k e l
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Registered: 10th Dec 06
Location: Sheffield
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think its time to give it up. its an amazing bit of enginering but ive only ever seen it do one good sprint to 60, the rest either snapped a shaft or missing gears etc. they were working on it constantly to run a 14 sec quater
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: eastbourne Drives:zafira sold now a qashqai
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should of gave up yrs ago
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Huwsi
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Registered: 27th Apr 07
Location: Bangor, Gwynedd
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Was that tthe one with the wheelie bar at PV?
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Lee Wilson
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Registered: 20th Feb 06
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: XE Corsa
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Think it was only running one engine yesterday?
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dazmoore
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Registered: 9th May 08
Location: Westbury, Wiltshire
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yer i was gonna say it was quite slow yesterday seen plenty of other novas that went on were only a bit slower than it, so that sounds bout right if only 1 of em was running.
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Was only running one engine yesterday.
It's Chip's (Staff member) from total vauxhall isn't it?
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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no diffrent car
chips didnt run
the other one had 17's and a wheelie bar thing
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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and ships only has one engine, i think the car is the old eds nova
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SportBoy
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Retford, Nottinghamshire
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possibly the most unrealible car i think i have ever seen .. seems to go well when in gear when both engines are on the go but i would imagine its a fvcker to drive begine as they always seem to be strugling with gears etc
[Edited on 09-06-2008 by SportyBoy]
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k e l
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Registered: 10th Dec 06
Location: Sheffield
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regals nova but everyones tried to have a go at fixin it. i remember when cossvaux had it for a bit n gave up with it
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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the front engine was removed some time in the afternoon however the runs it made were done on two engines
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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From what i was told it did a 11.1 on the saturday before it went pop
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Novaneil
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Registered: 26th Oct 06
Location: Leamington Spa
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Was speaking to someone on the Regal stand on sunday. Apparently it was running just under 1000bhp combined But they removed the front engine as it went pop. So on sunday it was just running the rear engine.
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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quote: Originally posted by Novaneil
Was speaking to someone on the Regal stand on sunday. Apparently it was running just under 1000bhp combined But they removed the front engine as it went pop. So on sunday it was just running the rear engine.
I will show my arse on the town hall steps if its anywhere near 1000bhp
Still on the standard KKK setup just hybrid.
I would say AT MOST 350 per engine for 700bhp......
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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Theres some guy with a twin engine corsa too.....wonder how thats getting on
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little_duke
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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Tamworth,staffordshire Drives: rover coupe
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quote: Originally posted by Lee Wilson
Think it was only running one engine yesterday?
it was,the front engine got taken out saturday night
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Scotty C
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Registered: 6th Nov 05
Location: Kidderminster Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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quote: Originally posted by BeArDy
From what i was told it did a 11.1 on the saturday before it went pop
Thats not that impressive considering a N/A 2.0 16v Corsa did 11.7... and that's only with one engine!
Should be aiming for mid 10's...
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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It must be unbelievably heavy too. It's made entirely of 80mm box section and thick steel plate.
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dan-h
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Registered: 28th Jan 06
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roll on beardys twin engined corsa this will be the real deal
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Andyrs1800
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Registered: 15th Oct 03
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Yea i saw it go bang on sat, not easy to get a car to change gear on 2 engines at the exact same time on a drag strip doing 11 sec 1/4's,
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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It is if you make the linkage properly.
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GteRedtop
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Registered: 13th Jun 07
Location: Your mother's Otter's pocket
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its actually 205bhp in the front and 500bhp in the rear
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
Location: North London
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what about the rear engined V6 Nova i thought it would be have been quicker then it was did something like 14.5 second runs
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phil_sutton
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Registered: 8th Sep 07
Location: Nottingham
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quote: Originally posted by GteRedtop
its actually 205bhp in the front and 500bhp in the rear
Thats just retared if thats actually true. Did hear everyone an their mum say this at the weekend but I refuse to believe it. Also I wont be anywhere near 1000bhp as said earlier as i watched them take the engine out at about 1am and it was still on standard turbo.
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Not.Normal
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Registered: 12th May 04
Location: Surrey
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quote: Originally posted by GteRedtop
its actually 205bhp in the front and 500bhp in the rear
So the bog standard engine up front is the one that let go and had to be removed and the 500bhp one was fine.......
........mmmmm me thinks your talking out your 4rse 
Both engines are modified and the ecu's are actually linked to try and get them to perform the same.
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