Popular Post yoeddynz Posted July 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8 @NickJ Golden!!! I was just about to post and spotted your post first. Check out this. It's yet another really useful happy helpful comment on you tube... 7 1 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted July 8 Popular Post Share Posted July 8 Man there are some sad fucks out there. I bet he is a bundle of fun at the local conservative party sex dungeon. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted July 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8 Gearbox Barry has also informed me of his opinions... 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 5 minutes ago, yoeddynz said: Gearbox Barry ... ...should go shelve a pineapple. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 9 hours ago, igor said: ...should go shelve a pineapple. And not too long between 1st and 2nd Just the way he likes 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrstar Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 You guys might be hating on gearbox Barry, but a close ratio gearbox is a modification not to be sneezed at.. It would be 100% a pita to even consider alternative ratios in this setup, and I'm sure performance will be sufficiently badass is a lightweight machine as is. Maybe just whip up another car over the weekend using the stock gullwing transmission, you have a lathe and a welder, what else could you possibly need. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 I might weigh in here and say I absolutely did not notice any gearing issues whatsoever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted July 9 Popular Post Share Posted July 9 *Sigh* Might have to make a thread for car base tropes/barry opinions 3 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roman Posted July 9 Popular Post Share Posted July 9 57 minutes ago, ThePog said: Might have to make a thread for car base tropes/barry opinions You're already here 10 3 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Not just Imps. All very familiar in the world of Triumphs and modifying/not modifying them. More selective about which parts of that world I venture into as I can no longer be bothered to argue with the stupid /closed minded. It’s true that cars of that era are a bit shit in some ways. In my book this just provides opportunities for improvement 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted July 9 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 9 Yeah exactly. We don't drive old cars expecting them to be as good as a modern with regards to handling, comfort, ventilation, noise suppression etc. I don't strive to make mine as good either. It's always going to have annoyingly shit elements in use. It'll be noisy, whiff of automotive fluids, leak fluids, go misty on a damp day, be sketchy on a wet road and always be an unsafe place to be in a crash. But it's fun. All of those various things barrage my senses and create a world that bland modern shopping cars don't. Sounds like wank eh ^ Many will have seen this before but Corvette man explains it very simply... 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted July 9 Popular Post Share Posted July 9 19 minutes ago, yoeddynz said: It'll be noisy, whiff of automotive fluids, leak fluids, go misty on a damp day, be sketchy on a wet road and always be an unsafe place to be in a crash. But it's fun. All of those various things barrage my senses and create a world that bland modern shopping cars don't. This 100% I intensely dislike new vehicles, especially when they have cameras and sensors that bingbong when I do something it deems as wrong I had a day at work where I had to road test 2 cars , one was a tesla, the other was a really rough holden 1 ton with a grumpy LS and shitty old T10 4 speed Tesla was nice to drive but the holden was fun, to the point of if I had to choose one as a daily, it would be the holden 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Yup…. Not perfect, not very civilised, not very fast, but fun. Whether I’m pottering in local lanes, hooning around a track or cruising in the Alps, I’m having fun in my car that’s the same age as me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 I make up excuses to go out in the Fiat, that doesn't happen with the Toyota Fielder... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 36 minutes ago, cletus said: 2 cars I get that 100% Clint. Back in the '00s a mate from Church had a new Monaro (six speed manual) and a VL Walkinshaw. Having driven both if I had to choose one to keep it would probably be the VL, stupidly heavy clutch, clunky race gearbox, wild cam and all. TLDR, different cars for different jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Roman Posted July 9 Popular Post Share Posted July 9 TL;DR for only two lines of writing? Hold my fucken beer I remember I went to a nightspeed drags event at Meremere maybe 10 or 15 years ago. So there was the usual bunch of evos, subarus, all that kind of stuff. Then there was this one older guy there, who had something like a 70s capri, cant remember exactly what it was. However it had the big drag tyres, skinny fronts, absolutely obnoxious rutting lumpy cam v8 idle. Think it had a big intake sticking out the bonnet, and so on. Smelled like it was running fancy gas. This thing lurched up to the line, barely able to move that slowly. Then did this big burnout, then staged annnnndddddd...... hooked up pretty good but ran something like a 13 sec quarter. I remember at the time having a chuckle, and wondering why you'd bother having all of the inconvenience and hardships of this dedicated drag car when peoples daily driven stuff was easily going faster. However this particular mental image of that moment stuck with me. Because everything about the car was a spectacle. Like how it idled was exciting. Seeing it awkwardly trying to lurch forward with a high stall (or whatever) was cool. Hooking a massive skid was cool. How it sounded going down the track was awesome. The experience for the driver would have been absolutely thrilling. It was never about numbers! It was about the driving experience, and this guy was having an absolute blast doing things exactly how he wanted to be doing things. He could have bought an evo just like anyone else, but he made a decision. He wants that noise, he wants that car shape, he wants that driving experience. Then the performance was secondary. And that's stuck in my mind because it's such a good encapsulation of what old cars are about. If old cars did everything exactly like a daily driven car, there would be no point in having them. There's such a variety of automotive experiences to enjoy, and only 5% of that comes from the fairly narrow set of constraints that a modern standard car can provide. 17 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 Bang on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 That should be printed and on the wall in Oldschool reception! 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubastreet Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 I remember talking to my boss in Manchester about the morgan he used to own. He went all misty eyed as he described it. Then he snapped out of it and told me how much more practical his Fiesta was. Poor, broken man. We're such romantics. Anyway back on topic: did you know the imp was based on a fire engine? 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post locost_bryan Posted July 10 Popular Post Share Posted July 10 Exactly the ethos on display at the Marina nats last weekend, everything from unmolested originals to immaculate restos and a couple of restomods. Can I interest sir in a supercharged diesel? 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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