Your car history and BHP

[Turbodave]

215bhp from a Redtop... what was the spec on that?

[Mkengineering]

Originally Posted by Turbodave

215bhp from a Redtop... what was the spec on that?

From memory

450 fuel pump
Kent cams
650 injectors
Custom tubular manifold
Uprated lifter and valves
Ported head
Forged bottom end
3" straight no cat exhaust

I wanted too boost it but other plans came in

[JohnM 855 T5R]

Being an old sod, I'll have to dredge my memory banks. Cars listed in terms of age rather than the sequence in which I owned them.

1960 Mk1 Mini 850 - 38bhp

1963 Ford Corsair 1500 - 59bhp

1966 Ford Cortina Mk 1 GT 1500 - 78 bhp

1967 Ford Cortina Mk 2 GT 1500 - 100 bhp rallied by me

1967 Mk1 Austin Mini Cooper "S" 1340 Longman - 101bhp rallied by me

1969 Triumph Spitfire Mk 3 1300 - 75bhp

1972 Ford Escort RS1600 Mk 1 1700cc Mounttune - 150bhp rallied by me

1982 Escort RS1600i Mk 3 - 115bhp

1984 Ford Capri 2.8i Special Mk3 - 160bhp

1985 Ford Escort Turbo Mk3 - 132bhp

1986 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 - 225bhp

1986 Ford Fiesta XR2 Mk1 - 96bhp

1987 MG Maestro - 115bhp

1987 MG Metro - 72BHP

1988 MG Metro Turbo - 93bhp

1989 TVR 450Se - 317bhp

1991 Rover 827Sli - 168bhp

1992 Rover 820 Si - 140bhp

1993 Rover 820Se - 120bhp

1994 TVR Griffith 500 - 320bhp

1994 Volvo 855 T-5R Gul - 240bhp currently owned

1995 Volvo 855 T5 - 225bhp

1996 TVR Cerbera 4.2 - 360bhp

1997 Volvo C70 T5GT - 240bhp owned this from new and everyday car for 18 years, 370,000 miles

1997 TVR Cerbera 4.5 RedRose - 440bhp

2001 BMW 316SE Compact - 115 bhp

2004 C70 Convertible GT - 250bhp

2008 C30 R Design SE Sport T5 Polestar - 250bhp still owned everyday car

2011 C70 Convertible Polestar Solstice Edition - 250 bhp still owned everyday car.

Total BHP - 5044 I think

I'm sure I must have forgotten some along the way. If I still owned some of these in pristine nick, I'd be a millionaire!!
John

[EssexExile]

If you still owned some of those in pristine John, you'd be broke!

[JohnM 855 T5R]

Originally Posted by EssexExile

If you still owned some of those in pristine John, you'd be broke!

I'd certainly be cash poor........ but asset rich. Who needs food anyway lol.

[met24]

Another excellent work-avoidance opportunity here! Since 1996, I've had:

1989 Land Rover 90 Diesel Turbo - 85bhp when they weren't escaping through a blown exhaust or being TWOCed. First car, had it for 6 weeks

1992 Golf CL auto - 75bhp - boring but dependable. Even took a glider to Scotland with it.

1993 Mercedes 320E auto - 220bhp. Went like stink in a straight line and seemed to do 25mpg no matter how you drove it, so I tended to drive it like stink. Didn't really do corners though, and was fond of visits to the garage. (Even 80s Mercs will end up as bangers if previous owners haven't looked after them.)

2002 Passat V6 TDI - 150bhp. Lovely engine, I went for the V6 partly to have something a bit different and partly so I wasn't going to spend months trawling the pages and pages of 4-bangers.

2011 BMW 330d - 245bhp. "Ah, this what a car that doesn't understeer feels like," I said on the test drive as I rapidly retrained myself not to aim for 2 feet inside the apex of the corner.

After my now-ex-wife and I decided to get rid of the disaster of our 2016 S-Max, we replaced it with a 2015 V70 D5. I found that if both cars were in the drive, I'd often choose to take the Volvo. Which meant that when we split up and I decided it was time for a change, away went the BMW and in came the ...

2019 V90 T5 - 250bhp

And despite some recent niggles and annoyances, I don't think the V90 will be leaving any time soon.

[Polestar Pete]

Mini with Austin Allegro engine swap - 62bhp
1978 Ford Cortina 1.6L - 65bhp
Fiat Punto - 75bhp
1997 Ford Escort 1.6 Zetec - 90bhp
1998 Ford Mondeo ST200 - 200bhp
2005 Ford Mondeo ST TDCi - 155bhp
2002 BMW E46 330D - 186bhp
2011 Mercedes Benz E350 CDI - 265bhp
2006 Porsche 911 4S - 350bhp
2011 Land Rover Freelander 2 - 185bhp
2012 Land Rover Range Rover - 313bhp
2013 Land Rover Evoque - 150bhp
2014 Porsche Macan S - 286bhp

Incoming - 2017 Volvo XC60 T8 - 407bhp

[Brimfull]

Originally Posted by Brimfull

Just for fun list your previous cars in order of ownership and their respective BHP...I will go first:

1994 Ford Escort 1.3- 60bhp

1994 Ford Mondeo 1.8- 115bhp

1990 Volvo 480 ES 1.7- 105bhp

1992 Rover 220 GTI 2.0- 140bhp

1994 Rover 620 SI 2.0- 130bhp

1990 Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 2.0 8v- 115bhp

1996 Rover 800 Vitesse Sport 2.0T- 200bhp

1990 Vauxhall Calibra 2.0 16v- 150bhp

1994 Vauxhall Calibra 2.0 16v- 150bhp

1995 Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6- 170bhp

2001 Ford Mondeo 1.8- 125bhp

2003 Vauxhall Vectra SRI 2.2- 150bhp

1999 Vauxhall Vectra GSI 2.5V6- 197bhp

1994 Subaru Impreza WRX STI V1 2.0T- 240bhp

2004 Vauxhall Vectra SXI 1.9 CDTI - 120bhp

2005 Vauxhall Vectra SRI 2.2 Direct- 155bhp

2005 Toyota Corolla T SPORT 1.8- 190bhp

2006 Vauxhall Vectra VXR 2.8T V6 remapped to 290bhp

2008 Mercedes CLK 320 CDI 3.0 V6- 220bhp

2002 Saab 9-5 AERO 2.3T- remapped to 280bhp

2004 Mazda RX8 1.3 Rotary Engine- 231bhp

2006 Seat Leon TFSI FR 2.0t- 200bhp

2003 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0- 65bhp - (Current car whilst searching for a T5)

2007 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2- 85bhp

Total BHP- 3883

Can now add a 2009 Volvo V50 T5 R-Design 230bhp SE to the list

[Existential Crisis]

This task would take me forever, I have a list of over 200 cars from 29bhp Dyane, 34hp Beetle to 300hp plus m3 and porsche 928...

[Brimfull]

Originally Posted by Existential Crisis

This task would take me forever, I have a list of over 200 cars from 29bhp Dyane, 34hp Beetle to 300hp plus m3 and porsche 928...