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lance
Monday 1st November 2004, 19:37
Finally managed catch a Guy called John who lives a couple of miles from me.
He has a Yellow 850 T5R saloon , its got an exhaust nearlly as loud as Duanes.

Hes had the vehicle 4 years now and paid a very good price for it .
Mods wise he had it RICA d 2 years ago , a much bigger exaust all the way through and more gauges than you could shake a stick at. Hes also speant some money on the brakes.
He apparently had it rolling roaded at 360 BHP at fly wheel and over 300BHP at the wheels , he is/ was considering titanum con rods.
He has raced the above at Donnington and Sneterton .
Have pointed him towards the forums and David Pengelley and salvo as some b=stard droped a brick on his bonnet this ,weekend.
All in all a very nice T5R with 160k on it.

Justin
Monday 1st November 2004, 20:36
I would like to see the power figures quoted on a dyno, but car sounds ok :)

Pedro Fandango
Monday 1st November 2004, 20:37
its got an exhaust nearlly as loud as Duanes.
lol, i don't want to have to remove the last silencer to keep my tittle of noisyest b*stard here (but i will if i have to) :wink:

Mrsmopp
Tuesday 2nd November 2004, 10:52
Excellent Lance! Sounds delightful! Nice to hear your spreading the word! Was he our kinda chap? Reckon we can talk him into a few meets? Be great to have another Yellow peril with us!

x

Wobbly Dave
Tuesday 2nd November 2004, 10:58
Yay!

So how did you catch him? Did you tell him about this place?

Sounds interesting and very loud?!

:thewave:

lance
Tuesday 2nd November 2004, 14:51
He mentioned he had been on the forum a couple of years ago when it was run by a copper <Andy>? He also knows Hamish and Adam as he had his car done when they still had a rollin road working!
I had a hunch where he was heading so I followed him in true T5 stealth mode and when he pulled up I got out and chatted and mentioned I had seen/heard his yellow beast a few times. I now know where he lives so will try and drag him to RWUB day in the near future.
Forgot to mention on first post he also has uprated suspension and poly bushes.

volvotuning
Wednesday 3rd November 2004, 15:53
I would like to see the power figures quoted on a dyno, but car sounds ok :)

Possibly misquoted figures, more likely 300 bhp at the fly.

Adam.