SLEEPERS! Anyone have a street sleeper here?
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It is the Cosworth engined car, I've seen it on YouTube before, I think on a Late Brake Show video of an auction walk around. The engine has a custom rocker cover so that's why it says Toyota on it. There can't be that many silver modified Toyota Starlets but I remember the carbon buckets with the original seat trim on the padding. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/11212320...
braddo said:
Superb!Jimmm said:
With these, I would be surprised (as a car enthusiast) if it still had its original 1 litre or 1.2 litre engine as every single one thats still about seems to have some kind of engine conversion. Imagine with 460 bhp and weighing less than a ton its mental, just not sure whether it would be in a good way or just sketchy and terrifying, kind of thinking that 200 to 300 bhp would be plenty in something that small and light, thats one you could do with practising in somewhere free of obstructions !
Very cool but dont think there are any grannies still using one as a shopping car any more, it would probably still fool non car geeks in fancy stuff though.
21st Century Man said:
Those BMW engined 2CV's are really quick with three to four times the standard power and just 500kgs. And roll = grip, not many get that. 2CV's have a very low CoG and huge grip.
I can attest to this quote. This van would not just be surprisingly quick in a straight line but in the corners too. I wouldn't be surprised if a standard well looked after 2CV is quicker than a Golf GTi on a flying lap around a Go Kart Track, this needs a YouTube video if one doesn't already exist.Jimmm said:
21st Century Man said:
Those BMW engined 2CV's are really quick with three to four times the standard power and just 500kgs. And roll = grip, not many get that. 2CV's have a very low CoG and huge grip.
I can attest to this quote. This van would not just be surprisingly quick in a straight line but in the corners too. I wouldn't be surprised if a standard well looked after 2CV is quicker than a Golf GTi on a flying lap around a Go Kart Track, this needs a YouTube video if one doesn't already exist.Jimmm said:
21st Century Man said:
Those BMW engined 2CV's are really quick with three to four times the standard power and just 500kgs. And roll = grip, not many get that. 2CV's have a very low CoG and huge grip.
I can attest to this quote. This van would not just be surprisingly quick in a straight line but in the corners too. I wouldn't be surprised if a standard well looked after 2CV is quicker than a Golf GTi on a flying lap around a Go Kart Track, this needs a YouTube video if one doesn't already exist.A standard one is barely faster than walking.
The BMW engined one wouldn't be quicker either, it would be quicker than a standard 2CV but its still not going to be all that quick.
J4CKO said:
Jimmm said:
21st Century Man said:
Those BMW engined 2CV's are really quick with three to four times the standard power and just 500kgs. And roll = grip, not many get that. 2CV's have a very low CoG and huge grip.
I can attest to this quote. This van would not just be surprisingly quick in a straight line but in the corners too. I wouldn't be surprised if a standard well looked after 2CV is quicker than a Golf GTi on a flying lap around a Go Kart Track, this needs a YouTube video if one doesn't already exist.A standard one is barely faster than walking.
The BMW engined one wouldn't be quicker either, it would be quicker than a standard 2CV but its still not going to be all that quick.
This is a set of wheels and maybe an inch of extra ride height away from being one hell of a sleeper.
500hp+ of turbocharged 80s petrol Merc straight six under the bonnet.
For sale for £30k
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1678006
500hp+ of turbocharged 80s petrol Merc straight six under the bonnet.
For sale for £30k
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1678006
braddo said:
This is a set of wheels and maybe an inch of extra ride height away from being one hell of a sleeper.
500hp+ of turbocharged 80s petrol Merc straight six under the bonnet.
For sale for £30k
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1678006
Yeah, that would float past my radar as "Cool, nice old Merc, probably very slow".500hp+ of turbocharged 80s petrol Merc straight six under the bonnet.
For sale for £30k
https://www.carandclassic.com/l/C1678006
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