Awesome car---This is where it all started for me-1996
12-12-2005, 09:29 PM
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We built this. We sweated over how it should look. We drove it hard and fast. And then we gave it away... such is the life of Max Power project cars.It was August 1993 when Grahame Steed, then editor of Max, hit the streets with a company chequebook, looking for a sound BMW 3-series that could be developed into Project XS. He found a low mileage, white 320i SE, checked it out and promptly brought it home.Before anything else was done, a Clifford alarm and immobiliser system was fitted. Then came the all-essential ICE, followed by Corbeau seats and Momo wheel and gearknob. Already it was looking better inside, but the outside was still stock - and that`s how it was when Project XS made its first public appearance at the London Motor Show.After the show, work started on turning the Beemer into the widest 3-series around. To do that, there was no choice but to opt for a Rieger conversion, which meant that much of the original bodywork had to be cut off. But how we laughed a few weeks later when we got out a tape measure. It was 6ft 4in wide! Rieger had recommended 15in diameter wheels, which even in 1994 were unfashionably small, so we opted for a set of 17in Compomotives; 9ins wide at the front, 11in at the back.That just left the paint. It couldn`t just be any old paint - Project XS had the honour of Max Power at stake, after all. The resultant purple to red fade-in chequer scheme just blew everyone`s mind.With paint like that, the motor had to be a bit special too. Griffin built up one of its 2.5-litre conversions, reckoned to chuck out 190bhp, and we were sorted.
Manufacturer: BMW
Model: 3-SERIES
Derivative: 320i SEEngine: Griffin Motorsport 2.5-litre conversion * longer-throw crankshaft * uprated pistons and con-rods * fast road camshaft * fuel injection * K&N air filter * uprated fuel pressure regulator * twin manifolds * 3in exhausts * reprogrammed EPROM.
Transmission:Standard five-speed manual.Suspension:Lowered * Bilstein gas shocks * Griffin Motorsport spec springs.
Brakes:Eight-groove G-Force discs with competition pads front * standard rear.Wheels And Tyres:Compomotive split-rim alloys with PS five-spoke centres, 9x17in front, 11x17in rear * Bridgestone Expedia 255/45 front, 335/35 rear.
Body Work:Rieger Genesis bodykit with front valance/bumper, side skirts, flared front and rear arches, door extensions, rear valance/bumper and boot spoiler * adjustable carbon-fibre wing * painted with PPG in unique Binksy purple * chequers fading through to the rear.Interior:Momo Daytona 4 leather steering wheel * Momo carbon-look gearknob * Corbeau Pro-Sport kevlar seats * Luke harnesses (six-point for the driver) * Autostyle Unique floor mats * Skeete Auto Design window tints.
ICE
enon DCR930R CD/tuner head unit * Denon DCH500 10-disc autochanger * Phoenix Gold M50 amplifier * 2 x Quart 328cx 3-way component sets (1in tweeters, 4in mid-range and 6.5in mid-bass) * 2 x Quart QM130KX 2-way rear speakers * twin JL 10in subwoofers in boot-mounted enclosure.Security:Clifford ACE 2 alarm system with Sense and Tell, remote opening/closing of electric windows, automatic central locking, Omni-Sensor and Intellisensor * Digital Proximity Sensor * Trak Bak system * immobilisers (Clifford and standard BMW).
12-12-2005, 09:38 PM
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yuk...bodykitted crap 
my propper modding days started when i dropped a stage2 cossie engine and box into my mk2 rs2000 back in 1991 (fook i feel old
)
looked standard apart from a set of 15" wheels
and not a piece of 
fibreglass bodykit crap in sight 
my propper modding days started when i dropped a stage2 cossie engine and box into my mk2 rs2000 back in 1991 (fook i feel old
)looked standard apart from a set of 15" wheels
and not a piece of fibreglass bodykit crap in sight
12-12-2005, 10:12 PM
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what got me was a copy of max power.
It was either 93 or 94 I think
On the front was a really nice red corsa.. really took me when I looked at it and I spent all my pocket money on the mag that week.. about 3 quid I think.
Inside was a feature on a Cossie powered 4x4 van and the write up on it was cool and I just thought one day.
brings back memories- I'd stick a photo up but my dad moved the 500 odd car mags to the loft the other day.
GUTTED always find somet good to read on the bog
Max P was a good read once, and fast car and Revs...
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It was either 93 or 94 I think
On the front was a really nice red corsa.. really took me when I looked at it and I spent all my pocket money on the mag that week.. about 3 quid I think.
Inside was a feature on a Cossie powered 4x4 van and the write up on it was cool and I just thought one day.
brings back memories- I'd stick a photo up but my dad moved the 500 odd car mags to the loft the other day.
GUTTED always find somet good to read on the bog
Max P was a good read once, and fast car and Revs...
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12-12-2005, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by paul16v
In the first issue of max power there was a competiton to win an escort cosworth who remebers that??
a might still have it,
13-12-2005, 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Oranoco
Originally Posted by Damo V
No IIm defo sure it wqas a music shop, remember something being said about guitars ???
How many of the project cars are still alive then. We know Thunder and MadMax died. Project 2000 is still alive as it was on E-Bay not so long ago. XS and Kicker, where are they now?
Yes m8, Dr Rocks on drake street in Rochdale
remember it vividly 
, went through the takeaway next door too
13-12-2005, 10:15 AM
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I used to see that Project Thunder car all the time, the editor of Max Power at the time lived in Oundle same as me.
Saw the RS Kicker around Peterborough quite afew times too.
I read MP from the 2nd issue, and for the first 3 or 4 years it was a VERY good and funny read, after that it went downhill rapildy
Saw the RS Kicker around Peterborough quite afew times too.
I read MP from the 2nd issue, and for the first 3 or 4 years it was a VERY good and funny read, after that it went downhill rapildy
13-12-2005, 10:36 AM
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looks like with that rst, they had the colour changed officially with the dvla
Manufacturer FORD
Model ESCORT RS TURBO
Body type 3 DOOR HATCHBACK
Colour GREEN
Fuel type PETROL
Date manufactured 31 December 1990
Number of previous owners 7
Last owner change 10 March 2001
Manufacturer FORD
Model ESCORT RS TURBO
Body type 3 DOOR HATCHBACK
Colour GREEN
Fuel type PETROL
Date manufactured 31 December 1990
Number of previous owners 7
Last owner change 10 March 2001
13-12-2005, 10:44 AM
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It was a very good mag in the beginning.
One issue I still have (possibly no.3 or 4) has a cossie powered 205, a shootout between the best RWD converted hot hatches, and a tech guide to CVH head porting.
One issue I still have (possibly no.3 or 4) has a cossie powered 205, a shootout between the best RWD converted hot hatches, and a tech guide to CVH head porting.
13-12-2005, 10:44 AM
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i used to read max power, fast car and revs between 95-2000ish but thought they all turned crap never even bothered with pantyline, and seing as im only really into fords it has been fastford and performance ford for me for about 7-8 yrs.
13-12-2005, 10:49 AM
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According to the DVLA, Project XS is still on the road.
Thunder would've been a good car today, painted LC green, ditching the rear spoiler and some better wheels
Thunder would've been a good car today, painted LC green, ditching the rear spoiler and some better wheels
13-12-2005, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by sharaine
remember that one tiff
also remember a white 500 with gold rims racing bikes around that time too
also remember a white 500 with gold rims racing bikes around that time too
graham goode did most of the work on it,I have some pics of it at donno parked next to grahams touring car in the paddock in about 1991 (andy middlehurst was driving it)
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13-12-2005, 03:20 PM
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Anyone remember the origianl 200+bhp series 1 called white heat.That started it all for me. I had one done in exactly the same graphics etc but it was a 1600xr3 Crashed it after 2 months of owning it
Crashed it after 2 months of owning it
13-12-2005, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dunc Maclean
i remember all of em!
the carrodo was written off, and beach off here managed to get the seats out of it and fitted em to his mk1 fez, looked
Dunc
the carrodo was written off, and beach off here managed to get the seats out of it and fitted em to his mk1 fez, looked
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When i was 17 i though it was the best thing since sliced bread in my mk1 xr2 rep rollin on comps aswell
Was a good mag when i had it years ago, i remeber the 205 cossy van aswell
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