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supercharged pickup!

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Re: supercharged pickup!

Post by MarinaCoupe » Sat May 29, 2010 3:28 pm

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Re: supercharged pickup!

Post by jiversteve » Sat May 29, 2010 4:09 pm

Guesing thats about 140 BHP. It looks from the photos as if the gearbox, back axle suspension and probably brakes are still stock which is a bit of a surprise.

It's a lot of money to fit, probably close to £3000 whatever that is in US$. A tuned Zetec 1.8 should be able to match the power and would be a cheaper install.

Good looking though and I bet it shifts quite nicely when asked.
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Re: supercharged pickup!

Post by PHUQ » Sat May 29, 2010 4:29 pm

Is it really that much? A friend at uni has supercharged his mini (which I think has an A+ engine) for his final year honours project and it cost a lot less than that. Used a take- off supercharger from a new mini.
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Re: supercharged pickup!

Post by Number 63 » Sun May 30, 2010 11:55 am

Pretty cool little car though. 8) Prolly wouldn't get fantastic power because of the lack of charge cooling but still very very cool.
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