gazza808
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Lol at people making a big point of him not upgrading the brakes, I ran 2.0 corsa on a few track days on 1600 brakes before I upgraded lol, never had any hassle! by the looks of it no matter what brakes he had he weren't going to stop cause he was going too fast.
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fazza
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Registered: 7th Feb 08
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the brakes look quite big in them pics dan posted.
From the sale ad iirc it had v6 brakes. They defo werent standard unless he put them back to standard. I was looking into buying it a few months ago
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Mark.W
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Looked quite nice in those pics.
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Mieran
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Brakes are not a solution for retardation.
A lot of these kids think they can do 100 mph then brake 2 meters before the corner and think everything is going to be alright.
I remember seeing it for sale a while ago by the person built it then again a few times later by different people. Such a shame, it was a nice car.
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spankyjames
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Registered: 26th Jun 06
Location: Corsham, Wiltshire
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Pics I got of it
Was debating whether to take the strut brace lol
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Jonny.K
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what a CHOCOLATE lol
strut brace id of taken everything tht was left haha
[Edited on 01-08-2011 by F17_AJK]
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Piér
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James! You should have taken the rocker cover off  It had vernier pulleys, high profile cams, loads of stuff done to the engine apparently!
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spankyjames
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Yeah had a load of good parts On it was a Shame to see all those parts go to waste
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Jamie-C
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Registered: 3rd Jun 08
Location: Ballycastle
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Go get them bits for me then Piér
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Piér
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It's been crushed now 
They can't strip it for parts from a crime scene or accident I don't think? 
I know your lucky and have your dad Jamie  haha!
And James, indeed it was a waste to see the parts go to waste
When me and my mate drove down someone shouted...
"There's some spare parts for yours up there mate"
And we thought it was because you were there but nope, its because of some bellend going to fast 
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Christopher
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Registered: 14th Oct 10
Location: Eastbourne
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Hmmmm i wonder if those seats are for sale   On a serious not i wonder if the arches are for sale?
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Jamie-C
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Its crushed
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Christopher
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Waste!
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Ian
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quote:
Originally posted by Piér
They can't strip it for parts from a crime scene or accident I don't think?
More likely that it's been declared category A which are crushed with no salvageable parts.
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Piér
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Registered: 4th Jan 10
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I'm sure the top end of the engine would have been salvageable!
Complete waste of a perfectly nice GSi
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Piér
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqbVjkIDCkk&feature=related
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Piér
I'm sure the top end of the engine would have been salvageable!
Complete waste of a perfectly nice GSi
possibly, but with every gasket melted and possible parts warper would it be worth it?
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ryan docherty
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Registered: 27th Aug 09
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quote:
Originally posted by Piér
Went to a cruise tonight, this happened before I got there.
Kid put a C20XE in and didn't upgrade the brakes  Couldn't stop in time for a junction, missed a car, mounted the curb, ripped the sump off and the car went up in flames 
No one was hurt as far as I know.
But that is another GSi gone.
On the brake situation gsi brakes are still 256mm
Only diff is a slight increase in width the guy obv just doesnt know how to drive nuhin to do way brakes
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Piér
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That is all that I heard. However looking at the sale pictures they are pretty big behind the comp MO's.
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ryan docherty
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That engine would have still ran without a doupt
I put a burn engine out a focus 1.8 16v just replace timing belt covers ect crank seals and cam seal were all perfect ran no probs
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Martin W
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quote:
Originally posted by Jamie-C
That wheel
+1
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Steve
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nothing wrong with the wheel imo, its utilising a new spokeless design syste, whereby embedded in the wheel are strong magnets that impell an opposite force on the center of the hub which keeps it central 
[Edited on 01-08-2011 by Steve]
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sparcost3
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Registered: 21st Sep 09
Location: Stafford, Staffordshire
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makes me sad see such a nice car that some 1 clearly spend hard time and monney into building for some idiot to destroy compleatley, id cry if i built that and some kid did this to it, totall waste
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danny678uk
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Registered: 29th Sep 08
Location: Staffordshire
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my mate built that car it had v6 brakes on, it went really well and was a nice example gutted to see it in that state
[Edited on 01-08-2011 by danny678uk]
[Edited on 01-08-2011 by danny678uk]
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bridgyuk
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Registered: 29th Mar 08
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Yes this use 2 be my m8 old car me and him did the work the car always use 2 gett hammed around everywhere with no trouble also the breaks were upgraded 2 v6 brake set up so that is not true also the person who owned this car looks like he carnt drive as my m8 had that car 4 years and never crashed shame 2 see it gone as was a quick and decent car.
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