Specifications

FOREWORD
Ever since the basic Nova appeared on the
competition scene back in 1985, clubmen have
been recording success after success. In its first
year of rallying, the potent GM Dealer Sport
Nova GTE in the hands of Dave Metcalfe,
showed a fantastic turn of speed, emphasising its
competitiveness and serving notice of its
potential for honours.
That initial Nova GTE was put together by
Engineer Brian Ashwood and his team. Their
background work prepared the foundation for
the new Nova/Corsa project, the Motor Sport
Development engineers - David Gray, in
particular - developing and aquiring the many
and varied parts and components to produce the
"Clubmans" Kit. The kit, together with this
manual now ensures that anyone can faithfully
reproduce the factory specification, relying on
the techniques and experience gathered from
many years of successful competition and,
hopefully, gain the results that have now been
shown to be within the Nova/Corsa's capability.
This manual sets new standards in providing
an exact and detailed guide to the preparation of
a vehicle for motorsport use. Andrew Duerden,
together with Gordon Birtwistle, has tapped that
vast reservoir of specialist knowledge held by the
Motor Sport Developments engineering staff to
produce a unique reference book. The mystique
behind building a top-flight competition car has
now been removed - now its down to the driver.
Good Luck.
Melvyn Hodgson
Chairman and Managing Director
Motor Sport Developments