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Ditch
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   29th Mar 06 at 11:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
was cruising along minding my own business when out of nowhere a little white nova appears sat on my bumper, so I moved over, nailed it and it sailed straight on past me... spitting a nice big flame as it went... Uhhhh ohhhh 20LET nova...

with my jaw on the floor, I decided to chase it down a motorway slip road... we went round a roundabout with me in front (the joys of 4WD)... and as soon as we were on the straight slip road, it came from beind me in second, to literally just in front by the time I was in 4th, and then carried on pulling cleanly on in 4th untill we both joined the motorway and stopped playing at silly buggers.

The whole time the nova looked like it was about to wobble off the road, torque steering and twitching along... spitting flames and generally doing stuff you dont expect a rusty nova to be doing!!!!


So I went home with my tail firmly between my legs vowing to do some serious mods so this never happens again!!

Did some maths too...

standard C20LET in an 800kgs nova shell = 250bhp per tonne

standard Celica GT4 = 200bhp per tonne

and as a benchmark / referance an E36 M3 Evo = 220bhp per tonne

Now I can stay with my mates M3 Evo not a problem... but this nova gave me serious trouble!!!

So, if the fella who owns that little car is reading this, we surely have to arrange a date at Pod to let me attempt to settle that score...
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29th Mar 06 at 11:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
didnt your celica get torched??
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 11:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yup she sure did....

so I bought another one
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nice one
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 11:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



but I got done... by a crusty white nova!
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29th Mar 06 at 11:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what colour is your new celica?

i'll have a scout round on novaload and see if i can get in touch with him for you
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 11:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea post a link rob that would be cool...

I have put same post on Mig too

I would like to know if the car had a standard LET in it or more too....
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 11:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oh, my new one is a Black WRC edition on an L reg...

FFS i was in a 1993/1994 WRC winning car... yet I got raped by a nova... I want to cry
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29th Mar 06 at 11:45   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
posted.

should dig up whoever it is

i;'ve asked for spec and rematch
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29th Mar 06 at 11:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
respect to the Nova!
Jambo
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29th Mar 06 at 11:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
awesome

I miss similar antics in my corsa

oh and pics of the gt4 please

[Edited on 29-03-2006 by Jambo]
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29th Mar 06 at 11:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it was me bitch, it was saxo not a nova!



[Edited on 29-03-2006 by Evisu]
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29th Mar 06 at 11:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nova 20let & having trouble, i reckon it all comes down to the driver
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Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 13:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I am still in shock...

I need to make some money quick time to buy a downpipe and some water injection so I can run more boost!!


Fair enough that nova would never corner like a GT4, stop like one, be as reliable etc etc. the list could go on...

but I do have to hold my hands up and say im damn impressed by the straight line speed of the thing!
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Evisu
it was me bitch, it was saxo not a nova!


No that would be much worse...

I can just about live with a crusty nova creation leaving me behind like that, but a saxo, or anything french to be honest... na! I would drive off a cliff!
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29th Mar 06 at 13:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wicked,,,thats what its all about!
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quote:
Originally posted by Ditch
yup she sure did....

so I bought another one





i did wonder

nice one, any pics of it?
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29th Mar 06 at 13:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
DITCH mate, i had the same trouble in my 4.

Mine wasnt standard either and had a heap of mods but the little bastard still pushed me along the road.

power to weight is awesome on those nova's

celica's are fat bitches. 1450kg's IIRC
Ditch
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JDM ST205 weighs in at 1380kgs

I had my old one on the weighbridge with me and half a tank of fuel and it weighed 1500kg exactly

rusty nova could be anywhere between 750-850kgs making it about half the weight!!
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 13:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by carnoisseurcraig
Mine wasnt standard either and had a heap of mods but the little bastard still pushed me along the road.


the GT4 in your garage is still running the standard turbo... which is no good for any more than about 290-300bhp
Ditch
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29th Mar 06 at 16:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I think the Migweb lot reckon my GT4 is the older ST185 or ST165

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=259599
D1 DDH
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a c20let nova came into work the other day for a remap and we took that out for a test drive in the wet and as soon as the turbo kicked in it felt like it had been knocked into neutral lol and the flames were spitting out loads on that!
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29th Mar 06 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hurry up and get saving mate
coz this nova



and this one



are getting lets fitted and looking at 300bhp plus
the yellow one already runs sub 13 second qtr's

[Edited on 29-03-2006 by burgess]
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Easy to get a LET nova in the 12's...

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