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fuzzy
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Post Fri May 19, 2006 7:38 pm

i was in a local garage today for some minor work and the owner was showing me his toys, he has a ford flatbed tow truck powered by the bmw m52 2.8 engine and a bmw compact powered by the m3 engine which is running at about 320 bhp at the moment but is about to have a supercharger fitted 8O .i now know not to race him if i see him on the road! im going back up next week so ill get a couple of pics winkeye
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Post Fri May 19, 2006 9:02 pm

Theres a local bodyshop that has a toy-mini, its got a 2.1 pinto on twin 45's up front driving the rear (correct) wheels, funnyley enough just 1/2 mile away theres a gearbox place running another mini but this time its a Honda B16 (1.6 VTEC 158bhp) on throttle bodys driving the front wheels... estimated 190 bhp by the owner 8O


I wont be racing either :mad: