own up

bjrespect · Post by **bjrespect** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:20 pm

me and my mate have been disscusing cherry bombs in a slightly drunken state

and iv come to the conclusion that your not a real petrol head till you have owned a cheery bomb

so own up who has had one lol

Semproxion · Post by **Semproxion** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:55 pm

I've owned one.

Never fitted it though. Planned to but wrote off the car instead

a19undertaker · Post by **a19undertaker** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:49 am

had one on my 2.0 ghia cortina waaaay back in 1990

originally came off an opel manta 2.0 which my mate wrapped round a tree so i got the bomb for nowt

those were the days...twin 40's, kent fast road cams (not set up and running like a bag of sh**e)
i loved my tina, traded her in for a sierra

dave-mg · Post by **dave-mg** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:46 am

lol ive had a couple on cars i used to own ages ago now llf.

216si · Post by **216si** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:54 am

had one on me mini

JAKEBARLZ · Post by **JAKEBARLZ** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:51 am

had one on a metro

Tomcat T · Post by **Tomcat T** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:53 am

Mates mrs had one on her mini also

600_Nutta · Post by **600_Nutta** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:54 am

Am I a double petrol head then

I had 2 on my 1275 GT, well untill the police told me to take the rear one off anyway

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:58 am

600_Nutta wrote:Am I a double petrol head then

no, your just a chav

600_Nutta · Post by **600_Nutta** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:04 am

Scott wrote:
600_Nutta wrote:Am I a double petrol head then
no, your just a chav

I prob was the equivelent in the 80's
A fully kitted out 1275gt, with bonnet scoop too, in Bright Flame red, with the full black Cobra bucket seats and blacked out windows

Aaahhhh my Youth

teethgrinder · Post by **teethgrinder** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:13 am

I had one as a middle box on my first car - Fiesta Mk1...nothing good like a Supersport or XR2, but a 1.1L!!! Back box was a Peco BB4.

You'd never think a 1.1 could be so loud, even compared to the time the exhaust snapped at the down pipe!

Had Supersport rear spoiler, XR2 pepperpots, S1 RST recaros and white dials, 3-point harness, loads ofspeakers and amps, tinted lights, colour coded grille, big red started button etc. Loved it!

shen · Post by **shen** » Sun May 04, 2008 10:19 am

JAKEBARLZ wrote:had one on a metro

ditto..never much liked it but was the best for the car.

volf · Post by **volf** » Mon May 05, 2008 2:14 am

216si wrote:had one on me mini

I had a motorbike can on a mini once... snapped it off on a speedbump and drive home without a box anyway for a week

Could make it back fire like a bugger like that.

Post by **Bobbybrown** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:13 am

I also had one on a mini I used to have, and also on an old kit car

Ross9 · Post by **Ross9** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:30 am

Never had a cherry bomb, mate removfed about 1m of exhaust gfrom his 213S and had it come out the other side from standard, I had all silencers remofed from my exhaust in response, so manifold, unsielenced pipe, Peco BB2, job done, very loud lol

Ross

xr4x4 · Post by **xr4x4** » Mon May 05, 2008 9:06 am

a19undertaker wrote:had one on my 2.0 ghia cortina waaaay back in 1990

originally came off an opel manta 2.0 which my mate wrapped round a tree so i got the bomb for nowt

those were the days...twin 40's, kent fast road cams (not set up and running like a bag of sh**e)
i loved my tina, traded her in for a sierra

ah those where the days...

when u werent anyone unless u had 5 or more spot lamps on the front of your car and a peco big bore.

i had a mk1 1300 fiesta, it had the later 5 bearing crankshaft engine (Oooo

) and a twin choke webber. i put a 1600 head on it, BBore exhaust, cut out the other exh box. put it on cortina wheels with 4 spot lamps at the front.

ace.... oh... and a bucket seat... just the one mind... lol

it was so loud the new owner sold it coz he kept getting pulled over on the way to work...

a19undertaker · Post by **a19undertaker** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:32 am

yeah, i had four big cibbies on the tina, think thats why she overheated all the time

420gazza · Post by **420gazza** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:26 am

yep i've had one too

i fitted it to my 1.4si auto metty, didn't sound too bad tbh

shellis · Post by **shellis** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:21 pm

had the 3" de-catted system that came on my car, needless to say the old bill could hear me coming from miles away..... but honestly i miss that growl on boost and the look the jap car owners used to give it, spesh with the front mount people really thought it was running something alot crazier than it was

PJW · Post by **PJW** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:17 pm

My brother always seems to have conrtinas and granadas and stuff. He had a pinto cortina with one on. Took it out and ran it on a cosworth granada too.

Sold the lot, he then bought a V8 range rover cortina and sold it on ebay to buy a v6 zephyr. the bonnet has the same dimensions as a double bed, its awesome.

Most fun ive had for a while was his essex cortina. RWD + v6 was awesome.

Geo_coupe · Post by **Geo_coupe** » Tue May 06, 2008 10:26 am

i had a cherry bomb on my mk3 polo, think it came off a mk1 escort so it just got bodged on, sounded mental though!! think ive still got it lying in the garage somewhere.

Nom · Post by **Nom** » Tue May 06, 2008 12:24 pm

A long time ago, in a far distant galaxy..... my old Granada Ghia Coupe had a pair of Cherry Bombs which were fairly noisy on full chat but perfect at tickover.
More recently I tried a pair on my XJC but they were just too loud for everywhere

.
They only stayed on the car for two days as the sonic vibration set off shop window alarms in the High St at 30-35mph and at 70mph+ on the motorway, people kept looking round as I came up behind them then either pulling over or trying to race me.
I drove it to the Festival of Speed at Goodwood and spent every driving moment avoiding the Police