BeArDy
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was bored last night so sent a email asking about there corsa, you all know the one (20's was in primer at Max etc etc)
here the reply :-
Dear Mr Beard
We never like to reveal inside information, but this project is still ongoing! As we are very busy finding time to do demo cars is very tough, but yes the car did run on 22’s, and we did have a 4.0 Jaguar engine in, but steering became a problem as the engine sat right back into the car and was a lot bigger than the 2.0l turbo lump that was in it before. The car was converted to RWD and a centre seat was implemented like the Mclaren F1. But this was a few years back and progress has grinded to a halt, so the finished project maybe a while coming, but watch this space…..
Regards
Team UV
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Steve
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sounds like fresh BS to me
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N90ATH
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oh dear engine me thinks is a tad too big for car lol
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BeArDy
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Well me and Jacko did speack to them a few years ago at Max and even then they said it had a 4lt V8 RWD with 22's
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Matt H
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They told you a TVR engine though
And the 2.0 8v turbo lump was never in there, that was BS too
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3CorsaMeal
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sounds nice m8, keep us updated
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Steve
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[sarcasm][/sarcasm]
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K2 GTi
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[Keep it factual]
[Edited on 13-03-2006 by Ian]
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3CorsaMeal
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more and more people are getting spanner and sandpaper confident these days which is why we have so many perculiar cars
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Carl
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quote: Originally posted by K2 HOY
[Keep it factual]
[Edited on 13-03-2006 by Ian]
is the enitire post going in the trash can then?!
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boyracer2002
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Beardy will see what happens this year then, see you can do it yourself rather than making me ring them to ask them
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bradfincham
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Its ultimate velocity so whatever is done it will be bodged togethor with fibreglass and a boeing 747 rear wing
Plus imagine driving the car on 22s with a heavy old v8 in the front
WHY ??
Twats
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JadeM
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It all sounds a bit pointless to me
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3CorsaMeal
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blah blah blah.... its a showcase car...blah blah, they prob don't wanna drive it blah blah blah shows what they can do....and all that type of stuff
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Robin
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to be fair though, i could bolt a v8 into my car, stick some 22's on it and it would probably look better than their effort (IMO)
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FlamingCorsa
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yea uv were doing this few years back, at max london 2004 was last time i spoke to bloke from there and he was saying bout problems with steering he did have a plan to get round it but it was MAD!!!!! the car was never gonna be done for the road just a crazy mad show car!!!!
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3CorsaMeal
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tbh show cars are just turning into a medley of amazing parts, all welded together and covered in fibreglass.
maybe people should just fill a wheelbarrow with bits and not bother fixing em all together
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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a car isnt a car unless you can drive it
things like the UV car are just pointless abstracts of modern art
[Edited on 13-03-2006 by Corsa_Sam]
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woodwardsbodyshop
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i think its pointless putting engines in purely show cars, whats the point, they get trailored everywhere anyway, why not just make an install under the bonnet (like the rustlers 306)
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3CorsaMeal
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because it shows that the company can bolt all manner of things into a car but not have the skills to engineer a working and driveable car.
a showcase if you like of their stupid ideas, shows customers that they are capable of carrying out their own silly ideas
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woodwardsbodyshop
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so i could just take a stupidly big engine, put it in a car, bolt it down but never start it, does that make me on par with uv?????
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