My uncle had one, they pull like a train, especially higher up. And as others have said, very expensive to maintain, I remember him saying the brakes discs (13-inch jobbies!) and head bolts came from Germany and were expensive/hard to get hold of, but that was a good few years ago.
Originally Posted by
CrOwSoN15
Awesome cars, I love the fact they hit top speed in 5th, whereas 6th is just a cruising gear!
Also I seem to remember the top speed was quite a bit higher than the claimed 172/5(can't remember which)!
Geared to pull 176mph at 4000rpm from memory. I.e. 44mph per 1000rpm.