REAL CARS PAST AND PRESENT

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I decided I wanted something new to see/read about on TA so - this thread is for all members to post a pic of their cool cars (iam a bit of a rev-head) and to make it more interesting just in case you are unlucky enough to drive something you would rather forget - throw on some pics or previous beasts you've owned !!!!!! I have owned a car for nearly every year Ive been alive......and Im sure Im not alone........... 8)

[justo316]

The only car I've ever had, and it was my mums!

Umm....in the engine bay it says "Super Responsive" !super

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[justo316]

And my scooter which got stolen....Fully modded everything.

*Hey, where'd it go? :( Stolen AGAIN!*

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Here is my current beast.........4 years in the making ( I will post what it looked like when I started too.........

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unfortunatle dont have the real bad pics scanned in - but this gives you an idea of it at the start....... !eek

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[M.J]

that is a sick car

[HighMiles]

look in my accident thread to see my current car......soon to be previous as you will see....its the only car ive ever owned

i might have to get a dog leash for my nitro and a skateboard soon

[justo316]

Damn, that's something to be proud of :)

[opAsx]

i love that ute colour.

that tint of green is sooo nice.

when the wife gets home i will get some pics of my 4wd and will get a pic of the girly lancer tonight :)

[Born2drift]

this is my 1st and only slut, pty the dam pic wont come up, i hate it when it does that

[toxxic]

Nice car the mate. I'm not a fan of the holdens but my mate has a similar tire shredder and it looks like alot of fun. Would a bitch in the wet though, am i right?

My ride soon to be (as of july the 4th) is a 1999 Lancer MR, it has the 1.8l engine (less gutless than the 1.5l) and bascially fully optioned. Did i mention it is free :P (thanks mum).

[remotebandit]

Hey Bages , thats frikkin awesome man , good on ya and congrats on the accomplishment . You done most your self or had it done .

[Matt]

daily driver - corolla



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[Matt]

weekend toy - impreza WRX



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[remotebandit]

I love my low riders and heres my Mazda Tribute . 2004 , 20 inch Chromies , dumped 12cm ( almost 5 inches ) from original and barely on legal with a rough ride to match , a can of coke needs a tiny bit of persuation to fit under the sides and you cant fit your nuckle between the tyre and the guards .

These pix were taken about 3 months ago when i had the suspension done so its settled a touch nicer but now that im back on track after paying off the rims its booked in on 28th of this month to get the bumpers side guards etc colour coded .

Definately no 4WD ing for me , i cant even jump a gutter any more .

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[remotebandit]

Front

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[justo316]

:P My suspension is so bad if you fill it with people it becomes the lowest of all lowriders. Wheels sit far up inside the well ;)

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Thanks all for the nice comments on the HQ - yeah most of it was done myself with the help of a few good mates......still a work in progress.......DAMN !!! They 20's remote ?? that is gonna be off the hoooook :-)

[remotebandit]

yeah badges , they are 285/50/20 . 4wds have a massive hole in the guards to fill .

Ive attached a pix of it when it was standard so you can see the 16 inch it came with were terrible , let alone the gap in the guard you could stick your head in . In the picture below of when it was standard , the bottom of that side mirror is now actually where the door handles used to be .

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[justo316]

I've fit 9 into my 'rolla before :P She wasn't very happy with that.

Neither were the people in the boot.

[James]

My 95 N14 SSS pulsar..

Quick run down..
Very worked motor, tuned subtly at the mo, inc forged internals, loaded with tomei gear (cams, gears, gasket, valve springs, guides, rah rah)
Autronic SM2 ECU (with all the shiz) + CDI R500 ignition +MSD blaster coils
HKS GTRS turbo, SARD 850cc injectors, nismo comp fuel pump, blah blah, i could go on forever but the specs are on my site http://www.secretmensbusiness.org/

It frequently lunches on porsches and WRX's on the race track. and picks up the odd trophy at the car shows for engine bay...

here's some pics hehehe


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[James]

another, damn!

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That isnt the same car that was rear ended?!?! how is it only worth 4K ?!?!?!?!

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PHEW !!! Just realised i am an idiot that was Highmiles car i was thinking of........James yours is V nice - neater engine bay that the HQ !!

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Ha ha ha Justo I once took a lap around the block on a mates bonnet lying face down and only able to hold onto the a pillars - it was a Turboed pulsar !!!!!!!!!!

[satriagti94]

hey people...heres some pics of my first car (which i paid for so dont call me a "daddy's boy", i cant stand that comment which im sure everyone can understand !lol ) anyways, it is a riced up satria which is for sale btw hehe nothing like a free plug. im selling because im doing my last year of uni in kalgoorlie and when i qualify i wont be in perth most of my time and as a result the car hasnt even been driven in 6months+. my mum cant even drive it because she cant drive manual because of a bad back. for the time being i bought a sick gemini for kalgoorlie hehehehe enjoy

PS:rims are 3 piece 18s, on top of range TOYO Proxes, if interested PM me, asking 12k ono,2001 model 59ks on odo, extremely well maintained.everything included incl.extractors 4-1 racing $1000 worth not fitted because i havent been in perth to get them fitted.

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[remotebandit]

WWHHHOOOO to satriagti94 .

Thats off its head mate , what size rims , id assume 17s , i doubt you could tuck 18s under there .

Chromies are back boys .

And James , do you keep your house as clean as your engine bay ... lol . Looks good

[satriagti94]

updated my thread remotebandit hehe, read the PS, ill think youll be pleasantly suprised hehehehe

[mischief]

my ex car..


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[mischief]

??? ooo looks like somone knows ze car / me? hehe. as requested..
that was "before" now the "after"

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OUCH !!!

[mischief]

they r as good as my r/c driving skills... (which i have none by the way).

[remotebandit]

Come on guys , dont put yourselves down like that , we all know your losers and cant drive for shit but keep it between us , dont mention it here where others can read it as well .

[remotebandit]

lol , definately not King , i just said it for comedy reasons ... lol .

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Here is my bike i sold to put more funds into the ute... !super

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[M.J]

Nice guys with neons and chromies

but check out my cars

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[M.J]

here it is

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[davetripoli]

Here are a couple of pics of my current car 1998 Subaru Liberty. I had a TwinCam corolla before which I spent a lot of time and money on so with this one I've left it pretty standard.
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Nice Liberty Dave - I always wanted a matching r/c car to go with my real one too :-)

[Matt]

great ideas for number plates you have too, dave.
what plate would you put on a burgundy coloured WRX?

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you mean pink matto hahahahahahahaaa - im sure burgundy is very masculine :-)

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just kidding matto - but I was reading an old forum where someone called it pink....... :-) :-) :-)

[bd581]

Previous
VW Beetle with 12A Rotory (never finished)
Mk1 Escort with 2ltr (rally car)
1978 Sigma Scorpian
1988 VL 5spd

Current
Daily driver
1990 Nissan Pulsar GTi-R (usual exhaust, boost filter mods, f&r strut brace, DBA brakes easy low 13sec qtr mile)
http://www.gtiroz.net/albums/brad/R_brad_2.jpg
Weekend car
1966 Honda S600 - Red sports car, 600cc all allow
motor 12,000rpm, quad carbs, roller bearing crank, twin cam. Chain drive rear end. Very rare car. VERY expensive to fix)
1961 Morris Minor ute (under resteration) Very modified 1275cc, bored 30thou, ballenced, big cam, twin carbs, ported and polised head etc

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bd581 - niiiiiice GTI-R those things eat WRX's for brekky dont they (apparently power to weight ratio is awesome....)

[bd581]

Thanks, i love it. Problem is, if i was to sell it, what do you upgrade to in a realistic price range?
172kw 1220kg stock
Now running around 220kw, easily earts WRXs even STi and EVO. Proven many times (on a track of course :p )
Recorded 0-100km/h in 5.6sec without a launch and being friendly to the gearbox.

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youve got it tough bd :-) an awesome r/c collection and a black beast of a street car !!!! :-)

[James]

they r as good as my r/c driving skills... (which i have none by the way).

Ivan, didnt Denver crash your car? Maybe a rumor, who knows, too much rumors in car industry!

[mischief]

lol.. yeah.. he ran straight into the armco at wellington damm hill climb.. but it was minor damage..we lashed the bonnett down & still came in 5th & 4th (i was 5th). The flying incident was all me :)

[cray-]

cpl pics of ma beasty. still very stock. no funds....it'll happen one day. goes plenty hard enough and most ppl dont know wtf it is or what its capable of. not a magnet for cops like a wrx or something ricey.

http://members.westnet.com.au/mbratych/linkedimages/pwrx1-(46)_400.jpg

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[James]

mmmm pulsar's and liberty's are taking this thread over :)

[BALISTC]

Cray, that was on the PWRX cruise! I was on that cruise too :P

My past ride was a Series 2 Mazda RX7...fresh paint, interior, rims, suspension, and 13B mild port...ran 14.9. Not bad for a P plater!

Current ride:

2002 Subaru Impreza WRX

K&N pod filter
Motec M800 Plug and Play ECU with dual stage anti-lag
Forced Performance TD06-20G turbo
TurboXS bar and plate front mount intercooler
TurboXS polished aluminium IC piping
TurboXS RBV BOV
RMS oil catch can
Silicon breather hoses
600HP Bosch Motorsport fuel pump
STi Pink 565cc injectors
RMS Turbo Up-pipe
Race Torque 3" bellmouth “Group N� dump pipe
Race Torque 3� mandrel bent stainless steel exhaust
Cypher Industries N1 muffler
JME stainless steel radiator shroud
Garage Guilt C02 Intercooler spray system

Work VS-XX 18x7.5" rims (very scared of parking near kerbs with these, 1500 a pop without tyres!)

Heaps more stuff that I cant be bothered listing.

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My old cop magnet tints...I'll be doing very similar ones soon ;)
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Pics of my girlfriend driving the car at Rexpo 2004, on the skid pan.

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[BALISTC]

easily eats WRXs even STi and EVO.

http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/balistc.avi

[James]

swoite!

[James]

Joe, let me know when next ppcc MC day is. I'll come race against ya :)

[BALISTC]

Next one is completely sold out James, but the one after I'll let you know ;)

[PomAbroad]

This was my last car in the UK, 1989 mx-5 jap import. This was special to me as it was chassis number 000000129. The first one of the production line was 000000065 so I had the 64th car ever off of the production line.:
K&N induction kit
Stiffened lowered springs and dampers
front and rear strut braces
performance exhaust
limited slip diff.

The combination of the exhaust and induction sucking air in was awsome. Sniff &| i miss that car. Currentley I am carless

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[cray-]

BALISTC: im on just about every pwrx cruise for the last 2 yrs or so. i know who u r and ya missus...but u wouldnt know me. something about lack of social skills.../me shrugs. ur in the hardcore pwrx inner circle. the rest of us r just hangers on.

nice cars all. respect to the mx-5...for a hairdressers car they can be made to look pretty tough and go hard. anyone man enough to drive one gets a big ups from me.

[BALISTC]

BALISTC: im on just about every pwrx cruise for the last 2 yrs or so. i know who u r and ya missus...but u wouldnt know me. something about lack of social skills.../me shrugs. ur in the hardcore pwrx inner circle. the rest of us r just hangers on.

Yeah I've known Jme and the rest of the crew for years...I've been part of PWRX since the days of the yahoo groups instead of the forums...its changed so much in the past 3 years!!

Next cruise, come and introduce yourself!!! :)

[remotebandit]

hey balistc , high 12s , thats crap ... NOT .

Totally awesome mate , good on ya .

I reckon theyll be releasing &quot; Balistc Drift Run 2005 &quot; on X Box soon . WHen EA Sports call you to design the game though , please remember i have a pimpmobile i want featured in the Pimp my Ride section OK ... EA Sports , Its In The Game .

Adam .

[BALISTC]

HAHAHAHA! Yeah I'll let ya know when they call me :P

I just got my new turbo on...its HUUUGE. TD06-20G, its a monster compared to my old VF22 which was really setup for more mid-top end, than all out top end like this turbo.

Was a bastard to fit, there is no room to move in the Subaru's engine bay, and my blingy bling braided oil line got damaged during the install, so I had to resort to using the old hard line (which is more reliable IMHO), but it all works well...sounds like a truck turbo winding up!!

[Matt]

got pics of the engine bay??
and is the VF22 sold?

matto.

[BALISTC]

VF22 is sold mate.

When I finish wrapping up my IC pipes and such, I'll get a photo of the engine bay :D

[Matt]

when is the next perth wrx cruise joe?

[BALISTC]

Wouldnt have a clue mate, probably when the forums come back online :)

[4orce]

The Old 1 tonner looks great, done a great job! There sure are quite a few 4 bangers around, seems to be the trend. Add a hairdryer, presto lots of HP in a light car - don't get the number of k's as the bigger donk's before a rebuild is required though... This is mine before dropping it and tweaking it a little...

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[4orce]

And the one before...

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[4orce]

And the one before that...see I like 4 bangers too, they just don't last as long before they need a little touch up...

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[BALISTC]

There sure are quite a few 4 bangers around, seems to be the trend. Add a hairdryer, presto lots of HP in a light car - don't get the number of k's as the bigger donk's before a rebuild is required though..

What proof do you have of this?

[4orce]

ex mechanic, e.g. the Hyundai required a touchup after 95000k. It stands to reason the harder an engine has to work the nore quickly it wears out. I was also involed in street machining for 20 years, run a circuit racing team for 4 years...do I have to go on. It's not a shot at 4's just fact. I like any nicely done up car and what they can do with a four is very impressive, the rotaries are even more impressive, that's obvious by the Fast 4's and Rot's drags. Only the owner of a 4 banger would jump on the defensive that quick though...

[BALISTC]

Well stock vs stock, there is no way that you can prove that a bigger engine will last longer than a smaller capacity engine. This will come down to how the engine is looked after in the hands of the owner.

For a performance engine, it comes down to the design IE frictional losses, how the engine is built (bearing and piston ring clearances), how it is tuned, what oil is put in it, and what environment the engine is in.

I've never known a person that owned a performance engine, to worry about how many km it lasts.

A WRX, for example with a turbo 4 cylinder engine, will kick the shit out of many a V8 sedan, and it will still go for many km..and I've seen WRXs do this many km too, in fact there was one that a guy sold a while back with 280,000km on the clock and it still had great compression. It wasnt modified further than just an exhaust, but you can see that it came from the factory with a turbo on board, and it lasted a long time.

Start pushing power out of ANY engine, whether it be V8 or 4 cylinder, and it will reduce its life...in fact, if you want your engine to last a long long time, you dont modify it.

The fact is, a V8 engine with basic breathing mods will be shown the door by a similarly modified turbo 4 cylinder engine in many cases, and there is no differences in how long the engines will last.

In fact, I'd argue that a &quot;built&quot; V8 engine with a high compression ratio, will wear out just as quick if not quicker than a well boosted 4 cylinder engine, because the crankshaft bearings are subject to a larger amount of load due to double the amount of piston rings placing pressure on the bores?

..Not to mention that the internals of the engine are subject to higher cylinder pressures 100% of the time due to the increased compression ratio, where as a turbo engine has a variable compression ratio, due to the turbocharger providing the higher combustion pressure only as it comes onto boost....and seeing as a turbo isnt boosting 100% of the time, the compression ratio is lower during ordinary driving conditions

[opAsx]

my sk8board ownzj00all!!111one

[justo316]

My corolla has done well over 430,000kms :P

[opAsx]

how does your corolla fit into the performance category justo?

!silly

[Bowling Ball]

I can piss further than you all ...

[4orce]

Well the response all looks VERY impressive, but not entirely true. The loads on an engine gets spread across more cylinders therefore there is LESS stress on any one part. As to the crank the 8 has the same load spread accross 2 cylinders for every one 1 of a 4 (i.e. 2 cylinders ingnite together in a better spread on the crank shaft, the v8 crank is not twice the length of the 4 making the stresses less). As for your first comment &quot;stock v's stock&quot;...a WRX ain't stock!!! An RX maybe. When turbo go bang, all of these cars are basic 2L.

Just a question...Why did they ban turbos from F1, IRL, touring cars and sports cars? Answer they are TOO EXPENSIVE to run as they require MORE maintenance...now why is that?.....

The reason for a WRX beating a V8 is (from a standing start ONLY) you have 4 wheels getting traction to the ground, the only run I had with one was in my ute and had no prob keeping up, we were both rolling at the time (I was a standard 5L - 200KW), they are also very nimble due to their size. Back in the mid 80's they put a 4WD system into a standard 6 cyl EFI XF Falcon. The standing 1/4 changed from over 20seconds to 15.1...no engine mods!!! in fact and after the extra machinery it was heavier.

The WRX is an awesome piece of machinery but so is the EVO and all of the other WRC cars, remember it was born to race! 200KW is not the stardard 4cyl...sorry, and you can't do that from a normally asperated motor. A V8 also starts to get a little unreliable with a hair dryer The Corolla with 430000km, have you owned it for all of those K's? do you know it definately hasn't had something replaced? does it use oil? Is it modified? My standard one did at less than 150000k's.

Basically I stand by my earlier comment...

Please note, I have not bagged you or your car, quite the contrary nearly bought the WRX wagon myself (but for the rediculously high insurance), just stated facts.

See ya...

BTW I notice you race IC RC, I'm just getting into it (on road Stock & 19 Turn for starters), what are the pitfalls and what should I be looking for in brands of cars, motors, what batteries, etc...Thanks

[justo316]

It fits into the piss-poor performance category obviously opasx. 0-100 in about 16 seconds :P

My scooter was probably faster.

[opAsx]

16 seconds??? you bragger... id hate to think what my challenger and lancer each do the 0-100 in :(

[Matt]

any more updates on this?

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My HQ is up for sale still :-)

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!super

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[Sly33]

My Baby:

will write down list mods soon but basically bigger turbo froged pistons wolf ecu BIG Cooler blah de balh de blah... will whack the mods up later:-).. managed to take a tropyh and appeared in High performance impports mag :-) pulls 340rwhp on hyperdrive and sst dyno equal 337 kilowatts at engine in holden terms :-p

I remember buying my fuel pump from ballistic a while ago :-)



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[Sly33]

mods:
ENGINE DETAILS
Bulletproof RB25DET
Wiseco Forged Pistons,
Shot peened conrods,
ARP rodbolts,
balanced & blueprinted,
Boring,
HKS Cam Gears,
Oil Catch Can,
BIG turbo tech Hi Flowed Turbo,
Micks MetalCraft Custom Made Front Mount Intercooler,
K&N Air Filter
Custom Enlarged Turbo Dump & Down Pipes
Hi flow Cat
Trust straight through exhaust system.
Wolf V4 Ecu.
Bosch 911 Fuel Pump
Custom engine design

DRIVELINE HARDWARE : Exceedy multi button clutch

BRAKES & SUSPENSION :
Tein coil overs
Cusco Strut Brace - Front
EBC green stuff pads

ROLLING STOCK:
Polished 17 x 8 works rims for the front with Dunlop Lemans 235/45/ZR17 tyres
Polished 17 x 9 works rims for the rear with Potenza DAGG 255/40/ZR17 tyres

BODYWORK: Custom front spoiler, Nismo Side skirts, Nismo rear pods.

INTERIOR GADGETRY:
Greddy Recall Boost Gauge,
oil pressure gauge
Blitz Electronic Boost Controller,
Blitz Gear Knob,
Custom Leather Gear Stick
Custom Leather Handbrake Gloves.
SAAS racing Seats
Custom made SLY 33 head rests.

STEREO COMPONENTRY
Alpine Head Unit with
Alpine splits in the front
Pioneer 6 inch cone speakers in the rear
Pioneer 4 x 75 watt amp.
Sony 12inch Subwoofer in custom made box.

PERFORMANCE:
341 RWHP @ 16psi

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Very impressive Sly !!!

[danhfvcsd]

fully man nice liner d00d :) Just needs deep dish rims and ur set -lol-

[remotebandit]

uhhhmmm ..... wow?

Grouse .

Im a Holden man myself but understand the comment sly ... hehe .

[Sly33]

Cheers guys :-)

it took a while got some good hints from matt and thought i could only get my engine bay a quarter as shiny as James i'd be happy :-)

It s alright remote bandit one of my favourite cars that i used to own was my VL.... loved that car!

heres another pic which you guys mmight like!.....

[trq steer]

heres my weekend car at collie motorplex
old school n/a 4 banger with webbers

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/9828/web20photo20home20page3fk.jpg

DORIFTO

[remotebandit]

that brunette is absolutely sensational , her or your car Sly ? sorry mate , id do her ... hehe

TRG ... YOu got to love the driftand the roll of the head on opposite lock

[BALISTC]

As for your first comment &quot;stock v's stock&quot;...a WRX ain't stock!!! An RX maybe. When turbo go bang, all of these cars are basic 2L.

Well I can buy one from a Subaru showroom like that, so yes, its stock...if your argument was true, a HSV or FPV arent stock either.

Just a question...Why did they ban turbos from F1, IRL, touring cars and sports cars? Answer they are TOO EXPENSIVE to run as they require MORE maintenance...now why is that?.....

Turbos were banned from F1 for safety reasons...same reason that ground effects were banned. Turbos were banned from the Australian touring car championship because the majority of the field IE the naturally aspirated cars, were getting murdered every race. Unfair advantage. A turbo F1 engine is no less reliable than an NA F1 engine revving to 17000rpm for the entire race.

The reason for a WRX beating a V8 is (from a standing start ONLY) you have 4 wheels getting traction to the ground, the only run I had with one was in my ute and had no prob keeping up

I've won many roll ons in my WRX, and thats without a launch. It would have been instant game over if the launch was a factor.

Basically, your comments dont add up. A standard WRX, EVO or any other turbo car, is DEVELOPED from the factory to be as reliable as any other vehicle, turbo or not. Manufacturers would go broke if turbo cars wore out quicker than naturally aspirated cars! They put much development into making them more reliable. Turbo cars have stronger internals, better cooling and oiling systems, stronger drivetrains, bigger brakes and better suspension, to make them work and handle better than their NA counterparts.

This argument is STUPID, and if you want to continue it, come onto antilag.com forums and say that turbo 4 cylinder engines wear out quicker than V8s.

[JD]

turbo, not turbo.. who cares lol

wasn;t the original design of the turbo just to save money? so you could get more power out of a smaller (cheaper) engine?

i dunno though... i'm no car freak lol

and in the touring car stuff... the turbo cars (ford seirra? i think?) didn;t always win... the NA cars won a lot in the wet.

[BALISTC]

The Skyline GTRs won by laps, wet or dry...

The original design of a turbo was to increase the volumetric efficiency of an engine, therefore increasing power and torque from a smaller capacity.

[BALISTC]

I remember buying my fuel pump from ballistic a while ago :-)


Hahah hey dude, I remember you!

[trq steer]

1990 skyline won bathurst
1991 cams added 150 kgs!!! to the skyline to slow it down and it still won

now im not againts v8's all that matters is personal taste but
give credit where credit is due japanese cars where banned from from the touring car championship
because they were to fast

dont want to make anyone angry but the fact is last year a japanese touring car tested at philip
island driven by james courtney and was 6 seconds a lap faster than the v8 supercar lap record

thats my 2 cents anyhow

[4orce]

Hey BALISTC, it took you AGES to research that didn't it, I was waiting for your reply thought you'd be a bit quicker though. Sorry you were reading the wrong books. Turbos were banned due to costs nothing to do with dangerous speeds that's for sure. Why do you think the CART series died in butt, it's turbo and IRL isn't, much cheaper running costs. If you'd like to go back to when F1 changed to normally asperated engines, cost was the reason the FIA stated Funny thing is that the normally asperated engines are doing just what the turbos were without the danger of turbo fires and the high costs associated with the development.

As for winning rollers against v8's, from what I can see and read between the lines, your car isn't a standard WRX. Hard for me to comment there.

Anyway, back to my first comment - way back when, I admire what they have achieved with turbos, but it's still horsepower in a bottle. A bottle that spins REALLY fast which wears parts fast, without it just a 2L. BTW the first lot of turbos that were kicking the v8's asses were Volvos and Ford Sierra's, neither Jap cars. They were brought in to combat the RX7's - rotaries, without turbos I believe (great engine design - very simple concept). I believe the WRC was won last year by a Citroen and it's leading this year, 2003 was a Subaru, 2002 a Peugeot so the Jap cars don't have it all on their own. It's interesting that most of the Hondas are normally asperated though?

The reason why CAMS went to the V8 formula was that Joe Public related to the car as what he drove on the street (appearance only that's for sure). This is backed up by the numbers of fans they get to the race events and the passion that people have for either the Ford or the Holden. The old formula was becoming less popular with the fans for what ever reason. Drivers from all over the world want to drive the Aussie V8 formula as no other country in the world has been able to achieve with a V8 what we have.

Oh yeah, my superkart is 4 seconds a lap faster that a V8 Supercar around Easter Creek (2 seconds faster than Mick Doohan on his 500 too - not sure at Philip Island though) and its a normally asperated 250cc 2Stroke. We're capable of doing the standing 1/4 in 9.5 seconds...with your butt 40mm off the ground you feel EVERY K...

Don't get too upset, I'm enjoying the razz... Your turn !silly

[JD]

indy's are turboed arn't they?

wonder how the GTR's would go against the current v8's... they have like 600hp don;t they?

[trq steer]

The reason why CAMS went to the V8 formula was that Joe Public related to the car as what he drove on the street (appearance only that's for sure). This is backed up by the numbers of fans they get to the race events and the passion that people have for either the Ford or the Holden. The old formula was becoming less popular with the fans for what ever reason. Drivers from all over the world want to drive the Aussie V8 formula as no other country in the world has been able to achieve with a V8 what we have.

Oh yeah, my superkart is 4 seconds a lap faster that a V8 Supercar around Easter Creek (2 seconds faster than Mick Doohan on his 500 too - not sure at Philip Island though) and its a normally asperated 250cc 2Stroke. We're capable of doing the standing 1/4 in 9.5 seconds...with your butt 40mm off the ground you feel EVERY K...

Don't get too upset, I'm enjoying the razz... Your turn !silly [/quote]

ford vs holden yes this category has been divised for a certain section of the public but by no means all public

i was once a v8 fan but my interest in the sport droped since i like more than two types of car (under the skin both these cars are basicly the same) and neither car has original holden or ford parts the only parts that are original is the body panels. So &quot;jo public&quot; has more in common with the old days of group A (imported and australian vehicles alike) than they do with v8 supercars as group A was much closer to road cars than the v8 supercar. yes skylines where sold in australia by nissan

&quot;no body in the world has acheived what we have with the v8&quot;

What about nascar much bigger category with more history than v8 supercars or DTM (european touring car class mostly v8's) p.s. real v8s with over head cams not pushrods

yes im enjoying this too

by the way ive raced karts for years
Is brian stodard still racing over there?

[trq steer]

!super

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nice

awsome paint job

[trq steer]

Quoted from mark skaife in speed magazine

&quot; if u wanted to win group A u had to drive a GTR full stop&quot;

[BAGES]

Cheers trq steer :-)

[BALISTC]

4orce...I'm not rebutting, I've spent too many years of my life arguing about things like this on numerous car forums, and I'm sure as hell not going to do it on an RC forum :P

Fact is, with cars there are too many people with different experience, you'll never get anyone to agree on anything, and no one ever seems to be right...so its futile.

That is all.

[BALISTC]

As for winning rollers against v8's, from what I can see and read between the lines, your car isn't a standard WRX.

Definitely not standard ;)

Should be good for a low 12 on the unopened motor once its sorted....need to jet coat and heat wrap my equal length headers and all my cooler piping. Might even look at doing the turbo housings and intake manifold.

Its all about keeping heat out of where it shouldnt be, and in where it should be, but thats another argument on its own ;)

[4orce]

Sounds like an awesome piece of machinery. Heat can definately be a problem. There was a guy up in Central Qld who put a 350 Chevy into a mazda 808 sedan. He mid mounted the motor with the extractors running so close to the clutch pedal he had to move the whole pedal bank to the right and remove the lining on the floor space so he could put the accelerator there. He used to use it for motorkhana, it was a weapon. He couldn't drive it for very long as he kept blistering his left foot.

What sort of times do you get now. Is the diff gearing standard or have you had a play with ratios? You can make an otherwise basic car and get some great times by playing with your final drive.

Did you have to lower your cylinder compression for the greater boost? Keen to hear how it goes !super

Let us know.

I agree with you on the V8 supercars, I don't bother watching them on TV, the only time I'm interested is when I marshal at both Bigpond 300 at Qld Raceway and at the Indy each year. I too like the different cars and, as you said, both of these cars are essintially the same under the skin. They only have to have 20% of the manufacturers motor to qualify for being a holden or ford. They all run the Ford style of heads as they flow better and rather than spending money developing they just use the technology available.

They'll not go overhead cam until Holden release one, the new Ford motors are quad overhead cams but Holden is still using the old push rod Chev. Nascars are great on oval tracks and are really quick once wound up but they are not capable of good times on a track they need to turn right and left (NO BRAKES Ahhhhh!!!) !yikes

The European V8 series was started a few years ago and was modelled on the Aussie formula. The organinsers of this series came to Australia and studied what we're doing and tried to reproduce it over there. I'd personally like to see these cars running here and force the Australian guys to develop a more advanced motor but cost (apparently) comes into it. AVESCO won't let any cars in that aren't 5L push rod - you don't have to have a Ford or Hoden. Toyota & Mitsibishi wanted to start in the Aussie series but they would have to make a dinosour motor to compete.

I'm not sure if Brian is still racing. I haven't come accross him to date. Do you know what size kart he races. The superkarts don't run on the sprint tracks as we're too big and quick. I tried to do a demo at the Lismore track early in the year and it was a handfull trying to get around the track. Had to steer with the rear tyres, fun but they get a little cheezy pretty quick !silly

The good thing about motorsport is that there is a niche for everyone from the old historics to the latest and greatest in 4 cyl turbos, circuit to 1/4 mile.... I just wish it wasn't so damn dear. For the cost of one race meet with the superkart, I can buy a new pretty hot mod RC electric car each time ($1100 per meet to be a front runner - and that's cheap for motorsport).

See ya !rockband

[4orce]

IRL, the cars that now run the American Indy car circuit are normally asperated V8's made by Chev (under a different name - can't remember), Honda, Toyota and Ford.. I think the Skylines done up to the current specs (with the areodynamics and reduced body weight) of the V8's would kick their ass... no doubt!

[4orce]

The IRL actually are only running Chev, Toyota and Honda. Ford have kept there allegence to CART supplying all cars with their turbo Cosworth motor. Chev officially withdrew factory support for the IRL in 2004, only privately run motor now exist. Toyota has announced they are withdrawing factory support at the end if this year leaving only Honda and pricately run other manufacturers.

http://www.indyracingleague.com/tech/engines.php

Interesting on the specs of the motors.

[Nitro LST]

Here's a real car for you guys to drool over!! Go the Fords!

Remember drive it like you stole it !super

01 AUII XR6 ordered from the Factory brand new with heaps of mods like 11 speaker premiunm sound, alarm lowered, 17 inch wheels and spare.....ect ect.


moderator edit: that pic is way, way too big. please see general non-rc forum for image resizing tools (the first thread at the top of the page).

[Nitro LST]

Try this one out then!!

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[RohaN]

My ST162
Well i know this is isnt much compared with some of the other monsters some of you have, but i bought it last year, completly stock off some (you guessed it) old lady with about 110,000k's on it.
thats not a lot at all for a 1986 model.
not a lot at all
still runs like a sewing-machine :p
ahh twin-cam toyotaey goodness.

its still in mint bog stock state, i might get around to hoting it up a bit one day, funds permitting.




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[trq steer]

yeah i ran sprints brian was a superkart chassis builder ever heared of stockman chassis anyway he ran 250 cant remember weather it was a single or twin engine. i think it was a single any way he was a frount runner back in 97

but yeah a ran at lismore a fair bit it was my favorite track but my home circuit was raleigh and grafton

ive since had a run in a 80cc superkart at wanneroo
and now we run a dato 1600 as u can see in my previous pic

what brand chassis are u running

[4orce]

Stockman MR 2. One of Brian's beasts, modified to handle the touque of the KX250. The donk on mine is a single cyl Kwaka 250 dirt bike motor. Standard about 45bhp, mine 65bhp at 9250, kicks you fair in the ass when you hit the powerband. I know Brian Stockman fairly well, you'll see the superkarts running at Eastern Creek this Saturday on SBS, Speedweek ans then next Thursday night in Inside speed on Fox sport. Great fun, handle like their on rails just getting a little out of my budget at the moment. It's just sat there since January.

See ya, gunna go play RC cars at Beaudesert.

[Matt]

any updates to this?

[BAGES]

Well my HQ tonner on this thread is up for sale............ if it sells this weekend (as Im hoping it will) I will have a few pics of my new bike to add :-)

[EYEZ]

Thought i may aswell re-open this thread so here's a pic of my motor .

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b281/EYEZ_OZ/0332efe2.jpg

[Dlux]

Eyez thats very tidy

[slylux]

the work ute .. *wink* !burnout

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[EYEZ]

That is the shiznit Sly !! I so wanna do an air bagged lux.
I never hoon ... just call it spirited driving !!

Stuart

[slylux]

not airbaged , but now has 20x10&quot; rear 20x8.5 front , 400 rwhp , 6 speed manual .. , havent got enough cash for bags .. ( spent too much on r/c , engine ,20's etc etc

[remotebandit]

eyez : great work man , looks good .

sly : youve just been pimped but as you know im very bias ( and i love it ... hehe )

[mik068]

my baby is on the left a 66 mustang coupe

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[mik068]

sorry my car is on the right the car on the left is my brother inlaws xt gt

[remotebandit]

F*** me dead .

Good stuff there Mik , take the mustang over a jap import anyday .

Mate , some more pix would be sensational .

Adam .

Thought id better edit the Frk as its a family forum ... hehe

[mik068]

King its the park near burswood casino last years big als poker run RB i will have to dig up some more pics as most of my pics are pre digital

[mik068]

RB the only Jap car I have ever owned the wifes run about

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[BAGES]

mik LOVE the STANG !!! I agree with remote - more pics please :-)

[BAGES]

Here is my new ride..............

[BAGES]

ooops here 'tis....... !super

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[azzachaz]

Hey Craig, where to the RC's fit?

[BAGES]

Yeah good point Azz - but I still have the honda - to drive to racing - or if I have to get to a bash somewhere...........
Here is a pic of the bike in the daylight.......

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[Matt]

with so many new members with us now, its time to revive this thread.

post pics of your car here!

[BALISTC]

http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/dumped1.jpg

Same car, but it now has:

X-Force equal length stainless headers (no more rex rumble)
AVO silicone intake pipe
Apexi EL2 elec gauges (boost, EGT)
HKS SSQV BOV (should be on the car by tomorrow)

In the pic above it was slammed on D2 coilovers, which now reside in a mates car.

[BALISTC]

http://70.85.12.34/~ppcc/Random/dumped2.jpg

[nexxus]

Not putting a pic of my car up we all know what a 93' TR Magna looks like! (PLAIN!)

But has had some work:
Ported and Polished head, upgraded CAM
Heavy Duty Clutch, lightened Flywheel
3&quot; Lukey Exhaust System
Pioneer DH4750 Deck, Pioneer Digital EQ, 4 CH Amp, 6&quot; Splits, 4&quot; Dash mount speakers, 6&quot; rear shelf speakers, 12&quot; Competiton Sub in box.

Needs:

New ECU, Rims, new motor, Wash and clean!

[BAGES]

Balistic - that is a sensational looking WRX - and I say that knowing there are 1000000 of em out there now...........mate what about the CRV in the background? lol - thats the only car I can claim I &quot;own&quot; now - my wife has one......

[BALISTC]

Cheers :D

Yeah the CRV is my mums. Dads VY SS is behind the camera so u cant see it!

[remotebandit]

I can pictue your dad :

Ah Joe can you move the WRX so we can get to the CRV to move it so we can take the SS to church

THere is something special bout your Joe , looks good and Bages , CRV ... Lowered .... 20s ... Just a thought mate .

[BALISTC]

Cheers Adam :D

not sure what it is about my car, maybe its the rims?

That particular brand and style are normally fitted to bigger luxury cars IE BMWs, Lexus, etc...but I happen to have a set on my car ;)

[BAGES]

RB - great minds think alike! Last time I had a coupla K I went in and sussed out 20's - it would look evil !devil
Unfortunately the wife could not be convinced as the money was really needed for other things.........
I will photoshop it for ya ! !lol

[DoH]

My Current...Not everyones fave, but I love my HSV Senator.
Better than the wifes 2 y/o Company Car BA Falcon that has
just had a new power plant installed.

Sorry Old School here. Love my Holdens.

[DoH]

Try Again.

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[Nitro LST]

Mmm do you have as much trouble as me keeping a Black Car clean? I own a Black XR6 pics are on this thread somewhere hasn't changed so I wont re post.

[DoH]

Its not Black though Nitro.........Its Phantom.
It looks black and everyone says its black but its actually deep green...Not like the VR or VS green but basically Black Green...Eitherway I wash it every week &quot;try&quot; and keep it under a car cover at work cus it covered BIG TIME in white over spray comming from some fuxing where. Just finished a 5 hour wash polish to try and get rid of it. Its working so Im happy.

I did see your uterous very tidy unit.

[slappy]

My current ride. before this I had a silvia. It was mad I miss her.

I love a drive through the forrests in the rex though.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jjudges/TA/slappy3.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jjudges/TA/slappy.jpg

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jjudges/TA/slappy2.jpg

[Matt]

what if you slide and hit a tree?

[slappy]

The rex is pretty stable on the gravel. You would have to drive pretty hard to get in trouble. I just like to cruise the forrest anyway, not trying to set any fast times or anything. Good fun making the 4wd system work too. You can kind of feel the power move from the rear as it slips and the front pulls it straight.

[Dlux]

slappy. Where are the numbers/letters to your number plate............hmmmmmm?

[Dlux]

sorry my car is on the right the car on the left is my brother inlaws xt gt

Your bro in law may have heard of this guy that owns a white phase 3 (plus other Fords) who keeps it in his 6 car garage under his house in stirling. One day he told a mate of mine plus others, he would give them $100 if they could find anything wrong with it. Any scratches, oil, anything at all. With their own anal attitude to a clean car, could not find a thing.

[Sly33]

thought you guys might like this/
Photos taken of my baby (red one) for High Performance Imports Magazine.
The Photo Shoot started at 11:30 and finished at 5 was taken down at Kwinana Motorplex.
Some good photos for the magazine!


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[Sly33]

one of me and the mrs at autosalon :-)

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[slappy]

My other rex...

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jjudges/TA/slappy4.jpg

[Bowling Ball]

Yeehaa! !devil

[remotebandit]

lmao @ sly , thats the cheekiest smile ive seen mate , your holding the misses but look like your really wanting to hold the car , if you undertood italian , id call you a Ruffiano ... hehe .

Anyway , win win for you on both accounts .

Slappy ,,, dat dukes mockup is funny , wheres Daisy Duke

[slappy]

Haha, I couldnt find a good photo of the original daisy so you'll have to make do with the latest daisy.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jjudges/TA/slappy5.jpg

[remotebandit]

slappy , thats great work mate that is excellently cropped up .

[avablast]

good to see a wrx rally car actually getting dirty that hsv is sensational cant go past aussie muscle amist a sea of small block jap pea shooters.

[remotebandit]

id take daisy as my ride anyday but im assuming allot higher maintanance .

[nexxus]

Fine I'll post a pic of my car. Not a lot done besides stereo, mild engine work to push the power from 98KW standard to 145KW. Runs low 15's but right now due for a rebuild and a new computer. Looking at a 2.4 EFI from the newer Mitsi's with turbo and Gready system. Oh and will have to buy mags one day! Still scares it's fair share of Commo's though

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[JD]

lol when i first looked at that pic, i thought there was a big scrape down the side, but its just a sticker lol

[Vampyre]

It's missing a few cylinders.Sorry couldn't help it.I love my V8's.


Vamp

[slappy]

Also runs old ladies to the bowls club.

Just kidding mate, need to bail on those hubcaps though unless your building a hell sleeper.

[BALISTC]

Just thought I'd bump this up to keep it going :)

The new issue of Perth Street Car comes out this week, and there is an article in there on my car :)

Since the article was done a few months ago, I've blown my engine (about 3 weeks ago) and its in the process of a full rebuild.

I've purchased a Jap spec Version 8 STi short motor from Subaru spare parts...comes factory assembled with forged crank, piston and rods, and reinforced block. These are TOUGH motors.

On top of that, I've done:

- Heads are getting deburred, and match ported.
- STi valve springs, new valve stem seals and shims
- Wade 272 cams
- Match ported intake manifold
- Match ported exhaust manifold
- Sard 800cc injectors

Tune for 20 psi, looking for at least 350 at the wheels. Next year will be looking at 6 speed box and high flowing the TD06 with a Garrett T04E front cover and wheel, and chasing 400 at the wheels on race fuel.

I want to see low 11 second 1/4 mile passes out of it by that time ;)



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[Sly33]

Sounds nice JOe, you and I will have to catch up and go for a bit of driving fun when done! Do you still see Big Dan? &quot;IMMACUL8&quot; I think he is trying to get a GTR at the moment.
350 at the rears in the rex would be nice! mate that gearbox of yours aint going to last for long rexes are renouned for having sloppy gearboxes! dogbox?
You still have the antilag running through the ecu?
What blew the engine? My piston number 3 blew in the skyline, found metal from the front mount plus running a bit to lean didnt help either!

[BALISTC]

Yeah mate, I see big Dan all the time...he is still looking for the perfect R34 GTR, and when he gets it, you know its going to be good ;)

Gearbox wont last, so 6 speed will be on the cards next year :D

Antilag is still running, but I reckon thats what ****ed the motor. Rear passenger side big end bearing is toast, found metallic flakes in the oil from the bearing :(

[BALISTC]

Update. Add to my list:

Version 8 STi heads, deburred and ported.
Hollow stem sodium filled valves
Shimless bucket conversion.

For those who dont know what a bucket is, its the thing that actuates the valves. In a normal WRX, the clearances are set with shims. In the upper spec models, the buckets are shimless. The shims can cause all sorts of problems when using anti-lag, launch control or big rpm, such as breaking in half and chewing out the cams.

[BALISTC]

Engine is in car!!

Not long now til its running ;)

[BALISTC]

Dont know yet, we'll see ;)

Hoping for at least 350hp at the hubs...

[BAGES]

Seeing as though I havent been on TA much lately - I thought I should update on my latest ride......sold the cruiser (see page 7 of this thread) and now own a 98 CBR600F !super

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[justo316]

LOVE the colour. When I can afford a bike I'll be getting either an Aprilia or Cagiva in that matte black/grey. Awesome

[Team Kwik]

I was just going through all the stuff I have missed over the past few months and came across this thread. What a great idea! I am finding it very interesting as some of these cars are not available over here in the US, some of them look very nice too =)

While I am scoping out everyone elses rides I figure why not post a few pictures.

http://teamkwik.com/pics/cobalt.jpg

http://teamkwik.com/pics/cobalt2.jpg

Nick

[Sly33]

ahahah love the plates!! OK so is that our version of a commodore? I can see the Chev symbol, the newest version of the U.S. GTO was actually designed by us!! using one of your engines of course, noice ride, like the flares over the guards, standard?

[mIKe-]

Almost looks like an astra?

[Boony]

sort of looks like a coupe of some sort

[Team Kwik]

I didn't know that you guys didn't have these down there, it's a Cobalt SS =)

It's the basic economy car, front wheel drive (I get snow here!), 4 cylinders, good on gas etc. etc.

Though that might seem boring, and would put my license plate quite out of place the SS car is no slouch. The SS has an extremely good suspension package and a supercharged 2.0L mated to a very tight 5spd. Very fun car to drive.

Nick

[Sly33]

interesting, we have one similir called the &quot;astra&quot; but looks considerably different. Yumm.... 2 litre supercharged would go quite nice, I drive a turbo charged skyline, quite a high horsepower number on it (as shown back in this thread) but you always have to wait for the turbo to spool, supercharger must be nice! definately different to what we have here in oz, looks nice!

[SuperRoo]

I didn't know that you guys didn't have these down there, it's a Cobalt SS =)

It's the basic economy car, front wheel drive (I get snow here!), 4 cylinders, good on gas etc. etc.


Nick


So its basically the new model of the 80's &quot;Classic&quot; K car from Chev? !amazed (showing my age now)

My brother in the US just picked up a 89 Bronco monster (show) truck with 39&quot; tyres, took possesion of a 65 Mustang because his mate needed the money and he traded in his Seadoo ski boat and Cadilac CTS-V on a 2007 Outlaw 11.2 mtr motorhome. Taking his grand total of vehicles 21 or 22 cars, trucks and motorbikes.

Some people have way to much money.

[Richard]

My suped up car!


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[Scott]

u wish rick,lol

[*TOP DOG*]

its probably just a buggy wit a decent paint job probly notin speky

[BAGES]

Since posting my CB600F on here last year I sold it and bought a 4WD - then sold it to buy this!

It a Fiat 124 BC worked 1800 Twin Cam, Twin SD webbers OLD SKOOL !!

I had one about ten years ago and had to get one again :)





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[SuperRoo]

I'm sure I saw and heard that the other day, cant remember where but it sounded and looked sweet.

Nice ride Bages

[BAGES]

Thanks guys - Im stoked on the purchase - now to get out and take it for a decent drive 8)

[RadiuM]

bages, nice ride.

nice n straight.

Shaun

[RadiuM]

my two rides at the moment.

the 32 is going (someday), anyone want to buy it? has a few mods such as rollcage, recaro seats, suspension, exhaust blah blah blah.

http://www.speedfreaks.com.au/media/stagea.jpg

Shaun

[Sly33]

great to see another SAUWA'r on these forums Radium :-)

[RadiuM]

word :P

Shaun

[BAGES]

Update: (yes Im a lost cause when it come to big boys toys)

The Fiat has just sat and wasnt getting used so it has just been sold........

But I recently made a new purchase of the two wheeled variety - an '02 CBR600 F4i - custom paint and Leo Vince pipe !super



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[SuperRoo]

Thought I would wake this thread up a little, hope all these photos work.

Since my brother has some spare time at the moment due to a little mishap on a motorcycle test and tune day at his local race track where he high sided his 2003 Ducati 999R and broke a few feet and ankles, 1 knee, 1 wrist, a few fingers, a huge bruise in his wallet and re bruised a few already bruised bones from a little off he had a few weeks earlier here in Oz. I finally got him to send me some photos of his latest toys. This is only a few of the 28 cars and bikes he owns.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MT1.jpg
To give you a idea how huge this thing is the garage door is a little over 2 meters high
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MT2.jpg
39.5&quot; Tyres
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MT3.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MT4.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MustangGT1.jpg
New Motor With Mods
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MustangGT2.jpg
New 20&quot; Wheels
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MustangGT3.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/MustangGT4.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/Vette1.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u161/Super_Roo/Some%20Of%20Tonys%20Cars/Vette2.jpg



&lt;span class='smallblacktext'>[ Edited Mon Oct 29 2007, 05:46PM ]&lt;/span>

[Lavidicus]

WTF does your brother do, seriously?

[SuperRoo]

He's a property developer in the Mid-West. Mainly building shopping centres, highways and strip malls.

[bd581]

Had a Pusar GTi-R, now i have a Mazda SP23.

But here is my latest weekend toy
1961 Mercedes 220S http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc303/bd581/mercedes.jpg

Bought it a month ago, from the daughter of the original owner. Its been in his garage since he died in 2001. Lovely car to drive and in near perfect condition. Paid less than half its value. The daughter wasn't worried about the money, she just wanted it to go to a good home

[Lavidicus]

oh my.... it's beautiful!

[BAGES]

Hey All

its been its been a while (10 months!) since I hit this site, but I always have to check this thread out first.

Ive got a few new additions to make, to start here is my most recent purchase...

http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r302/Bages1/XTsmall.jpg