I was down at Santa Pod today and I couldn't believe what I saw a NOVA beat a STI in the quater mile how embarrasing is that to us scooby owners.

 

Daffy.

It must have been one serious Nova?!!

John.

 

You could put a jet engine in a three wheeler and it would beat anything. Im sayin no more

 

I bet even the EVO 6 owner was emabrrased when a Ford Fiesta beat his ***.

 

What about that cr@ppy looking Toyota Starlet (?)

Sideways up the strip & I saw a 13.1

Respect

 

A shame for the Red GTO though I think the clutch had gone on it, wasn,t that much smoke so engine should still be ok.

 

That nova was awesome, i think it has two 2 calibra turbo engines in it!!

 

Maybe so! but bet it would'nt beat an Sti round the twisties

 

or in the wet

 

good for 50/50 weight distribution though

 

 

Let me guess powder blue in colour?

Just had a new engine in it, built by Harris Performance Engine, they do some awsome Pinto engines.

 

That Nova is runing 2 Calibra Turbo Engines with Phase 3.5 bits n pieces and got the quickest 0-60 time at Silverstone (Trax) this year... 2.8 seconds

Mock at your peril!

 

oh and that Nova is built by EDS aswell.

And it is 4x4 aswell.

 

what makes u so sure?
the nova is 4wd, it will slay your ***

 

isn't that the norm if someone beats a scoob in a straight line,everyone comes on saying you can't beat them round bends or when its wet.
i never under estimate anyone

 

Given enough cash/time/effort you can do that to any car. It not a Nova anymore its a track car.

 

Seen the Toyota there a few times and its an awesome flying machine for the spec, its usally accompanied by an Escort thats just as quick ...... Was the Fiesta therea green one?

Nath

 

Even so, I thought it was amazing to see a Nova beat a STI in a quater mile. I didn,t think it could be possible but it was.

 

have alook at www.drivetoish.co.uk on the videos page to see how the nova did against henry's skyline

 

There were some top quick cars there today, and some not at all like you'd expect, like the Starlet, and the Nova. But there were about 3 skylines that were seriously quick sub 11 sec machines.

Never been to Santa Pod before and it was awesome to see these, think I might have to go again 1st Nov when the proper sub 5 sec cars come out to play, that must really be something to see.

Had a great day out.

 

To be fair to that nova don't think it was running anywhere near its true potential as it was only running 13's and should have been way quicker than that? was supposed to have 600bhp+ or something?

 

The Nova has allready run low 11's...

It kept relatively close to a Skyline in Ish's site a few posts up, the skyline is proven 650bhp @ the hubs...

So yeah, its pretty rapid, not any scoobs over here than could touch it I dont think, especially when its running right

 

yeah it was . It had 2 engines in and a 6 speed box. Best time I managed was a 13.1. Bit dissapointed but loads of bits inc FMIC, LInk going on in the next couple of weeks

[Edited by sti4 - 10/12/2003 6:27:36 PM]

 

Kudos to the guys to created the twin engine'd beasty.

It's pushing things a bit far however to call it a nova though is'nt it though?

I suspect the only thing 'nova' left was the body shell and some instruments. I.e Two calibra engines, non nova transmisson, non nova gearbox, non nova suspension and non nova clutch etc

Therefore IMHO it's a lightweight drag car with a Nova bodyshell. That 700Bhp Puma falls into the same catagory too IMHO.

[Edited by Neil Smalley - 10/12/2003 8:03:11 PM]