P1 No More


Now Focus Rs Mk2

 

Bought this a week ago, for the princely sum of £300 just put it through it's mot couple of days ago so it's all legal and good to go.

 

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Had this 12 years now and spent waaaaay too much on converting it to a track toy

 

Swapped my Forester STI for this in August and love it.

 

ahhh 20v im guessing with the intercooler i spy

mate has a pin mint red 20v built literally from ground up - goes like the clappers

https://i.imgur.com/015n4Xb.png

 

Yup - 20vT with stupid bhp in a stripped out 920kg Mk2. Brilliant fun on track and gives some very expensive toys a good run for their money

 

Seeing as we're sharing Golfs, here's mine, it's running an SB engine out of a MK2 GTD and a 5 speed box, but it's a bit noisy at high rpm so doing a refresh on the one I pulled out of it originally which is also a MK2 td, with a few light mods I'm hoping to see around 120bhp when it's all done, not too woried about going really fast these days but it's a giggle with 800kg and around 100bhp and reasonable torque at the moment.

 

I love the Mk1 - I'm still after a Mk 1 1.8 GTI (preferably Y plate) in totally original condition - I'll find the right one one day, but I've looked at over 20 cars over the last couple of years and none of them has quite hit the mark.

I got the bug for building a Mk2 track toy from way too many visits to the 'Ring, so ended up building (or should I say completely rebuilding!) this. More carbon on it than I even want to add up, but they're an absolute blast to drive, whether 100 or 300 bhp

I can honestly say I've had more fun in this:



Than I ever had in this:

 

Owned this Machine since April this year. Just love the 6 cylinder sound track
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Surprising how many vans, here’s another. Big and heavy, but at least it’s got an R32 Golf engine in it

 

@ iMook

Yeah modern cars are nice and all that, but... they're just too good at what they do, way too clinical for me.

I'm 51 so I grew up driving old Fords, Austins, Triumphs, Fiats, Alfas and all the other things that were old and knackered at the time when the MK1 Golf was brand new

Obviously lusted after one in my youth as well as all the other cars that came with the 'Hot Hatch' revolution, so now I don't need an executive type vehicle to go across Europe or around the UK I can finally have a car I enjoy owning and driving... except now I have two.

 

Few of my fleet!

 

 

Got this EP3 Civic Type R for track, spent a whole load of money on track bits (Brakes, LSD, Seats, etc) and now I'm not sure it'll remain given I've got the Fiesta ST below:

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Bought this Volvo 940 Turbo because I'd always liked them, has done about 150 miles in 2+years.. complete waste of money/space, but I can't bring myself to sell it!!

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Recently traded in my MK7 Golf R for this E92 M3 Competition Pack, 1 of 22 Competition Pack cars with a manual gearbox sold by BMW and I absolutely love it:

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Just picked up this wee Fiesta ST Van to replace my trusty Transit Connect that I'd had for ~4 years, the Fiesta is running ~300bhp so it surprises people..

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**Edit, looks like it's posted duplicates of the photos on my computer... and I've no idea how to rectify that?!

 

Here is my other toy, another flat four

 

Nice!! ...that Beetle is lovely.

 

Cheers RS

 

stunning, great looking motor

 

Thanks again. I must add that most of the work was done to the car when I bought it. I have done some work to it since and improved it even more

 

My accord type r owned for 10 years

 

This is my old Nissan kps13 spent thousands on it and always regret selling it

 

Love a van and yours looks bloody fantastic mate.

 

My old van, owned it for 7 years or so and only use it to and from work. Ive also used it for the odd bit of valeting.

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Golf 1.9 tdi match

 

RS Grant - you've got too many toys

wrx300scooby - that Bug is lovely. I've had 11 in my time and still fancy another one - maybe an Oval with an STI engine in the back

 

Renault 5 has since been sold

 

Moved on to this about 18months ago from this

 

Used daily by the mrs:


Fast road/track toy:

 

2JZ goodness.

 

out of my 5 motors this was the least Subaru lol , still has a scoob engine though lol
as much as iv tried to get into other motors the Subaru engine brings me back every time