Project Car / Motorbike thread. Let's see 'em.
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I love watching the guys do this on street sprints. Hundred of horse powers. Much rubber. Very slow. Kids in Hyundai sprints way faster. Tee hee.
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
One man's trash is another man's treasure! Looks like a shit tonne of fun to me!
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Hell yes. I don’t think I’d give a shit about stage times either with a soundtrack like that!
Cardy George
Piercing rural members since 1981
Probably has a power steering fluid cooler that's bigger than the radiator
Flow-Rider
Burner
Secret squirrel Gen 3 ford and Camaro supercar prototypes testing day.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
I reckon that 200-300 pull was about the same as my car’s 0-100 time…Should send this to my Dad who freaked out with me doing 170 on the autobahn in a C Class
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
+1. If I ever have more money than I know what to do with, I'll be buying an AU* XR8 and going rallying.
*won't have to worry about its looks being ruined by clipping vegetation. Plus I like AUs. Fight me.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
AUs are my favourite falcon - I applaud them for them being different
Make mine a VCT IRS Fairmont Ghia
I assume you’ve seen the Hubnut AU in the UK?
Flow-Rider
Burner
All under one tent, just like a circus full of clowns.
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
You need a live axle LWB wagon for the authentic land yacht experience.AUs are my favourite falcon - I applaud them for them being different
Make mine a VCT IRS Fairmont Ghia
I assume you’ve seen the Hubnut AU in the UK?
Will check out Hubnut...
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Lol. Used to drive AU2 and BA wagons a thousand kms a week all over Victoria back when they were new and they were the fleet cars for a job at the time.
Big mid corner potholes at highways speeds were “interesting” as the whole rear axle left the ground and the rear started to come around….
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
My torsion bar rear-end Kia does this. If the car was IRS, it'd be awesome - but the torsion bar is arse. Probably highlighted more so by the fact I moved to it from a very sweet handling '09 Civic sedan...
...and I like to push hard in the corners.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
That’s a tuning issue rather than the torsion beam as such. It’s mostly an independent design, certainly nothing like a live axle!
Renault Sport Meganes and Clips are all torsion beam rear end and they were getting Nurburgring records
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
My old TR Magna "Executive" shitbox I had when I was too young and stupid to know any better either had something wrong with it or came like that from the factory but would experience maxtreme bodyroll at any turn above 20km/h. Made anything involving a bend an exercise in committed cornering.
Luckily outside of metro areas it had an inbuilt safety feature that it'd usually overheat before it understeered into a tree.
Luckily outside of metro areas it had an inbuilt safety feature that it'd usually overheat before it understeered into a tree.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Something wrong - they were softly sprung, but handled well for what they were.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
I'll have you know the torsion beam in my Kia is very similar to a live axle.That’s a tuning issue rather than the torsion beam as such. It’s mostly an independent design, certainly nothing like a live axle!
Renault Sport Meganes and Clips are all torsion beam rear end and they were getting Nurburgring records
It's a shame really, really good car let down by crappy handling. The platform itself seems to have the potential - They've just gone for a very Anglo-American "understeer is safe" tune, coupled with a torsion-bar rear that bucks like a bronco anytime it encounters a square edge. Train tracks are particular "interesting", and heaven forbid I ever encounter train tracks while in a corner.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
That's when you use the bodyroll to your advantage and pull big exaggerated Scandinavian-flicks into corners.
I had an auto '05-ish Honda CRV as a loan-car once, and holy shit that was one of the funnest cars I've ever driven purely by doing just that. The huge weight transfers would nearly get the inside wheels off the ground and you could slide it round corners at 80km/h...