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

pretty sure they check it at the pre-event scruiteneering

even so to have any perceivable advantage imagine how big the extension would be!

It’s the girth that counts anyway.

Yep, 1.9 GTI I think.

Not sure adding an extension would make a difference - surely you start behind the line regardless? There might even be a timing gate to start.

Unless the extension flipped out on the finishing straight...

You could have it on a ram powered by compressed air which moved it forwards by a few feet just before you crossed the finish line. I think it might be noticed though.

Anyway - which of the following do I want?

The 3.7 would be a 100mm bore with a 78mm stroke
The 3.9 would be a 100mm bore with an 82.8mm stroke

long stroke = more torque at lower revs.
But Porsche engines sound better if you rev them, so maybe low down tractability won't be as much fun as a revvy unit.

The engine designer would prefer the shorter stroke engine "so we can use some revs".

Trust the designer then. :)

3.9. No substitute for cubes, and it's still significantly oversquare.

Someone posted this picture in the Facebook 996 group:

And you can see that this OEM car has a different shade of orange for the headlamp indicators and the side-repeaters, so rather than correct my own mistake I'm correcting Porsche. Whoops!

My car:

I've had the bodyshop buy clear repeaters and paint them with the same orange paint they used on the headlamps.

Are you keeping the hydraulic lifters? They tend not to do high rpm too well. Setting valve lash with solid lifters is a ballache.

Not sure yet. I reckon we’d get 10,000 miles between resets for the lifters if we went solid, which would be every two years, so not too bad. Might be wise to drop the engine and box on that schedule anyway, given that we’re aiming for a 33% increase in power.

Jokes aside didn't someone once say theres no replacement for displacement?

Love it.

10k would be great if that's doable. Most OEM solid lifter set ups seem to spec 15k or so. I ended up going with hydraulic in my engine as they recommended doing the lash every 2k! (Very different lump, mind...)

True dat. My currently non-functioning boat anchor has 8.3 of them...

Or, maybe:

I feel dirty being in here.
I'm lusting after a forester estate. What are the running costs and AVG price please?
Help put me off.

I have an old battered, non-turbo one. It's great. I use it as a family car, van, and occasionally tractor. Was brilliant in the snow, second only to landrovers. MPG is pretty shocking though.

Don't feel dirty, great cars.

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Put me off!

Just arranged to swap the cars first thing on Friday

Sooo.... it took "just" 4,400 miles to get used to the power delivery.

Top of 3rd, foot flat to the floor, still feels flippin' fast and sounds fantastic, I love the way all the turbo noise quietens down when you're truly on it, focuses the mind somewhat. However, literally the first thing I did while having my 11:00 coffee break at work was google bigger turbos.

I don't have money for this. I have a month to get the MX5 ready for Llandow, I can't wait for how slow that's going to feel.

I'm lusting after a forester estate. What are the running costs and AVG price please?

Help put me off.

Me too! I want a car that's a bit 'different', can haul the expanding family and an assembled TT bike around, but also really shift when I need it to...I've read Subaru parts are quite costly.

Shame Dammit's Vlovo was out of my budget when he was selling.