This is my ride.
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v8 jago

Original Poster:

982 posts

274 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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This is one of the things that eats my money but is sure worth it with the smiles you get out of it and it is road legal too.






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breakbeat

784 posts

224 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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I can't even wheelie that well on a motorbike!

Martin_Hx

4,014 posts

219 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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Crazy fool biggrin

900T-R

20,406 posts

278 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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Properly bonkers. thumbupbiggrin

mattiselvis

991 posts

242 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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Awesome! What sort of hardware is under there?

ol' dirty

9,074 posts

236 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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excellent!clap

v8 jago

Original Poster:

982 posts

274 months

Friday 15th February 2008
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Its a 5 ltr rover v8 race engine with a little bit of laughing gas. And a lot of balls.biggrin

hcanning

4,964 posts

223 months

Saturday 16th February 2008
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Road legal.. God. biggrin

badger_royale

428 posts

272 months

Saturday 16th February 2008
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That is nuts, I love it biggrin

Killer2005

20,394 posts

249 months

Saturday 16th February 2008
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Thats ace thumbup

v8 jago

Original Poster:

982 posts

274 months

Saturday 16th February 2008
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This is the last run i did where i blew my head gasket ! 4 cylinders went from half track and still ran an 10.9s quater mile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UdRv1mvVgg


Or this one wher nitrous meets pure grip meets soiled pants. censoredbiggrin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34vb95h8PQ4

Edited by v8 jago on Saturday 16th February 17:06

flattotheboards

6,688 posts

227 months

Saturday 16th February 2008
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That would be so much fun at the traffic lights with a nova or corsa next to you.

busta

4,504 posts

254 months

Sunday 17th February 2008
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flattotheboards said:
That would be so much fun at the traffic lights with a nova or corsa next to you.
Even more so with a Ferrari 360 or Lambo Gallardo! How on earth does the canvas stay on? Your 1/4 mile terminal speed must be phenomenal!

Cheeky Jim

1,276 posts

301 months

Monday 18th February 2008
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That is absolute quality....must be great fun! smile

Gold

1,998 posts

226 months

Tuesday 19th February 2008
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My God!!

Thats 110% mentalism, more photos?

aww999

2,078 posts

282 months

Wednesday 20th February 2008
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Is it rear-engined? Was it built specifically for the strip or is it juist a happy accident that it's ended up being completely bonkers? biggrin What's your best time?

Cat7SuperLight

231 posts

227 months

Wednesday 20th February 2008
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Plain crazy keep up the good work biggrin

v8 jago

Original Poster:

982 posts

274 months

Wednesday 20th February 2008
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Lol. Glad you like it.
It started out as a rally jeep back in the late 70s with a lotus cortina engine. It wasnt very quick because it never had much tourqe so the owner/builder put a rover v8 in it.
I have had a best of 10.7 and 124mph on the quater mile, But on my last run when i blew my head gasket i ran the last half on 4 cyl and ran a 10.9 @ 114mph so think it would of been a 10.2 or 10.3 otherwise.
And the engine is in the front too biggrin And i have just progressed in to dragracing. Im looking to run a 9.5 if possibleand the terminal speed will be 140+mph. Ill try to get some more photos up when i get a little more time.


Edited by v8 jago on Wednesday 20th February 17:43

aww999

2,078 posts

282 months

Wednesday 20th February 2008
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If that was mine I would have no self control; I would have to launch it like that from every set of traffic lights I came to!