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That's bonkers! Having owned a Subaru impreza and driven loads of evo's belonging to mates, I think they are both mental cars! My classic was bog standard, I was the third owner, with a fully stamped dealer history which I kept up. Out of the box they are simply awesome cars. Mine got updated dampers and a nice exhaust and enjoyed. Bags of power when you want it and the wife could drive it like a 1 litre subaru justy. Evo's seem to be a little more bonkers.
I always used to go for the Legacy Turbo's. They were better owned and maintained, never modified and had the same EJ20 setup.
Even they have a following now, but still a lot less chav.
Im considering undergoing this project myself but worryed about the legalities if it. I was planning to keep the car road legal would it be registered as a nova or a subaru. Obviously the chassis number from the nova would be removef becsuse would be using the flourpan from the subaru. Id prefer it to be registered as nova because when the police pull you over and the reg comes bsck as a subaru but it looks like a nova. It would take some explaining. Also are there any mot testers on the forum that know what problems I would have. Any help would be greatly appreciated
To do this properly, it would require an SVA (single vehicle approval) by VOSA and at this point it would be assigned an appropriate number plate. I would expect the make would be kit car or similar.
An SVA would be required due to the changes that would be made to the key chassis components
Ive built kit cars in the past and done sva test and I dout this would ever pass. Was hoping I could get away with that. Was thinking of buying a nova that has already been registered as a 2 litre and gust drive it on the nova plates. Just wondering if there would be complications at mot. I could keep the chassis number from the nova and weld it into the right place by the drivers seat
If you think it wouldn't pass god help you trying to build a dodgy car and have a crash, build it right and get the proper tests done...
Good luck when you accidently kill someone then.
Edit ^beat me to it.
Im an engineer and would make sure it would be done properly. The problem is with the new sva test the exterior dimensions of a nova would not pass the sva guidelines. So wanted to do it leagaly but find a loophole to avoid sva. I want it to look like a nova but if I had to get it through the sva I would have to round off most of the novas edges and lose the shape of the nova witch would be defeating the object of using the nova shell in the first place
Keep it to the track/strip if it ain't legal. Not worth the consequences mate.
Possible to make some "SVA Test friendly" arches/wings/panels then replace them after the test? lol