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Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby Vandalism » Fri Sep 25, 2020 6:20 pm

a first for the sport, apparently its a 2016 model, looks a bit funny with no front end panels...not much there!

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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby Luke » Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:42 pm

4 yrs :shock: they don't build em to last like they used to :lol:
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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby Vandalism » Sat Sep 26, 2020 9:39 am

place your bets now, is it going to be quite tough due to the modern safety designs...or just fall apart because its made in turkey or where ever :lol:
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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby Vandalism » Sun Sep 27, 2020 10:05 pm

did quite well to be fair, wasnt used in great anger but it turned up on a cool rig of another mk8 towing it 8)

it lives to fight another day 8) unlike a mk5 that got reversed into by a mk6 :shock:

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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby Luke » Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:13 pm

i suppose no matter how it's build it won't have much rust on at that age :D
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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby oldyellar » Tue Sep 29, 2020 9:08 pm

Vandalism wrote:a first for the sport, apparently its a 2016 model, looks a bit funny with no front end panels...not much there!

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What engine was fitted?
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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby Vandalism » Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:50 pm

was cleane yes :lol:

looked like the 2.0/2.3 out of the ford granada scorpio/ford galaxy people carrier
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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby ME » Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:06 pm

It was probably delivering Amazon parcels the next day. :lol:
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Re: Banger Racing - the first mk8 to be raced

Postby MinorMatt » Mon Oct 05, 2020 11:21 am

ME wrote:It was probably delivering Amazon parcels at the time. :lol:


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