Would Sir like to revise his estimate? This Turbo
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Maybe they're just sandbagging in public so they don't have to pay a lot for their insurance when it's finally on the road.
The artist formerly known as _Who_
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Fucking hell in a mini 450 - 900 bhp.
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Interesting, although I'm still gonna say sub 400hp - again, usable on the road - and the sort of roads they've shown off, they ain't 400+hp roads.
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Yeah, I''ve never seen one driven on single track roads. Anywhere.
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They would've chosen something smaller, easier to package and faster spooling if they'd wanted "only" 400hp. It might have a low-boost mode and then an all-hell mode for Goodwood hillclimb
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Perhaps - I'd be genuinely quite surprised if it's knocking on 400hp (or more) though.
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Nah my old 3s made 440 at the crank with a std bottom end, old-skool turbo and cams. I'd suggest they will be aiming for 500, but it depends on how well their weird pulley drive system works in practice.
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Yeah, 4wd, sticky tyres, decent diffs. Easily usable power these days. New sticky Michelin tyres pretty much tame any car formally thought of as a widow maker.
How about not having a sig at all?
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Oooh, it’s a good one this month!
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Great explanation of the damned-clever box n diffs n transfers n shizzles. Wow. And that vapour blasting technique is amazing.
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That Toyota engine and box have some lovely bits of engineering.
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Dave!
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Wonder if inception got the idea for the basis of the film from those splined shafts?
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New 44min long engine episode live for patrons now, you tube tomorrow I think
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Yep, watched it earlier - lots of fiddly bits but entertaining.
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Wonder how many times the words “whose fucking idea was it to put this in a fucking mini” were screamed whilst making this episode