blackula
Member
Registered: 26th Apr 03
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
ANyone know of any links for rolling road scans from mags or club reports for corsas, novas, vauxhalls in general ?
Cheers...
Also how do the Novas compare to the Corsas in performance. How does a Corsa compare to the Nova 1,4SRI and 1.3 SR, thinking 1.2, 1.4, and the valver corsas.
|
blackula
Member
Registered: 26th Apr 03
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
That sounds like shit, sorry, what I mean is
What Corsa is as quick as a 1.3 SR, 1.4 SR and SRI, GSi etc.
For example will a Corsa 1.2 16v match an SR 1.3
will a 1.4 SRI Corsa match a 1.4 SRi Nova.
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
Corsa sri 8v and nova sri's have the same engine. Although as nova's are lighter the nova will be quicker. The Nova Gte/Gsi is pretty much equal to the corsa Gsi.
|
blackula
Member
Registered: 26th Apr 03
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
Cheers. My friend who has a std Corsa 1.2 Comfort with a 1.4 back box (off a 1.4 elegance) and a drilled airbox, reckons he can match a 1.4 Nova SRi kneck and kneck screaming the bollocks out of it and then pull two car lengths away over 100 mph.
[Edited on 27-10-2003 by blackula]
|
Gambit
Member
Registered: 5th Jun 00
Location: Common Sense HQ
User status: Offline
|
your friend is on glue
|
and-m
Member
Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
User status: Offline
|
pmsl
|
blackula
Member
Registered: 26th Apr 03
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
So a Nova SRi must be at least as quick as a 1.4 16v Corsa then.
|
Cybermonkey
Member
Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by blackula
Cheers. My friend who has a std Corsa 1.2 Comfort with a 1.4 back box (off a 1.4 elegance) and a drilled airbox, reckons he can match a 1.4 Nova SRi kneck and kneck screaming the bollocks out of it and then pull two car lengths away over 100 mph.
[Edited on 27-10-2003 by blackula]
Good luck getting it over 100mph!!! I have come up against standard GTE's and GSi's before and i would edge ahead in every case.
|
Cybermonkey
Member
Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
User status: Offline
|
but jesus christ those 1.3 Nova Sports are rapid !!!!!
|
blackula
Member
Registered: 26th Apr 03
Location: Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
Take it you have a 1.4 or 1.6 Corsa cyber ?
The 1.2 16v 75 bhp is supposed to do 106 mph.
(eventually)
The Nova Sport wasn't aht just an SR with twin carbs and an Irmscher airbox ? Maybe a cam was available. I saw a Nova Sport racing a Cavalier SRi 130 some years ago and it was pulling away from the lights.
Anyone know of any rolling road report links so I can look at power figures ?
[Edited on 27-10-2003 by blackula]
|
Cybermonkey
Member
Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
User status: Offline
|
yeah i got a 1.6 blacky. the 1.2 will eventually do over 100mph, but its not a race, its just painful.
|
Melville
Member
Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
User status: Offline
|
Ive had 108 out of my C 1.2 sxi before
|
Cybermonkey
Member
Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
User status: Offline
|
good for you mel. Probably down a hill or inaccurate speedo.
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
Nova sports are basically 1.3 SR's on twin 40's, there was an option for a better cam as well. They make 100bhp I think, same as a GTE/Gsi.
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
I had 114 out of my nova when it was a 1.2i, down a big hill with huge run up and a digi dash. Had 136 with this engine, then the car in front got close quick, would do 140 quite easily though, that was on the flat as well.
|
leon_in_uk
Member
Registered: 16th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
A nova sri 8v is 14 secs 0-60 where a corsa sri 8v is around 11, so nova is slower dumb ass
|
Cybermonkey
Member
Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by leon_in_uk
A nova sri 8v is 14 secs 0-60 where a corsa sri 8v is around 11, so nova is slower dumb ass
Your attitude sucks. PRICK 
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
lmfao @ nova sri 14 secs to 60! Its about 10.5 or so.....
|
leon_in_uk
Member
Registered: 16th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
there are 2 nova sri's the 16v is 10.5 the 8v is 14,
|
leon_in_uk
Member
Registered: 16th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
your garage sucks,prick
|
leon_in_uk
Member
Registered: 16th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
im lmfao @ ur specs dumb ass
|
miles
Member
Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: plymouth Drives: Astra Sport
User status: Offline
|
There is only one nova sri, the 82bhp 8v (same engine as corsa sri), there is another 1.4i nova which is the spi version which makes about 60bhp.
|
leon_in_uk
Member
Registered: 16th Sep 03
User status: Offline
|
there is a 1.416v nova!!! look in max power, it has stats of it in the back, the same speed as a corsa 1.416v!!! but the 8vsri is 14 secs slow as fcuk
|
K100RSA
Member
Registered: 2nd Apr 02
Location: Devon. drives: too fast
User status: Offline
|
oh well if its in max poo then its obviously gospel!!!
|
Andy
Member
Registered: 28th Dec 99
Location: Cumbria, UK
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by leon_in_uk
im lmfao @ ur specs dumb ass
One month on the board and ur coming out with comments like that? You're sure gonna be popular around here 
|
