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14th Mar 06 at 11:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My mates got a 2 litre Nova and its pretty quick. Was wondering what the difference would be to a 2ltr Corsa?
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it is a square looking car, the corsa is round......


the nova will be faster
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oh, it will handle better too, but will be a little bit more rottern in most cases
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Nova's are made from less Tin than a paxo so will be alot quicker.
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Not enough difference to notice on the road but the nova should have the edge because its lighter!!
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novas are lighter arent they?
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there is enough differnce to notice, look at rob_lee's Nova run a 15.5 with a standard c16xe, now my x16xe with dblias etc has only ever run a 16.2 max...

There is alot of differnce.
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novas don't have side impact bars and as much reinforcing
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also as rob_lee's car sadly demonstrated
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
there is enough differnce to notice, look at rob_lee's Nova run a 15.5 with a standard c16xe, now my x16xe with dblias etc has only ever run a 16.2 max...

There is alot of differnce.


Theres not that much weight difference is there??

like for like - standard for standard??
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yeah standard novas weight less than mine stripped!
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most novas weigh fook all because there's not a lot of actual good metal left on there, kinda like drilling holes in a chassis to reduce weight only a random unstoppable process
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quote:
Originally posted by JadeM
Not enough difference to notice on the road but the nova should have the edge because its lighter!!


My 1.6 16v nova beat loads of corsa XE's.

They just seem too heavy.

My old 2.0 16v ran 14.6 all day long... corsa xe's seem low 15's and a few hitting mid 14's

Tip, If you have an XE corsa, then strip it!

Nothing hampers speed and acceloration like weight!

Rob
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Nova GSi - 880kg

Corsa GSi - 980kg
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Wonder where that extra 100kg of flesh is hidden on a corsa
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all over ,the nova is missing alot of he safety features of the corsa for a start
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door bars, structural stuff, locks, electrics, bumpers even things like steering wheels were simpler back then
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Such a shame they rot so bad.

I would happily have another one.
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
there is enough differnce to notice, look at rob_lee's Nova run a 15.5 with a standard c16xe, now my x16xe with dblias etc has only ever run a 16.2 max...

There is alot of differnce.


It ran a 15.2 in the end matey

Same i never got to run it with the new exhaust manifold, Inlet and NOS!

Always be wondering what time it would have run

[Edited on 14-03-2006 by Rob_Lee]

[Edited on 14-03-2006 by Rob_Lee]
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My stock GSi pulled a 16.3
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
also as rob_lee's car sadly demonstrated


Poor car... new project is gonna be immense.
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quote:
Originally posted by Teddy
Such a shame they rot so bad.

I would happily have another one.


any piccys of your old nova? mind seeing some ages ago and it looked minted , just canny picture it the now
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Mines not rotten
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a standard corsa weighs in at more than a cavalier saloon whereas a nove weighs just slightly more than a walkers crisp packet
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