or not? Seems very expensive to me, and unless the engine has £8k worth of steel bits in the bottom it won't be anywhere near 230bhp either.
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or not? Seems very expensive to me, and unless the engine has £8k worth of steel bits in the bottom it won't be anywhere near 230bhp either.
I wouldn't completely discount 230bhp out of the C20XE..... I ran one in a MK1 Escort Mexico that I built. It made 221bhp on the rollers, it had the following spec: Big valve coscast head with a mild porting job and Newman 420H phase2 cams, Jenvey DTH throttle bodies, cossie injectors, DTA48 ECU. The bottom end was rebuilt and was standard apart from ARP bolts. I ran it through a type 9 with a tran-x straight cut gear set in it and a tran-x LSD. In the dry it would light up the rear tyres in 1st to 3rd......
Seems abit pricey, but I wouldn't be too sceptical about the power either.i have afew mates running the xe all have seen 200+ brake with
relativly little expence.another mate is runing 500 reliable bhp+ 70 with nos let on standard internals.im not a vauxhall guy myself but those engines
seem bomb proof!
Chris
Well I've had 2 XE with jenvey bodies and both maxed out at 208/209bhp respectively. Spoke with SBD loads of times and was always told that 215+ always requires omegas.
Don't see anything wrong with the price... Caterhams have their market and that's the price they go for!
As for the BHP claims... well, he's referenced SBD (and Steve Broughton specifically) in his ad. He's also said the car features on their
website. I guess that anyone with half a brain cell is going to contact Steve to ask some questions... and surely the vendor will know this, so why
lie!?
You are probably right as I have no idea what spec they run, just know theyre not checkbook boys spending loads.never taken too much interest,
different field of interest to me but the internals from their experiences are super strong.the kadett at 1:40 is on stock internals, not sure about
speccys tigra after it
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Originally posted by daveb666
Well I've had 2 XE with jenvey bodies and both maxed out at 208/209bhp respectively. Spoke with SBD loads of times and was always told that 215+ always requires omegas.
Cateringvans go for more than you would think - a quick look on Autotrader shows a load at that price or more.
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Cateringvans go for more than you would think -....
Are they the Audi's of the 7 world then? Nothing you wouldn't see in other cars in the range, but priced significantly higher due to the
badge?
Or have they genuinely got thousands of pounds of improvements over other cars?
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You are probably right as I have no idea what spec they run, just know theyre not checkbook boys spending loads.never taken too much interest, different field of interest to me but the internals from their experiences are super strong.the kadett at 1:40 is on stock internals, not sure about speccys tigra after it
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Nice car, looks well worth it to me
wheels and tyres seem a little too big though