Nova love!

great advice · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:52

cymatty said:
If you want a fast qtr mile save your money and buy a Bike.

Most folk are too scared to give a bike ago though! you for one

cymatty · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:53

great advice said:
Most folk are too scared to give a bike ago though! you for one

Not on a track, and a bike would probably be safer than that tin can of a nova.

Firestar_3x · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:54

great advice said:
Most folk are too scared to give a bike ago though! you for one

Sometimes i get this feeling Lee is some sort of rich king, with his track car and his rover dealership (Prolly got it for free like since no-one can shift the mayo on the floor)

Make sure your customers don't fall over when they walk in the door

great advice · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:54

cymatty said:
Not on a track, and a bike would probably be safer than that tin can of a nova.

I think you mean 1/4 - track time is debatable

4 wheels have more grip than 2 so a bike is faster on the straights and slower in the corners.

cymatty · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:56

great advice said:
I think you mean 1/4 - track time is debatable 4 wheels have more grip than 2 so a bike is faster on the straights and slower in the corners.

Yeah i mean the 1/4 mile track, i would not go on a bike on a track with corners. :eek:

great advice · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:56

Firestar_3x said:
Sometimes i get this feeling Lee is some sort of rich king, with his track car and his rover dealership (Prolly got it for free like since no-one can shift the mayo on the floor)

Make sure your customers don't fall over when they walk in the door

Id i was rich i wouldnt be sat here eating a pot noodle

Firestar_3x · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:57

great advice said:
Id i was rich i wouldnt be sat here eating a pot noodle

Hang on.....

I'm at work earning moneys and your at home eating pot noodles and still have all this stuff, erm so yes

GSXRMovistar · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:58

cymatty said:
If you want a fast qtr mile save your money and buy a Bike.

Agreed, and to be honest I'm not that keen on that Nova regardless of it's 1/4 performance, its still a nova.

You can stick a cherry on a turd and fire it out of cannon at 200mph, yes it's fast but it's still a turd.

great advice · 28 Mar 2006 at 15:58

Firestar_3x said:
Hang on.....

I'm at work earning moneys and your at home eating pot noodles and still have all this stuff, erm so yes

Im at work too mate, just happens i work from home

cymatty · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:00

great advice said:
Im at work too mate, just happens i work from home

Lazy tbh.

What are the qrt mile times of stock bikes e.g R1 Ninja Firelade Ducati 999r etc. :confused:

Firestar_3x · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:00

great advice said:
Im at work too mate, just happens i work from home

Cool

perhaps we should sort a small meet out sometime not sure what si thinks of that just a few ppl, me / you / si / andi / el. anyways will have a word with si about it, take it easy with that pot noodle, hot, hot!

Anyways enough thread deviation

Mark

JRS · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:02

rcrossco_1 said:
god how pedantic you are.

it looks crap, it IS crap, its STILL a Nova, it would handle like a barge, and its totally and utterly impractical.

ITS CRAPPPPP get over it.

If I had a fiat panda that could do an 11sec 1/4 mile it would STILL BE CRAP.

Argue the toss all you want. I dont care one way or the other!

Uh huh.... :rolleyes:

A TVR Tuscan is impractical, doesn't make it crap. And besides which, this Nova is a drag strip car - it doesn't have to have the handling prowess of a Caterham, or look as nice as a Ferrari. Anything else you're struggling to understand princess? I know it's complicated having to look past the "OMGZZZZ ITZ A NOVA!!!!11111oneoneone" thing that a lot of people have going on, but if you can for one second get around that fact and note that this particular example does the job it's designed for bloody well then I'd be rather happy.

*sigh*

great advice · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:04

1000cc stock motorbike your looking at 10 seconds at 140mph :cool:

Mini meet at some point sounds cool, i could host that at my home!!

anyways back to this polished t....Nova

cymatty · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:05

great advice said:
1000cc stock motorbike your looking at 10 seconds at 140mph

Mini meet at some point sounds cool, i could host that at my home!!

anyways back to this polished t....Nova

So the nova is pointless if you want a fast 1/4 mile get a bike, not waste your money on a Nova thats slower and cant be used on the roads.

Thread closed lol.

triggerthat · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:06

JRS said:
Uh huh....

A TVR Tuscan is impractical, doesn't make it crap. And besides which, this Nova is a drag strip car - it doesn't have to have the handling prowess of a Caterham, or look as nice as a Ferrari. Anything else you're struggling to understand princess? I know it's complicated having to look past the "OMGZZZZ ITZ A NOVA!!!!11111oneoneone" thing that a lot of people have going on, but if you can for one second get around that fact and note that this particular example does the job it's designed for bloody well then I'd be rather happy.

*sigh*

Roffle!!ONE.

Plus, I believe that cost didn't cost much to build. The engine itself was £30. :cool:

JRS · 28 Mar 2006 at 16:07

triggerthat said:
Roffle!!ONE.

Welcome to what happens when I don't get enough caffeine into my system....

rcrossco_1 · 28 Mar 2006 at 17:20

Firestar_3x said:
It means swallow your pride and admit you know sweet fa.

Something you've clearly done a lot then.

Ive never had to do that.

I can see how our opinions differ, i do not consider an 11sec 1/4 mile panda to be cool. Any thug can get his mate to stick in god knows what engine into a crappy shell to turn it into a 1/4 mile machine.

Unless its really well engineered, or is a great car to begin with, I find all this a bit boring. It was ok the first time it was done, but theres been SO many heaps/sleepers/"cool projects" done its deeply unimpressive.

iCraig · 28 Mar 2006 at 17:26

rcrossco_1 said:
Any thug can get his mate to stick in god knows what engine into a crappy shell to turn it into a 1/4 mile machine.

I don't think so, they would need to be pretty competant mechnanics for a start, they'd also have to have patience and dedication to do these types of projects.

Firestar_3x · 28 Mar 2006 at 17:30

rcrossco_1 said:
Something you've clearly done a lot then.

Ive never had to do that.

I just know when to shut up and not pass guess work off as fact when i don't know anything about a subject, input is fine but coming in swearing saying its **** without reason aint on tbh.

JRS · 28 Mar 2006 at 17:35

rcrossco_1 said:
Something you've clearly done a lot then.

Ive never had to do that.

I can see how our opinions differ, i do not consider an 11sec 1/4 mile panda to be cool. Any thug can get his mate to stick in god knows what engine into a crappy shell to turn it into a 1/4 mile machine.

Unless its really well engineered, or is a great car to begin with, I find all this a bit boring. It was ok the first time it was done, but theres been SO many heaps/sleepers/"cool projects" done its deeply unimpressive.

*Yawn* You know what else is "deeply unimpressive"? People rubbishing someone's efforts at building a drag car when they know absolutely smeg-all about the time and effort put into the build.

BTW - an 11sec 1/4mile capable Panda sounds awesome