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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Wed May 07, 2008 6:35 am

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Trebuchet, Arial,Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by G-man</i>
<br />who said anything about 3 wheels i am on the lookout for a kitten! busa powered it would kill you all
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Show me a Busa engine for less tham £999 and I'll buy it myself [;)] About £2k's the going rate in'it?
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Postby V all hail to the 8 » Wed May 07, 2008 10:11 am

there's no need for a busa engine really wack a small blower on a old slabby Gixxer 1100 engine and you'd have similar power with much more torque..

And you'd still be will within budget...
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Wed May 07, 2008 11:01 am

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Trebuchet, Arial,Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by V all hail to the 8</i>
<br />there's no need for a busa engine really wack a small blower on a old slabby Gixxer 1100 engine and you'd have similar power with much more torque..

And you'd still be will within budget...
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That'd be more in the spirit of the challenge too...[:D]

BTW- Are Clio Sport 182's supposed to be fast? Cos I think I might have scared its driver when I howled past him last night after he'd thrown down the gauntlet [:0]
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Postby Renrut » Sun May 11, 2008 1:20 am

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Trebuchet, Arial,Verdana" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by TeamTotalWankel</i>
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BTW- Are Clio Sport 182's supposed to be fast? Cos I think I might have scared its driver when I howled past him last night after he'd thrown down the gauntlet [:0]
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If you believe the people who drive them they are. And they're clearly deluded if they think it will match an RX-7 or similar. At the end of the day its still a pumped up shopping trolley [:D]
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Postby froggy » Sun May 11, 2008 4:47 pm

not busa tl1000 power with gas, got a feeling im going to get spanked on the 1/4 so we are going to gas it til it pops on the day[;)]
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Postby V all hail to the 8 » Sun May 11, 2008 5:45 pm

That my friend is truly epic, i love it.....
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Postby G-man » Sun May 11, 2008 7:40 pm

As Vahtt8 says that myfriend is fookin epic i want one
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Postby owelly » Sun May 11, 2008 7:46 pm

Woo-hoooo! Bring on the plastic cars!!!
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Postby TeamTotalWankel » Sun May 11, 2008 8:03 pm

Plastic fantastic!! Is it a Suzukitten TL1000 then?[:D]
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Postby froggy » Sun May 11, 2008 8:28 pm

we call it the thunderpig[:D]we changed the gearing recently now that it runs on 13" wheels and i can see it spitting its dummy out on the 1/4 mile as it is on the limiter at 100mph but it does consistent 4.5 to 60. it is qiute literally made from scrap.it should have run last year but the frame work that holds the chain driven diff kept twisting no matter how well we braced it but it has done a few sprints this year and apart from a blown fuse has not missed a beat ,first gear is whining a bit now so we will send it off on the 1/4 mile with a 100hp shot of nos[:)
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Postby G-man » Sun May 11, 2008 9:07 pm

ooo if it lets go on the strip you should sell it (to me) for cheap.......
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Postby owelly » Sun May 11, 2008 10:38 pm

Yeah. G-man can tow it back Souf with his bike.....
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Postby Renrut » Mon May 12, 2008 12:16 pm

Very cool. I want one. I'll swap you a fine example of a 1987 MR2 for it? It comes with wheels and red (rust) over white paint job? Go on, you know you want to. It's a future classic you know...
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Postby Pembs_caddy » Fri May 16, 2008 1:34 pm

well i hate to do this as i really was looking forward to running this year. but unfortunatly i have to pull out with my caddy.
as the Download festival lands on the same weekend. im really gutted but theres always next year.
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Postby owelly » Fri Jun 06, 2008 10:00 am

craig c Subaru Legacy Turbo
TTW Mazda RX7 Turbo II
kingalibarba Renault 5 gt turbo(or e30 325i if the 5 blows up before then!)
Renrut MR2 Mk1 with added smoke
Hillbillyracer. 1275 Mini & if it aint finished a mk2 Golf GTi.
Shedtastic Reliant Scimitar SS1
Lee H - Nova 2.0 16v
Orry - Capri 2.0 S on gas (if Lee doesn't make me kill it @ York)
jai - 1988 fiat uno turbo i.e.
vahtt8/calorus 1991 Toyota Supra 3.0 Turbo
Owelly. Plastic car with a V6 and with unfinished business(as well as an unfinished quarter mile...)
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