Hmm. I'll have a look, cause I made myself an account on there for these kind of occasions although everyone on there seems a bit arse-ish.
plus the starter motor is a bitch to get to anyways.
Haha! It's always so entertaining when those idiots (yes i am speaking about the general commodore population) rock up next to you and think they're all that with their big (and aweful) sounding V8s in the junkheap of a car with big sick wheels and subs blairing and think they have all that on you. Very entertaining to blow them off.
Given quite a few ricers a scare at the traffic light sprints, the latest being my mates corolla sportivo
Blah blah, expeno euro and v8 boxes. I can do it too in my shitbox stanza.
You can do what, exactly?
Hhahahhaahah I forget you mentioned VW's.ANYTHING can be made quick with a decent of money thrown at it... Even VW's...
No offence to the VW guys
I have respect for anything with decent engineering, whether its a 4stroke, 2stroke, rotor, V8 or lawnmower. But 95% of the modified car owning population ARE NOT motor enthusiasts. I don't waste my time with them. I get alot more enjoyment talking to a guy with a bucket of crap who shortened his own diff or made his own brake setup than some kid with a 500hp VL he bought from a shop that cant tell me what cam timing he runs.
Thats me though. I'm pretty blunt these days!! I have all the time in the world for enthusiasts and none for people who "buy" cars.
Mark
I've seen beetles with a porsche engine dropped in. Apparently it is a relatively easy swap, and makes the beetle haul ass.
There's better ways of spending engineering time/money making a beetle go fast. The length of the Porsche engine necessitates bodywork and you'd really want an aircooled donk for weight/plumbing reasons - the power increase just isn't that impressive for an old aircooled Porsche donk.
At the Mattara hillclimb that is held in newcastle air cooled Beetles were getting higher first straight speeds than modded Evos running anti lag, they just squat and go. This is the best vid of the track-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SqJe2EX_5M&feature=related
This.
In other news, sold the 3S keto. Sad to see it go but it's gone to someone more deserving. Really hope to see the weapon around.
I had a BA XR6T ute, and really liked it. One thing I will say though, if your no good at reverse parking, forget about it and go for the Golf. Like most utes, the BA is wide, long and has a poor turning circle. I always found it easier to back it into a carpark than go in forwards.
Finally! Nice one man, seemed like it was up on DC for a while though. What are your car related plans now?Breaka said:
That is quite a fine specimen of a car. What number is it? Running a golf tee in the exhaust?
I can see your point, but I know very few enthusiasts who would know what cam timing they run, including Dakar mechanics and circuit racers.ANYTHING can be made quick with a decent of money thrown at it... Even VW's...
No offence to the VW guys
I have respect for anything with decent engineering, whether its a 4stroke, 2stroke, rotor, V8 or lawnmower. But 95% of the modified car owning population ARE NOT motor enthusiasts. I don't waste my time with them. I get alot more enjoyment talking to a guy with a bucket of crap who shortened his own diff or made his own brake setup than some kid with a 500hp VL he bought from a shop that cant tell me what cam timing he runs.
Thats me though. I'm pretty blunt these days!! I have all the time in the world for enthusiasts and none for people who "buy" cars.
Mark
#18/200. Not in the exhaust, but I did find one in my spare wheel compartment! Was pretty stoked on that.
Yeh i wasn't expecting it to be very nimble. I was just after an N/A XR6. Power output is a bit of a deciding factor. From memory MK4 golfs put out a max of about 90kw where as the XR6 puts out about 180kw. I just don't know how much lighter the golfs are. Im assuming the xr6's would weigh upwards of 2tonne. Uhhhh let me check.....
