Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Friend had a Fisher Fury he used to race and loved it, reckoned it was a really well balanced car, used a Ford Kent engine bored to 1750 running a decent cam and Twin 40's

Not his one just off the web

Crossflow?

That can go to a little over 1850cc now reliably.

Anyone in Wales who could pick up a gearbox for me?

Bobby Hoops is in Bristol and that's kind of halfway there...

You bought that gearbox?

No, and I probably shouldn't, but I am very tempted. Tell me why I should not do so!

How would it benefit?

come on

you are not allowed to ask those questions

not here

I echo Big Red - you won't have anyone telling you not to do something in here.

I feel like we've really put @golgol off doing trackdays

i figure he'll eventually get to sorting the suspension out, so we just need to keep egging him on (neil, i mean)

i thought that too, but then again it isn't a cheap hobby. am in a $5 car. the thought of quarry in an rs4 has my bum nipping bits out of my seat

No immediate benefit, quite possibly no benefit at any point. But, potential...

Still keen to have a go but my concerns have definitely been verified about consumables and wear and tear!

Where in Wales? I'm in Gloucester but overdue a visit to the office by Newport (work from home) so if South Central I could pick up for you? In that London's famous London quite regularly too, so if it will fit in the boot of a VW CC could even drop off somewhere.

PM me if you want to chat.

That would be extremely kind, I shall check where exactly. It's a six speed BMW gearbox modified (new bell housing welded on) to mate with a Volvo white block (I5/I6/V8).

Caldicot.

No problem at all, I drive past there if heading to the orifice.

^goodguy

you have to buy it now, neil

Is yours a whiteblock, Neil?

@golgol something like an RS4 was never meant to spend all day smashing it round a track, which is why it will lunch brakes and tyres. An evening session at Brands will give you a very good idea of the buzz and let you know whether you want to give it more of a go.

You could then go on sessioned days at big wide tracks like Silverstone, Donnington, Bedford etc and they'll be a lot softer on the tyres and brakes.

TBH, Brands could be relatively soft on brakes if you're committed in the corners and ease off the accelerator on the straights. Hitting 150 on Brabham straight and then standing it on it's nose to hit that unsighted apex into Paddock won't exactly be easy on the brakes, but easing off and letting the uphill do some of the work into Druids, using all that 4wd grip around Graham Hill and then straight lining Surtees but off the gas will slow you down to give the brakes less of a work out slowing the car into Clearways, and I reckon doing all that, you'd still lap quicker than I can in my 140bhp MX5

To give you an idea, with my supercharged MX5, I barely got the pads hot enough around Brands Hatch, at Cadwell Park I had to stop after 6-7 laps because my pedal was getting longer and longer and that only weighed about 1100kg. Same brake setup at both tracks.

It's really not a cheap hobby.

I went down to Combe for Japday and the drift boys were flicking into the left hand kink > 100mph and then transitioning into Quarry >70mph.

FUCK. THAT.

The footage from inside looks more ridiculous than when I was watching them do it from behind the barrier!

Yep, the alloy/modular engines are all referred to as white blocks, the older four cylinder iron engines as red blocks