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General => General discussion => Topic started by: sharki786 on 07 September 2011, 15:43
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Coming on tonite on quest (channel 38 digital) at 9pm 2 wks ago they had camper van crisis (missed it) cant wait to watch this tonite at 9pm
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Had campervan crisis on series record, going to do the same with beetle crisis :cool:
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might give that a watch!
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watched the campervan one and started watching the beetle one aswell.
was a bit suprised at the engine in that camper,seemed quite underpowered.
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watched the campervan one and started watching the beetle one aswell.
was a bit suprised at the engine in that camper,seemed quite underpowered.
Which one? The original engine that put out 13bhp on the rollers or the custom built one they dropped in it? :grin:
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the custom built one.
cutom built and tuned 1.9 liter turbo,115bhp :shocked:
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the custom built one.
cutom built and tuned 1.9 liter turbo,115bhp :shocked:
Yeah I did wonder that myself! Seems like a lot of work for not much peak power :undecided:
Am I right in remembering he just got into the 17's at the pod?
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yeah it ran a 17.666 at about 76 mph i think
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what channel is this for sky?
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what channel is this for sky?
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gutted couldn't watch it as mrs has freesat!
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Campervan crisis was really good but years old now.
I believe the engine building company went bust ages ago.
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filmed 5ish years ago.... and the engine cost 10K :shocked:
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Seen it but didnt realise it cost that much.
10k for 115bhp :shocked:
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Seen it but didnt realise it cost that much.
10k for 115bhp :shocked:
It's what I've heard on a couple of camper forums. All told the build stood him at a reported 22K!!!
After watching the programme it was disappointing to see how little he actually did himself, in my opinion.
Although the aggressive time frame probably dictated that he had to sub out most things
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I think it was last weekend but cant remember rightly, Discovery Turbo had some kind of vw beetle or something weekend and showed the whole Beetle Crisis series back to back plus some other vw stuff including the 2 part wheeler dealers with the beetle restoration. good stuff :)
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is this a repeat? sure ive seen beetle crisis before
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dont think its new but doesnt look too old, few years maybe?
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There was another beetle crisis aswell with the bloke from the engine place restoring beetle for his missus.
Very piccy and pointless i thought though, he was making every single part underneath smooth like you would not believe.
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Like Wayne said, check the titles for a date, I think it was 95' or summat like that.
The beetle looked crap too.....
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I can't believe people are saying £10k for an extra 102bhp is expensive.... :shocked: It costs at least £100 to get 5bhp from the mk4 2.0 :grin:
b.t.w how many power magnets can you get with that kind of ££? :undecided:
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not saying its expensive for an extra 102bhp.
on some engines that would be considered cheap.
but it is expensive for something with the same power as an 8v gti
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Like Wayne said, check the titles for a date, I think it was 95' or summat like that.
The beetle looked crap too.....
2006 i believe.... Buses With Attitude wasn't founded/launched until 2002 so couldn't possibly have been before then...
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Surely 10k would bought a much more powerful Porsche engine conversion? :undecided:
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Surely 10k would bought a much more powerful Porsche engine conversion? :undecided:
too easy.....it's like adding a 1.8t to a mk3, where's the fun??
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Where's the fun in paying someone else sh!t loads of money to build you a slow unreliable engine?
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I believe from the threads on SSVC forum it made over 130bhp + lots of torque
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Where's the fun in paying someone else sh!t loads of money to build you a slow unreliable engine?
They're my thoughts but horses for courses I suppose....
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The only thing I didnt like on that beatle was them wheels. They said it was euro but where were he bbs's?
Apart from that though 6months was a good effort from them, I dont think ad take on that much of a project.
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Surely 10k would bought a much more powerful Porsche engine conversion? :undecided:
He did not want a Porsche engine from what I have read.
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That was just an example and I'm sure you get my drift anyway mate. I did watch the series and did think it was good but some of the ways he went about the renovation confused me.
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That was just an example and I'm sure you get my drift anyway mate. I did watch the series and did think it was good but some of the ways he went about the renovation confused me.
I did read his build thread and it took lots of sorting afterwards.
Also I doubt he paid a lot for the engine or some of the work as it would be free advertising in a way.