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

962C

$600,000 last time it was sold..

NurseHoliday, any details on that Audi? It's making my bollocks tingle just looking at it.

is that a cosworth lump in that ka?
mad

See, this is the thing I don't get about Audi.
They make these fantastic enginges, and then they go and hang them right out in front of the wheelbase, which is possibly the worst place you can put a fucking heavy lump of metal. It's the reason why road testers always comment on the dead steering, and why they then had to build the things out of exotic lightweight materials on the performance variants to counteract that.

Ka can gtfo.

Like putting a rolex in a crisp packet.

As for the rest.

Fit.

See, this is the thing I don't get about Audi.
They make these fantastic enginges, and then they go and hang them right out in front of the wheelbase, which is possibly the worst place you can put a fucking heavy lump of metal. It's the reason why road testers always comment on the dead steering, and why they then had to build the things out of exotic lightweight materials on the performance variants to counteract that.

Handling.

NurseHoliday, any details on that Audi? It's making my bollocks tingle just looking at it.

Sadly not. I'm trying to find out more.

is that a cosworth lump in that ka?
mad

Yeah, not entirely my cup of tea but it is impressive.

blunten the handling.

ftfy

The Audi model of ideal weight distribution revealed:

That said, that engine is awesome.

Ka can gtfo.

Like putting a rolex in a crisp packet.

As for the rest.

Fit.

Ever driven a sportKa? I was rather impressed, handling is quite well balanced and getting LOO is easy enough when you want it. Not sure how it'll handle with the 4x4 in there though

I quite like the look of the Ka. But I like the idea of silly little cars because I don't think big.

The Audi model of ideal weight distribution revealed:

That said, that engine is awesome.

Porsche 911 model of weight distribution:

I see what you did there and approve.

ftfy

Hush

I'm much better with bike carbs (not much difference.) It's a pain in the arse trying to tune lumpy engines not to fall on their arse at small throttle openings. So doesn't matter at all for drag racing. You going 4150 or 4500?

sorry missed this. going a quickfuel e85 950-Q series, so 4150

http://www.jegs.com/i/Quick+Fuel/793/Q-950-E85K/10002/-1

I see what you did there and approve.

Google "club hammer" on image search.
It's fucking impossible to find one pointing the Porsche way.
It's like there's some law against it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JCFa8ZbuJNY

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from Volvo, Amazon vs Ferrari 599 GTB - YouTube[/ame]

Just talking about this with Niall at Diggers shindig- a hand-formed all aluminium Willy's Coupe hot-rod.

Apparently a couple of retired Boeing fabricators put it together- imagine forming that bonnet by hand...

Dibs.

That is beyond cool.