The BHP per £ Budget Challenge

[Moz]

I was pondering what the maximum amount of BHP per £ is based on the smallest monetary outlay is the other day.

So thought I'd throw this challenge out to the masses.

Minimum spend - Maximum BHP

(can include 2nd hand cars but MUST be road legal....ie no 2nd hand santa pod drag cars etc)

 

[ADJ]

BHP is for boys.

Torque is for men

 

[Stuart]

I would guess you would go for something like an old V12 jag, maybe XJS.
They are not worth much, so you could get maybe 300bhp (if I remember rightly) for a couple of hundred quid.
However, some serious online autotrader abuse is necessary to see what is possible.

 

[Moz]

286 BHP D Reg BMW M5 - £695

Thats 2.43 BHP per £

 

[DMC]

Good thread.. let me have a think .. !!!!

 

[Moz]

Come on you car geeks.....rise to the challenge!

Can anyone beat 286bhp for £695 ?

 

[Maxine]

This reminds me of that car program [will edit when I recall name] that did the biggest depreciating car challenge... Merc SEC (600 or summin) won that.

 

[Gastro]

Steve - is this Italian BHP or German BHP

 

[James S]

Right - really bored so this what I've managed (all from AutoTrader)

3rd Place - 1991 Mitsubishi Sigma 3.0 V6, £500, 202 bhp = £2.47 per bhp

2nd Place - 1989 Audi 90 2.3 20v, £395, 163bhp = £2.42 per bhp

1st Place - 1989 BMW 535i, £375, 211 bhp = £1.77 per bhp

 

[Moz]

Right - really bored so this what I've managed (all from AutoTrader)

3rd Place - 1991 Mitsubishi Sigma 3.0 V6, £500, 202 bhp = £2.47 per bhp

2nd Place - 1989 Audi 90 2.3 20v, £395, 163bhp = £2.42 per bhp

1st Place - 1989 BMW 535i, £375, 211 bhp = £1.77 per bhp

God Damn you you gardening leave layabout!

£1.77 per bhp

Can anyone beat this ?

 

[James S]

Nope - Stuarts right....

JAGUAR Sovereign 5.3 V12 HE F reg - £495, 299 bhp = £1.65 per bhp

 

[Moz]

Nope - Stuarts right....

JAGUAR Sovereign 5.3 V12 HE F reg - £495, 299 bhp = £1.65 per bhp

Can anyone beat £1.65 per BHP then ?

Come on...dig a bit deeper

 

[James S]

Can anyone beat £1.65 per BHP then ?

Come on...dig a bit deeper

I'm spent (and sunburnt - Laptops, AutoTrader and gardening leave is dangerous )

 

[Moz]

1989 Rover 827Si 170bhp £275

£1.62 per BHP

Beat that!

 

[James S]

Bollocks - I concede

 

[Phatgixer]

SL65 AMG

650bhp, 2 bob....

 

[Supercup]

1994 Volvo 940 Wentworth 111bhp £100

90p per BHP

http://atsearch.autotrader.co.uk/WW...urce=1&photo=1&sort=3&ukcarsearch_full=SEARCH

 

[Maxine]

..needs wheel bearings.. Does that count

 

[Maxine]

Not quite the wentworth... but 91p..?

VAUXHALL Cavalier 1.6 GL , 4 Doors, Manual, Saloon, Petrol, 1989 G Reg , Red, MOT-06-2006. CHEAP RUNABOUT, DOES NEED A GOOD CLEAN, Call Anytime Between 9am And 8pm For More Info Or To Make a Appointment £75 p/x to clear

http://www.tandgautos.co.uk/GetDealer.do?did=21941&pageid=1
82bhp [alledgedly]

 

[Supercup]

..needs a good clean.. ! so much for trader prep !