i was talking to a mate the other day about some of the cars we remember from max power bick in the day, and one that stuck in both our head was milseys camo painted xr3i. since then i have hunted the web for pics but cant seem to find any. does anyone wave any pics or know if it still exists?

 

Quick search on google

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-Escor...p2047675.l2557

 

Thats horrid.

 

I remember this

 

i can remember when it was a clean white 90 spec xr3i

 

I remember this very well, I donbt know what to say about it TBH , it doesn't fit in these days but back then it was spot on, still looks clean

 

It looked like it had been ruined when it was built and it hasn't improved with age. How to fuck your car up

 

Preferred his saph cos, remember watching it eat Dan Anslow (I think that was his name) skyline.

 

Where to start? Dimma 205, loads of the stuff turned out by ecosse, yellow cossie kitted escy cabrio, jamie shaws tvr and 5gtt. Living in Peterborough we'd obviously see the projects about, the 323 was about a lot mostly.

 

Some of the stuff max power featured were hideous, some some of the stuff was awesome (like anything top secret, JUN auto, plenty of cosies made it in, that twin engine golf, etc) so it wasn't all bad IMO.

 

There was some good stuff, but also some proper hideous shit.

Anybody else remember Project Thunder that they gave away in a competition for the winner to then smash it to bits?

RS Kicker which was still about a couple of years back.

Mad Max which was up at X-Treme in Harlow but then vanished.

Project 2000, well it was pink! Was about somewhere in Essex last I heard.

 

was talking about project thunder only the other week

they gave it away on a tuesday or something and on the wednesday the new owner had put it backwards through a chip shop window

his excuse?

never driven a powerful rwd car before

 

you couldn't make it up

 

Certainly didn't do anything for the stereotype boy racer type thoughts of most people about Max Power readers

 

I loved RS Kicker just glad I kept my ERST standard looking and white

 

I liked project 2000, was a pretty serious car with the mountune engine and full roll cage, even if it was pink.

 

he painted that saff green the silly sod,it looked fooking shite

 

Did he? Thought he bought it that colour? It was audi nimbus grey in the end.

 

It was nicely done, probably still have the magazine somewhere.

 

Anyone remember an Rs turbo/xr3i that was custard colour and had red "splash" effect paint?

Also I remember being at a max power live in Birmingham nec and there was an "ice" white Rs turbo that had a full blown p.c with monitor built into the dash with a mouse and everything lol!

 

I remember the xr3i, not familiar with the ICE rs turbo though.

 

i think you may be right owd,either way it looked fooking shite

 

Shit pic I know but .....



Goes with the shit car

 

it was the owners estimates on power and performance times that made me laugh - a 1.2 clio with a K&N 57i would seem to do 0-60 in 6 seconds according to most of them

 

I went to Max Power live 4 times I think. Loved it back then. Although you do ook back and think WTF! lol One well known one local to me was a Honda civic from speed culture in Paignton. Hydaulics, Massive ICE install...you know the score. Was originally Red then got resprayed a metallic blue....and included a horrid wheel change! Chrome baby!