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I'm on Turbobricks as Dammit, I don't post much but my car build thread is on there- extremely slow moving as it is!
It's getting a full 3" Feritta turbo-back shortly, plus front and rear IPD sways.
What happened to your turbo red block? Sounds like it would have been a riot?
will have to look it up! There are a few blokes about the UK who are fanatics, (raven??, suterman etc) and have almost their own scrapyards. There was a skilled bloke who was building a 142 drag car, his metal work skill was out of this world, but I don't think he ever finished it (health & financial unfortunately) a crying shame.
My red wagon was a hoot, used it for a few months around the NE whilst at uni until eventually it dawned on me that it was a stupid device of death and actually I wanted handling & fun, and not a monster full of headaches. Because it was a bit of a sleeper it started to get me into trouble racing kids in noisy little box cars. So I grew up, and bought a mk2 fiat uno turbo with a lot more boost than the average (160/170hp vs stock 110hp in a car weighing much less than a tonne minus the rust that fell out of it), and that was worse, handled and slightly less daft, but an off @ croft where I thought I was going to crash through teh rotton floor pan and then be run over by my own car put paid to that one :S
In the future if I get money /time/ space will attempt a mod'd D5 + manual + 145 probably have to import it from somewhere drier.
And if I go really mad, a 142/242GT + T5 whiteblock on steroids, for the track :) -
Got to love this. What a brilliant idea!
FASTEST STREET CAR IN THE WORLD! Larry Larson runs 6.95 @ 209 on Drag Week!!! - YouTube
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Looks a lot nicer than this but probably only because that one is a bigger car.
Red Victor 1 (Fifth Gear) - YouTube
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Subtle, economical, zippy little city car..
LAMBORGHINI DRAG CAR ( IB6UB9 ) HITS THE WALL AT FULL THROTTLE FRIDAY - 18.2.2011 - YouTube
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for drag, it has to be as ridiculous as possible... the little toyota gets that prize, easy.
But really... I'm all about the bonkers 242s
SHS-performance sin Volvo 242 på Sommertreff 2008 - YouTube
For not a lot of money (if you find a good shell) a decent track weapon can be made with what you can find on Tbrix + scrapyard + under the sofa.
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1983 volvo 240 turbo commercial - YouTube
All volvo RWD's come stock with the ONE TYRE FIRE!!!1111!one!!! and Turbo Power, and according to the advert, maybe rape?
Trying to find the 82/83 242GT american advert, was actually a good advert.
1983 volvo 240 turbo commercial - YouTube
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Nup, all about the Dato 1200 utes with rotarys..
Vince Rigoli's Datsun 1200 Runs 8.7 @ Jambo 2001 - YouTube
PRO DAT 20B TURBO MONSTER - Brad Mcilroy's Datsun 1200 Ute - YouTube
13bt Datsun 1200 ute - YouTube
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Subtle, economical, zippy little city car..
LAMBORGHINI DRAG CAR ( IB6UB9 ) HITS THE WALL AT FULL THROTTLE FRIDAY - 18.2.2011 - YouTube
Looks like funny car rather than an actual Lambo.
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ha, i saw that when i was at heathcote a few weeks back.
brickman, no they didn't come with rotary's only rx2,3,4,7's and capella's. eunos came out with 20B. they are just a super light car and rotary's super light and stupid power.
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other news. just picked up my 90/10's shiney shiney
also found the cheapest place in melbourne to narrow steel wheels (the guy is the only place ROH sell bits to). $115 ea to cut and re-hoop my interceptor to 15x4. also have new ones on shelf for $145. so dropped a pair off this morning, pick-up next week.
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Oh how I wish I had the money for this.
And a driving licence.
http://www.classic-auctions.com/Auctions/21-09-2011-TheImperialWarMuseum-1292/1983RoverVitesseTWRTouringCar-33536.aspx -
gorgeous barnfind 32 gasser
That is super sweet! Silly money though, especially with a bolted in chevvy lump.
Gassers are cool.
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nice, need to sort out the pod filter. wierd spot they've put the coil packs.