Few pics of my Nova Turbo

[Mieran]

Got it taxed on Monday and took it out for a spin on Tuesday. Its been off road since July last year. I must say, I'm very impressed with the power.

Still got a few little things to sort out though.

Edited by Mieran on Thursday 14th April 08:27

[stinkysteve]

So what's under the bonnet?????

Looks like a great sleeper until you see the cage!

[Mastodon2]

I Love it. This is what modding cars is about, none of that Max Power st - who wants a fking lowered Golf with pink wheels when you could have something like this?

Can you tell us more about it? If this is your motor I will keep an eye out for you as I am quite often in the Metrocentre area these days.

[Mieran]

Sorry I forgot to mention engine.

Its a C20LET engine (out of a Calibra turbo), was running 291bhp when I bought it, but that was with a larger diameter exhaust and now only has 2.25" so I'm guessing figures will be a bit lower.

I will add full spec at a later date, just need to go through all receipts and remember everything is been done to it lol

Edited by Mieran on Thursday 14th April 20:54

[Mastodon2]

Mieran said:

Sorry I forgot to mention engine.

Its a C20LET engine (out of a Calibra turbo), was running 291bhp when I bought it, but that was with a larger diameter exhaust and now only has 2.25" so I'm guessing figures will be a bit lower.

I will add full spec at a later date, just need to go through all receipts and remember everything is been done to it lol

Edited by Mieran on Thursday 14th April 20:54

Jesus it must go like st off a shovel!

[Mieran]

It does indeed

I'm expecting it to be high 700s/low 800s so good power to weight ratio.

Edited by Mieran on Thursday 14th April 21:23

[northandy]

Nice, what's the thing hanging down under the front of the car?, is it a sump guard or something?

[Mieran]

Its a lower brace, works same as the usual strut brace.

[Mastodon2]

So how reliable is this thing, and will it be your day to day car? I have to say, I really do love this. It's not in your face, it's almost sleeper like in how subtle it is from a distance, then you get up close and you see the wheels, then the bright orange cage etc.

Will you be putting a grill over the front to cover up the exposed intercooler?

[marky911]

That lower strut brace is asking to be ripped off!! Looks like you've got about 50-60mm Ground clearence!!

I like the supprise element of the car though! Goodstuff!
The torque-steer must be a pig though, is it not!?

[Mieran]

Mastodon2 - The car just came out and I'm having some teething problems which I'm sorting out, and I drive a 1.2 corsa as a daily so this doesn't need to be that reliable, as long as it doesn't break down on track I'm happy lol

I put a grille on yesterday, it wasn't on when pics were taken because I didn't have the right type of screws for it


marky911 - That lower brace hasn't caught on anything yet so I'm happy, and it doesn't torque steer that bad to be honest.

[y2blade]

I like that I like it a lot

[TXWRX]

is the gbox just standard? i assume there must have been some work done to cope with that power

[callyman]

Nice car, Hope you didnt kill a good calibra turbo for the engine (see my profile).
Are you running the same IC and ECU?

[p4cks]

I'm not trying to be clever or facetious here but why is the C20LET preferred to the Z20LET on many of these conversions?

I liked the photo with the SR grille. Makes it look more of a sleeper

[Mieran]

p4cks said:

I'm not trying to be clever or facetious here but why is the C20LET preferred to the Z20LET on many of these conversions?

I liked the photo with the SR grille. Makes it look more of a sleeper

Z20LET have flyby throttle, Nova is cable.

Z20LET loom and ECU won't work on a Nova, will need after market ECU etc.

It can be made to work obviously but C20LET is the cheaper option and ecowrecks are crap.