http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/808723.htm

how do you recon he got 147 bhp outa a 1.4?

big turbo, new internals, another big turbo..

wouldnt he not be saying it was a turbo if it was, ita bit of a big part of the car dont you think

I love the term 'one off' on these adverts.. and 'show stopping'.. what shows are these?!

I love the term 'one off' on these adverts.. and 'show stopping'.. what shows are these?!

Because everyone at the show stands laughing for a while :)

AND WHY, OH WHY CAN THEY NOT TURN THE GODDAMMMMM CAPS LOCK OFF?!!

That's rough,it just looks 'chavved up' to me (i really need to find a better term for that,but that's how people recognise it). Its tacky,and the paint doesnt work with shape of the car. Its just a Ripspeed mash and there's nothing special about it.

Anyway,I'm not here to bitch,the point is 147 brake out of a 1.4 - And the standard 1.4 in question is nothing special at all,it'd need at least itb's,big valves,flow,port,lumpy cams etc for that kinda power - as stated above with a turbo,mention of such extreme tuning would be the natural thing to do. Not just a pretty figure thrown in.

I love the term 'one off' on these adverts.. and 'show stopping'.. what shows are these?!

The ones that people stopped having because loads of shit cars like this showed up?

It the kind of car show he held in his garage with cardboard cut outs of the fast and furious characters.

It the kind of car show he held in his garage with cardboard cut outs of the fast and furious characters.

Me thinks this geezer speek with fork tounge its just like his car its bull shit!!!!

LOWERED 80 MM WITH ONE OFF SHOCKS

Cut springs are "one off" suppose because he prob cut them at odd lenths!

i just mailed him asking him how he got 147bhp out of a 1.4 16v

so the 16v boys can then take note

He must sleep in his own shit and piss to think that car is nice.

it looks like a virtual vehicle from digimon or something tacky like that, to be honest though i'd probably be scared if i saw that in the rear view mirror

wouldnt be suprised if it had '' 2.0 turbo gsi conversion done by me brothers gippi mate down the workshop at college on his lunch breaks, still registered down as 1.4 16v but up to you bruv if you want to change it ''

I've seen that car around once. The blokes from Cornwall around me,. ish.

It really is terrible.

And no way is it running at almost 150 brake. I like how it still has the rusty ol drum brakes on the back.

i dont know what to say

i dont know what to say

word shit comes to mind...

barkshire

Got a reply after emailing him asking about the claimed power.

"hi mate it has a 1600 head with kent cams and a big valve convertion uprated thottle body the block has been bored out to 1480 with bigger pistons and a lighthened crank and fly wheel it also has 1800 injectors and a remaped ecu the gear box is out of a gsi but has been fitted with a 1.8 vectra diff and padal clutch the front brakes are off a 2.oltr astra but back are standard then all uprated suspention any thing else just ask"

Sort of inclined to believe him, doesnt stop it being a heap of crap though...

ask him for a dyno print out

seen this guy scooting round cornwall..

in the flesh..this car is actually the source of EVERYTHING thats wrong with the world!

I love the term 'one off' on these adverts.. and 'show stopping'.. what shows are these?!

max power circa 1998 lol

Total chav city car. Lots of money spent on it probably but no style in mind just watched too many episodes of Pimp My Ride UK.

And I dont think its at all lowered 80mm. 17s on a corsa B would be pretty close to the arches on standard ride height, I reckon its only lowered 30mm then he has put that awful steroid overdosed kit on it and measured from the splitter to the ground and found its about 80mm closer to the deck than the standard kit.

That is immense.

no one stating the obvious? Its thats sh*t it runs at 147 brown horse poo, not horse power

it also looks like the corsa stood on it as well judging by the colour...

He said in the ad that he done all the work himself so I wonder if hes used the corsa haynes max power manual to mod his car and forgot to read page 7

And I quote

A word about fashion

In producing this book, we're aware that fashions change. What we show being fitted to our car might well be hideously out of date in 6 months time.

Corsa haynes max power manual first published in 2002 so if this guy has done what the book says then hes wasted his time and effort as the manual is useless and out of date now