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dna23
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27th Jul 05 at 13:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote



looks slow
richard_syko
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27th Jul 05 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bit of a sleeper

[Edited on 27-07-2005 by richard_syko]
Cybermonkey
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27th Jul 05 at 13:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
OMFG thats mental, is that a Polo??? thats as good as a rocket with a seat strapped on
big eck
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27th Jul 05 at 13:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats the new audi S4 engine aint it
big eck
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27th Jul 05 at 13:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will be seriously quick ones its all plummed in
bradfincham
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27th Jul 05 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hows that going to work??

shafts will be too far back, no plumbing, wiring, driveshafts
vibrio
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27th Jul 05 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
why?
Cybermonkey
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27th Jul 05 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
something tells me it might fail MOT on the exhausts
City
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27th Jul 05 at 13:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shopped
dna23
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27th Jul 05 at 13:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i questioned the wiring but then told to stfu and accept it...

dont see how it will work tho hence the its slow comment dont look wired in
CorsaControl
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27th Jul 05 at 14:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That would be awful to drive, rear end would be out all the time and be impossible round corners..
CorsaControl
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27th Jul 05 at 14:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If it were real
Rob B
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27th Jul 05 at 14:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sam pshoped it in there .
dna23
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28th Jul 05 at 19:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
hows that going to work??

shafts will be too far back, no plumbing, wiring, driveshafts


i asked and...

its 4 wheel drive the drive shaft faces the front of the car and all the loom and that has been exstended to fit radeator is at the front still.
myke
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28th Jul 05 at 19:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
not a chance. look where the xhausts exit !

I'm with Brad on this
jr
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28th Jul 05 at 19:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its 100% not a shop, its very much a work in progress

i know this as i called the bloke who was selling it to try and by it, sold it 2 days before
jr
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28th Jul 05 at 19:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by big eck
Thats the new audi S4 engine aint it


no its the old audi V8 engine from the car thta was litrally called the audi V8
dna23
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28th Jul 05 at 19:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jr
its 100% not a shop, its very much a work in progress

i know this as i called the bloke who was selling it to try and by it, sold it 2 days before


a thank you jr
jr
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28th Jul 05 at 19:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by CorsaControl
If it were real


its real
myke
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28th Jul 05 at 19:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
engine is too far back though right? or are the wheels chain driven ?

and surely it's not gona be 4wd?
jr
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28th Jul 05 at 19:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes its a bit ??? how is gonna work, but it was for sale for £400, i so wanted it, im sure SVM will remember been talkign about it months and months ago
Adam_B
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28th Jul 05 at 19:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by myke

and surely it's not gona be 4wd?


I thought this as well, im probably wrong but it looks like the gearbox is on the wrong end to make it 4wd or even 2wd
jr
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28th Jul 05 at 19:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yes, your gonna have to have a very very cleaver gear linkage to get that to work, we soenbt hours at work thinkin how we could get it to work, unfortuatley it was a waste as the guy sold it
Adam_B
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28th Jul 05 at 19:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
and if you turned it round the engine would hang out the back of the car yes?
jr
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28th Jul 05 at 19:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
pretty much, and then the drive would be the wrong way in theory, 1 foward gear lots of reverse gears

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