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Title: One for binary.
Post by: DEViANCE on January 11, 2007, 21:00:13 PM

someone local is selling this rare little beast.
i guess they didnt come out the factory like this?
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/novaspider/CalibraTD.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v338/novaspider/Calibra_TD.jpg)

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Binary Shadow on January 11, 2007, 21:35:20 PM

looks like someone "saved" it by replacing the stolen turbo engine with a 1.7TD lump... nice lol i bet thats slow as hell

edit: and no there was never a derv option

Title: One for binary.
Post by: DEViANCE on January 11, 2007, 22:06:12 PM

Quote from: Binary Shadowlooks like someone "saved" it by replacing the stolen turbo engine with a 1.7TD lump... nice lol i bet thats slow as hell

edit: and no there was never a derv option

yeah i cringed when he said he took the engine to put into a Nova :?

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Beaker on January 11, 2007, 22:54:10 PM

Quote from: DEViANCE
Quote from: Binary Shadowlooks like someone "saved" it by replacing the stolen turbo engine with a 1.7TD lump... nice lol i bet thats slow as hell

edit: and no there was never a derv option

yeah i cringed when he said he took the engine to put into a Nova :?

who did the Nova Kill afterwards? :shock:

Title: One for binary.
Post by: maximusotter on January 11, 2007, 23:08:57 PM

Quote from: wikipediaThe Vauxhall Nova was produced by General Motors between 1983 and 1993. It replaced the Vauxhall Chevette and Opel Kadett City. All Nova and Vauxhall Corsa models were made in Spain. The Nova name was not used in Spain, because in Spanish, Nova means "doesnt go".

No, "nova" means the same in Spanish as in English. "No va" means "does not go". They may very well have not sold the car in Spain for this misconception. However, there is an urban legend over here that the Chevey Nova sold poorly in Mexico, when the opposite is true. In fact, there was a brand of gasoline in latin America that was also called "Nova".

/randomness :lol:

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Binary Shadow on January 11, 2007, 23:50:42 PM

the big question in my mind is.. is it still running 4x4? lol

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Poison_UK on January 12, 2007, 02:30:24 AM

Doubtfull depending on what the new engine in it is... The Calis 4x4 is a diferencial thing aint it with like a spinning unit? Cant remember the correct name :s

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Binary Shadow on January 12, 2007, 09:07:35 AM

it has a multiplate wet clutch and a viscous coupling

Title: Re:One for binary.
Post by: Mark on January 12, 2007, 12:51:59 PM

High tech, for the 70s...

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Binary Shadow on January 12, 2007, 13:55:36 PM

70s... they werent built untill the late 80s 89 was the first and they were FWD

over 9 years to design a car seems a bit excessive

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Edd on January 12, 2007, 16:02:11 PM

hes saying the 4WD drive system was high tech, in the 70s, as in when they put it on the calibra it was already old hat

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Binary Shadow on January 12, 2007, 21:32:15 PM

similar systems are used on cars today so not exactly old hat tbh

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Jaimz on January 13, 2007, 00:02:30 AM

max the nova was only called the nova in britain, in europe it was called a corsa.

Jaimz :rock:

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Edd on January 13, 2007, 11:10:07 AM

from what i gather its a pretty rudimentary system, with like most of the power going to the front wheels

Title: One for binary.
Post by: Binary Shadow on January 13, 2007, 12:38:11 PM

the fact that most of the power is to the front is a design feature not a flaw or old style system, it was designed like that for safety

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