Learnt a new pub carpark trick tonight.

Elder · 2007-06-11T22:03:21+00:00

Was at the local jap car meet at the pub tonight. Carpark so full that I=20was late and had to park on the overflow. One of the old GT4 club guys=20asked what I was in as he hadn't seen me since I sold the 4, and he was=20a Delica driver now.Pointed him at old faithful. He imediatley wanted to take loads of=20photos of the engine "Quad cam 23v V8 etc". So I showed him the back=20seat toys. And then he said he had heard a story, told me to open the=20bonnet again, and when he says, rev the engine and hold it at 3-4k.I did so. I could see under the bonnet edge he had put a beer bottle on=20top the intake plenum with about 1/4 bottle in it.The beer never rippled. As the revs rose, the beer still didn't ripple.=20At 4k revs, solid held. The engine is so smooth, he took his hand of the=20bottle, I let it drop to idle, let it climb, drop then blipped the=20throttle. Nothing. No movement.How smooth is that, at 100k miles, no service history at all, and one=20slightly tappy follower that could do with a shim.I have a new party trick.--=20Carl RobsonAudio stream: Playing at home:Cr=FCxshadows-Windbringer

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Abo 19 years ago

An old friend's modded mk1 Mexico rocked the whole car. And another mate's gearstick used to whack him in the leg when you blipped the throttle in his mk2 escort, because the engine was only held in my one gear mount and the gearbox...

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Elder 19 years ago

Thing is, it was my beer he put on there, and worst of all, it was alcohol free as I won't drink a drop when I'm driving, and I didn't fancy sticky fizzy sugar water.

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