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

Fuck, I just pm'd him saying see you at the Bree you prick.

Ha! that's what I texted him.

Rarely?

Negged.

Awesome. So karmically speaking we are all square.

Here is a slightly less exciting photo with the EFI control unit hiding under the dash. On a swivelling ally bracket no less. A swivel eyed destroyer of worlds indeedy.

BTW the gear box service is in theory very easy. Unfortunately what the manuals neglect to mention is that there is a great big fucking cross member right beneath it and needs to be removed for the work. Evidently NOT something I'm willing to attempt.

I genuinely cannot wait to see what your mpg will be with the fury mate, not to mention tyre degradation... ;)

I reckon I've had mopeds with less power than the fuel pump.

Had a new 330d for the weekend. Very nice car to drive, i can totally see why people like them.

Damn quick cars, very comfortable in the back too.

“They are only bushes to us—only trees; if we think these are people, we cannot drive”

Crummy picture, sorry. Aeromotive gear is hawt. And I am going to have working brakes. Marvellous.

you going to have enough vacuum for the brakes??

looking good though. got plenty of room under the bonnet to run a larger/taller single plane manifold.

in other news, i've gone to 52lb injectors (after maxing out 42's), tuning is all sorted, making bucket loads of torque. one step closer to 10.9x , just need to pick-up and pay for my diff.

oh i came here to post this. guy used to have a 9s 502ci big block powered mitsubishi L300, but he's upgraded.

Mercedes Vito first nitrous passes - GASRITE - YouTube

you going to have enough vacuum for the brakes??

looking good though. got plenty of room under the bonnet to run a larger/taller single plane manifold.

Hope so - it's not a massively lumpy cam, otherwise will have to scrap the whole lot and fit manual brakes.

The single plane on it is a pretty handy little number. It'll support just over 700hp, (which I could probably squeeze out with a big solid roller) but more importantly had pads for the injectors and is low enough to allow a large filter without cutting a hole in the bonnet.

How much were your injectors?

....oh and that Vito is genius.

http://data.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtulww36i1qbbntao1_r1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1329923143&Signature=NaFE76CBpqtLvxxXi2WScoBitTM%3D

I'm loving this.

It's a Bugster; a Beetle body mounted onto a Boxter chassis.

More info here:
http://sucksqueezebangblow-juice.blogspot.com/2011/02/bugster.html

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i'm a stranger to this thread, but.. I'd have thought the Porsche would've had a longer wheelbase? But a body swapped beetle looks great! Can't say the same for the a none estate Audi RS, it was their USP after all.

Decided to get shot of the 5 and buy an MX5. Hoping it's still the right time to be buying a convertible.

You sold the 5 already?

No. It's going up for sale after an MOT.

On that note, anyone got a friendly MOT tester...?

I used to go to a bloke in Archway who did nothing but hang off the seatbelts before driving round and performing a couple of emergency stops and then handing over a certificate.

I thought that was the norm for years...

brilliant vid.

Ford Fairlane 500 (1964) - 1000km Nordschleife - Roland Asch - YouTube

likewise:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6MhsY5_dAlg

why don't you embed fuck damn it?

Wish I could find this in a bigger form as it is 7 shades of superb!

Not much better...

But worth it.