A nova in basingstoke last night ???

[ian turbo]

HAHAHA Good on you who ever you are done my mates 350 bhp escort cos.. lol .

dark blue j reg .

It might be someone named lee wayneright !!!

[CraigGreen]

Thats what I like to hear! So the driver of the Escort was trying then?

[ian turbo]

Yes mate.. and i have just found out its only a 16 valver.. lol

Nice one...

[chip]

150bhp nova, versus 350bhp escos

Doesnt sound like the nova would be winning to me, what actually happened?

[daladine]

maybe cornering involved,or the nova had a turbo the size of devon!

[ian turbo]

No thats what i was thinking ... well my mate just phoned and the 16 valver isnt on the road yet, so it must of been a let !!!!

My mate put... fair play to whoever you were in the dark blue j reg nova with filla on the rear wing,

that is a quick car you got there, you were steadly pulling away from me,

wots in it, is it a red top??

Still trying to find who ,s car it was..

[chip]

If it was pulling from a 350bhp escos, it would need to be a phase 2 LET or similar (ie XE with gas)

[wayne451]

If it was pulling from a 350bhp escos, it would need to be a phase 2 LET or similar (ie XE with gas)

Suppose it depends on what has what, ie. most Nova's with a LET seem to be stripped, so it may suffice with a standard LET (albeit they generally all have aftermarket FMIC's) whereas the Cossie isn't the lightest of cars to begin with, has more transmission losses, quite probably has heavy leather etc and only a fool would strip out an Escworth if it was 'only' 350BHP. Plus the replaceability/repair costs would lend itself to the cheap Nova being thrashed far more! lmao

[ANDYRACER]

Im sure Paul (lashed nova) is down that way?

He ran at pod at P.V, blue nova with speedlines and a Let.

[GTE 16v]

Benn may know who it is.

[chip]

Suppose it depends on what has what, ie. most Nova's with a LET seem to be stripped, so it may suffice with a standard LET (albeit they generally all have aftermarket FMIC's) whereas the Cossie isn't the lightest of cars to begin with, has more transmission losses, quite probably has heavy leather etc and only a fool would strip out an Escworth if it was 'only' 350BHP. Plus the replaceability/repair costs would lend itself to the cheap Nova being thrashed far more! lmao

Nah, once rolling it would need to be more than 200bhp IME if its a genuine 350bhp cossie, even if the nova was fairly well stripped out, at the end of the day power vs aerodynamics plays a part too.

[wayne451]

Is a Cossie a particularly areodynamic car though? They area very slab fronted and I suspect don't lend themselves to a low co-efficient of drag. I have read that the spoiler is detrimental to top speed to the tune of about 4 MPH as standard? Not sure if thats true or just conjecture/hype?

[chip]

Wayne, everything you have heard is true, the cossie isnt very aerodynamic (mind you nova isnt perfect either on this front of course!), and its also genuinely a lot heavier, just not enough of either or both to make up the difference between 204 and 350bhp IME

[LongLiveTheNova]

Im sure Paul (lashed nova) is down that way?

He ran at pod at P.V, blue nova with speedlines and a Let.

Pauls is a h plate.

[a2lt16v]

im in basingstoke quite a bit but not ever seen a blue nova, infact i very rarely see any novas anywhere. i will keep my eyes peeled

[LiD0N]

werent me (paul) im from essex

[ANDYRACER]

werent me (paul) im from essex

My bad.

[nova boy roy]

350 bhp !!! is that proven or is it a ford owners estimatelmao lmao down here we hav RS turbo owners stating stupid bhp to look big!!!

[loggyboy]

It was me... standard XE... either his cossie is ****ed or he cant drive.

was a simple drag from 40 to 120 ish, twice, allthough the 2nd time he seemed to back off early, whether through the shame or bemusement.


and its primer not filler :P

[ian turbo]

hahaha well hats of to you mate . lol

We was all wanting to know what you had in it mate..

[loggyboy]

Standard 150k mile XE with only engine 'mods' being a K&N filter and magnex exhaust (2 box, de cat)
no trim except dash, front seats, head lining. slightly more weight loss also via corsa brake setup. Oh and an elise diffuser to aid with the aeros - lmao lmao lmao

[wayne451]

WTF is that under your back bumper? lmao

[loggyboy]

Oh and i think i know the lee you mentioned (bro has a c2 vts?), he is still sorting his as i modded his chassis leg for him the other nite but he still needs to sort driveshafts and loom b4 his is on the road. His is a laser blue mk1 gte.

[ian turbo]

Ohh right nice..

Well i dont know if you know him but a friend of mine who works for j daveys has just done the c20 let in the nova thing .. thats who i thought you was as first..
Il put a pic up of your nova on the site tomorrow .. he will get ripped for it.. lol

[Novalicious]

goood lad