I drilled some holes in the brake discs guards the other day. And tomorrow i'm fitting a map light. And the day after that I might re-wire my headlights. Oh and i just put some new tyres on that are a whole 1cm wider than the old ones! Not to mention the spark plug hole thread i 'modded' on the cylinder head a few weeks ago! Modder extraordinaire, that's me!
Seen my Escort recently ? ;)
BTW it's been "modded" since that pic, R1 mirrors and stainless mesh instead of B&Q's finest green plastic garden stuff ;)
285mm brake conversion, up from 259mm.
New ECU from holland with larger injectors and 2bar map sensor to replace the pressure switch and 5th injector.
Smoked rear clusters and side repeaters on the A4.
First 2 are proper mods :)
-- Chet
That small??? Mine are 305 front 288 rear as standard ....
As is the Turbo, but it's got more mid-range.
So ?
Er, in what way ?
Pedant.
But it's not.
We're not gonna have the power/torque debate again are we ?
The V6 may well have 230bhp - but it's not exactly usable when it sits at the 7000rpm mark !
A 4-potter will never be as smooth and refined as a decent V6.
Sound is a big part of driving for me.
As above. Sound, smoothness.
It's an Alfa V6. Say no more.
Huh?
I think you mean six pots full stop.
6-pot turbot... much better ;)-- JackH
You have a point, but there's not many inline 6s out there these days, and we were comparing an Alfa V6 with a Saab Turbot.
Are there any, other than BMW?
In news: snipped-for-privacy@eunomia.uk.clara.net, Grant decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows
Lexus do a few, Volvo do one or two, TVR do one,,
Yeah, forgot about the Lexus, bit of an oddity that one.
Didn't know Volvo had a straight 6 in their lineup, as the last time I looked at a Volvo 6 potter it had a Renault V6 in it.
As for TVR, it's hardly mainstream, is it? - sound utterly lovely, though.
Volvo S80.. Transverse straight 6 with an end on gearbox... strange stuff, but they go well.
Not mainstream enough if you ask me. I'd rather be dealing with broken TVRs all day than broken VWs...
Oh... only last night, was I having my first drive of my mates freshly completed Skyline engined S13 200SX... inline six with a turbot... :D
-- JackH
I disagree, many people were fooled by my spacewagon thinking it had more than the 4 cyl it had - was about as well balanced as an engine could be.
Lol. So you're the one ;-)
No, not many, BMW, TVR, Toyota / Lexus, Mercedes Benz, Volvo, Nissan all spring to mind...
Volvo S80 and XC90 T6, only transverse straight six as far as I know. Twin sequential turbo setup also...
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