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LHDisbest said:
Alfa_75_Steve said:
LHDisbest said:
I can't remember the last time i saw a 33! Nice one!
We had 2 at one point.I had a 1991 16v Boxer edition Cloverleaf.
Mrs 75 had a 1.7iE, also a 1991.
By pure coincidence, they both had registrations starting 'H282' and both were the same colour.
No pic with the 75, as the reason I bought it is that I killed my Cloverleaf.
Alfa_75_Steve said:
LHDisbest said:
Alfa_75_Steve said:
LHDisbest said:
I can't remember the last time i saw a 33! Nice one!
We had 2 at one point.I had a 1991 16v Boxer edition Cloverleaf.
Mrs 75 had a 1.7iE, also a 1991.
By pure coincidence, they both had registrations starting 'H282' and both were the same colour.
No pic with the 75, as the reason I bought it is that I killed my Cloverleaf.
AlecG said:
mat205125 said:
MrMoonyMan said:
This isn't a rant at the OP, rather an observation. I'm betting that it belongs to the cheif anorak of the golf owners club or something.
THIS is what a Mk1 golf should be (even if it is a later 1.8 campaign - waits to be corrected
) 
The black one is nearly right, the wheel's have been refurbished though, with out the black inserts...
Shameless plug, but here is my campaign edition, she is for sale too
1.9 8v, P&P head, cammed, stainless 4 branch manifold, poly bushed, adjustable Koni's. What fun it was.
MrMoonyMan said:
GravelBen said:
A lad in an EG Civic VTi (maybe VTiR) (with lexarse lights, big shiny wheels etc) decided to have a drag off the lights against my old '90 2.0NA Legacy wagon once....Civic VTi: 130bhp/138Nm/1000Kg
Legacy VZ: 150bhp/172Nm/1320Kg
So power and torque to weight ratios aren't worlds apart, agreed that the VTi should still have been quicker but perhaps the Civic driver wasn't winding the revs right out? Who knows.
Waynester said:
Always preferred Ford myself.
I had a Mk 1 & 2 Fiesta XR2
I also had a S2 Escort RS turbo. (mine was white)
Would love another Mk 1 XR2
I have just remembered I had an XR2 mk2 in red, I forgot that I owned this car because I only had it for two days, I swapped it for my 205 GTi in 1993, I had blown the bottom end out of my 205 and I straight swapped it for the XR2 that part ex'ed for my series 1 turbo custom, the only thing I liked about my XR2 was the fact it didn't have a blown up engine!I had a Mk 1 & 2 Fiesta XR2
I also had a S2 Escort RS turbo. (mine was white)
Would love another Mk 1 XR2
Two weeks after owning my series 1 I blew it up and then went on to later blow two more engines, four gearboxes and six, yes six turbos, a few alternaters some starter motors and a couple of manifolds. I once thrashed it that much it caught fire, it had and oil leak that was dripping on the turbo when it was glowing red then caught fire, I put the fire out with two bottles of coke and pissing on it! I was 18 and I didn't know any than to abuse what would be a future classic, so please excuse my behavour!
GravelBen said:
MrMoonyMan said:
GravelBen said:
A lad in an EG Civic VTi (maybe VTiR) (with lexarse lights, big shiny wheels etc) decided to have a drag off the lights against my old '90 2.0NA Legacy wagon once....Civic VTi: 130bhp/138Nm/1000Kg
Legacy VZ: 150bhp/172Nm/1320Kg
So power and torque to weight ratios aren't worlds apart, agreed that the VTi should still have been quicker but perhaps the Civic driver wasn't winding the revs right out? Who knows.
Not sure where you got 130HP from, these use the B16A engine with atleast 160HP as standard.
vz-r_dave said:
GravelBen said:
MrMoonyMan said:
GravelBen said:
A lad in an EG Civic VTi (maybe VTiR) (with lexarse lights, big shiny wheels etc) decided to have a drag off the lights against my old '90 2.0NA Legacy wagon once....Civic VTi: 130bhp/138Nm/1000Kg
Legacy VZ: 150bhp/172Nm/1320Kg
So power and torque to weight ratios aren't worlds apart, agreed that the VTi should still have been quicker but perhaps the Civic driver wasn't winding the revs right out? Who knows.
Not sure where you got 130HP from, these use the B16A engine with atleast 160HP as standard.
16/16 engines in civics & rex's were 130 all day long.
Had a new 4 door vti for a few days to go to Honda on a thatcham course.
Had the thing nearly flat out at 1am on the A1m between stevenage north and stotfold. IIRC I saw just shy of 135 on the clocks
135 was the speed, not the time!
sadako said:
rallycross said:
Toyota Corrolla 1.6 GT rwd hatch, 1985-1988
I know the prices have been driven up by weeaboo Takumi wannabes but for some strange reason I still want one...
Ahh yes Corolla's !!!!
Mega things especially tweaked, here's one I drove earlier
200bhp TRD engine, on twin 48's, mega diff & all set up properly, the next best thing I've ever driven to a Caterham
http://vimeo.com/2161998
Mega things especially tweaked, here's one I drove earlier
200bhp TRD engine, on twin 48's, mega diff & all set up properly, the next best thing I've ever driven to a Caterham
http://vimeo.com/2161998
vz-r_dave said:
GravelBen said:
MrMoonyMan said:
GravelBen said:
A lad in an EG Civic VTi (maybe VTiR) (with lexarse lights, big shiny wheels etc) decided to have a drag off the lights against my old '90 2.0NA Legacy wagon once....Civic VTi: 130bhp/138Nm/1000Kg
Legacy VZ: 150bhp/172Nm/1320Kg
So power and torque to weight ratios aren't worlds apart, agreed that the VTi should still have been quicker but perhaps the Civic driver wasn't winding the revs right out? Who knows.
Not sure where you got 130HP from, these use the B16A engine with atleast 160HP as standard.
It may be a difference in model naming between countries, that site lists JDM spec and has the VTi with the 130bhp D15B and the SiR with the 170bhp B16A (I'm in NZ where most cars are Jap imports).
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