Any want a project car??

Never mind... someone probably ended up lovingly stripping it out, and deathing it on a banger track.

-- JackH

As on the RS1600i

Ah, did the RS Turbos have solid tappets? I know the RS1600is did.

Peter

Mmm... all hail the mighty RS1600i.

I used to be privileged enough to own an Mk3 XR3i that was running RS1600i head and suspension - great fun for ragging point to point on twisty country roads. :-D

-- JackH

Nope... but anyone who's bothers to run serious power in one, tends to end up fitting them.

-- JackH

In news: snipped-for-privacy@individual.net, JackH decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows

That rare I forgot about 'em.

I've worked on one, enough to put me off for life.

Agreed.

It's not been driven since the MOT was taken last April so it only just ran out, I don't have a clue what is needed but the car has done say 20 miles since the last one, the battery tray is not that bad, and if you look in the pics on wellcheap gallery you can see it's not a dog by no means.

S2 is in a totally different league, there were only 5000 series 1's ever made, and of that less than 10% survive, someone spending 5k on mine would have a nice car.

A low mileage mint one fetches 6-8k one sold recently with 5k miles on for

I believe uve sold it now ron? I knew it wouldnt be long, I wanted it myself but its a silly idea for me right now...

I reckon like they said worth more than 900 notes but u did want a quick sale...