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From: Bod on 30 Sep 2009 11:00
boltar2003(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:37:43 +0100
> Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> It's more fun to do up an old banger and make it
>> go bloke this bloke did with a Vauxhall Victor.
>>
>> http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/street-legal-red-victor-one-does-0-to-60-in-
>> ne-second/
>
> Thats slightly different though - he didn't spend 100K trying to coax that
> power out of a 2 litre 4 pot , he binned the POS under the bonnet and put
> a proper engine in :)
>
> B2003
>
Yes, rather a lot of wedge to plough into an old
wreck.
Ridiculously bloody fast acelleration though.
Must be like travelling in a rocket!

Bod
From: boltar2003 on 30 Sep 2009 11:57
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:51:59 +0100
Pete M <pete.murray(a)SPAMFREEblueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>If I'd dropped a Rover V8 in (my favoured choice) I'd have knocked about
>�2000 off the value of the car then, and about �5000 off it's equivalent
>value now.
>Any more questions?

Yeah - if the point is to make the car more fun why do you care about the
resale value?

>'78 Escort 1300 Sport

And why is it that the smaller and weedier the engine, the more likely a
manufacturer is to slap "sport" moniker on a car? Do they think that this
will stop people noticing that they've just been overtaken by a milk float?

B2003

From: Nick Finnigan on 30 Sep 2009 12:41
Conor wrote:
> In article <h9tdp2$8el$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Nick Finnigan
> says...
>
>> The Capri 2l doesn't have 130bhp.
>
> Correct. However one with a Kent FR31 camshaft, 4-2-1 exhaust manifold,
> K&N air filter and a rejetted carb does.

But not the one being discussed which has roughly 100lb/ft torque and
powerband from 2000-6000 rpm.
From: Nick Finnigan on 30 Sep 2009 12:43
DavidR wrote:
>
> The only time you are likely to experience sustained 1g in a car is under
> full braking.

Or a roundabout. Or a 270 degree motorway slip road.
From: Elder on 30 Sep 2009 14:57
In article <7ih8prF2vjkr9U1(a)mid.individual.net>, bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk
says...
> It's more fun to do up an old banger and make it
> go bloke this bloke did with a Vauxhall Victor.
>
> http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/20/street-legal-red-victor-one-does-0-to-60-in-one-second/
>
You didn't even know about Red Victor Racing until I linked direct to
their website.
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