My version of a 4x4 nova that will get done!

is it still gonna be road legal ste??

thats the plan

:cool: bye bye to most things that try it on at the lights then lol

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Originally Posted by ste porter

weight question has been anwsered a few times now mate think you will be surprised there are detailed posts explaining weight ect alittle further back which should anwser your question mate

and also as bazil put it 500+ poneys of usable traction controlable power food for thought
pluss dta with als maps and 2 step launch control all good things though will get to all that later on in the build but its all in the pipe line and most the bits are already in the shed lol

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Is the car to be caged also? ive just read the previous posts but i still think it will be heavier than you think, but until its weighed then its a guessing game, will the let transmission cope with the estimated power?

Im not doubting the car buddy, like i said just curious as ive a car which has the same kinda mods, i dont run a let or use a vaux bodyshell.:thumb:

What will the car be used for? lot of work gone into it just to be road car?

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Originally Posted by c20tbo

lot of work gone into it just to be road car?

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Could say the same about hundreds of thousands of modified & kit cars though could you no :wtf:

I very much doubt the weight will be an issue, take for example my road car, audi S3 it only has 210 bhp from a 1.8 turbo and it gets to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and it weighs a whopping 1450 kg!!

A nova that will have 500ish bhp and may weigh less that 1000kg will be stupidly fast, my only concern would it may be to light and struggle for grip, but that is an easily overcome problem with huge fat sticky tyres and possably ballast.
To many people write of 4x4 cars as to heavy and to slow of the line, that simply isn't the case.

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Originally Posted by bazil

I very much doubt the weight will be an issue, take for example my road car, audi S3 it only has 210 bhp from a 1.8 turbo and it gets to 60 mph in 6.5 seconds and it weighs a whopping 1450 kg!!

A nova that will have 500ish bhp and may weigh less that 1000kg will be stupidly fast, my only concern would it may be to light and struggle for grip, but that is an easily overcome problem with huge fat sticky tyres and possably ballast.
To many people write of 4x4 cars as to heavy and to slow of the line, that simply isn't the case.

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Mate, im not saying the weight will be an issue, all im saying is i dont think it will be as light as many think!

My own car is 650bhp (cosworth powered) and should weigh in around 1100kg wet 4x4, i no it wont struggle for grip! :thumb: and i also no it will handle properly :thumb: which not all 4x4 cars do!

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Originally Posted by Mike

Could say the same about hundreds of thousands of modified & kit cars though could you no :wtf:

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Correct, which is a shame.

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Originally Posted by c20tbo

Mate, im not saying the weight will be an issue, all im saying is i dont think it will be as light as many think!

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True, I wonder how many folk know the actuall weight of there car?

Ste are you going to balance the car out on scales or is it not an issue for you?

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Originally Posted by bazil

True, I wonder how many folk know the actuall weight of there car?

Ste are you going to balance the car out on scales or is it not an issue for you?

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740kgs :p