hello guys does anyone know what happened to soys car, see it in a mag ages ago and he said he was breaking it did he do it as that was a legend of a car?

 

yer got broken ages ago

 

shame that really liked that car

 

Ya had a 400bhp monster under the bonnet

 

as said above it got broke for parts. was my fave s2 ever, if im not mistaken a user off here bought some of the parts, heres a few pics of soy.

 

yep a user on here has the front end on a black s2 looks hard as

 

cracking car looks the nuts

Shame about it being broke for parts

 

Loved that car

 

I think the shell lives on,as i remember a bloke posted on fiestaturbo.com saying he had it.

http://www.fiestaturbo.com/forums/vi...&highlight=soy

 

I'm getting the word WEAPON !!!!


I had the pleasure of a spin up the road in it when it was at 7psi and couldnt be revved beyond 5500rpm... and it wasted a Skyline over the same distance.

Its the 'James Dean' of RS Turbos......


Much to some peoples disgust.....

 

i think its this one greg

 

What makes this car such a "legend"?

 

But who has the engine now??

 

Icon in the rst world.

 

Was a cracking motor. I don't think it was ever properly tested though so we'll never know what it could do. James (teh owner/builder) was a really nice guy

Steve B from here broke it for him and many many parts live on in other cars

 

cliff s1 has the zorst from it if i recall

it was a legend daz as it sttod out the most from all the others and i had so many neaw ideas done to it


but as oranoco said, it wasnt really tested as such as he woke up one day as said " i could have a bmw M3 instead of this car"

and mr barrett done is magic

 

That's the point I would wake up in a cold sweat screaming

 

So it never actually did anything to gain legendary status?

 

Styling spec and power,what more do you need ?

 

Think it had a legendary spec rather than being legendary for achieving anything.

Was still fucking awesome though

 

no daz it done some new ideas that people followed, it never done the times but then remember lewis's car,,,,,, that was a legend and done fook all too


BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY

WHERES THE FUCKING PICTURES OF YOUR OLD SHED THESE DAYS AS THE EATHE WA GOOD A FEW WEEKS AGO


personally i dont think you ever owned the car,,, just found a few pictures and wanted to "be someone"


so show the piccys and prove me wrong


oh and soys car was one of the first cars stripped, with a gay boy bonet and cut out bumper, chrome engine bay, cossie managment and had loads of nice subtle touches,,,,,,, it inspired alot of people into the rs game based on its looks ect,,,,,, lots of people into rs's just like a quick car and a image rather than a fast car that a proper tool


soys done that imo and got others looking at erst's as cars

 

I was just trying to understand why a car that hasn't actually done anything legendary, is a legend.

Lewis's car was never a legend in my eyes either Ginge.

Personally I despise that front end and the rest of it is just the usual S2.

It may have been a technical marvel, but that doesn't make it a legend surely.

 

daz legendry just means something that will be remembered in a iconic way i guess

and has to be said soys car was just that

just like if you posted piccys up of your car im SURE it couldbe legendry too


BUT you have to SHOW SOME FUCKING PICTURES FIRST !!!



SO

can we see piccys of you car mate

 

I have always wondered the same. Nice looking car, but not a legend.

 

It was a well talked about car for an awful long time, even when it wasn't about for ages
In all of it stages

Some say if it's talked about even when it doesn't exist anymore it's called a legend

 

legˇend [ léjjənd ] (plural legˇends)


noun

Definition:

1. old story: a story that has been passed down for generations, especially one that is presented as history but is unlikely to be true


2. old stories: a group of stories presented as history but unlikely to be true


3. modern myth: a popular myth that has arisen in modern times


4. celebrity: somebody famous admired for a skill or talent


5. inscription: an inscription, especially a title or motto, on an object


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thats a fair point there ,,,,,,,,, must be a legend then

 

Sorry Christian,

But the fact people are still asking about the car nearly 3 years after it was broken suggest to me that is actually is a legend.

How many posts do you see asking about say.. Sean Bicknells old Escort or Bruce Reads 500 or Monte Dans Escort.

All very accomplished cars that have proved themselves... like your car.


Yes they come up occasionally but not with the monotonous regularity that SOY comes up.


It is like James Dean, the bloke made 3 films, that werent particularly good and goes and dies.... he has never had a chance to get old and fat and bald, he will always be 'beautiful' and its the same for SOY.

It never failed at anything because it was broken before it had a chance, but everyone accepts it had awesome potential and could have gone on to set some awesome times.

BUT We will never know and thats part of the myth that is SOY.

 

Here it is

 

Well written neilm

 

Totally agree mate Well written

heres to a true legend

 

Ahmed only mapped that car half boost it never went any where near what that engice was capable of that engine is now in an s1 round croydon

 

I had alot to do with the car over the years and built the car up in its final stage from a shell onwards so its rather fitting that I was the 1 to strip it when it was finally broken.....

The car will always be spoken about because of the fact it mad many stages of tune and bodywork over the years (7 years infact)... Thinfs like the mental twin tailpipes coming thru the back panel where the number plate used to be (takes balls to cut a rear panel on a mint car I'm sure you'll agree)


Anyway I'm not here to argue weitherthe car is a legend or not but heres a few pics that I have....


http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/06...Sx/Soys%20RST/


Steve.....

Final buildrer of SOY and then the man responsible for the final strip and sell!!!!

 

wow! only asked what happened to it and people are arguing whether its a legend? well i can understand he could of gave us more of an idea of what the thing could really do, but i see it as not as a legend but one we all should never forget! and the fact remains is was one hell of a car to people likes or dislikes!

 

Thats the one now that looks the bollox

 

Aye and that's in bits now too I sold it like that to 'Stevenebm' who did a resto on it, fitted loads of cool stuff like a 2.0ltr 16v Zetec, big rear brakes, roll cage, leather ect ect...then sold it! Not sure who has the shell now but i know stevie kept the engine for his S1 project. So some of the bits off SOY have changed hands quite a bit since it got broke lol

 

I think Soy is more remembered than many other top RST's due to the fact this was the car that did all the shows from 4/5 years back & was running at all the drag race venues. It has been in a few mags as well in various guises (I forgot about the exhausts through the rear panel) and this is what people remember more than what times it put down. I think the last time it was featured (Perf Ford iirc) they had it down as being a legend car.

Similar story with Lewis's B19 TRB. It looks non-standard externally (big intercooler with cut-out bumpers. Bad-boy bonnet), people know what engine mods and new parts (engine-wise at the time: Zetec conversion) are fitted & that's what people remember.

That's not to take anyting away from the new breed of RST's pushing boundaries & achieving targets just merely to understand why people remember Soy & B19.

 

Dont worry the legend lives on............


I have SOY's bonnet struts!