Meg 230 R26 F1
again, unfortunately cant afford a vee...
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Best Car After A Clio
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Meg 230 R26 F1
does anyone know what insurance groups old lancer evo's are...evo II or evo III? cant find them on parkers?
Meg 230 R26 F1
just watched a coupe of clips of coupe turbo's...they sounded absolutely mental.
i had know idea they were like that, even more serious consideration for one of them now!
i had know idea they were like that, even more serious consideration for one of them now!
The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
All the Evo 8's are ins grps 20, even the 265bhp base model, i doubt any of the other lancers will be much lower.
Imports will be higher again!
Woody, decent Pulsars are quite hard to come by, but can be the same with a lot of Jap cars, as they are all at least 10 years old and often don't have any history prior to coming to this country.
Any of the turbo charged ones will be easy to get a reliable 300bhp, just need boost controller, front mount intercooler and uprated fuel pump (for the Pulsar anyway). When you have got 300bhp in a Pulsar you are looking at 0-60 of well under 5secs. There is a guy on gtiroc.com who has got under 300bhp and has been timed at about 3.6secs 0-60. Pulsars are a lot lighter than Celicas and most others too. Heres some pics of mine if your interested:
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff251/dewis_2007/
Any of the turbo charged ones will be easy to get a reliable 300bhp, just need boost controller, front mount intercooler and uprated fuel pump (for the Pulsar anyway). When you have got 300bhp in a Pulsar you are looking at 0-60 of well under 5secs. There is a guy on gtiroc.com who has got under 300bhp and has been timed at about 3.6secs 0-60. Pulsars are a lot lighter than Celicas and most others too. Heres some pics of mine if your interested:
http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff251/dewis_2007/
Meg 230 R26 F1
lovely car fella...but you have just made my decisions even harder...thanks!
(in a good way)
how much are we talking for those mods you mention? just in case i cant find one with them on already?
(in a good way)
how much are we talking for those mods you mention? just in case i cant find one with them on already?
Well a half decent boost controller is about £250, front mount intercooler £350 and uprated fuel pump (Walbro) £70 iirc. With these fitted you can safely turn the stock boost of 0.7bar up to 1.2bar on the standard turbo.
But as mentioned you can do these sorts of mods to all these turbo charged cars with the same result... lots more bhp! Just be careful not to blow it up!
My 2 pence with these sorts of Jap cars is to be prepared to possibly spend a lot of money, as with the age and often vague history of the car you can't be sure of what might happen!
But as mentioned you can do these sorts of mods to all these turbo charged cars with the same result... lots more bhp! Just be careful not to blow it up!
My 2 pence with these sorts of Jap cars is to be prepared to possibly spend a lot of money, as with the age and often vague history of the car you can't be sure of what might happen!
Monaro VXR/Cupra TDi
....and will cost 3K to upkeep on 12K per annum mileage.
Considered one myself a while back. After talking to a few owners the 3K servicing budget and the notorious bad reliability put me off.
A big problem is that quite a few suffer from chassis rot due to poor powder coating when originally assembled. This is cars which are only ten years old or there abouts.:headno: Costing 7K to sort out!
I mentioned how good the coupe 20vt sounds about 4 pages back, but yhea your not wrong they do sound the dogs.
I'm warming to the looks of them too these days.
Meg 230 R26 F1
i know you did, thanks for the push in their direction...i cant fault their looks tbh... especially in gunmetal grey!
The Chubby Pirate
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
If it was me personally id go for the Pulsar mate its the ultimate track/road tool its a 4x4 menace, and you would really need 400bhp+ to beat it pound for pound!
Current ride - my Adidas!
Id be huntin down an Integrale, I know they're old and not as quick as a few of those mentioned already but I just love em. Pulsars, GT4s and 20V Turbo Coupes all really sound choices.
Meg 230 R26 F1
lancia delta is a cracking suggestion...i dont know much about them, and have never seen a RHD.
heard they are a bit dangerous though, and expensive to repair, when they, undoubtedly go wrong.
but would always be persuaded if i found a mint example, under warrenty
heard they are a bit dangerous though, and expensive to repair, when they, undoubtedly go wrong.
but would always be persuaded if i found a mint example, under warrenty
Current ride - my Adidas!
yeh well known 4 rusting russ, def not puttin the 'grale up as a reliable modern alternative but would i own 1 myself? damn right. would have 2 spend alot 2 get a nice late evo 1 tho, yellow with spokey speedlines mmm
A bloke I used to work with had to place a metal baking tray on the engine of his integrale because when it rained the water went into the bonnet vents and stopped it from starting the thing is I dont think he gived a damn, he seemed to love it regardless.
It still was an awsome looking car. But the rust and price of getting that sorted can be a big problem.
It still was an awsome looking car. But the rust and price of getting that sorted can be a big problem.
Meg 230 R26 F1
theres so many problems in just 3 posts, so i think the delta stays off the list really... still a great car though
