top gear lada

jungle-jim · Post by **jungle-jim** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:04 pm

just found this.

blast from the past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd99YZbi7B0

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:21 pm

That was completely awesome

The gearknob after the transformation is the same one in my car too!

cannit · Post by **cannit** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:34 pm

That was great, some years back now!
Top article! Lucky git - even if it is only a Lada

mirage · Post by **mirage** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:36 pm

35BHP!?!?!?!?

cannit · Post by **cannit** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:59 pm

Maybe they dynoed it? It was a bit of a burner! Very old engine, down on the little power it was given from factory... :lol:

brownEJ20 · Post by **brownEJ20** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:24 pm

that is a nice bit of kit but then it cost 100grand :? :?
like to pull next to some young lad in a done up 106 or a clio and to see there face :lol:

slaphead · Post by **slaphead** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:05 am

That engine transplant was always a popular conversion on the Fiat 124/131 - the Lada was just the eastern european low budget version of the 124 - did a fair bit of work on 2x 1800cc versions of the twin cams in my youth - loved them to bits :love:

~Mark

Post by **Ben** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:57 am

It's a beast ....

- actually did quite a nice job of it .....