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    Default Has anyone heard of this car?

    Right i see a tv program on sky the other day called win a mill (I think thats what it was called) Anyway on it they had a Calibra turbo in red and they said it was 1200BHP Now this was filmed at santa pod so i can't see it not being true?!? But they also said it was road legal!!!!!
    Has anyone ever seen or heard of this car??????

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    Yeh its a drag car, does 9 second 1/4 :o Tis a beast, hardly driveable on the road but i guess its road legal... Its not a Vauxhall engine though I don't think..

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    Thats the one

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    its got a v12 in it i think i saw it at pod last year i will dig the programe out and tell ya what engine it has got

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    Yeah ive seen it down USC at Santa Pod afew years back. Its the fastest road legal car in the UK. Its bloody rapid. I think its done the 1/4 in 9 secs and got up to 159mph.

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    fasters road legal car in uk mclaren F1

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    Fatest overall, Caterhams beat it on 0-100-0

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    Pretty sure it was a V8. I see it go on a RWYB day He did one run of 9 seconds and packed up, job done...

    It deffo had nitrous and possibly a supercharger aswell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cambridge
    fasters road legal car in uk mclaren F1
    McLaren does quarter in 11.1!! :D at 138mph :o

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    Ok McF1 is the Fastest Standard Car in the UK

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