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Describes the engine as 'Bomb proof' but is offering 4, Yes four, spare engines!

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Government MOT check notes show its exhaust as noisy - no kiddingĀ šŸ˜ƒ

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35 minutes ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

Describes the engine as 'Bomb proof' but is offering 4, Yes four, spare engines!

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4 minutes ago, NickBW said:

Bomb Proof - but here are 4 spare engines!


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Just now, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

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To be honest, the seller is right about how much development work would be needed to reliably get that sort of power (and control the heat) - hell of an achievement!

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I think it needs 4 spare NSF cycle wings. Looks like you can only go straight on or right else you need to replace a melted cycle wingšŸ˜†

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I can identify with this - I took a bog-standard Fiat Coupe 20v turbo (220bhp) to almost 500bhp and was still using it as a daily driver. The basic lump has now done about 300,000 miles with a couple of self-inflicted top-end rebuilds. It took a LOT of development / money / heartache / lying to SWMBO to get it there, but it was fun, in a "because I can" sort of way...

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However, 500bhp in a 1350kg tin-top is "lively" - it must be utterly mad in a Westie weighting half as much

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He's flying a very big kite at that price. Suffice to say I'm quite pleased that the turbo on my tintop is inside the bonnet

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As much of an achievement at that power is (assuming itā€™s reliable - but considering the 4 spare engines being offered with it, leaves a lot to the imagination), I think it looks like a Halfords Ripspeed special, and would struggle to place in the ā€œreaders ridesā€ section of Max Power magazine without insult. Ā Thereā€™s a lot nicer turbo setups than that.

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From memory he used to be a member many years ago and was quite well respected at the time.

IĀ May be getting mixed up but ISTRĀ that he was building a 5 cylinder Volvo turbo engine to replace that.

the Saab engine is pretty bullittĀ proof to be honest but having spares is always nice.

price is high and you can get a lot of great cars for that asking priceĀ 

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