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To be really honest, 300 bhp in a nova is gonna be a total waste.
Build a let if you want big power
200-250 bhp in a lightweight shoebox is more than enough
cokk waving gets you nowhere, apart from top of the big guy list in the pub bragging championships
If you pull it off, fair play, but i dont see the point. seems a whole waste of money to me
good luck mate.. be good see it when it all done
The engine in my mates is 222hp @ 8640 with a 8800 limit, it will hopefully be nearer 235 with a new head on it, maybe more but 222 was insane anyway.
Very peaky power which is why its having a few changes.
One thing I am certain of is that the F28 wont be much good, the OE vauxhalls gearboxes dont like high revving engines, I'd imagine the F28 will suffer from the same problem. Get a SCCR in it minimum IMO.
i do understand where you all are coming from and respect that your all trying to save me money and have a more reliable. and most have far more experience then me about big power engines. But As for the money i dont go drinking dont do drugs and havent got a women to spend my money on and havent got a house. So why not do something like this as a one off to prove my skills and the fact i can do it and not to be bragging about it as that just insnt me. And for tho's that say put a let in instead that is not a option i dont like turbo's and love the sound of a tb'd xe. And i do know a company near me that builds 250 - 300 bhp xe's all the time. and my mates are helping me rebuild it as they help build these high powered xe's. And about the list i put, i did say that was on the top of my head as my mates is the person behind me basically telling me what i need to get it. and it will run 8 injectors as thats why ive got the hiyabussa tb's as they can run 8 very easy. or get bigger set of injectors for them. And when you say i will need the dry sump etc i know these things.
well, good luck anyways, but personally, really, what is the point.
if it were for competition, maybe, but still, im not getting it.
If you have that much money to blow, trust me, dont do it on a nova, or for that matter, any car.
Put it in the bank, in an ISA or something. Bricks and mortar is the way forward mate
Yea that would be the better option. but at the moment im on really good money so doing now before its to late. But im not taking the engine to 300 brake right away any how. im want to see what gains thing give. like put the engine in standard first and see what power that gives then standard engine with the tb's only then with the headwork and cams etc. And its my 3rd car so wont really get used all the time just for the track days and do hope to get quite good at it and maybe go up another level?
if your on good money now, put some of it away cos you may not always be on good money.
not trying to dissuade you, im just giving you a bit of advice from someone who spunked a huge wad on a car to use it for 6 months.
honestly
invest
well i will put some away. just once the car is up and running on a standard engine ill probley sort something out then.
Spanner in the works...
if you want to show off your skills, like the sound of a TB'd engine, and want biger power, why not sell off your C20XE kit and fit a v6 and then tune+tb that? :D
i do want to go round corners not through them lol