few pics of my cars now and old! mostly japanese!!

[clarkson22]

i picked gto up few weeks for 1000, 3 litre twin turbo v6 397bhp at the wheels, goin for a rollin road tune up in next few weeks! wheel bearing went and the powersteerin is now leaking like mad(hope it aint the rack)







my god its quick!

well i bought the black turbo mr2 a few months ago for 1500 few problems mainly the wiring loom but nothin a bit of time on my hands will sort (after the quad) 290 at the wheels!







the red mr2 was mine i sold it last week to my mate for 600

oh and the polo that started it all!

[150bhp]

A gto for a grand? Don't know if thats a good or a bad thing . Looks cool though.

[Bigfatnath]

Ive heard the quad cam 3 litre twin turbo v6 is easy to work on (Comes apart with only a pozi screwdriver and a 19mm spanner.) along with the 4 wheel steering setup.



Not really, sounds like an absolute nightmare in a car that cost a grand.



Must say, quite a bargain you have there...

[PLamborghini]

i've always wanted a GTO so fair play to you!

[matty_doh]

Thought I recognised that car.

The chippy at the end of your road is nice (I live about 1/2 a mile away... small world!)

I've followed you into Warton once as well, do you work there?

[clarkson22]

matty i live near enough at the chippy, yeah i work at bae systems, good chippy aswell!

[soad]

3 out of 4 cars japanese - nice nice.
GTO was cheap-ish, if proves reliable - should provide plenty of fun.

[clarkson22]

theres a big power steering leak on the gto, rack or the solid pipe and one of the actuaters has gone on one of the turbos, ! few hundred quid should sort it, oh and the gto has on 530 miles on the engine!

[Mini1275]

That Polo is 'mint'.........






















Sorry

[Chris77]

clarkson22 said:

matty i live near enough at the chippy, yeah i work at bae systems, good chippy aswell!

When I was younger I had my first battered mars bar at that chippy

Will keep an eye out for ya in ya GTO, Looks good, once went in a 500 BHP one, awesome machines

[clarkson22]

chris u live in cleveleys or blackpool? it should be around 440 at the wheels when i get it to the rolling road soon, im gonna go for bigger turbos soon should see it to 550-600 mark!!! i miss driving the turbo mr2 but it needs some stuff sorting out alot of elecy problems!

[Chris77]

clarkson22 said:

chris u live in cleveleys or blackpool? it should be around 440 at the wheels when i get it to the rolling road soon, im gonna go for bigger turbos soon should see it to 550-600 mark!!! i miss driving the turbo mr2 but it needs some stuff sorting out alot of elecy problems!

Im just inland from your first pic at the min but moving closer to blackpool in a few months

[clarkson22]

the first pic is in anchersome! round corner!!

[gj88]

clarkson22 said:

chris u live in cleveleys or blackpool? it should be around 440 at the wheels when i get it to the rolling road soon, im gonna go for bigger turbos soon should see it to 550-600 mark!!! i miss driving the turbo mr2 but it needs some stuff sorting out alot of elecy problems!

I would not want to be putting 600bhp through a car that cost £1k.

[clarkson22]

haha why would that be, have u heard any reason why it was a grand?? it has been stood for 5 years before my brother gave it to me for a grand, it had a fresh engine rebuild befor it went in to storage, reciepts everything i have full service and i took it out of storage, it passed its mot , so ur reason for not makin a 1 grand car 600 bhp when there is nothing wrong with it,

[gj88]

That's just my opinion, you dont have to agree with it of course. What other modifications will you be doing in order to reach 550/600bhp?

[clarkson22]

well for a start when the engine was rebuilt it had forged pistons, had a 1mm thicker headgasket on to lower compression , alot has been done i can get the list and stick it up if you so wish, but i will be getting bigger turbos bigger intercooler, uprated fuel pump, mapped etc, he could of sold it for 5 grand if bits were done, he sold it to me that cheap because he missus had a kid on the way and he has lost intrest in cars,

[Monsterlime]

Nice GTO

If I were you, I'd be getting myself over to the GTO UK owners club (http://www.gtouk.org.uk/), well worth joining and I'm sure there will be some helpful suggestions about the steering rack, turbo's etc. While I own one, I let my mechanic fix stuff (which hasn't been much thankfully), but the owners club forum is a mine of info, I often find the answers he needs.

Edited by Monsterlime on Tuesday 5th October 19:38

[clarkson22]

hi mate ive been tryin to sign up while ive been at work, but intranet wont let me ahahah! i forget by the time i get home!