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Hi WCA
I am down south I live in a village called Clanfield. Its between Portsmouth and Guidford.
Its not going to be the cheapest westfield as it has a huge spec.
Do you have an email address on the bike bash web site ? I can email you a number and we can talk about it.
Bazzer
ahh, maybe not then.
Quite like the look of the racier midgets (no bumpers and a plain mesh grill). If I've nothing better to do over the winter and it doesnt swallow any more money before then it might make a cool project 🙂
"with the mustang first (in the wet, driving sidesways most of the way!)"
Mine have all done that in the dry as well tbf 🙂
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there were two of them ... the (first) reason they turned into a passat est is bouncing on the driving seat of the caterham
Old toy sold 5 years ago:
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And recently got rid of this and regret it every day.... utterly amazing car:
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Gee-Jay - what engines in those?
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VR6; Love it...
Where are all the fast cars then? 😆
sofa - a couple of these cars would happily keep up with anything the general public would consider fast. Some are just nippy.
The scooby was just a stock early model turbo one. The caterham was a VX 2.ltr .... pushing about 225 bhp which felt pretty quick in a 600kg car & when you could put your hand flat on the road while sitting in the drivers seta if you had wanted .... in theory just under 4.0 secs for 0-60 put I never abused it that much.
Oddly all the local saxo's never bothered to try to overtake from the traffic lights when I was in the suburu but they all thought they would be faster away than the caterham .... they never were 🙂
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Mine - Audi TTC 225 after the weekend at Glentress and Innerleithen.
Went from this:
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to this
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to this (my favourite by some margin)
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and now drive this (arguably the 'best' ownership proposition)
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Both of the M3s and my current steed have all ended up with uprated suspension and big brakes, although with 2 small kids now I don't have the time or money for any trackdays other than my annual Nurburgring pilgrimage but my bikes take up what spare time and cash I end up with!
all ended up with uprated suspension and big brakes
At last, someone who knows how to make a car faster without dumping a huge turbo on the side!
You've go to love the E36 with 321bhp of NA power. What are the chavtastic alloys all about though? 🙄
Unsure which ones are chavtastic?! ❓ 
The green M3 was a 3.0 and 295bhp - the wheels are the standard forged Gt wheels with black centres, and the violet M3 was a 3.2 but with a carbon airbox, remap and racing cats so up from 321bhp to about 350. The wheels on that again were the standard 3 piece Schnitzer racing wheels with 285/30/18 rear tyres (don't miss buying those!)
my toy. had it for years but sadly doesn't get enough use these days...
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Awesome car! Always loved the Integrale..
thanks. They are special, it gets attention wherever it is.
I was at the Goodwood Revival this weekend just gone, man, there was some amazing hardware there!
This -
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Me too on the Integrale, the amount of time I have spent dreaming of having one of those .. oh well, sometime maybe.
I missed the revival this year, last year was great though
Love Alfa'a and Lancia's
here's my GTV, had it for over 5 yrs and a definate keeper, quite a few 'upgrades'from standard and plenty fast enough.
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My BMW 330Ci M Sport. Standard trim it's 270bhp but is going get chipped soon. Limited to 155mph at the moment and 0-60 in 6.5 secs so reasonably quick in standard trim. Love the E46 shape - think it's the best they've done
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That Integrale is the mutts nuts. Anyone remember Mike Spence Motorsport, Integrale mecca?!
Now this is proper scary fast.....
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My old Elise Sport 190, great on track now replaced with a double pushchair
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"My old Elise Sport 190, great on track now replaced with a double pushchair"
*wipes tear from eye*
I know how you feel man...
Room in the garage now for more bikes though 😉
V8 shin print, lovely 'grale
tell me about intergrale ownership, do you think it could be used as an everyday car? I have always wanted on since I saw one aged 11 at rally GB. I recently missed out on a evo 1 that seemed a sound buy.You dont want to part with yours do you?
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the elise and exige just look so good. its cool that they come from just down the road.have the americans ever come out with anything that handles well and looks that good for that kind of money? i cant think of anything.
seeing as how my rusty disposable car isnt the slowest up to this point in the thread.. heres a pic of it.uprated suspension with eibach springs and big brake conversion before any turbo`s here too!
http://martin-james.fotopic.net/p38152992.html
A few years ago I owned this:
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1330cc with 105bhp, and adjustable shocks all round, then went to this:
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Broke down lots, so got this:
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Had the Westie for 7 years now!
+1 for the Integrale. Absoloute legend car. IME they always feel very heavy/cumbersome,like you're towing a trailer, UNTIL you start actually driving it, then it all comes alive in an unbeleivable way. A real 10/10ths car.
ChopperT and Swisstony, Alfa, proper cars!!!!
Mrs Surfer has a 147 2.0 Sillyspeed! Good fun!
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I know you're all going to say boy-racer shopping car, but a fully built from the sump up 1800cc DOHC VTEC engine, short ratio box with LSD, properly uprated suspension (billet arms, PU bushes, coilovers, whiteline rollbars, cusco braces all over the shop) Big ass brakes (for a little car), cast magnesium alloys, all sound proofing out, light weight carpet and a smattering of rare JDM bits later....
t'was fast to say the least, 234bhp @ just under 8000rpm, 13 second 1/4 miles and low 6's to 60 😀
Integrales look awesome especially that one, I hope I never loose my head and buy one as ownership is meant to be crippling?
I'm building a mk1 golf that will be fastist one day but at the moment I seem to spend my time working on it involves lots of artificial suntan.
Zeds easily wins the drag race here! How much cash has gone into that?
Just getting into the fast car thing myself, when the lease car arrives my ageing Civic VTi is going to be rebuilt, already got a turbo and some rather large brakes. I thought bikes were expensive, cars are a different league!
jahwomble, that mustang is saweet.
V8_shin_print wins hands down. if i ever had the spare cash i'd buy one tomorrow... not many about i bet.
they look lovely in black aswell
ziggy - Member
Zeds easily wins the drag race here! How much cash has gone into that?Just getting into the fast car thing myself, when the lease car arrives my ageing Civic VTi is going to be rebuilt, already got a turbo and some rather large brakes. I thought bikes were expensive, cars are a different league!
You're not kidding!!
Especially when things like this happen ->
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Brakes and suspension are the best things you can do.
I don't have a pic, but.... Audi A6 2.7 twin turbo. 480Bhp, Brembo brakes, engine modified/chipped/delimited, gas suspension. Unfortunetly the brakes caught fire the other night!
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Always good to drive them like you meant to!!!
This is mine
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Was only out in the thing for about 15 minutes ❗
As my mate said, i drive it like i've just nicked it 😆
Thanks for all the comments on the 'grale guys!
It's not the best photo, but it was taken just after the respray two years ago so looks super shiny. Still comes up nicely if it ever gets cleaned.
They can be used daily, but you need to stay on top on the maintainence and there are certain cheaper ways of getting to work! 27mpg driving granny style but this can drop to 15ish if you are having fun. They weren't built to do huge mileage so parts is probably the main expense.
Like Topper said they are a car which requires commitment, the four wheel drive and the big turbo lag (Evo1) will not help you out, you have to get it right first time. Having said that, once you can drive it, stooopid fast become effortless, the only limitation is how far you can see round the corners!
Stonemonkey, if you are interested I am considering selling it, i'm in Edinburgh if you are near by? It doesn't look great at the moment as some twunt of a neighbour has smashed part of the front bumper but it would give me the poke i need to get it fixed. My email is in my profile, i'm happy to give you advice so get in touch.