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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:27 pm 
That is held at elvington air strip york every year for britains and europes top modified cars
http://www.totb.co.uk/
WELL IM IN THE RWD CLASS
with 3 of my mates we have decided to run our own little team entry and see what we can do against the big £100,000+budget race teams that use methanol fuel and all sorts of wizadry :lol:
Its also televised on satalite
Any body got some good ideas for the stickers on the car as im going to have some made up to put on and havnt got a clue what
Something to get the Triumph mark noticed 8)
The other cars are
Mk1 with 500 hp + cos engine
Mk2 with 500 hp + cos engine
and a Talbot lotus sunbeam with u guesed it
500 hp + cos engine
Its usually a good laugh camping the night before ,Sitting round the camp fire and eating burnt steak etc etc,


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:33 am 
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Thats the day after Marts track day. Think I'm probably going to be limping home nursing wounds rather than blatting up country saturday evening.

Best of luck to you and your mates, give the big budget boys hell.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:42 pm 
There is mention of this on the E30 forum. Sounds interesting :D


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PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:35 am 
Would not worry about those Cos engines, 215 buick will eat them.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:18 pm 
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Would not worry about those Cos engines, 215 buick will eat them.
Show me a fast 215 buick
I await your reply 8)


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:46 pm 
Well there's a 3.9 that runs 12.604's at the 'Pod, no gas, naturally aspirated.........

Nic Mann's old Rover 3.5 (albeit single turbo'd) ran up to 500BHP as well.......0-120 in 10.1


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:50 pm 
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Well there's a 3.9 that runs 12.604's at the 'Pod, no gas, naturally aspirated.........

Nic Mann's old Rover 3.5 (albeit single turbo'd) ran up to 500BHP as well.......0-120 in 10.1
Reasonable but i asked for fast
Rebel says Buick engine could eat a cos engine
8.4 1/4 is fast and only a 2.0 ltr cossi


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:05 pm 
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Rebel says Buick engine could eat a cos engine
Dunno where he's coming from to be honest :lol:


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PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:24 pm 
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daz, you anywhere near ready for this TOTB .last i heard you where looking for more horses . any good?

rich


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PostPosted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:11 am 
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We eagerly await a report on the goings on of the worlds fastest Triumph Dolomite.

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