Eh? What on Earth just happened to me?!

[S-Express]

Driving to work this morning, saw a van flying up behind me, overtook me like i was standing still. I wasn't having that so i gave chase. This thing was damn fast It was a VW van (transit sized) with 'Vito Eater' written across the back. Vito Eater?! Blinkin' S2 eater more like! I swear that if my S2 had have been standard I wouldn't have caught him up - that think absolutely flew!
I'm guessing it had had at least a remap, possibly engine/turbo mods too, but I couldn't believe how quick it was. The guy was a prat though, whenever I got up his bum, he brake tested me...... HARD! I hope for his sake I don't see him out of his van - I'll be having words!

[Rusty]

You can get teh 170 TDI in them now, tuneable to over 200 at the wheels!

[istoo]

Sportline vans are a familiar 2.5 inline 5tdi with 174bhp on tap through the front wheels. A mate of mine has one and its got a remap as well so circa 200bhp and it struggles for grip in all but top gear. Off the mark they are useless, but in gear acceleration is quite scary for a van.

[GazzaG60]

whas it white. 50 brake that being white.

my mate has a big sprinter will do 120 no worries. same engine as a e class.

either that or your s2 is too slow. maybe thats what it is lol

[Colesy]

Know a guy who used to work for Jaguar on the XJ220's back in the day. At some point they put a 220 engine into a transit van! Don't think it's still on the road though!

[dest]

That was built as a one off for goodwood iirc

[GazzaG60]

there was an F1 tranny too i believe.

[Phil Payne]

HM Fuzz had a white van on the lower part of the M6 a good few years ago.

In the late 1970s Porsche had a VW piggy-bank van with a big hole in the floor, that grippy steel stuff with a chevron pattern on the floor, and handrails. They used to put test engines in it and blast up and down the Autobahn between Zuffenhausen and Heilbronn with blokes in the back wearing white coats. It was an eerie sight coming up behind you.

[dest]

Google for ford supervan

[Lupo911]

this reminds me to the Old Times... my Eurovans are just been playing with most of the other Cars...

[gavs20v]

Know a guy who used to work for Jaguar on the XJ220's back in the day. At some point they put a 220 engine into a transit van! Don't think it's still on the road though!

yep, still on the road and makes regular appearence at santa pod. theres another story floating around about why the jag lump was fitted to the tranny

Gav

[Chris_w]

theres another story floating around about why the jag lump was fitted to the tranny

Gav

yeh, it was the development vehicle for the engine / transmission. They wanted to keep the body design a secret from motoring press.

one of the main development blokies, Geoff Goddard (google him) was a lecturer at my uni, and delighted in telling us this, along with other stories about his cosworth work with sierras, 190 cosworths and 1000hp 1.3l f1 cars.

[Rocco]

there are some VW van´s with our S2 engine 20vt inside true??

[Jersey Paul]

T5 transporter

I have a 130 bhp / 350nM in line 5 TDi transporter with the addition of 4motion.
Closest thing i could get to an Audi van.
You can get 200bhp with a remap - pretty rapid.

[goodall]

out of interest is that like an audi layout the 4 motion van or is it the haldax type system, seems interesting, imagine if where 20vt'd.

Anyone ever heard the cossie transit colin macrea was meant to have built before his wrc career even, apparently his name in the log book even.