Recent content by petrol head

get a 1.4 sr nova.... u will be surprised how nippy they r and how fun they r to drive! u can do so much with them aswel and parts r cheap:bigsmile:

what about buying parts to give your car a good service? make sure your engine is running efficiently and to its full potentiel before you start tuning it, if you can get the parts on trade price you should be able to get everything you need for 50 notes, maybe even have enough left over for a...

i would not cut those springs! springs have what is called a poundage rating, which basically means what weight they are desighned to take, if your cutting it down, then its like asking that spring to take the same weight, and be under that much stress with a chunk of its structure missing...

yer i am too an fan of the old xrs as well, i have owned an xr2i in the past and that was a fun little toy! surprised quite alot of people at the lights aswel! hopefully when im done wiv the nova it will be able to do the same! oh yer i have fitted the engine today, well ive got the old one out...

yer thanks m8 i have been making good progress, ive had a few problems, but on the whole its been going well so far i have refitted the cars inteior, sorted the door locks and sorted most of the rust loool i have just rebuilt the new engine thats going to be going in, so its had new headgasket...

hello every1 ive got 2 vauxhalls at the moment! i dirve a mk3 astra as my daily run around for work and stuff and ive got an old skool mk1 nova as well that i am in the middle of rebuilding and will be on the road soon!:) ANY OTHER NOVA OWNERS OUT THERE????

yer thanks tn for that, thats good of you dont no y they didnt wanna load up hopefully next time i will be able to! yer wayne have been having lots of fun with it, been really busy sorting out the RUST, door locks,wheels,lights .... but at the moment its basically just the shell there, ive...

ok having problems loading some of the pics onto here so ive put them on photobucket and this is the link.... http://s575.photobucket.com/albums/ss199/PETROL-HEAD/?newest=1 theres only a few pics on there at the momnet but ive got loads more pictures gunna be loaded up on there very soon...

ok finally here are some pics of my little nova project, have not had the time to get as much done as i would of liked to but here what ive been doing so far....

you could go for a mk4 golf gti 1.8 non turbo, they are a group 10 insurance which aint bad u shud be able to get insured with a years driving behind u,there not that fast but still a big step up from a 1.2 corsa ....

hey fellas i no i aint given any updates or posted any pics on the nova for a while but dont worry i have been busy working on it and i will post some pics up hopefully by the end of this week....

yer got to agree torque cars has got to be the most freindly car forum i have come across:)

LOL YER IT WUD, I LIKE THE WAY U THINK! LOOL:lol:

wot about a mk1 golf gti?

lol yer cheers everyone for the intrest and yes i do have big plans for it, i will keep posting pics and updates as i go along.... been working on it this weekend.... i have stripped out the interior, and have fitted a corbeau bucket seat and an sri steering wheel, still alot more to do thou!