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Dave A

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6th Apr 08 at 21:58

anyone got a copy of the rules to hand? I am picking up a clio 16v tomorrow for pennies, need to know if I can spend the rest of the budget on mods? homemade Tb's, some 2nd hand management and nitrous would make for a good contender me thinks

jamez_zz

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6th Apr 08 at 22:01

electric supercharger?

Robin

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6th Apr 08 at 22:02

Car AND mods must cost £999 or under.

You can sell parts from the car to fund other mods.

It must fit in with the spirit of the challenge. The example they use is not having a titanium engine block and trying to justify it just because you work at McLaren.

Basically, work on rough retail prices and it's sort of fair.

Twiggy

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6th Apr 08 at 22:04

PPC £999 challenge?

tom_simes

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6th Apr 08 at 22:04

http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4778

Dave A

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6th Apr 08 at 22:05

cool, im doing it then. it has shite alloys I can probably sell to some chav for £200, leather interior that is mint must be worth something, it has full electrics that should be worth something to someone.....

it should be quick enough with some choice mods and will outhandle most things, ideal contender

SAL

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6th Apr 08 at 22:05

Just use the corsa Dave

joke btw

Robin

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6th Apr 08 at 22:06

Dave, the last winner had 320bhp and 4wd.

You probably won't win, but it'll be a good laugh anyway

harrisp

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6th Apr 08 at 22:07

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Dave, the last winner had 320bhp and 4wd.

You probably won't win, but it'll be a good laugh anyway

For under a grand

stu_c

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6th Apr 08 at 22:07

wat u have 2 do for this challenge?

jamez_zz

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6th Apr 08 at 22:08

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/448981.htm

get this instead!

Robin

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6th Apr 08 at 22:10

quote:
Originally posted by harrisp

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Dave, the last winner had 320bhp and 4wd.

You probably won't win, but it'll be a good laugh anyway

For under a grand

yeah, Pulsar GTI-R with a buggered bottom end, sold the interior and put a new bottom end in it, turned the boost up, hey presto.

Cost less than £999 too I think.

Twiggy

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6th Apr 08 at 22:10

quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4778

thats a brill idea!

someone lend me a grand!

Dave A

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6th Apr 08 at 22:11

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Dave, the last winner had 320bhp and 4wd.

You probably won't win, but it'll be a good laugh anyway

wouldnt do it to win, infact winning it never crossed my mind. would do it because I need something cheap and fun that doesnt need to be taken seriously.

my subscription ran out before somene won the last year, what was it robin?

Paul_J

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6th Apr 08 at 22:12

sounds like a cool idea, but at the end of the day - be impossible to actually regulate...

i.e. someone you know could sell you the car cheap, you sell parts, do most of the work yourself and buy parts from mates and end up with a sorted car for £999 which is worth £5k easy.

harrisp

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6th Apr 08 at 22:12

quote:
Originally posted by Robin

quote:
Originally posted by harrisp

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Dave, the last winner had 320bhp and 4wd.

You probably won't win, but it'll be a good laugh anyway

For under a grand

yeah, Pulsar GTI-R with a buggered bottom end, sold the interior and put a new bottom end in it, turned the boost up, hey presto.

Cost less than £999 too I think.

Ahh just read the thread.

Robin

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6th Apr 08 at 22:14

Paul, they've already done it once, it worked before.

The idea is that everyone can be trusted, they know the cars which are entered, they decide if it's "in the spirit" before allowing it in, so if they feel that you've actually spent £5k, or got £5ks worth of bits, you won't get in.

You don't win anything anyway, so there's no reason to cheat, all the readers are there for the same thing, because they want to have a laugh.

Robin

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6th Apr 08 at 22:15

Someone had a Maserati BiTurbo last year BTW

harrisp

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6th Apr 08 at 22:16

quote:
Originally posted by Robin
Someone had a Maserati BiTurbo last year BTW

Masseratty

Ian

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6th Apr 08 at 23:00

They should force you to sell the car for £999 at the end of the race, that would put anyone off fiddling it

Warren G

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6th Apr 08 at 23:03

use megasquirt diy managment

Ian

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6th Apr 08 at 23:06

By the way, if anyone wants to enter a Weekend Racer team I'll quite happily stump up the capital.

Could even make a nice competition prize when the event is over.

Edit - need to check it's allowed of course?

[Edited on 06-04-2008 by Ian]

Warren G

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6th Apr 08 at 23:09

that would be very interesting

wouldn't be a bodged oil burning redtop corsa i hope ian