I have quite a soft spot for these and a few years back went to the rally of great britain in one with steve cooper from coopers tuning in manchester (his own car)it was running around 320-330bhp we had 3 of us in the car with full clothing 3 holdalls

It sounded trick with a custom exhaust and 0-100 was extremly fast i was fookin gobsmacked on the acceleration .!!

We raced everything on the way to the stages and on the stage after the rally had finished it was ruthless we ate lots of cars up:

Subaru p1
lancia delta evo intergrale
EVO 5
and all sorts of other machinery !!!
We did not get beat off nothing no shit!!!!

He could of been conservative on the bhp figure as we only got it finished the day before we went so it never got dynoed?

Pound for buck these are exceptional cars for the money and 350bhp+and not much will touch you especially on acceleration!!0-100 WHERE THE RACE USUAL IS!!!

If i did not have my heart set on a 3dr cosworth i would defo buy one as im always looking at them for sale !!

Amazing car 3 main weak points are gearbox after 350bhp if treated roughly ?
Clutches are crap oem
Pistons are a little weak once running over 300bhp
Suffer rust corrosion over rear arches if not treated and looked after!!

Great car and i would have 1 over a 5 turbo anyday different league!!!