Almost certainly a repost at some stage im sure.

Havent seen the bloke for YEARS now, so know Idea if its still running or whatever.



If anyone likes the strut brace, to make another one out of the same F1 tub spec carbon would be 9 grand IIRC

 

inlet setup looks interesting

 

Touring car roller barrels, carbon inlet plenum custom made by an F1 fabrication company, and 8 injectors.

He basically got a BTCC motor, and then to get to its final spec he sat down and thought "if they didnt have so many rules in touring cars, what else would they do to the engine....."

 

what was the guys name who owned/did the car?

wasnt Steve Guirey was it?

 

No mate, his name was/is "Grom" (well nickname, real name graham, cant remember his surname though)


This is the car from the outside:





And this is the bonnet which you would probably remember if its the same car you are on about?:



Up the carbon fibre door cards (again proper F1 spec stuff not all the crap we get from "custom carbon" etc for our cossies etc) it had grass airbrushed onto it.

Sadly ive not got any high res pics of it cause the airbrush work was absolutely stunning in real life, real jaw dropping detail and you just cant get it in those pics, makes the engine bay look a mess but in real life it really was awesome.


Driveshafts were custom made, and were hollow

 

chav looking piece of shit nova externally but with wonerful trickerty under the skin

 

And all in a nova, i will give you Ł300 for it

 

Whats chav looking about it?

The "mule bonnet" is a bit off the wall, but how is there anything about that car which is remotely chavvy looking?

 

it was all going well till you posted the car that enigne is in

im guessing its quite a quick little beastie then?

 

That might get you one of the valves for the remote reservoir coilovers, which were about 10K worth IIRC

 

I forgot about the passionford blinkers brigade

Take one BTCC car, reshell it into something half the weight, then keep adding to the spec list with things the rules didnt allow, and im guessing its going to be quick, but I never went in it so dont know first hand, still wasnt quite finished last time I met him.

 

all that must of cost a small fortune, must have more money than sense
What times was it producing must of been pritty nippy

 

not blinkers mate, im just not that keen on purple novas with dodgy airbrushing

i can understand the time and money spent and fair play, just not my cup of tea.

engine looks mental tho, and it sounds properly sorted and i expect that its been done like that so you just have no idea what the car is capable of

paint it a decent colour and id prolly like it a lot more lol

 

the rear suspension looks broke in the same way the local saxo boys have theirs looking.

paint isnt really to my liking, and there bumpers look like theyve had too much colour coding and the black trim bits are missing or painted.

wheels look like nasty super T's

not doubting its a pukka setup car, just think hes gone a bit wrong in the styling department, a relatively standard looking SR would be so much better imo.

 

Rear suspension looks like its a fully tubbed out back end on coilovers exactly the same spec as a BTCC car, I cant help it if you just dont happen to understand that

 

What a beautiful engine............ in such a hideous looking car.

 

That looks some toy . Looks like it would make a fool off a lot of cars. You have any idea what the engine was putting out?

 

im all for novas as much as i am fords but that looks terrible from the outside

acctuall the engine bay looks gay aswell, he's took what would be an awesome looking engine bay & painted it all with his sisters nail varnish to make it look gay

 

only on passionford, thats peeps can't see threw the paint & airbrushing to see the truely one off stuff on this car

When i get home chip i'll upload the better pics i got of the engine and air-brushing.

how many years now has this car been in the making?

it had the F1 carbon strut-brace & rear spoiler, Titanium custom Exhaust system, roller barrel throttle bodies, 8 injector setup and rev'd to over 9000rpm

 

Nice car and i even like the colour. I do hate the airbrushing though, just not my cup of tea.

 

..omg what a horrible looking chav mobile

 

It would be in the ballpark of 300bhp @ nearly 10,000rpm I would imagine, but ive got no official figure for it.

Seriously nuts spec of motor.

 

Here have a reaction you are so desperate for:

Merry xmas

 

that must sound the absolute bollox when its flat out

 

Had to ask.....do they use Nova door cards on F1 cars?

 

Love this car, chip didnt he used to use roybacer back in the day? i have not seen any progress of this car on forums for years?

 

Looks completely gash, but lovely spec!

 

Apologies if my statement wasnt obvious enough, its the spec of the carbon not the shape of the door I was referring to, formula 1 cars dont have doors mate.

Just as I think I have made an idiotproof post, along comes a bigger idiot that I allowed for

 

He's not really an internet person but he used to be on there very occasionally yeah, back in the day.

I used to love that site, despite the volvo windscreen incident

 

..that dont need a reaction..i am talking the truth on this one occassion..nice spec engine though and can say chip youd look good in it

 

Yup was a funny site!, i used to look at the car on topbuzz also!, sure it started off with just twin webber 45's!

 

Greham De Suy was the guys name!
www.topbuzz.co.uk pop on there Chip, the car is in the nova gallery section near the bottom! last update jan 01!

 

Reason I mentioned the name was the "SMG" written on the bonnet, as "SMG Tuning" is still around.

 

Was the funniest site going without a doubt when it was at its peak

Picture of the bird from the volvo incident, I still remember some of the photoshops but sadly havent got any of them saved.



Yeah it went through a few different engines.

His mates had some pretty cool cars too, all in lairy colours:




All absolutely screamers on either carbs or TB's and big lairy cams

 

Pepe was/is a truly awesome car, properly individual, stuck 2 fingers up at everyones misconceptions and had money spent on it with an unparralelled level of commitment

IIRC the pale blue one is in fact the same car as the red one in the pic with pepe after simon got it sprayed.

 

Thats who did some of the headwork for Grom I believe

 

spec sounds offensive however i really dont like the colour/airbrushing/wheels, its definitly love hate, or hate on here

looks like a seirously mental car, respect to him

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btmqc...widgets/sf.swf

 

lmfao @ the volvo incident!
The yellow one used to get down Guilford cruise a fair bit 'back in the day' was it 5 stud to fit the super touring rims iirc?
I do think PEPE has a gash ally roof mount spoiler now though!