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17th Jan 06 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by drax
I hear they are unreliable



you hear wrongly
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quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi
my cousin is selling one, with some nice body work




what happened to the bumper. no washer jets
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Originally posted by Matty_Moo_
I had a 1.2 16v sporting as my first car and they are really nippy. 83bhp standard. pretty good for a 1200. a heard of some1 that turbo'd 1 and got 121 bhp. no where near 170!!


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Originally posted by chris_uk
well its a 1.4 turbo as standard and they push out betwen 130 and 133 bhp

so i doubt turboing a 1.2 will get 170


1.2 can be turbo tunned to 200hp
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Originally posted by escortgti.com
Group 14 insurance though , which is slightly high for a 1.4


because it's not just a 1.4
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17th Jan 06 at 13:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
very good little cars...

tuned mine to over 170bhp and 190lbft for quite a little outlay...

FMIC, Chip, Dawes, Straight Through exhaust
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My mates gt has Fancy Bottom end, Fancy head etc etc, Cam, HUGE Intercooler, Big turbo and seb chip ETC ETC ETC and is INSANE fAST.
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i also know some one selling one its a sporting with a gt eingine dropped in. p reg think he want 1500 for it bout 70k on the clock.
ed
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It will be about £1500 on the insurance for one in a few months time when I have an NCB... Think it might be worth it
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oh.... and i bought the car for 1k.... insuranve was about 400quid
ed
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They really that cheap? Makes it even more tempting
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it was a very early GT1.... most powerfull version as standard... 1994 L reg

with over 100k miles on orig turbo and still firing out mid 14sec 1/4mile runs
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17th Jan 06 at 13:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Smokey? I think I might buy a newer one when the time comes around...
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no smoke....

i serviced it with new oil/plugs every 3k miles....
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... and sold it for £1800
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Oh... So I guess they are pretty reliable, if you don't get one that some nutter has thrashed....
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17th Jan 06 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Is the Punto still going AK?

I made it look like that

Yes, fast, and if looked after reliable.
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Still going... its just been resprayed (same orig colour)
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
Still going... its just been resprayed (same orig colour)


JOKING

I always wanted to get it re-sprayed, but never had the money, should have kept it.......maybe
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it was an ace car... but slow and poop when i got it from you though
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Mine was a special edition with more power than Schwarznegger
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
it was a very early GT1.... most powerfull version as standard... 1994 L reg

with over 100k miles on orig turbo and still firing out mid 14sec 1/4mile runs


ah but dont forget..

less torque than the GT3
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you sure?
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I have a punto gt great car..

forged pistons
better fuel pump
fmic
T28 turbo
stand alone dta ecu
al flywheel
nos
etc
etc etc

goes well, need to get on rolling road now soon. hoping for 230+bhp


[Edited on 17-01-2006 by NI_Sleeper]

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