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Volvorsport - 4/1/05 at 03:21 PM

well , i went in my first locost yesterday , it was mr manders of locost car club fame - you can see his car in the second edition .

it all seemed pretty civilised the 1300cc pulling nicely , i can imagine now exactly how flippin fast mine will be with 250 volvo hp.

locoboy - 4/1/05 at 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by Volvorsport
well , i went in my first locost yesterday , it was mr manders of locost car club fame - you can see his car in the second edition .

it all seemed pretty civilised the 1300cc pulling nicely , i can imagine now exactly how flippin fast mine will be with 250 volvo Horses.

And a Golden retreiver, a game bag full of rabbits, pheasent and grouse, the collection of pipes and various differing chioces of tobacco, may indeed bring it down to the 60bhp/tonne region

Volvorsport - 4/1/05 at 04:19 PM

haha , wheres the smiley that means im gonna come and kick ur butt one day

in automotive terms of course .

phelpsa - 4/1/05 at 04:22 PM

Apparantly Subarus are the new Volvos (Legacys that is). Imagine farmer's wife in a Subaru Legacy B-spec

Volvorsport - 4/1/05 at 04:37 PM

my 740 turbo is 220 hp/1350 kgs

162 hp /tonne

for 700 kgs

314/hp tonne - porsche territory

that donor car will cost £250- £500

phelpsa - 4/1/05 at 04:45 PM

Mine will be around that. 145bhp, 430-450kgs, 320-340bhp/t

Adam

scoobyis2cool - 4/1/05 at 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by Volvorsport
my 740 turbo is 220 hp


What year is that car? I've been looking at specs on the internet and haven't found any that powerful

Pete

Volvorsport - 4/1/05 at 05:15 PM

its an 180 hp , de cat spec , with the boost turned up .

scoobyis2cool - 4/1/05 at 05:40 PM

Ah I see, interesting. I assume the engine is old enough to not need a CAT?

What gearbox are you mounting it to? Are you using sierra running gear or all the volvo stuff?

Pete

Volvorsport - 4/1/05 at 05:45 PM

all volvo , as much as possible , get some really nice brakes into the bargain , but then im also debating a transaxle at the rear . All ET engines are de cat , FT engines have cats and less power generally , std gearbox will got to 250 hp ,but if i dont use transaxle , ill more than likely use a getrag .