Bodyshell and safety features
1983 Nova  3 door hatch, stripped out and painted in Vauxhall pineapple yellow.
Full steel welded in triangulated roll cage, perspex fuel tank guard and alloy sump guard.
Plumbed in 2.25 litre AFFF fire extinguisher with 2 outlets in engine bay,
1.75 litre AFFF hand held fire extinguisher.
Heated front windscreen, Perspex side + rear windows
Driver; Recarro SP-A (Carbon/Kevlar) seat, 6 point 3” TRW Sabelt harness
Co-Driver; Recarro SP-G (GRF) seat, 5 point 3” TRW Sabelt harness

Engine + Gearbox
1600cc block fully balanced and lightened, King H/C competition pistons and ARP big end bolts.
High compression 12.3:1 8v head with Piper custom rally cam heavy duty cam followers + solid lifters.
Two Weber 45 DCOE  carburettors (34mm chokes) on Bowyer Dev. inlet manifold.
Facet high pressure electric fuel pump and Filter King pressure regulator.
Balanced 1300 Nova flywheel with Sachs competition paddle clutch and cover.
Quaife F15/5 straight cut close ratio Gearbox, 4.5:1 CWP + 40% ZF plate LSD
Armtech Rev limiter with full throttle gear shift.
4:2:1 big bore exhaust system
10w/50 Morris Lubricants Mulitlife Competition Oil
Champion QC59C Spark Plugs
ITG Air Filters

Brakes
Hydraulic fly off handbrake and Brake bias valve
Front:
AP Racing (CP3344) 4 pot alloy calipers with 270 x 24mm vented 4 groove discs.
Mintex 1155 pads
AP 550 racing brake fluid.
Rear:
Alloy hub rear disc conversion
Mk. 11 Astra GTE front calipers with 236 x 12mm solid discs
Mintex 1144 pads and AP Super DOT 4 brake fluid.

Steering + Suspension
Tec-Rac quick ratio steering rack
Front:
OMP adjustable strut brace, Alloy adjustable top mounts.
TAS coil-over struts with Bilstein inserts:
220lb 8" springs (Tarmac)
180lb 10" springs (Gravel)
Strengthened lower control arms with Nylon inner mounting bushes.
Rose jointed alloy tie-bar brackets and Gp.A TCA Uniballs.
Rear:
Bilstein dampers with tarmac / gravel springs.
Strengthened GTE rear beam.

Wheels and Tyres
Gp. A works type wheel studs all round.
Tarmac:
Compomotive TH 6x15” 49mm offset
Michelin N20 18/580-15 moulded slicks / Michelin TA00 18/580-15 wets
Gravel:
Revolution RFX 6x14" 45mm offset
Michelin M4 16/60-14

I.C.E
OMP Electric Intercom System
Brantz Lazer 3 Tripmeter

Performance
Max. Power 147bhp @ 6700rpm (to DIN 70020)
Max. Torque 129 lbf-ft @ 5000rpm