Caught out by a sleeper

[dbiagioni]

Driving along late saturday night in my 255 clio v6 and went to overtake a standard looking polo.
The polo pulled away from me which left me scratching my head, so i changed down a gear and accelerated hard, just about gettting in front of, the polo, we then had a little play around and i was marginally faster.

We stopped at a set of traffic lights so i wound down my window and asked what engine was in it, to which the reply was 1.8 20v turbo, again i pulled away and got in front of the polo but it was close.

Im aware my v6 isnt a flying machine and iv owwned a few sleepers myself but it did make me feel a little silly.

[Olly P]

I once pulled up at some lights next to a standard Audi A4, identical to this one:



The road went from 3 in to 2 lanes, so I planned to put my foot down when the lights went green to get ahead.

The Audi also floored it, and he just flew. I simply could not catch it, even at full boost.

When I pulled up next to him, he explained he was running the 414bhp V8 from the RS4 in it.

I had to applaud him

[matt_mr2t]

Already? They've only been out a while!

My mate used to have a 285bhp Nova lol. Crap off the line but from 30-120mph nothing much would touch it. They only weight about 850kg's I think.

I rememeber a guy on Cliosport who had put a 2.0 172 engine + nos into a standard looking Clio 1.2 body shell and stripped it right out too. Must have been bloody quick.

[Olly P]

Already? They've only been out a while!

Well, unless I see the engine I suppose there's always doubt. I don't remember it sounding very V8-ish to be honest.

[skipp123]

cliowilliams had a guy that put a audi tt engne in a x reg bubble light clio 1.2 in burnt orange had hub caps and 320bhp lol dont think he ever got it running compleetly right but would have been a hoot

[matt_mr2t]

cliowilliams had a guy that put a audi tt engne in a x reg bubble light clio 1.2 in burnt orange had hub caps and 320bhp lol dont think he ever got it running compleetly right but would have been a hoot

Lol, same guy as the 172 engine IIRC!

Trying to remember his name, it might have been Matt. A lot of people told me he was a bit of a prat tbh.

[mcoppen]

His name was indeed matt. Cliosport user name was MATT_Black. It was a beast.

[skipp123]

no mate hes user name j3ned on williamsclio.co.uk its now matt black with a naughty front mount and 400bhp lmao FWD

still runs mid 12's

this guy was the origanal

http://www.williamsclio.co.uk/forum/vie ... highlight=

[GhostWKD]

cliowilliams had a guy that put a audi tt engne in a x reg bubble light clio 1.2 in burnt orange had hub caps and 320bhp lol dont think he ever got it running compleetly right but would have been a hoot

lol remember seeing that run at york iirc and it went up in smoke rather spectacularily

[skipp123]

lol

[matt_mr2t]

Yup thats the one!

Take it some of you guys are from Cliosport too?

I used to use it alot - Matt16v

[GhostWKD]

Yup thats the one!

Take it some of you guys are from Cliosport too?

I used to use it alot - Matt16v

I just saw it when i was there with Clubcento the Fiat Cinquecento owners club

[cartledge_uk]

Yup thats the one!

Take it some of you guys are from Cliosport too?

I used to use it alot - Matt16v

I just saw it when i was there with Clubcento the Fiat Cinquecento owners club

[Lauren]

I remember many years ago picking up this HS Chevette for a friend of mine. Anyways down the A13 I lined up at the lights behind a Cossie.

Now I should say this was circa 1990 when Cossie's were a seriously quick car. There I was in this HS Chevette (for the noobys HS stands for homologation special and has a 2.3 twin cam 16v etc..) This Chevette hapenned to be running Twin 48 Webers too.

So off we went, well i was glued to his bumper right up to the speed limit and the Chevette sounded so much better too. I think the poor guy in the Cossie was in shock.

/those were the days.

[GeoffC320]

I remember many years ago picking up this HS Chevette for a friend of mine. Anyways down the A13 I lined up at the lights behind a Cossie.

Now I should say this was circa 1990 when Cossie's were a seriously quick car. There I was in this HS Chevette (for the noobys HS stands for homologation special and has a 2.3 twin cam 16v etc..) This Chevette hapenned to be running Twin 48 Webers too.

So off we went, well i was glued to his bumper right up to the speed limit and the Chevette sounded so much better too. I think the poor guy in the Cossie was in shock.

/those were the days.

Ah yes...was always the HSR I wanted when I was younger:-

http://www.pbase.com/kevin_bryce/image/61492105

[Lauren]

Ah yes...was always the HSR I wanted when I was younger:-

http://www.pbase.com/kevin_bryce/image/61492105

Lovely cars.

Terribly naily, but oh so much fun. The HS/HSR was one of the most succesful 2wd tarmac rally cars.

I used to have a 2.3 Firenza, when I rebuilt the engine I found I had a bent exhaust valve (was on a big valve head). The only place I could get one was from a certain Jerry Johnstone (he used to prepare all the rally cars in teh 70s for dealer team vauxhall), so off i went to his workshop in the middle of nowhere. It was like a veritable treasure trove up there I can tell you with about 4 HS's and an HSR sitting out back in various states of repair! I was also lucky enough to meet Bill Blydenstein who built the engines for DTV. It's like a nostalgia trip!

So I do have a soft spot for the Chevette HS, such an underrated car.

[GhostWKD]

Yup thats the one!

Take it some of you guys are from Cliosport too?

I used to use it alot - Matt16v

I just saw it when i was there with Clubcento the Fiat Cinquecento owners club

My old cinq was RR'd at 140bhp few months ago iirc... and that was with cat back on and boost lower than when i had it (clue there heh)

[mcoppen]

Yup thats the one!

Take it some of you guys are from Cliosport too?

I used to use it alot - Matt16v

Yep. Same user name as i have here. Still use it a fair bit for the other marques/general chat. Great forum.

[matt_mr2t]

I remember many years ago picking up this HS Chevette for a friend of mine. Anyways down the A13 I lined up at the lights behind a Cossie.

Now I should say this was circa 1990 when Cossie's were a seriously quick car. There I was in this HS Chevette (for the noobys HS stands for homologation special and has a 2.3 twin cam 16v etc..) This Chevette hapenned to be running Twin 48 Webers too.

So off we went, well i was glued to his bumper right up to the speed limit and the Chevette sounded so much better too. I think the poor guy in the Cossie was in shock.

/those were the days.

But, but, but that's my road!