4x4 onto a nova

[Lee]

you would have to run a very big spec engine to justify all the work though

Thats the paradox. Run standard power, and itll be slow. Run big power and the transfer box will turn into a gooey sludge

[Welsh Dan]

Better idea, modify some Nova bumpers, lights, wings etc.. to fit a 4x4 cally .

[Dan 130]

Thats the paradox. Run standard power, and itll be slow. Run big power and the transfer box will turn into a gooey sludge

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm gooey sludge aarrrgghhh

[gammienov16v]

good look with the 4x4 my mates doin the same at the moment i will ask him how he has started his one off, oh and yes the is a lot of cuttin and weldin to be done, i will also try and get some pics of it to so you can see wot your up against, all the best fella

[BIGS]

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/proje...astra-mki.html

C20LET with toyota celica GT4 running gear on a MK1 Astra. You're looking at a project around that scale to do similar to a nova, even if you use Vauxhall running gear.

Cheers for this, i will have a look and see what they did

[BIGS]

And to bt's post's
The engine will be about a 300 bhp tb'd redtop. which will be abit less torque then a turbo so if i use the turbo transferbox i wont have any problems. and why wont a 4x4 handle well surley it will be just as good as a normal xe'd nova just 4x4 with a wide track. and the 4x4 only works when the front starts to spin on the cavi/calibre turbos and only about 30 % at the back any how.

[Jack]

I'd say depends on the weight distribution with regard to handling. On something as light as a Nova, you're going to have all the weight over one end, rear diffs aren't all that heavy and you'll have a meaty engine/gearbox/xfer box up front (or in the back if you go rear engined). Mid engine might get away with it.

Celica GT4 transmission won't fit on a Nova, not even a 165 system and thats the smallest of the GT4s.

Not that you'd want a 165 running gear as its poo anyway

[Stuart]

And to bt's post's
The engine will be about a 300 bhp tb'd redtop.

fcuk me thats gonna be one expensive engine build.... not to mention 500mile rebuilds

[Dan 130]

personally if it was me me i couldnt justify all the work for a 300 hp redtop. in a front wheel drive setup it would be cool, but by the time you have lost alot of power through the 4wd system itself its still not alot of power why not go for 400/450 let because to be honest there wouldnt be an awfull lot of diffrence in cost

[Dan 130]

fcuk me thats gonna be one expensive engine build.... not to mention 500mile rebuilds

what i thought thats about 6/7 grand worth of race engine if you want it as close to reliable as possible