Nova Sri Vs Polo GT - just curious

diablohowes · Post by **diablohowes** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:17 pm

A mate of a mate type thing has been bragging a lot about a nova SRi he has, how do they compare against the polo GT?
I'm just curious.

nuttinnew · Post by **nuttinnew** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:32 pm

Never had a problem with SRis...in fact, with chip/decat/drilled airbox K&N had to back off in 3rd so I didn't hit one...

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 10:45 pm

nuttinnew wrote:Never had a problem with SRis...in fact, with chip/decat/drilled airbox K&N had to back off in 3rd so I didn't hit one...

Yeah I had one years ago hmmm thinks back nearly 20 years ago

- gripped well in the corners but had a long ratio gearbox and a reluctance to rev

- sorted it though - threw and SRi 130 lump in the front and then it went just fine

wul3er · Post by **wul3er** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:48 pm

Also can depend on what the Nova has had done to it.

My mate also has one which has had a lot done to it and it goes like hell, My GT could never touch it, nut as i said it has had loads done to it.

tainmrk3polo · Post by **tainmrk3polo** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 11:57 pm

stock for stock dunno, mild gt vs stock sri? slaughtered to say the least, and i was 4 up inc me and it was him and a passenger

diablohowes · Post by **diablohowes** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 12:13 am

Well as far as i know, the nova only has an induction kit. My gt is chipped and has a drilled airbox with a K+N filter.... I'll let you know how it goes.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:04 am

if you're meaning the 1.6 GSi, then parkers claims 100hp for it --- which should mean GT slaughterage if driven right, if its not super heavy or very badly geared... and i bet its quite torquey too with that capacity.

(btw what was it with the old 1.2s? Only 45hp like the 1.05 polo --- and i thought we had the worst specific output in hp per litre record..)

diablohowes · Post by **diablohowes** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 9:33 am

as far as i know, its 82bhp 1.4 mpi which imo would leave it fairly even with the GT but we'll see!

gtjoe · Post by **gtjoe** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:05 am

my polo can see off novas all day long. i have even had a couple of rs turbos.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:10 pm

yeah but how many of them are 1.0s (or the 45hp 1.2s) rebadged as something spunkier?

sure we all know people who have put GT or G40 badges on a polo that ain't all that

SpikeyG40 · Post by **SpikeyG40** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:17 pm

Nova GSI's are pritty quick! a mate of mine had one and it could do 120/130mph all day long! very strong engines nova's have! even the 1.2's can take a hammering!

would u really want a tin can chav mobile though???

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:55 pm

Yeah the body wouldn't be up to much... and whats the handling like? Sure, the more recent ones will have been sorted by Lotus, but the old s**tboxes?

diablohowes · Post by **diablohowes** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 6:37 pm

I wasn't even thinking about replacing the GT!