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BT1 5 speed Turbo 4 SALE

Started by sweet-na · 4 June 2003 · 13 replies

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sweet-naArchived member
Location: Adelaide Manual/Auto: Manual Speedo Reading: 220 000 (20 000 since rebuild) Asking Price: around $9000 Pictures no Other Information: Just an expression of interest really guys, but if i get the right price i'll sell. List of detials include: - September 1988 BT1 Turbo on LPG @ 12PSI - Burgundy with coded bumpers and Group A front bar(brand new) and beige interior - strengthened 5 speed box - Boost gauge, BOV - factory LSD - 3 inch exhaust from turbo back with no mufflers -hi-flow cat - Hayes competition clutch - engine (RB30) fully rebuilt 20000km ago (fresh head, valves, lifters, pistons, tappets etc, etc) - mild head work - balanced and blueprinted engine - new ECU, radiator, AFM, CAS, timing belt - rebuilt T3 turbo (not highflowed) - Crow Cam - cold air induction setup (drawn from front spoiler) with pod filter - lowered king springs all round with Bilstein shocks - adjustable panhard rod - Nolathane trailing arms - New calais lights - Pioneer sound system (6 inch fronts, 6x9 rears and 3150 deck) - rolling on 15 inch chasers with 215 60 series tyres and hubbies - estimated 240kw or 170rwkw - thousands spent This car has a lot of potential, and with a highflowed T3 or standard T4 along with a decent front mount, it would have to be into the 12 second bracket. It is in excellent condition both inside and out, although a nice set of chrome 17s would set it off nicely against the burgundy paint. The exhaust sounds great and is not loud considering it is a 3 inch with no mufflers. The fact that its on gas means it is relatively cheap to run, with a full tank (45 litres) getting u around the 300km mark, which means $15 usually gets you 300kms. Runs fine on petrol, but goes much better on gas as it has been tuned to gas. Had problems with pinging but was fixed with cold air induction, new AFM and richer fuel mixutres. No i don't have a 1/4 mile time. Thanx guys
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FLWLSSArchived member
is this straight gas (gas research) or both??
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sweet-naArchived member
Its dual fuel mate, like i said runs fine on petrol but goes much harder and runs smoother on LPG
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sweet-naArchived member
cant be many factory VL Turbo 5 speeds on gas out there that go as good as this one does. keeps up easy with GenIIIs....
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morepsiArchived member
hmm duel fuel, if it doesn't run real good on Petrol, rip it out and make it straight gas, much neater, and probably get better performance again. Rather than estimate the power output, chuck it on a dyno, get it tuned and then you'll have concrete evidence Good luck with the sale of your pride and joy cheerz morepsi
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sweet-naArchived member
the reason i say its got 240kw morepsi is coz when i bought it i did see a dyno sheet with this figure on it. since then though ive done a lot of stuff, so i am 99% sure that it would be putting out 240kw minimum, it would more likely be around the 250kw figure actually. was gonna do a straight gas conversion but since it was an everyday car, and the gas indicator is never accurate, i thought it was just safe to have as an emmergency back up. god knows its saved me heaps of times already!!! it runs fine on petrol, doesnt miss a beat, but goes harder on gas. theres is absoloutely nothing wrong with the petrol system. cheers for the thoughts anyway morepsi
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morepsiArchived member
no probs man, sounds like you got a quick little jigga on ya hands and hopefully some one will pick a bargain!
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sweet-naArchived member
i like the way ur body goes bump bump bump.
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morepsiArchived member
Hey that's a glandular problem and ...... oh...you were bumping the post...never mind ops: Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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sweet-naArchived member
yeah, lol morepsi, just thought id try and disguise the bump a bit, u know, a bit like the way im disguising this one.................... :roll: :roll: :roll:
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twiggy_cosmoArchived member
hey, what suburb u in?
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sweet-naArchived member
Hallet Cove mate, but im regularly down around the Gawler, Elizabeth area if u wanna have a look. where bouts u from?
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twiggy_cosmoArchived member
Glenelg. I've got uni exams for the next 2 weeks, but after that I will contact u if it's still available. can i get ya e-mail?
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sweet-naArchived member
u have a pm twiggy
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