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Very nice....

Haha zep speaking of Mini's with recessed firewalls... a mate of mine down these parts has one with the firewall recessed also... except it's to clear various parts of turbo installation

Hey dude,

If you want to speak to someone who owns one, try contacting a guy who goes by the name of Testament on the NZPC forums.... he has a 124 coupe which he is in the process of building a turboed 2l twin cam for.

Unfortunately the rust is a major problem, something that is a prob in all Italian cars of that era (trust me I should know!). The 124s though are pretty cool... brilliant engine in the form of Lampredi's twin cam, very strong, and they can produce good power with a few tickles! Take to turbocharging really well too, look at Rigoli's Fiat twin cam powered utes to see that!

This is true

I'm just defending myself is all. That and it's a bit of a laugh as well.

On with the thread then????

lol....I know you definately saw both other cars I was in...the blue FX-GT cut you off....gotta have seen that, lol

and the I saw you turn your head to look at the red 1600!...lol....know a good car when you see one huh?

was a pretty good weekend in all I suppose

was a good weekend except for the knobs throwing shit at my car.

Haha I'll look at just about any real tidy old car, that Mk2 was damn mint looking! Top work to the owner!

Hey dude.... seeing as you;re in Chch, howsabout we try to organise maybe an oldschool meet down these parts...????

On the subject of drawings, here's one of mine.. it's really only just started... know what it is

Woohoo Hillman Imp! I like the angle eh, very cool!

ESCORT POWER - if you're going to criticise, at least use constructive criticism. I don't see me crying, but I think there's no need for personal attacks. I defended my work which as I see you unfairly wrote off as "dumb." Also if you bothered to look you would've actually seen a Mk1 RS Escort on there on 3-piece compomotive rims......

Agreed totally.

Neither I think have the agression that ATDI had though.... lack that rawness!

bro i only didnt like your pictures in the gallery, i didnt rape your wife or anything ... everyone has their own opinion and i gave mine. u needa learn to realise not everyone is going to like them,now if you drew a mk1 mexico we could be talking

Basicly im a fucknut cause i dont have the same taste as you? thats like me calling you a fucknut because you like your cartoons and i dont...

its called "P" and i think you have had too much

as far as insults go I don't think you can get any more lame than the old "oh you've taken too many drugs" one. Please get backt o me when you think of something more original.

So basically what you're saying is "they're shit cos I didn't draw a Mk1 Mexico." That to me suggest a pretty narrow mind if you can't go beyond what you see at face value and accept the work that has gone into them. The subject matter isn't really important I think... once again, why hassle something that I suspect you cannot do better.

If I were to hassle your Escort, then I think I may be able to back up my comments, the oxymoron you create in your username "ESCORT POWER" I think could sum up my position on that one quite succinctly.

The Mars Volta is pure brilliance, real epic sorta prog-rock type shit!!!!! Also the other band formed after At The Drive In split up, Sparta is also a damn good listen!

Nice one.... I had a mate who was right (scarily so) into the Mk2 Supras, and they're a strangely cool car!!!

Should move with a 7M in it.... my mates had the 2.8 24V six in it and that went fairly well, so I imagine yours should have no dramas lighting up the rear treads!

ESCORT POWER - as much as I could go on at you for being no more than a complete f**knut.... I won't, you're just too easy. Best to keep those feeble unsubstantiated narrow minded opinions to yourself thanks.

Zep: I could try and find out for ya if you like, I'll send a quick PM to one of the Toyspeed web-dudes and see what I can find out.

Well hanging out with my uncle as a kid, I discovered the joys of older cars. He was deeply involved in classic motorsport so thats really where it came from, that and my cousin many years back owned a PHAT Datto 1200 Coupe, half cage, hot A15 with Webers (ohhhhh that sound), dumped on Superlights, it was just a wicked wee car.

Otherwise I like the satisfaction of putting a lot of work into an oldschool car, and seeing it perform well. I like the way an oldschool car doesn't need and wings or kits to look nice, there's something clean and uncluttered about older cars that makes them look appealing. What other people think has never been a big concern for me, but it does bring a grin to my face when I go for a bit of a cruise and people look and say good things about the car.... goes with the sense of satsifaction I guess.

Haha cheers Datsunboy.... I forgot to chuck the "FOR SALE" signs on the car for the weekend.... had good intentions but just never ever got round to it.

I do think I remember seeing a real mint Mk2 on Colombo and having a bit of a gander a it.....

Great pic kyteler.... brilliant to see a bunch of old Datto's getting out there!

Soon as my mates AE86 comes out of the paint shop, we're off to do some 80s car photos with the Alfa, and a pair of AE86s. I shall post the results when it happens!

I have pretty diverse music tastes...

On one hand theres 4 Xzibit CDs in my collection.... and other gangster rap... through to lesser known hip hop like The Roots, Jurassic 5, Blackalicious, Arsonists, Antipop Consortium.... the list goes on!

Then theres the metal/rock side of things represented by groups as diverse as Will Haven, Spineshank, down to softer rock music such as Oasis, Radiohead..... all sorts.

A bit of old school stuf, Supertramp, Dire Straits, ELO, some dub, d&b, shit I'll give anything a shot!

It's great, there's something to fit just about any mood!

yeah delete those dumb drawings

Nice to know some people appreciate hard work and effort.

Show us your best effort mate and let the masses be the judge. Go on. no point in writing of someone elses work when you haven't shown any proof you can do better. FYI the reception I have received about these drawings on other forums has been great, as a result I am now making a bit of money out of them. So pull ya head in.

Zep... how about a profiles section similar to say, Toyspeed or NZHondas, that way you're restricted to one picture per person, should take up a limited amount of space?

me old sw20 mr2, nz new, standard with 14" factory alloys, 5spd, non turbo, non powersteer, targa top...... 260kph speedo, clocked 255kph on bp ultimate...@ Hutt motorway SH2.... Note: steering seems to vacate at 220kph

current ride: '77 esky, 4spd 1300.. Top speed: 115kph

Loaned it to a mate of mine to drop his misses off, he got booked (to my suprise) at 128kph.... hmmm maybe im just a phat kunt

I smell something closely resembling BS and wholeheartedly agree with Matsun's nice little quote

I like the bit where it does an 11.7 @ 127mph with a 2.88 gear ratio!!!! and 7psi!!!

And in a 1700kg Jag XJ6. Intercooler looks a bit sketchy, doesn't look like it would flow too well, being very square and truck-like.

Hey all,

Long time no post, but I recently ventured out onto the track again at Ruapuna with the goal of improving my times.... and I did!

The day started damn cold, traction was almost non-existent on the unprepped track as I was wheelspinning right through 1st and 2nd gears, and my best practice time in the morning was a 16.78.... damn unimpressive given I'd run a 16.5 last time I was out.

So I dialed in at 16.75.... only to break out on my first competition run by .3 of a second with a 16.479 @ 84mph.... a tenth faster than my previous best, still with a god awful 60ft time of 2.7 seconds!

Later on I managed to improve to a 16.148 @ 86mph my PB time, even though I blew and exhaust manifold gasket on a previous run.... so it was not running particularly well, but apparently good enough!

Was lining up for another run to go for a high 15 but the timing equipment shagged out and the day was called off about 3pm....

Not a bad time for a 21 year old car with carbies I think, was biting on the heels of the 20V Toyotas and stuff the whole day.... next time we'll get that 15!

Here's a pic of me staging....

So I'm chasing that 15 second quarter (sounds kinda sad doesn't it ) Going to look at rejetting the carbs again to suit the heads (wasn't done after finishing the head work last AUGUST) and dyno tune it, gearshift linkage need some work so we're gonna change the bushes in the hope of faster shifts and therefore faster quarters.

Oh yeah the exhaust manifold gasket doesn't like 7000rpm all day so I have to change that now as well....

Anyone else got a quarter time for their car? I'd be interested to know!

It was you secretly wasn't it Kyteler??? A chick who owns a Civic.... You just knew what strings to pull...

jokes aside....

Damn I wish I still had the KP60, that would have been a wicked candidate for it, not a straight panel on it, wasted interior, faded and crappy paint.....

If your real lucky, you'll find one from when vanning was popular, decked out with portholes, crushed velour and dodgy fibreglass spoilers and wings.... plus obligatory flushmounted tailights and a welded shut tailgate/rear doors!!!!

Seriously though, find one with a 202 transplant, they're a heap better than the old 2.3 that they had (same engine that was used in the HSR Chevette rally cars - albeit with a twin cam head!) and they do display a tendency to rust.... but any old vehicle will!!!

Tends to happen in dodgy old Palmy when you have all of what, two places to choose from.... SSS and the generic RepcoAppcoAutoONE type crock.....

Try a panelbeater who specialises in fibreglass work, some often repair jetskis and the like and you might be able to get something made, but at a cost no doubt.

Just quietly though I reckon you might be best to get one made from aluminium at a sheetmetal place.... easy and wouldn't be too dear!

Oh god oh god oh gaaawwwwwd damn thats fine!

You sure don't fuck about when it comes to modifying cars good and proper mate!!!

I would be VERY keen to check those out some time if I'm ever up in your neck of the woods.... Auckland is it???

Good luck with the build and be sure to keep us up to date on what looks to be an amazing wee car!

Great pic bro!

Haha this place is a bit Escort infested eh.... now did I post up the pics of my Sud with 2 other ones, near identical... if not, I'll chuck those up!

The increase an exhaust will give to a turbo car like a WRX or an S15 is mauch much more than the same exhaust applied to an NA car. Trubo's rely on having a freer flow to produce more boost.... whereas the variables regarding an NA engine ar a little more complicated, such as length of primary, secondary pipes in extractors, what types of resonators/mufflers etc etc.

So simply bunging a filter and larger exhaust on an NA car may not give you a power increase at all really - I found that when twin pod filters were put on the DHLA40 Dellortos on the Alfa, it actually lost power and torque, due to the fact that we effectively lost the velocity the intake runners were adding to the air as it was sucked into the carbs. With some trumpets inside it may well have proved to increase power, but I elected to stick with the K&N panel filter.

Matching an exhaust to your head and engine mods is important if you are expecting to get any kind of noticable performance gain.

Cars:

My old man had a Vauxhall 10,

Then a Mk2 Cortina GTE, with a modded 1600, twin DCOE's extractors etc on hotwires

Followed by an HK Holden Monaro with a souped up 186

That was sold and replaced with a Leyland Marina sedan, the Aussie assembled 2.6 straight six powered one. Dad's had a lot of K-Mac suspension bits, Rostyle 14" rims, triple 1 3/4" SU's, head mods, extractors and exhaust and made 200hp....

Then we got a VK Commodore wagon, it got the TSV suspension treatment on 15" ROH mags, no engine mods though.

As for bikes....

BSA Bantam

Yamaha 200 2 stroke twin (1960s thing)

Suzuki GT550 (2 stroke triple)

Kawasaki 350cc trailbike (Bighorn I think it was called)

Honda CB750K1 (first of the four cyl. superbikes!)

Triumph Trident 750 (fuck that sounded wicked, 750cc four stroke triple!)

Kawasake MachIII 500 1969 (still has it, now a super rare bike esp. as his is in orig. cond!)

Honda CBR1000

Suzuki TL1000S 1998 (V-twin with AWESOME sounding Yoshimura exhaust system)

And now he's riding a Triumph Sprint ST 955i with a fancy exhaust and carbon muffler.

Mum had a Mk1 Golf GL, then a Vauxhall Chevette, which was a piece of crap.

My Uncle's probably the one who's had the phattest rides of any relly's, his old man was a Mazda Rotary mechanic, so he had a string of Rx2s, 3s and 4s.... lots of V8 Holden and Ford Utes and panelvans, and most recently a heap of very rapid and mint Alfas....