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[Yasmine Lee]

anyone notify gumtree that this may be a bad ad?

[X30XE]

anyone notify gumtree that this may be a bad ad?

You jest surely? 

[ted_one]

Big misconception amongst the general public as to what the police do to their cars,which is virtually nothing,just add the usual 
electronics and livery,may be beef up the rear end to carry motorway accident equipment on those cars. Think now when it comes to Vauxhall they go for the VXR specs.Josh Wyatt is the man on this subject as we all know and I bow to his superior knowledge on this subject

[tigers_gonads]

speak to any race engine builder they will say that the MAX you cab get on a normally aspirated engine in 100BHP per ltr.

So a 2.6 should be no more than 260BHP (at a bloody hard push) but yes will require a lot of work at a cost of at least a couple of grand.

Some how I do not think the police will do that.

Police spec cars use same engines as road cars but the cars are lightened. maybe a slight remap but thats all.

Honda was getting 100 bhp per ltr as standard in a vtec road car over 20 years ago
Iirc, the 2ltr redtops in the caverlier bttc cars was getting close to 300 bhp in the late 80's with fancy cams and some lightening of the flywheel ect 


Anyway, I hope the police upgraded the autobox because 300 brake would trash a AR25 in about 10 minutes 

[tigers_gonads]

anyone notify gumtree that this may be a bad ad?

You jest surely? 

Nah, lets have some fun with the muppet first 

[dbug]

The guys talking bollux - guess he hopes it will sell his car to some poor unsuspecting buyer.

[ted_one]

It's a pity that there's no close up of the speedo as in a lot of ads, RS calibration sticker might have been a pointer to police ownership

[X30XE]

It's a pity that there's no close up of the speedo as in a lot of ads, RS calibration sticker might have been a pointer to police ownership

The only remotely feasible possibility I would think is that it could have been a CID/Chief Insp. car, which wouldn't necessarily have had a calibrated speedo.  I viewed a facelift 3.0 estate years ago that had come from the plod with ~70k miles on, but other than the steelies and placcy wheel trims you wouldn't instantly know. Should have bought it with hindsight.   

[Kevin Wood]

speak to any race engine builder they will say that the MAX you cab get on a normally aspirated engine in 100BHP per ltr.

So a 2.6 should be no more than 260BHP (at a bloody hard push) but yes will require a lot of work at a cost of at least a couple of grand.

Some how I do not think the police will do that.

Police spec cars use same engines as road cars but the cars are lightened. maybe a slight remap but thats all.

Honda was getting 100 bhp per ltr as standard in a vtec road car over 20 years ago

.. and they rev to around 8K RPM, IIRC.

Iirc, the 2ltr redtops in the caverlier bttc cars was getting close to 300 bhp in the late 80's with fancy cams and some lightening of the flywheel ect 

I've seen one do that on a dyno, again it was doing about 9K RPM

Anyway, I hope the police upgraded the autobox because 300 brake would trash a AR25 in about 10 minutes 

An engine that peaky with an autobox would be undriveable anyway, not to mention the fact that there's no way a V6 would stand the revs required to make that sort of power.

[05omegav6]

only 141.000 miles and a auto for a plod car ?

Most Met Omegas were autos

The guys talking bollux - guess he hopes it will sell his car to some poor unsuspecting buyer.

Two minutes to swap out the speedo, means nothing

speak to any race engine builder they will say that the MAX you cab get on a normally aspirated engine in 100BHP per ltr.

So a 2.6 should be no more than 260BHP (at a bloody hard push) but yes will require a lot of work at a cost of at least a couple of grand.

Some how I do not think the police will do that.

Police spec cars use same engines as road cars but the cars are lightened. maybe a slight remap but thats all.

Nope... they might be lighter as they roll out of the factory, but by the time they're equipped...
Take the Omega, most civvy facelifts have sunroofs and electric rear windows, many have full electric seats. That little lot is probably 60kgs, but plod cars have extra bracing in the roof, springs are thicker (and therefore heavier). Fully equipped, a plod car will easily weigh more than an Elite with the same engine/gearbox

That car, with wood trim and CD spec seats is almost certainly not an ex plod car, especially being a 2.6...

[05omegav6]

Also... prefacelift headrests, MID, no plod headlining, no xenons. Car has obviously be messed about, as none of the panels on the righthand side match either...

Wouldn't touch it with Stemos at £200, let alone £800

[martin42]

Add been reported as fraudulent 

[cem_devecioglu]

I agree with most of the comments above..  however, a naturally aspirated 2.0 litre honda s2000 can make 240 hp..


although I dont think the car mentioned in the ad have the necessary structure and work (which may cost a lot ) I still think that a gm v6 with a properly machined bottom end and some throttle setup can force the doors of 300 hp..


I already know a supercharged one with 400 hp +  nos..

[cem_devecioglu]

I agree with most of the comments above..  however, a naturally aspirated 2.0 litre honda s2000 can make 240 hp..


although I dont think the car mentioned in the ad have the necessary structure and work (which may cost a lot ) I still think that a gm v6 with a properly machined bottom end and some throttle setup can force the doors of 300 hp..


I already know a supercharged one with 400 hp +  nos..

and yes 2.6