Post up pictures of your Nova

[Benn]

no,
i wouldnt touch tbs,

way over price,and an less you spec £££££ getting them set up there crap,
and you allways smell burning oil,

carbs you bolt on...turn with a screw driver...and drive off...
hot...cold...what ever they love it....

and remember less is more....
i dont want a wiring loom in my engine bay...

[spanishfly]

thats doo doo... TBS are better than ANY form of carbs! Carbs are just cheap!

[Benn]

no,
maybe for power yeah...
but thats it...

[Jamie_F]

Benn sorry thats competely crap, in the 3 years i had my tbs, the tbs themselves never broke or had any problems, it started everyday from cold, gave 50mpg on long runs and when driven sesibly round town the were still good, you will NEVER get that with carbs, and have you even herd of carb icing??

you said they need money getting them set up, that is correct, but carbs to aswell, and they will need more frequent adjustment, tbs are only crap when they havnt been set up properly, but alot of people buy them and just hope they can be bolted on and work when it isnt the case.

[Benn]

hhmmm what about when we went bowling...
it was cold and yours wouldnt start....?
or at billing in the heat and they wouldnt start?

yeah i've heard of carb icing....
but look at sharons...theyve been set up by dan...and they run great... and she hets huge mpg

[Beenie]

don't TB's retain value aswell? as they don't wear out.

[jonboy100]

this is gonna go on and on the way i see it is there both good but its down to personal taste. I like carbs because there old skool, sound amazing and are just mad. But throttle bods are the way forward if you dont want to go turbo power.

[Benn]

jons, right

tbs or carbs its all fun,
so who cares,

less is more baby!

[ctunnicliffe01]

At the end of the day' if you have the money to spend you buy throttles. if not you buy carbs. Both do the job '

I ran brand spanking new twin 45s on my xe for a few years. cost around £900 from webcon at the time with all the fancy fittings ect.
Only once had them setup and never a problem with them.
Excellent peices of kit. But on the other hand the Qed direct to heads i run now are a nice peice of kit. Just more costly for the little benefits i guess. starts well ' drives smoother from the bottom end ' very responsive ' and on the same engine produced more power.

oh the joys!

[Dexy]

almost makes me buy another nova and do it up in the garage i now have, mmmmmmm interesting lol

[LongLiveTheNova]

hes taken pics of it..but its never been in the reader bit or any show report...

Sure i've seen a pic in TV before, in a show write up.

[Benn]

Sure i've seen a pic in TV before, in a show write up.

one pic from castle coomb..thats it,

[J1M]

At the end of the day' if you have the money to spend you buy throttles. if not you buy carbs. Both do the job '

I ran brand spanking new twin 45s on my xe for a few years. cost around £900 from webcon at the time with all the fancy fittings ect.
Only once had them setup and never a problem with them.
Excellent peices of kit. But on the other hand the Qed direct to heads i run now are a nice peice of kit. Just more costly for the little benefits i guess. starts well ' drives smoother from the bottom end ' very responsive ' and on the same engine produced more power.

oh the joys!

Chris has hit the nail on the head. Provided carbs are set up well they will be fine. It's only when people who don't know what they are doing start to tinker with it that they become less efficient.

If I had the cash I'd go for TB's. More gains which is what you want when buying these add on's...isn't it?

[N0bber]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Jay Gemson's SR:

[Gordon Livsey]

^^^looks nice and clean^^^^

[rob_lee_1]

until it was left with someones mechanic who left it in a pub car park while he was 500 miles away



PS... this wasnt an insurance job... it genuinely got stolen lmao

[Gordon Livsey]

aaahhh shoite, i remember hearing about this unfortunate event, was the car ever found,

[rob_lee_1]

lmao nope but some nice MK2 nova parts on ebay tho matey lmao

[porchie]

ohhh theres some bloody nice novas on here i cant even pick a favorite

[CraigGreen]

Just noticed Jays has no sunroof. Not a GSi then?

I sold him my Alessio's. Might be mine on there or they possibly went on his Corsa.

[CraigGreen]

Karl Rowntree's track SR


The old Courtenay LET Nova (A16 VTB)


Or Beasties (Mark Beeson) LET SR

[Aamir]

Some great novas out there, it seems most novas are owned by enthusiasts these days, boy racers seemed to have moved on to corsas. Maybe it'll lose it's chavvy name with time.

here's another one of mine

[The Simps]

Some great novas out there, it seems most novas are owned by enthusiasts these days, boy racers seemed to have moved on to corsas. Maybe it'll lose it's chavvy name with time.

[Gordon Livsey]

Mark beesons, Aamir and Benns have to be my most favourite novas

[elgan]

any photos of the pink nova turbo courtenay built in the early days?