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Offline Horney

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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #70 on: 14 May 2009, 22:38 »
Yeah but it's running a piper 286, bored to a 1.9, flowed head and manifolds and a custom ignition map. The guy I bought it off thinks it's about 130bhp but it feels like way more! You put your foot down in 5th at 40mph and it just hurls itself at the horizon while sounding like concord taking off.

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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #71 on: 14 May 2009, 22:45 »
i NEED to get mine finished , its in many interesting bits at the moment , much like most my cars end up
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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #72 on: 14 May 2009, 23:03 »
It's got added lightness, yeah?

Always massively helps the cause.
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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #73 on: 14 May 2009, 23:08 »
Indeed but the way the engine behaves is so different from my other 3 8v's. It revs quicker and just keeps going all the way to the red line.

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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #74 on: 14 May 2009, 23:13 »
i dont think youll get bored of the striped out interior either

 buy/use an i-pod for the cummutes if it get tedious  :wink:
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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #75 on: 14 May 2009, 23:20 »
Got the rado for the commute :grin:
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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #76 on: 14 May 2009, 23:28 »
im dreadin tryin to insure somehting for the commute  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #77 on: 14 May 2009, 23:30 »
Get a mid 90's fiesta, they cost nothing, cheap to run and insure, dead reliable and it's so ugly you'll not even be able to think of any mods to improve it so no expenditure! Mrs Horney hass just bought one.

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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #78 on: 14 May 2009, 23:44 »
im allergic to fords

 think its back to my roots

Mini 1000 on 10"
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Re: Horney's MKII 8v Track slag (oh yes!)
« Reply #79 on: 14 May 2009, 23:49 »
Yeah that sounds good to, but could you resist the modding bug!

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