big power from unexpected cars

[crazymonkey]

apologies if this has already been done but thought it would be good to have a thread on cars with power that you wouldnt expect.

just because I found this



550hp at the wheels 640hp engine or so Ive been told. All this while still in front wheel drive format

Ive seen 300hp before in a renault but not double that in a 5.

So come on then, anyone else know any cars that shouldnt have that much power ;D

[welshpug]

Fair few 306's about with 400 bhp couple of 205's with 500+



the 106 rallye next to it proves that big power isn't always the answer though, 13 with only 180 bhp :lol:

[akku]

500 BHP from 7500rpm to 8000rpm. 25 BHP below 7000 RPM. a good broad torque curve is what you want rather than high peak numbers. 180 BHP well delivered will be way nicer to drive and quicker in a lot of real world situations.

[Tim]

Crazy :-)

However, the frst 4/5s of that video is like watching a learner trying to park :-)

[Brigsy]

Scoffs r5gtt has done a 10.2 this year. It also ran 674hp on WGT's rolling road last week, awesome for a 2.0!

[loudandproud205]

There are numerous 106s over 300bhp now.

But Dean's was aiming 500 but nigh on undrivable so its just 400 ish now

[mini-mad-nick]

Theres a gun metal grey mini with an 1800 vtec turbo in the front which has dyno'd with 400bhp, all street legal and will spin the wheels in 5th in any condition at any rpm.

[TurboDieselWeasel]

Still my all-time favourite; the 700BHP Quattro powered Saab 99:

[crazymonkey]

^^^^^^^ now thats what I'm talking about ;D

[Robinxr4i]

I've posted this before, but it's awesome so who cares!

It's a Volvo 142 with an B20, OHV, non-cross flow engine. 506bhp at the rear wheels at 2.2bar of boost. Love the fact he's stuck with the original engine and just tuned the fook out of it

[ditchdigger]

Jul 27, 2011 14:34:22 GMT Robinxr4i said:

The expression on his face sums up what playing with cars is all about

[skinnylew]

The 106/Saxo/Ax tuners overseas are getting some good figures.
One Ax being built over here is going to be running 300-350bhp then direct port Nitrous jets of 100bhp.
that'll be quick
my turbo kit in it's old home beating a 350Z

but there are some quick Ax's on the continent and a 500ps (490bhp) one in Greece allegedly
lightweight rules! power to weight ratio is where it's at lol

[froggy]

still like my old saab 13.2 at 119mph fully loaded on street tyres 1500kg


wheel hp on a hub dyno so a good 500hp flywheel and the whole car stood me less than £1500

[stuartrf]

I did see a video where iirc a mk1 golf vas drag racing a modern golf and it was insanly fast must be sub 10 sec
ill try and find it

[hughjass]

[crazymonkey]

holy hell, I don't think ive ever seen a car launch that hard or quickly before

[TurboDieselWeasel]

Or what about this? AME Racing Polo, something around 1000BHP+ ;D

[fredje8v]

edit: damn dieselweasel, i had exactly the same youtube clip.
Will look for another one ;D

[hendaz]

i like this thread,tis cooool

[crazymonkey]

damn did that polo's back end raise up halfway up the strip

These are the sort of cars I prefer. No wide body kits or bits of plastic stuck everywhere just plain and simple fairly standard looking. Sleepers in their best form

got a couple more. Now I know there are probably going to be a few haters but I love these cars (mainly because Ive owned one ) but here you go.

Accent X3 running a 9 second quarter.



And not quite as fast but I love how it looks standard aparrt from the wheels (exactly like mine but mine was silver)