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done by a diesel
31 posts
24 months
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Shropshiremike
2,445 posts
33 months
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NAS said: D_T_W said: Republik said: I'm about to buy a C32 AMG estate. Debadged. 354 bhp and 450Nm of torque yet looks like a fairly standard Merc. I'm struggling with this one. The C43 AMG with those kind of power figures maybe, but the C32??? Supercharger Yep 0-100 standard car...10.8seconds Ultimate sleeper as most people on here don't even know what it is. Or wrongly assume it's slower than the C43
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nellyleelephant
347 posts
64 months
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pbirkett
3,455 posts
102 months
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JB!
576 posts
10 months
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Lord Flathead said: JB! said: This wins it for me.. took me 4 hours to read the whole build  He has put 3 engines in 4 times, and is still tyring to get 25psi boost  Never before have I seen so much determination and dedication in a home build and if there was a 'Modifed Petrol Head of the year award' he qualifes to earn it. Thanks for the link, would make a great Sunday read if you havent already  he is a hero! The magnitude of his build is lost in this thread...
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Backtobasics
198 posts
13 months
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 that caddy is epic!
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rallycross
1,610 posts
67 months
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everyone to their own choices I suppose but what sort of person would put a photo up that shows they bought a 1 series coupe? Almost without doubt the worst looking bmw coupe ever made, utterly revolting looking car looks like it's deformed and should have been put out if its misery before reaching production. quite like the old merc though! RacingTeatray said: Agree on the debadged BMW 135i and the Mercedes 500E. As a man who owns an example of both, I can confirm that most people see "small debadged BMW - therefore probably a 116i with big wheels and an unnecessary exhaust" and "big old Mercedes tank". Neither looks like it's packing 300bhp+ or capable of sub-6 seconds to 60. Although both have giveaway exhaust/engine notes of course. How do it subtly:  
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RacingTeatray
1,154 posts
46 months
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rallycross said: everyone to their own choices I suppose but what sort of person would put a photo up that shows they bought a 1 series coupe? Almost without doubt the worst looking bmw coupe ever made, utterly revolting looking car looks like it's deformed and should have been put out if its misery before reaching production.
quite like the old merc though! It would be odd to like a car enough to buy one and then try to hush the fact up. Say what you like about the styling of the car but the point of the thread was sleepers and a 135i doesn't look like a car capable of keeping an M3 honest. And before you get too critical, I'd note that there are some fairly aesthetically-challenged cars in your current and back catalogue! For example, I don't for a second knock the ownership of an Alfa 75 but it is possibly the ugliest car Alfa ever made, trumping even the 90 and the SZ. And no Subaru Impreza has ever been a looker.
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RenesisEvo
116 posts
49 months
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There is a build thread somewhere (passionford I think?) where someone is dropping a Koensigsegg powerplant into a Mk1 Granada. Now that will be one hell of a sleeper.
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LukeBird
10,801 posts
39 months
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RenesisEvo said: There is a build thread somewhere (passionford I think?) where someone is dropping a Koensigsegg powerplant into a Mk1 Granada. Now that will be one hell of a sleeper.  I like the idea of a C32 Merc. I appreciate what people are saying about how can a Merc/BM/Audi/Lexi be a sleeper, but on a C-Class of that gen, most people expect them to be a boring (no offence!  ) C220 CDi driven by an old man. A supercharged 3.2 V6 certainly changes that!! I'd love one... Although the same gen, later C55 would be my choice!
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dougc
6,533 posts
95 months
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RenesisEvo said: There is a build thread somewhere (passionford I think?) where someone is dropping a Koensigsegg powerplant into a Mk1 Granada. Now that will be one hell of a sleeper. There was an equally mad Opel Omega in EVO some time ago when they did a top speed test at Ehra Lessien. It had a blown lexus V8 making a smidge over 1000bhp LookMwwahhh-haaaa-haaaa-haaaaaaa 
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dougc
6,533 posts
95 months
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done by a diesel said: Its a Cerb, but apart from that - good work!
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JB!
576 posts
10 months
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RenesisEvo said: There is a build thread somewhere (passionford I think?) where someone is dropping a Koensigsegg powerplant into a Mk1 Granada. Now that will be one hell of a sleeper. twin turbo isnt it? block will handle 2700 bhp, turbos "only" make 1700 between them... ...in a grandad-a!
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RacingTeatray
1,154 posts
46 months
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LukeBird said: RenesisEvo said: There is a build thread somewhere (passionford I think?) where someone is dropping a Koensigsegg powerplant into a Mk1 Granada. Now that will be one hell of a sleeper. I like the idea of a C32 Merc. I appreciate what people are saying about how can a Merc/BM/Audi/Lexi be a sleeper, but on a C-Class of that gen, most people expect them to be a boring (no offence! ) C220 CDi driven by an old man. A supercharged 3.2 V6 certainly changes that!! I'd love one... Although the same gen, later C55 would be my choice! True. Though the big fat quad oval exhausts on the C55 are anything but subtle, as is the WW2 fighter-plane soundtrack!
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Goochie
3,107 posts
49 months
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JB! said: ian_c_uk said:  Octavia 4x4turbo. It wasn't standard.  YES! There is a White one receiving a big turbo upgrade @ Unit 18 near me! 20vt has MASSIVE tuning potential, and everyone always dismisses octavias... http://www.pistonheads.tv/clip1121
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LukeBird
10,801 posts
39 months
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RacingTeatray said: True. Though the big fat quad oval exhausts on the C55 are anything but subtle, as is the WW2 fighter-plane soundtrack! See I doubt most 'normal' ( ) people would notice either of those.
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RacingTeatray
1,154 posts
46 months
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LukeBird said: RacingTeatray said: True. Though the big fat quad oval exhausts on the C55 are anything but subtle, as is the WW2 fighter-plane soundtrack! See I doubt most 'normal' ( ) people would notice either of those. Sitting behind a C55 in traffic, I think most normal people would notice those exhausts! They are fairly in-your-face.
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SystemParanoia
2,938 posts
28 months
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Spokey
2,148 posts
39 months
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Never found anything quite as sleeper as my 520i-badged E34 M5. As people on my Northants run-out will testify.
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jayfish
908 posts
33 months
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