Lowest Nova with a Big Block Engine ?

[Aamir]

Who has the lowest Nova with a big block engine ? (1.8 - 2.0 8v / 16v)

Please post your spec

No bullshyt claims ! (as you may be asked to prove with a pic :p )

Mine

Setup: GAZ shocks with custom springs all round
Rear: 100mm
Front 90mm

[Welsh Dan]

I'm waiting for a pic of a valver sat on the ground with no suspension at all lol.

[burgo]

why only big block??

[General Baxter]

I'm waiting for a pic of a valver sat on the ground with no suspension at all lol.


lol give me 5mins :thumb:

[Jack]

Booyah

Technically its a valver lol

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Project%20Ghey/07012007003.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/razorjack/Cars/Project%20Ghey/JacksNova01.jpg

[fearless]

Some FACTS for how low a Nova rear can go on 15 " Alloys with 195/45/15 tyres - assuming you run standard rear inner arches


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/fearlessmotorsport/9206024.jpg


and how can I back up this claim I hear you all ask


Well if you were to remove the inner rear arch to see how much travel you had left - you would see this

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/fearlessmotorsport/9206029.jpg


It's impossible to lower the rear any more without cutting out the rear inner arches and fabricating new inner arches :roll: :roll: :thumb:



Dave

[Jeff16v]

^Yummy RFX.

[craig green]

/\ Dave. I hate the teasers you keep posting up! /\

Clearly you up to something, in no rush, I expect.

Here is mine mid W.I.P, pretty sure she will go down inch or more further.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/HOT%20METAL/work_in_progress037.jpg

[craig green]

PEPE is prolly the lowestr big block............

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/Pepe%20Nova/Pepe05.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/Pepe%20Nova/pepe08.jpg

[fearless]

Sold to Rick Marland - Refurbed and ended up on K95 VHD !!!!

[novacabrio]

More pics Dave!! We all know what your upto

[t45_ste]

Sold to Rick Marland - Refurbed and ended up on K95 VHD !!!!

pepe was?

[peester]

^^ nah,.. the wheels in fearless' pics..

[Lee H]

Who has the lowest Nova with a big block engine ? (1.8 - 2.0 8v / 16v)

Please post your spec

No bullshyt claims ! (as you may be asked to prove with a pic :p )

Mine

Setup: GAZ shocks with custom springs all round
Rear: 100mm
Front 90mm

Pics of your car please?

[t45_ste]

^^ nah,.. the wheels in fearless' pics..

Bugger, thought somebody new where pepe was for a second :)

[krobinson]

No bullshyt claims ! (as you may be asked to prove with a pic :p )

Mine

Setup: GAZ shocks with custom springs all round
Rear: 100mm
Front 90mm

Where's the pics of yours to backup your claims?

Fearless: The RFX's are now in Northern Ireland going on Williams Nova Sport! :thumb:

Keith

[Nick J]

I too would like to see some pics aamir as if I recall correctly you were running allesios? Mine is approximately lowered around 80mm using leda coilovers on the front with camber adjustment bolts and a spax setup on the rear with raised stub axles..... running allesios I know I cannot lower the car any further at the rear without any inner arch surgery and the front wings even after folding the lip could still do with flaring slightly but to be honest I dont think I'd want to as you feel every bump in the road as it is! Would be nice to see some pics especially If your still using allesios and to hear how you have achieved the above claims. :thumb:

[General Baxter]

could be a saloon, lol

[mayhem]

mine:


http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/warm032.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/warm026.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/warm019.jpg

[mayhem]

lowerd 60 in the back, and unknown in the front.

next month... coilovers in front, and repressed rear springs. i want lower! ! !

[Jack]

Thats either some very tall grass or a very low nova! lol

What size wheels are on there?

[lj]

mines silly low on some block and like ppl have said the rear only go's down till the rim hits the inner arch! froints easy...air saw and it comes down loads more....lol

[mayhem]

Thats either some very tall grass or a very low nova! lol

What size wheels are on there?

lol

its 14 inch with 185-50-14 tyres. on asfalt the oil pan is 3 centimeters of the ground.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0063-1.jpg

[Ste L]

Pics of your car please?

here's his car, sit's a bit lower now though

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1961/b20amr6pl9.jpg

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7545/b20amr8lj6.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2857/b20amr10iu3.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7753/side11iq1.jpg http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6468/side22bt0.jpg

http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/35808/2005549312938894382_rs.jpg

[Ste L]

mine was 90 rear, 60/70 front

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5031/PICT0066.JPG

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/carimages/5031/PICT0127_Medium.JPG

[Lee H]

Mine

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z163/Lee_H25/003-4.jpg

[greg1.4]

thats a sweet nova! ^^

i want mine like that..

whats the suspension setup?

[Lee H]

Gaz front coilovers. Avo rear shocks with custom springs from coilsprings. Think the backs are 100mm drop but its sat a bit higher as its totally stripped out.

[just vaux trev]

sorry but what lights are these
http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/35808/2005549312938894382_rs.jpg

[fearless]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/fearlessmotorsport/41106042pixel.jpg



Sorry picture quality not too good - Scanner messed up lol lol

Sat on 16's - Will go alot lower aswell :thumb:


Dave

[krobinson]

Lol @ Dave!!

[RJM25R]

You'va all seen it before but....................................

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/87d47be6.jpg

[fearless]

Oh - that brings back memories Rick :D


But with some slight modifications that I've done, mine will go a lot lower than that :thumb:


Dave

[krobinson]

Not a big block nova, but NDZ 1331 ran silly low at the start.

After this ring trip and TV photoshoot, on the way home Karl rang me to say smoke was coming out of my wheelarches. After getting home, part of the inner arches was mirror polished by the tyres lol. I quickly installed the spring adjusters to raise it up a bit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v37/keithrobinson/low444.jpg

Still have those springs, but i'll keep using the adjusters to keep the turbo nova a little higher. Even tho i'm down to 40 profile tyres now too.

Keith

[Ste L]

sorry but what lights are these
http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/35808/2005549312938894382_rs.jpg

one off custome projector light's

[Aamir]

Thanks Ste ;)

Yes mine is a lot lower than in pics, was 60mm on front & 80 on rear.
Since fitting coillies it was hard to tell how low the car is, my cuz just bought a merit plus, so i measured the distance from the top of both arches (highest point) to ground level & calculated the difference.

Craig's looks low, get ur tape out mate lol

[Aamir]

lol

its 14 inch with 185-50-14 tyres. on asfalt the oil pan is 3 centimeters of the ground.

My oil pan is 5cm off the ground, exhaust manifold is 2.5cm :eek: (& a basteward 2 drive)

[Martin]

Aamir... i love your nova

These arnt bigblocks but still pretty low

think they was 80mm springs, had to use a scissor jack to get it up a littel bit so i could fit my trolly jack under..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/DSC00278.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/DSC00277.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/DSC00239.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/DSC00240.jpg

With FK coilovers, Spring Platform things in the rears to...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/20122006083.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/06032007219.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/11022007177.jpg

[imnobby]

here's his car, sit's a bit lower now though

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1961/b20amr6pl9.jpg

http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/7545/b20amr8lj6.jpg

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2857/b20amr10iu3.jpg

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/7753/side11iq1.jpg http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/6468/side22bt0.jpg

http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/35808/2005549312938894382_rs.jpg

i have to say this car is f*****g rude!! whoever owns it deserves a pat on the back nice one fella!! if any one knows him where the hell did he get them lights from?

[Martin]

some more...

Fks up front on the "lowest" Setting..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0006-1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0011-2.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0012.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0161-1.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0009-1.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0381.jpg


FB Clearance..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/Martain_novalicious/PICT0383.jpg

[Martin]

i have to say this car is f*****g rude!! whoever owns it deserves a pat on the back nice one fella!! if any one knows him where the hell did he get them lights from?

its Aamir's,, iirc he made them him self?:confused:

[mayhem]

My oil pan is 5cm off the ground, exhaust manifold is 2.5cm :eek: (& a basteward 2 drive)

:D

i'm rebuilding my nova now, and i'll go for a calibra gear mechanism, the nova one really sucks with that thing in the exhaust tunnel. so remove that, the exhaust higher in the tunnel.. and my nova lower:D

and a carter protect plate... with a 20ne oil pan.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0749.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0751.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0748.jpg

only 2 weeks ago i hit something on the road, causing my XE to run dry..

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/Foto158.jpg

[burgo]

you need a saloon to go proper low. mine is 120mm front and back well its probably only 100 with the comps on the front but still got about an inch of adjustment

[mayhem]

you need a small block if you want really low lol but a slammed saloon is great.

if i go for weber conversion, there will be a saloon as daily drive.

[burgo]

yes mine is still a small block

[krobinson]

My oil pan is 5cm off the ground, exhaust manifold is 2.5cm :eek: (& a basteward 2 drive)

Have you any pictures yet to show us how low it is now? You said at the start of this thread not to make claims without pictures!!

Keith

[James P]

this was pretty low. and a wreck.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p174/jamezp/m028.jpg

[Martin]

flats dont count lol

[Aamir]

you need a saloon to go proper low. mine is 120mm front and back well its probably only 100 with the comps on the front but still got about an inch of adjustment

120mm !!! think you might be the record holder :thumb:

[Aamir]

i have to say this car is f*****g rude!! whoever owns it deserves a pat on the back nice one fella!! if any one knows him where the hell did he get them lights from?

Thanks :thumb:

Total Vauxhall have promised me a feature, all will be revealed (new wheels too).

[Jack]

i have to say this car is f*****g rude!!
LMFAO rude?!? lol lol lol

[Martin]

Rude

–adjective, rud?er, rud?est.
1.discourteous or impolite, esp. in a deliberate way: a rude reply.

2.without culture, learning, or refinement: rude, illiterate peasants.

3.rough in manners or behavior; unmannerly; uncouth.

4.rough, harsh, or ungentle: rude hands.

5.roughly wrought, built, or formed; of a crude construction or kind: a rude cottage.

6.not properly or fully developed; raw; unevolved: a rude first stage of development.

7.harsh to the ear: rude sounds.

8.without artistic elegance; of a primitive simplicity: a rude design.

9.violent or tempestuous, as the waves.

10.robust, sturdy, or vigorous: rude strength.

11.approximate or tentative: a rude first calculation of costs.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME rude, ruide (< OF) < L rudishttp://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/luna/thinsp.png]



:D

[Aamir]

Urban Dictionary :thumb:

Rude

?adjective, rud?er, rud?est.

1. Totally hot. Used by the ska kids and british gangstas.
see:bangin

"Now, the girl is rude. I know she's rude but she's screwed right through you. you'll be on your knees soon."-The Streets

2. Pertaining to ska music or culture, especially in the two-tone/second wave era.

"Those checkers are totally rude."
"The rude boys and rude girls skanked all night long to the English Beat."

3. Two meanings, which completely contradict each other. Can be quite confusing for people who live in opposite hemispheres.

1. Something that is cool, hot or awesome.
2. Something that is stupid, dumb or emabarassing.

1. "Check out that guy's rude car! Yeahhhh!"

2a: "Dude, that t-shirt of yours is so rude!"

2b: "Shame bro, you had to be dropped off at school in your Dad's rude car!"

lol lol

[hybridturbo]

Oh - that brings back memories Rick :D


But with some slight modifications that I've done, mine will go a lot lower than that :thumb:


Dave

Slight lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/fearlessmotorsport/41106038w.jpg

[The Simps]

Not the lowest by any means as norfolk country roads are very unforgiving! Nova Coupe will be tubbed and slammed tho as a track only car.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Photoshoot%20Day/DSCF0308resize.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Nova%20LET%20Build/15042007.jpg

[fearless]

Slight lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/fearlessmotorsport/41106038w.jpg



Nothing gets past you quy's lol

[hybridturbo]

Nothing gets past you quy's lol

Some nice fabrication there m8, you fancy fitting my 15 tubs on my mk2 escort? or just finishing the whole bloody thing lol

[fearless]

Some nice fabrication there m8, you fancy fitting my 15 tubs on my mk2 escort? or just finishing the whole bloody thing lol

If only I had the time :) - I've enough work to be doing on my own shell - You'd be waiting years for me to finish your escort lol


Dave

[RJM25R]

If only I had the time :) - I've enough work to be doing on my own shell - You'd be waiting years for me to finish your escort lol


Dave

Ho ho ha ha!!! Quote of the year for Mr France!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/2a5a0b45.jpg

on 17's
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/5f78ad7f.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/e0f7ea45.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/3683e712.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/0b167000.jpg
on 16's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/c02d5ddb.jpg

on 15's



How close manifold-floor??

[RJM25R]

lower than this????

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/adf43f4f.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/1817e769.jpg

better!!!!!!!!!!!

[RJM25R]

17"s again

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v126/RJM25R/Scan10088.jpg

15's

[burgo]

exhaust systems being close to the floor is abit cheating imo as there are so many different designs of them. i prefere to go by front panel height. im at the stage even with the 16's that i cant get to close to curbs. i shall be putting the 13's back on tomoz. then we will see proper low

[burgo]

just found this pic of my old TD lol dont ask me how low it was as i dont actually know. all i do know is i had no suspension and 40 rolls of turf in the poor thing

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a226/sclurgess/td/DSCN1664.jpg

[Ste L]

what colour was that burgo, seam's simlair to my old valver on the boot and wings?



pepe the mule, is the lowest big block i know of

[lj]

nova on 19's! caught the wing on the front and the shock housing on the rear...but this is on a 60mm drop maybe more can't remember! looked gay and had the wheels from me cav so thought i may see what they are like on nova!
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/leezarins/leesloadedpics2566.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a256/leezarins/leesloadedpics2558.jpg