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Talking about Collecting Cars, why would you buy a Turbo S and then make it look like a GT3 RS?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/201 ... -turbo-s-6

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Ascender wrote: Fri May 10, 2024 3:32 pm Talking about Collecting Cars, why would you buy a Turbo S and then make it look like a GT3 RS?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/201 ... -turbo-s-6

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720bhp.
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Those wing vents are one of my favourite details on any car so I’m for it.
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Cheers,

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3.8l is an absurdly large engine in a small car :lol:.

What's the deal with those V6s, stroker kit?
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It is .1 betterer than your old one!
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ZedLeg wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 4:56 pm 3.8l is an absurdly large engine in a small car :lol:.

What's the deal with those V6s, stroker kit?
does it give absurd bhp or not?
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I assumed that was matt’s old one? :?
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Rich B wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 5:21 pm
ZedLeg wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 4:56 pm 3.8l is an absurdly large engine in a small car :lol:.

What's the deal with those V6s, stroker kit?
does it give absurd bhp or not?
I doubt it, they were only around 250bhp from the original 3.2l

Probably sounds quite nice though!
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integrale_evo wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 6:18 pm
Rich B wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 5:21 pm
ZedLeg wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 4:56 pm 3.8l is an absurdly large engine in a small car :lol:.

What's the deal with those V6s, stroker kit?
does it give absurd bhp or not?
I doubt it, they were only around 250bhp from the original 3.2l

Probably sounds quite nice though!
we're spoilt by ///M specific power outputs!
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mik wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 5:23 pm I assumed that was matt’s old one? :?
Didn’t Matt’s have the (better looking, despite the teledials being an Alfa signature) multi spoke alloys? I know they’re easily changed of course.

Edit: found an old photo. It did. And a different registration 😄

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I much prefer the teledials personally, although not in black
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Rich B wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 6:40 pm
integrale_evo wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 6:18 pm
Rich B wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 5:21 pm does it give absurd bhp or not?
I doubt it, they were only around 250bhp from the original 3.2l

Probably sounds quite nice though!
we're spoilt by ///M specific power outputs!
My 4 door bmw having 70bhp more, being rwd, and worth about 1/3rd as much as a decent 156 gta was why I never bought one. I still like them and the 147 gta though but doubt I’ll ever own either.
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Was away on business this week in Europeland. Was picked up from the hotel by a colleague I hadn’t met before in a 1989 Volvo 740 Estate. 215,000 km, scruffy outside, but not a squeak, rattle or clunk. Brakes were silent and pulled it up straight. My favourite part was a 4speed box with overdrive on 4th. He’s owned it since 1998 and works on it himself. I absolutely loved it. 8-)
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DeskJockey wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 4:56 pm
It is .1 betterer than your old one!
I know :(

@mik unfortunately for the new owner, about 18 months after I sold it the oil pump failed and the engine seized. He couldn't afford to rebuild the 3.7 so he had to put a 3.2 back in. Kick in the bollocks for the new owner, paying extra for that engine, then paying again for a lower spec.

As for power, mine was RR'd at about 320bhp, so I guess this one is about the same.
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New Morgan designed with pininfarina. Outside is lovely. Inside is spoiled by the obvious bmw gear selector- it’s limited to 50 units so will cost a fortune, couldn’t they have done something with it
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Can they really not do anything about the gear knob? It looks pathetic - might as well graft some BMW 7 series tail lights on it too for the damage it does to the aesthetic.
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Is the steering wheel nabbed from something else too ?
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Sundayjumper wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 7:42 am Is the steering wheel nabbed from something else too ?
My first thought was Mustang but it's not the same. It must be unusual these days in not having buttons on the spokes.

The gear selector is far too generic. Surely that part can be altered? There are so many other controllers for the ZF 8-sp box now; evem something like the Audi selector below is at least a bit less obvious (though would need to be different for LHD and RHD markets, so maybe a pain):
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