Funny Nova Modification Ideas

[M3CHA-MONK3Y]

My mates got a Vauxhall Nova that he bought at an auction for £200. After driving it about for a few months, he's now bored of it. Cue me and some mates removing the roof lining, taking it down to the local ford (the river crossing, not the car brand) and taking it off road in a mates field.
What we really want to do is make some funny mechanical mods to it, anyone got any stupid ideas?

We're already planning to turn the exhaust manifold upside down so the exhaust comes out the bonnnet.

Oh and it won't be driven on the road again so it can be illegal.

[A1GOY]

Fire.

[Silent1]

Lightweight it, down to removing body panels.

[skylinecrazy]

Make it into a monster truck.

[Jgtv]

Stick a dustbin/ incinerator on the exhaust make it look bad ass, Tint the windows with gloss paint, Cut the spring to lower it.

[aciddrop616]

Bodesia (sp?) wheels

[TonyHetherington]

Silent1 said:

Lightweight it, down to removing body panels.

There's lots more fun to have first - we did that with a Sierra that we dismantled for a kit car doner.

I love the idea of makign the manifold come out of the bonnet

[randomman]

[tomTVR]

Cut the doors and roof off

[ingham]

make sure you fit some kind of roll over protection you will need it on grass

[A1GOY]

More Fire.

[M3CHA-MONK3Y]

love the fire idea, but that comes at the end.

We're going to give it a few coats of paint tonight, matt black, stripping the interior out and spark plugging the end of the manifold for flames!

[vrooom]

i hope that car is insured and taxed

[A1GOY]

M3CHA-MONK3Y said:

spark plugging the end of the manifold for flames!

See FIRE!

Whack a mahoooosive turbo on it for funsies too. Just to see what'll happen.
Many moons ago a mate had a knackered old Clio (hateful things) and for his birthday we were going to go to Halfords, buy all the chavvy bodykit stuff we could find and liberally apply it with duct tape. He binned it the month before we could. Sad times. So do that!



N.B. I have never professed to have any kind of mechanical knowledge, so the turbo idea may be truly flawed.

[mdavison]

Can't find the thread, but there was someone on here with a similar car (Metro I think) for disposal, they cut it in half and remounted the rear suspension to the first half of the car, was quite amusing!

[btdk5]

vrooom said:

i hope that car is insured and taxed

If its SORN it doesnt matter

[Who me ?]

Was going to put in pic of Crusher ,but can't find one ,so this will have to do --

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Excellent idea , can it to Saxo's and Corsa's

[LeeThePeople]

I drove one with 200bhp and a dog box, shocked myself when it was killing everything in a straight line - one of the quickest, rolling start cars ive ever driven.

Car was minging though, had a big sticker in the back window saying "You;ve been novataken"

[carmadgaz]

Gut it, had a yard Micra that only had a radio, drivers seat, heater controls and wheel, great fun learning to J-turn in that

[M3CHA-MONK3Y]

A1GOY said:

M3CHA-MONK3Y said:

spark plugging the end of the manifold for flames!

See FIRE!

Whack a mahoooosive turbo on it for funsies too. Just to see what'll happen.
Many moons ago a mate had a knackered old Clio (hateful things) and for his birthday we were going to go to Halfords, buy all the chavvy bodykit stuff we could find and liberally apply it with duct tape. He binned it the month before we could. Sad times. So do that!



N.B. I have never professed to have any kind of mechanical knowledge, so the turbo idea may be truly flawed.

Turbo would be difficult and expensive but fun. The body kit idea is reaaly good. We were going to do it when he first got it, but he wouldn't let us. Before its unroadworthy I might get some flat cardboard boxes and give him a massive front and rear bumper, maybe a spoiler. It's amazing what you can do with cardboard and duct tape.