looks fantastic..
love the wide look..it is mean!
would love to do this to a mk1 some day..
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looks fantastic..
love the wide look..it is mean!
would love to do this to a mk1 some day..
well the big purchase starts tomorrow, i still have some avenues that i am unsure of direction wise but it has to be sorted by morning as it determines my tyre choice. So far all i have started to buy is some big gay mud flaps and a gear knob lol lol lol
Lee will be glad to know that the battery is on charge though so tomorrow will see some life in the mechanical side of things hopefully
I was suprised to see it on standard induction. I would have thought you would have gone carbs or TBs based upon your last nova.
What options are you looking at?
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He won't be used to having all that power under his right foot - with previously being a small block boy lol
lol
lol lol lol benders lol lol lol
The truth behind the engine, well the rev limit will be set to about 7400 roughly which when coupled to the quaife setup and tweeked should make it plenty fast enough for some fun. I could annoy people with far more power with the 140bhp smallblock, so with a minor power gain/lighter car and a whole new ball game handling wise this will be alot faster than the previous creation.
Also on a serious note i am a strong believer in setup not so much power hence my old smallblock stopped at a respectable power level. Setup is where the speed initially comes from. Power is all good, but anyone who owns the tb'd monsters of our scene will/should agree that taming/dialling in the more powerful setups can be alot more work, where as 150-160bhp can be fairly easily contained and setup to make it an ABC lesson in track driving. Like my old car, stu turned into Matt Neal for those 15 laps yet even he admits he couldnt drive for toffee back then in a strange car.
Options wise i have 4 tyre choices, depending on ease of use/ trailer queen only/ optional trailor queen with limited miles blah blah blah. Obviously tyre size has turned out to be alot easier than i expected but the choices are expensive, so making the right decision is paramount as trying to get hold of another spare set of wheels the same is nigh on impossible at this time and would only cost another small fortune with tyres on top again.
Once that is sorted i can decide do i need a trailer, or will i just insure/tax it for the first year and then invest later. Insurance and tax is the cheaper option but can carry hassles as my luck WILL run out at some point and a traier would be handy lol lol
Its looking good, proper 'ard with the wide-ness :cool:
It needs insurance for test drive goodness lol
Good news on the battery.
Insure it and get some test driving done.
Looks great Dan, progress coming along quickly too :thumb: