weight saving

G40 is 770kg in standard trim :)

That makes my G40 185 ish. :) and I'm aiming for over 240 from another polo.

They built them at both Mk2 and 3 or 2 and 2 facelift depending on your point of view. The Mk2s had a little more power and were lighter as well, they almost all went to VW employees at Wolfsburg.

I believe my Sylva is about 600kg - it's very heavy for the type of car it is. Currently has a very mildly tweaked xflow running on a single 45 DCOE. Maybe

85bhp if it's very lucky ? That would be 141.6 bhp / tonne, so that's no good. How about an XE - on carbs they make about 175bhp iirc, so that would be 292bhp / tonne ? Or how about a Hayabusa engine. The car would lose about 50 kg by doing that and with 180bhp the figure would be 327bhp / tonne.

That's more like it :-)

Then there's Cosworth YB power as well - I've seen an example like mine running a 350bhp version. 583bhp / tonne...

Maybe just stick with another xflow...

Mojo? Did you know the owner of the company is a lecture at Derby Uni, IIRC in the media department.

Nope - Mr Phillips' very first Sylva - the Star. (Although I'm anoraky enough to recognise that mine has a leader front end.)

Just like this one

- my eyes etc...)Although mine is yellow.(Argghhh - my eyes etc x 1000...)

Jesus.

That's one ugly car.

I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I can't think of anything uglier - seriously. I just had to buy it...

That's probably a good thing as we had a couple of R1ots in the workshops not long ago and the welding on them wasn't exactly what I would call good. (Think of a pigeon with digestive problems.)

Hmm... Lose the bonnet, doors, spare wheel... spray it with salt and let the good old tin-worm do some work for you... chop the roof... a couple of spokes off the steering wheel... rip any parts you can off the dash... and the roof can go...

Is it legal to drive on the road without a bonnet? It'd certainly improve cooling.

I suppose, once enough bits drop off, although the car actually gets heavier as it turns to rust..

if you want to get rid of the bonnet replace it with a sheet of 6mm perspect.