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

ooh, rear wheel drive :-)

Well, kind of. Rear end (including locker) is the same as the RWD s/v90's.

It's a slip then grip system though, so FWD until you lose traction.

Although putting 300+ horsepower through the front wheels does lead to that now and again.

sixes are inherently perfectly balanced. V8s are inherently unbalanced. None of this explains why the Lexus V8 is so refined.

Nonsense.

They had to invent the harmonic balancer BECAUSE they were so badly balanced.

Nonsense.

They had to invent the harmonic balancer BECAUSE they were so badly balanced.

????

finshed lots of little jobs on friends ls1 swap into xj6. got the cooling, powersteering, auto trains lines, tailshaft and some electrics. starter worked, but didn't fire due to something weird happening to fuel pump. ran out of light. will resume tomorrow.

also started me thinking of a ls1 swap into a e30 coupe :)

Looking forward to some photo's Dale.

Goodwood yesterday.

up at 0545 to get ready to pick up a friend from Notting Hill at 0700 SHARp (his words not mine). Got there and his phone was off. Waited outside, nothing. Recently moved to flat so I didn't know which flat no it was. Anyway long story short he randomly wok up at 0945 and we managed to head off to pick up others.

Puncture then proceeded to occur (slow though so think it's just the valve) 10 miles out of GW. Undoing wheel nuts and the spanner snapped (narrowly missing the bodywork). Luckily a Frog Eyed Sprite broke down with an E-Type just where I was so they helped out. Spare wheel on, 12psi! AA sorted me there.

Anyway, amazing day. Chatted breifly (I shouted at him he registered) to Ken Block at the top of the hill. Some brilliant work by Mr. Petrov on his run up the hill smoking the hit out of his tyres. Saw the Indy500 winning car do a burnout all the way down the hill and the blow a rear at the bottom just as the F1's were going to start their runs.

Epic day, epic weather. Too much hill climbing for my liking! ;)
Sorry to have missed you BRM.

Nonsense.

They had to invent the harmonic balancer BECAUSE they were so badly balanced.

Wikipedia and everyone who has ever designed an inline 6 engine disagrees with you.

An inline six engine is in perfect primary and secondary mechanical balance, without the use of a balance shaft. The engine is in primary balance because the front and rear trio of cylinders are mirror images, and the pistons move in pairs. That is, piston #1 balances #6, #2 balances #5, and #3 balances #4, largely eliminating the polar rocking motion that would otherwise result. Secondary imbalance is avoided because an inline six cylinder crankshaft has six crank throws arranged in three planes offset at 120°. The result is that differences in piston speed at any given point in rotation are effectively canceled.
An inline four cylinder or V6 engine without a balance shaft will experience secondary dynamic imbalance, resulting in engine vibration. As a general rule, the forces arising from any dynamic imbalance increase as the square of the engine speed — that is, if the speed doubles, vibration will increase by a factor of four. In contrast, inline six engines have no primary or secondary imbalances, and with carefully designed crankshaft vibration dampers to absorb torsional vibration, will run more smoothly at the same crankshaft speed (rpm). This characteristic has made the inline six popular in some European sports-luxury cars, where smooth high-speed performance and good fuel economy are desirable. As engine reciprocating forces increase with the cube of piston mass, inline six is a preferred configuration for large truck engines.[6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-6
Perhaps you are thinking of torsional vibration? This is a problem in inline sixes because of the length of the engine is so long.

MY length is so long...

I can tell from the pixels....

Some brilliant work by Mr. Petrov on his run up the hill smoking the hit out of his tyres.

I was there on Friday, Petrov was great then as well, making loads of noise.

Whereas Mark Webber just drove slowly, waving to the crowd.

Wikipedia and everyone who has ever designed an inline 6 engine disagrees with you.

a bit drunk and argumentative (and wrong) - sorry.

Looking forward to some photo's Dale.

Goodwood yesterday.

up at 0545 to get ready to pick up a friend from Notting Hill at 0700 SHARp (his words not mine). Got there and his phone was off. Waited outside, nothing. Recently moved to flat so I didn't know which flat no it was. Anyway long story short he randomly wok up at 0945 and we managed to head off to pick up others.

Puncture then proceeded to occur (slow though so think it's just the valve) 10 miles out of GW. Undoing wheel nuts and the spanner snapped (narrowly missing the bodywork). Luckily a Frog Eyed Sprite broke down with an E-Type just where I was so they helped out. Spare wheel on, 12psi! AA sorted me there.

Anyway, amazing day. Chatted breifly (I shouted at him he registered) to Ken Block at the top of the hill. Some brilliant work by Mr. Petrov on his run up the hill smoking the hit out of his tyres. Saw the Indy500 winning car do a burnout all the way down the hill and the blow a rear at the bottom just as the F1's were going to start their runs.

Epic day, epic weather. Too much hill climbing for my liking! ;)
Sorry to have missed you BRM.

sorry about that mate.

we spent the whole day there on friday, checking put the paddock and concours. we also had passes for the auction and the sponsors tents.

we went back early on the sunday to watch one of the runs up the hill and left after that.

squirrel vs lambo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0TONBwqc7E&feature=player_embedded

someone will like these

Top and bottom. Love.

Beautiful work.

http://vimeo.com/25772989

Top and bottom. Love.

this.

I'm looking at a W123 and a 240 torslanda tomorrow.
And a hilux surf...

W123s are great.

I'm quite smitten by it...

Yummy

indeed. its that or:

Or

No contest. Pure class vs a car that was outdated even when it was new and a very hideous 4x4

its interior is special too:

Ace, like a bedroom on the reeperbahn

Merc will be lower insurance.

No idea just the merc is better, thousand of cabbies and africa can't be wrong.