Originally Posted by
limmy
can someone tell me what sort of power the 16v mk2 engine kicks out? my brother used to have a tricked up hyper blue mk1, and think it had a mk2 engine?
everything under the bonnet was colour-coded red, sway bars, removable race steering wheel (mr bean style), electric windows, flared guards, immaculate interior, konis, 3" exhaust...and most importantly...it flew. i was only 17 when i drove it...and i still remember the adrenalin rush. nothing compares to that moment.
he ended up selling it...i had no chance buying it. loving brother was too concerned i would kill myself in the car or something!
That used to be my car. I bought it for $13,000 back in about 1996 and then had an airconditioner put in that had been imported from Japan. It was built in Sydney. The guy that I bought it off told me it cost him over $20,000 to build.
As for the silver one in question. I am sure that I have seen that car years ago. It was pretty good at the time and the 16V should have made it a bit quicker than mine.
A guy down the Gold coast built a silver Mk1 around the same time as I had the blue one. I had put a mild cam in mine and it had the supersprint extractors and full exhaust. We had a 'test run' from a set of lights. We were level until I had to change into second. He had about another 1000rpm before he changed so he got about a car length in front. I held that gap until I had to change to third when once again he had more revs to play with and he gapped me a bit further again.
Mine had fairly low gearing too, I am pretty sure that the gearbox was about the lowest close ratio box available. It would hit the rev limiter in fifth.
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