie]

all the best with it mr and as said before, three spokes are the way forward :D hee

[blackpoolbouncer]

not enough grip on 3 spokes,bloody balloon tyres, they dont look right on smaller tyres otherwise id keep em

[Rickyb]

nice one pal nice to here of more novas round the blackpool area :thumb:

[Saloony]

Fcuk the nova, what about the corba build in the corner?? lol

Nice car by the way.

[blackpoolbouncer]

aye its good to see other nova owners round blackpool,saw a very nice orignial GTE the other day,i know of about 5 very local to me of people i know
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/26082005003.jpg
the cobra build in the background is this beastie,ford unfortuneatly.something me and my old man have been on with for some years, this is what itl look like when its done in these colours
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/cobra3.jpg

[Rickyb]

thats cool as f**k :thumb:

[draper]

smart motor mate,

loving the workshop, seems ive got a strange kinda fetish about workshops at the minute due to me getting a garage finally

[blackpoolbouncer]

smart motor mate,

loving the workshop, seems ive got a strange kinda fetish about workshops at the minute due to me getting a garage finally
definitely help having all the tools on hand and also stuff like lathe,beadblaster etc etc
its unbelievable how handy a ramp actually is,since we got the two post ramp i only think ive used the pit once,its nice to be able to work on cars in there and still have lots of space aorund you even with all the c**p in there like mowers etc.better than doing it on your driveway definitely :thumb:

[blackpoolbouncer]

for those of you that wanted to know what i want it like when its done heres a chop of what it will look like,tempted more and more to keep the gsi skirts but i need to find a corner piece for them
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/carbdXE13.jpg
opinions please folks

[Nick]

Ahh pilling, i know it pretty well ! i'm just at Carnforth so the otherside of lancaster really.

Are you interested in doing any track-days ? me and a few of my friends try to do a few every year. We're all in the local area, unfortunatly they've all got big power JAP stuff so another nova would be great :)

[twistysnovagte]

will look awsome if it end up like this:http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b66/jokerperformance/carbdXE13.jpg

[twistysnovagte]

was in blackpool today for the day out:) and seen a mint white mk2 with black speedlines and a sweet crome cage?

[blackpoolbouncer]

yea sounds good,i need to retake my driving test yet though (just been revoked) but i should be back on the road in a month or two tops with any luck. me and a load of lads will be going down to pod in august two if ya fancy coming in on the convoy
so far we have got my nova(possibly with an LET by then)
mates nova(2.5 v6, maybe turbod by then)
other mates LET nova
saxo with a 2.0turbo
maybe a 1.6t40 nova if my mate doesnt sell it by then
and a couple of fairly big power cossies

[blackpoolbouncer]

was in blackpool today for the day out:) and seen a mint white mk2 with black speedlines and a sweet crome cage?
cant say ive seen it to be honest but we did have a rsa trubo with a HUGE FMIC drive past my club a few times last night down the prom, obviously "kroozin for huneez"
thats one thing i hate about blackpool is the fact its a tourist town and most of the nice cars you see,particularly novas arent from round here becausethere just up on weekends for stag partys or whatever:(

[twistysnovagte]

sounds aright that, apart from the fact id have a job of keeping uplolif the above comment was aimed at me that is, ill bear this in mind cheers:thumb:

[blackpoolbouncer]

sounds aright that, apart from the fact id have a job of keeping uplolif the above comment was aimed at me that is, ill bear this in mind cheers:thumb:
sory was aimed at nick,didnt see you were from st helens :thumb: dont worry about keeping up i will be going in mine and itl probs still just be a gsi with r1 carbs and a few other bits and bobs,i aint gonna be screaming down the motorway :thumb: the only reason i was thinking LET is that i dont like the fact my mates nova(2.5 V6 one) will be faster than mine
im half tempted to fight the corner for the small blocks

[twistysnovagte]

would love to have the c20LET in mine, if a bit of money comes my way then im pretty dam sure it will happen:D

[blackpoolbouncer]

yea same here,im doign this with the small block because i want o be a bit different,there arent many quick GSi's about anymore,there all big blocks. i keep up wiht my mates 2.0 xe till about 60/70 then he leaves me for dead so ive come to the conlcusion
i wont change my engine for a standard 2.0XE but i would for either a well tuned one or an let for the right money,if you will i need that extra bit of convincing to get me to do it,in other words it has to be over 200bhp or i wont do it

[twistysnovagte]

if you can find 1 in a reasonable condition(let that is)and you have the money to do the work then yeah go for it m8;) if i had the money engine etc the work would already be underway:thumb:

[Nick]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/j829nick/IMG_2841.jpg

You may have seen mine around ? well here it is. I'm often around the pilling area due to work e.t.c

I do have a Black Mk2 XR2 also, so you might have seen that too...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v626/j829nick/IMG_2664.jpg

It'd be interesting to see what the difference between the bike carbs and some regular 40's are !

TBH, Mines running a pretty good spec. AST2 Camshaft, DHLA 40's, Headwork, Lightened/balanced bottom end, GRP A style Ashely exhaust e.t.c but it's only making about 140hp max...

[blackpoolbouncer]

It'd be interesting to see what the difference between the bike carbs and some regular 40's are !

TBH, Mines running a pretty good spec. AST2 Camshaft, DHLA 40's, Headwork, Lightened/balanced bottom end, GRP A style Ashely exhaust e.t.c but it's only making about 140hp max...
i dont know what mines ahd done internally engine wise,all i know is that it was rebuilt about 6 or 7k ago,however what i do know is that it is considerably quicker than a freinds GTE of which hes spent plenty on which he wasnt happy about,thats before the bike carbs though,well see what a difference the carbs make but i need to get a new manifold as the one ive made isnt as good as a nice ballanced and matched ally one would be so im interested to see the gains from manifold to manifold,if your down in pilling quite a bit you should pop in sometime for a brew,im always in during the day due to not having a day job.would be nice to see another GSi on carbs in the flesh and see what yours goes like :thumb:

[ade]

the chopped version os lush!

Is it me or do the 1st pics look like the cars got a black eye?

lol

[Lynsey]

Unfortunate number plate sir :O Good luck with this though :D

[ade]

pmsl