Specifications

HOMOLOGATION
The Vauxhall Dealer Sport Nova in Scrutineering
The use of production series cars in international
motorsport is governed by a set of rules and
regulations laid down in the annual `Year Book
of Automobile Sport' issued by the FIA (the
governing body) and specific vehicles require
documents to verify their approval for use, and
these are issued by the International Motor Sport
Federation (FISA) as the Sporting Ministry of the
FIA, and are contained in Homologation Papers.
The 1.6 injected Nova and Corsa models are
contained in one document covering both
badged variants. The relevant document has
been issued with the FISA Number A-5375 and
is obtainable from the ASN or National Sporting
Authority of the country ir. which you are based.
At all events in which a car is entered within the
group A classification, the vehicle must have the
FISA Homologation Papers. The responsibility
of obtaining these papers from the ASN is that of
the entrant and/or driver.
As a guide, a set of specimen homologation
papers for the Nova GTE/Corsa GSi are included
in this manual. These papers CANNOT be used
as homologation documents at event
scrutineering.
From the specimen set, you will see that the
first 16 pages refer to the basic specification of
the production vehicle. The following pages then
refer to specific items used in motorsport and
unless the item is included within these pages, it
cannot be used on a vehicle prepared for group A
classification.
You will find that the "extension"
papers (i.e. those pages after the first 16 basic
sheets) refer to a number of the same items but to
different specification or dimensions. For the
purpose of the Clubmans Kit, all items are
homologated and are recommended fitment,
even if there are other similar items
homologated. It is the case that although, say, a
number of brake disc/caliper combinations have
been homologated and tried on the Nova/Corsa
models, the actual unit used in the clubmans kit,
and referred to in the text, has been found to the
best alternative and has been developed specially
for the Clubmans Kit package. Therefore it is
the only unit that should be fitted.
GROUP N
Although this manual is not primarily concerned
with group N preparation, you will find that at
the end of the specimen homologation sheets,
there are a number pertaining to group N. These
are additional sheets which are only required
when entering the group N category, and are
additional to the group A sheets. Thus a group
N entrant must have both the `A' and `N'
sections of the homologation documents when
submitting a vehicle for event scrutiny.
FIA YEARBOOK
This manual should provide all the information
and detail required to build a car to group A
specification. The full details of what exactly is
permitted in both the `A' and `N' categories is
published in the FIA Yearbook, available from
bookshops or direct from:-
Editions V.M.
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