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

Only caught the last five minutes of the live programme on Sky Sports. Did see the excellent Jag XJ220 powered Ford Transit belt up the hill though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IQIXfTfy10

For Ordinata>

Is this the one?

Wow, Meet the Jetson's!

No, not the one I remember. One day I'll figure it out.

Thanks very much for looking!

Wow, Meet the Jetson's!

No, not the one I remember. One day I'll figure it out.

Thanks very much for looking!

Damn! I was betting that was it. They made so many different prototypes in those days it could could be anything. If it's in the museum though it's bound to be important, therefore an image must be somewhere. I'm intrigued.

this?

if so its called "iguana"

just just go straight. is that an american race?

I get your joke.

i know nothing about these races other than the few vids i saw yesterday. "Trophy truck racing"

i was mostly impressed with the trucks, which is why i though to post it here. the roads arent even close to a "road", and yet these guys haul ass. vids taken from the outside of the truck give you a better idea of how rouch the going is.

it really is bad ass driving.

edit: first vid that came up. ok i'm done now. back to cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH9uqIYjhEo&feature=related

this?

if so its called "iguana"

Nope! Ha. ;)

http://mercurialview.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/gulf-porsche917.jpg

Oh lord fuck yes!

Zakspeed Capri!

Oh my fucking word!!!

Pure car porn!

Replacing the dissy and rebuilding the carbs took the money I had aside for the rolling road, so I just did the old "advance it til it pings, then wind it back a bit" method.

I also left my timing light in london.

Hey if you ever need your carbs looking at again, I can dismantle a set of SU's with my eyes closed (and more importantly put them back to gther a gain!!)...you can also chop check which we used to use when I raced my mini ...

bascially you need a reasonably long road ie about 1 mile (maybe a fraction more) ...thats got a conveniant lay by ...you drive it like you mean it and then cut the engine when you roll to a stop, take out two of the spark plugs (ie the ones being fed by different carbs) and you should be able to see what colour they are running at ...ie if they are to rich they will be black...

also to set up your carbs just get a length of rubber tube and listen to them you can hear them suck well enough to balance them .

the carbs are sorted now, thanks.

it is just timing issues left. pinging like a bastard. i can't seem to get it right. one more attempt this weekend. i hope i havent cooked a valve/piston!

Oh lord fuck yes!

Zakspeed Capri!

Oh my fucking word!!!

Pure car porn!

How can you get more excited over a Crapi than a 3.0 CSL???

Ooof...

How can you get more excited over a Crapi than a 3.0 CSL???

Because it's the car equivalent of Glee? ;P

When Racing Car Graphics were good.

When Piquets in motorracing were good.

ftfy

http://rallyisleofman2010.blogspot.com/2010/07/first-blog-entry.html

Should be fun.

How can you get more excited over a Crapi than a 3.0 CSL???

The first car i've ever driven was a Capri, i've driven more Capris than any other car, i'm a big fan of The Professionals. Capris are fecking awesome.

Because it's the car equivalent of Glee? ;P

Glee is also awesome =D

Finally found a decent Range. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160453892184&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1794wt_1137

Picking her up today/tomorrow. Will post sexy pics and video (sounds like something rather load that sounds like a V8 with a full specialist induction system and racing rods put on) as soon as I've run out of money driving it about! ;)

AWSE!
Congrats.

in other news, my problems are down to a head gasket :(
no mg in france.

Kerrrrrrist Jon, do you own Kuwait?

BRM, unlucky dude.