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- Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:34 am
- Forum: Members Rides & Introductions
- Topic: $60,000 EXA Turbo!
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$60,000 EXA Turbo!
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- Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:31 am
- Forum: Members Rides & Introductions
- Topic: $60,000 EXA Turbo!
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$60,000 EXA Turbo!
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- Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:28 am
- Forum: Members Rides & Introductions
- Topic: $60,000 EXA Turbo!
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Yes, I had the first GTI-R in NSW! Even had to 'establish' GTI-R records at the RTA with it! Put out the word I was wanting to buy one and arrived in at work to see a message from Jim Richards on my desk. Wondered who was taking the piss! Called him back and it was Jim, who had the first road rego'd...
- Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:18 am
- Forum: Members Rides & Introductions
- Topic: $60,000 EXA Turbo!
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Yeh, good guess. For much of my time on the mag the car was being built - there were occasional mentions of it in the mag. It took 3 years just to build the engine - THREE YEARS! SOO many problems on the engine dyno - breaking two sets of forged pistons - which need to be custom made each time - hav...
- Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:07 am
- Forum: Members Rides & Introductions
- Topic: $60,000 EXA Turbo!
- Replies: 43
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Guys, thanks for the positive comments. And yes, agreed, it's a lot of money to spend, as my dad has been telling me all this time! And friends. And myself! So it's nothing I don't know. But to suggest 'it really should look and go a lot better'?... It's not a drag car, it's not a show car, it's a b...
- Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:13 pm
- Forum: Members Rides & Introductions
- Topic: $60,000 EXA Turbo!
- Replies: 43
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$60,000 EXA Turbo!
Name: Dean Location: Sydney Year/ Model: 1984 Colour: Factory white Period of ownership: 12 years Performance: Around 200kW at engine at 1.3 bar. Engine Mods: EVERYTHING!!! 1.6-litres, E16 crank, shot-peened turbo rods, forged 7.4:1 pistons, O-ringed block, copper head gasket, heavily ported head, h...