rare saxo question

1. user_36458 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Sheffield Posts: 733 mk2 cammed vts and Audi S3

   #1 19th November 2009, 20:10

   can any1 help a few years ago while working at reg vardy citroen we had a saxo vts pass though the garage it was 150bhp as standard and had gold vts alloys and i think it was called the 'California' (i think) i was told that there were only 200 ever made but since i have never seen or heard of another has any1 got any info on this?
2. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #2 19th November 2009, 20:14

   there is a saxo san remo which was rumored 150 as standard iirc
3. user_36458 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Sheffield Posts: 733 mk2 cammed vts and Audi S3

   #3 19th November 2009, 20:24

   that sounds possible and would have been a fun car to own i could of bought it but being about 17 at the time and only getting 100 quid a week for training it was just out of my grasp. any1 on here have 1 or know sum1?
4. J222JRA Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield

   #4 19th November 2009, 20:30

   I believe the power claims were never actually backed up by a RR printout.
5. titchster Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2008 Down't road from Sheffield Posts: 4641 Was:16v 106 XS ..... Now: Import 1.8 MX5

   #5 19th November 2009, 20:30

   San Remo, tuned by LAD motorsport.
   
   There must be a thousand threads on them.
6. Phils_VTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 Braintree, Essex Posts: 1936 Mk1 Golf Clipper on fire - '04 EP2 Civic Sport

   #6 19th November 2009, 20:31

   Citroen Saxo VTS San Remo Limited Edition, 1 of 12 ever built. A very rare car in showroom condition inside and out. 160 Bhp with 135 lbs Torque 140mph+ only weighs 900kg
7. johnlambert Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Dublin Posts: 4359 Honda S2000

   #7 19th November 2009, 20:35

   theres one for sale http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/37/48454737.html here in ireland!!!
8. user_36458 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2009 Sheffield Posts: 733 mk2 cammed vts and Audi S3

   #8 19th November 2009, 20:35

   sounds scary i want 1
9. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

   #9 19th November 2009, 21:08

   take the power claim for the san remo with a rather large pinch of salt.
10. Phils_VTR Established Member Joined: Jul 2009 Braintree, Essex Posts: 1936 Mk1 Golf Clipper on fire - '04 EP2 Civic Sport

    #10 19th November 2009, 21:43

    Why wouldn't it be true.
11. raunchz Saxperience Addict Joined: Jul 2005 Solihull / Bournemouth Posts: 14233 2015 Lapiz Blue Golf R

    #11 19th November 2009, 21:48

    LAD built it
12. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

    #12 19th November 2009, 22:04

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by raunchz LAD built it

    exactamundo.
13. dougieph2 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 livingston Posts: 4174 Honda CRX!

    #13 20th November 2009, 01:50

    LAD are shit!!
14. user_12308 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2006 The Lang Toun Posts: 4133 Mk2 Clio V6 #007 of 354

    #14 20th November 2009, 02:21

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by johnlambert theres one for sale http://www.gumtree.ie/dublin/37/48454737.html here in ireland!!!

    
    
    what a great angle to photograph the engine bay from
15. dougieph2 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Dec 2008 livingston Posts: 4174 Honda CRX!

    #15 20th November 2009, 04:24

    lol
16. johnnyg_vts Established Member Joined: Dec 2006 Fleetwood Posts: 2244 2002 Saxo VTS

    #16 20th November 2009, 09:46

    LADs power claims are optimistic considering the 'mods', their rollers would make my push bike a lambo killer.
17. Mochachino Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Nov 2007 Guantanamo Bay Posts: 28700 oyster card

    #17 20th November 2009, 09:55

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dougieph2 LAD are shit!!

    LAD aint shit, just theyre power claims from mods are as generous as ebay induction kits.
18. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

    #18 20th November 2009, 13:53

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by mtpagey what a great angle to photograph the engine bay from

    isn't that just to get the san remo ID plate to prove its a genuine one?
19. pjm300 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2005 Potters Bar United Kingdom (England) Posts: 2749 T/B'd VTS

    #19 20th November 2009, 13:55

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Lew_C isn't that just to get the san remo ID plate to prove its a genuine one?

    in which case my 1.0 ax has a san remo id plate, and therefore has 150bhp
    
    its an engine number plate
20. St_James Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Plymouth Posts: 196 Saxo VTR

    #20 20th November 2009, 14:35

    not a bad price for that one for sale!
21. SanRemoKid Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Westmeath Posts: 9 Vts San Remo Saxo

    #21 15th July 2010, 18:49

    i just after cumn across this thread 4rm last year...mine is a san remo 1..people say lad do bad work..but mine is serios quick..it nearly 160bhp i reckon?
22. craigy_87 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2006 Wishaw United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 7326 Nissan 350z

    #22 15th July 2010, 18:53

    probably not though sadly
23. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

    #23 15th July 2010, 19:27

    The LAD Motorsport San Remo having 160bhp is about as fictional as unicorns, the loch ness monster and the darleks.
    
    This is the actual specification taken from the L.A.D website!
    
    
    ENGINE and EXHAUST
    Power raised to approximately 160 bhp at the flywheel by extensive cylinder head modification, incorporating larger inlet and exhaust ports and revised camshaft timing. An exhaust manifold and system based on the rally Kit Car engine can be fitted to the 160 bhp kit; this produces another 10 bhp raising the power output to approximately 170 bhp.
    
    SUSPENSION
    A completely new suspension package developed by L.A.D. incorporating 35 mm lowered front springs and up-rated dampers to match.
    
    BRAKES
    Cross-drilled front and rear discs.
    Up-rated brake pads.
    
    BODYWORK
    Rear spoiler based on the L.A.D. Saxo Evolution.
    
    
    
    Given that its only really got a basic induction kit, exhaust and doesnt even have higher lift cams (an adjustment of existing timing will give a very slight increase if mapped correctly) it would be very unlikely that its any more than 140bhp in reality.
    
    The suspension is no well known make and the brakes arent really anything to shout about.
    
    The reality is that what LAD offered is no more than any tom, dick and harry can achieve with minimal effort
24. gavin_t Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Southend, essex Posts: 2079 1999 mk2 VTS EP3 2004 civic type r

    #24 15th July 2010, 20:19

    Any pics I a sure I saw a dark blue vts with gold vts wheels a while back for sale on autotrader
25. SanRemoKid Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Westmeath Posts: 9 Vts San Remo Saxo

    #25 15th July 2010, 21:57

    iv it for sale in ireland
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1411495
    hav a luk sure!
26. user_12308 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2006 The Lang Toun Posts: 4133 Mk2 Clio V6 #007 of 354

    #26 16th July 2010, 04:45

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SanRemoKid iv it for sale in ireland http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1411495 hav a luk sure!

    you say its a 1.4 on the log book? hows that if its a genuine (1.6) san remo?
    
    p.s. can you even see with that sun strip?
27. SanRemoKid Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Westmeath Posts: 9 Vts San Remo Saxo

    #27 16th July 2010, 11:51

    i tink the last lad who had it cudn get insured in it so changed it sumhow i dont no reli...hahah it is a genuine 1 doh!haha yea i no ah it grand just sit back and ya can c no boder!!!!
28. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

    #28 16th July 2010, 12:57

    The San Remo's only came in white!
    
    And you cannot change engine size on a log book just for the hell of it, engine numbers have to be confirmed by someone professionally. So if its on as a 1.4 its just a copy
29. SanRemoKid Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Westmeath Posts: 9 Vts San Remo Saxo

    #29 16th July 2010, 13:06

    no just different plates!wel how come every other san remo i looked up was dark navy?any gavin-t also said dat dey are navy?!?
30. werdna Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2009 Leeds Posts: 680 Ep3 Type R

    #30 16th July 2010, 13:52

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SanRemoKid iv it for sale in ireland http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1411495 hav a luk sure!

    Thats not a san remo.
    
    1st of all it's blue and secondly it's on the logbook as a 1.4.
31. Lp12790 Regular Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Oxford Posts: 327 Peugeot 206 GTI 180, Citroen Saxo VTR

    #31 16th July 2010, 13:57

    san remo = white
32. AshC Established Member Joined: Jul 2008 Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 1578 MG ZR...

    #32 16th July 2010, 14:10

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SanRemoKid iv it for sale in ireland http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/1411495 hav a luk sure!

    =FAIL!
33. nicole_ Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Posts: 6713 VTS & EK9

    #33 16th July 2010, 14:11

    all the ones ive ever seen were blue lol,
    anyone got pics of the white one?
34. deans2k8 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 gainsborough Posts: 2337 Vectra 2.0t

    #34 16th July 2010, 14:12

    hw bwt gowin bk 2 skewl n lern sum dam english lang bruv..
    
    sam remo's were white,lad motorsport do good work but there figures they say are a bunch of random numbers put together by some people
35. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

    #35 16th July 2010, 14:13

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nicole_ all the ones ive ever seen were blue lol, anyone got pics of the white one?

    Search saxodaffy his old progress thread is still about
36. nicole_ Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Newcastle Posts: 6713 VTS & EK9

    #36 16th July 2010, 14:38

    wow lol nice, shame it died
    http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...&postcount=356
    so whats the blue one then? and the evo and the silver one?
37. willsy West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S

    #37 16th July 2010, 14:43

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nicole_ wow lol nice, shame it died http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...&postcount=356 so whats the blue one then? and the evo and the silver one?

    evo and the silver one? There will inevitably be copies about. Would expect L.A.D to have kept some kind of documents on cars that they did with chassis numbers etc. Worth a phonecall maybe?
38. Morgzc Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Colchester/Coventry Posts: 2809 92 Mx5

    #38 16th July 2010, 15:50

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by nicole_ wow lol nice, shame it died http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...&postcount=356 so whats the blue one then? and the evo and the silver one?

    www.ladmotorsport.co.uk/saxo-evo.html
39. gavin_t Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Southend, essex Posts: 2079 1999 mk2 VTS EP3 2004 civic type r

    #39 17th July 2010, 20:51

    Interesting, I wonder what this blue one is that I am thinking of
    
    Although that customer review on the lad site made me giggle..........
40. boz Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2005 somewhere on this planet, doing something..... around northumberland or in the middle of the sea Posts: 8774 Mk2 VTS track mk1 turbo vts scooby engined 2CV

    #40 17th July 2010, 21:05

    i would love for someone to test a standard one of these on a reputable RR, it takes a canny bit to get a standard vts to that power.
    
    LAD are a bit naughty when it comes to power output claims.