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  1. 15-06-2004, 06:58 PM #1
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    616bhp Vauxhall Nova!!!

    616BHP Vauxhall Nova

    http://forum.turbocrime.co.uk/movies/dynoday.wmv



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  2. 15-06-2004, 07:06 PM #2
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    shame they don't go out and drive it around for a bit :/
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  3. 15-06-2004, 07:09 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by www.josh.org.uk
    shame they don't go out and drive it around for a bit :/

    aye... the bloke probably cannot keep it on the road!



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  4. 15-06-2004, 07:20 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by XTR
    aye... the bloke probably cannot keep it on the road!
    Or in one piece for very long...
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    616bhp at 1.8bar boost? mad.

    that car must be almost undriveable! can you say wheelspin?

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    Christ on a bike

    Would not mind ago in that thing. Although I would prolly kill myself :/

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  7. 15-06-2004, 07:36 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Atomic
    can you say wheelspin?
    Can you say torque steer?.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jon bda
    Can you say torque steer?.
    torque steer



    would be funny to see it do what that kitcar did and smash into a lamppost whilst skidding...

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  9. 15-06-2004, 08:06 PM #9
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    EDS Boost Beast anyone?

    Nova
    C20LET in the front on Phase 3.5
    same in the back...
    4WD
    0-60 in 2.83 seconds or something daft like that
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    Yup, I've seen it in the flesh. Bloody horrid looking thing and half the time it doesn't work properly due to engine syncing problems. But when it works lads, OMG it flys. Saw it do 0-60 in 2.83 with my very own eyes. Amazing!
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  11. 15-06-2004, 09:30 PM #11
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    That is pritty good - Trig - surely that is 2WD as it had its rear wheels on the ground when it was on the RR.

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  12. 15-06-2004, 09:37 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by unrealrocks
    That is pritty good - Trig - surely that is 2WD as it had its rear wheels on the ground when it was on the RR.
    If you watch carefully they dyno both engines i believe...i'd watch it through again but i'm watching CSI...
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    Nah the white one in the vid aint the boost beast, BB is black...
    www.boostbeast.de or something...
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    Its not the 616bhp that worries me about that, its all the torque

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    if it is only 2wd, it has around 250 max effective bhp, anything more is wheelspin...

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