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Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:02 pm**

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:23 pm
Nefarious wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:47 am I was about to berate you all for besmirching my good name, but then I looked at my own signature and realised I probably don't have much of a leg to stand on....
This was in a Saab iirc...

Ah yes. The boost test in the old 900 on my "private drag strip".

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:06 pm**

Nefarious wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:02 pm
Zonda_ wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:23 pm
Nefarious wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:47 am I was about to berate you all for besmirching my good name, but then I looked at my own signature and realised I probably don't have much of a leg to stand on....
This was in a Saab iirc...
Ah yes. The boost test in the old 900 on my "private drag strip".

I seem to recall a stone wall along one side and hurtling towards one in front. It got all crossed up under, erm, late braking but it was gathered up with a dab of oppo and we were away!

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:15 pm**

Nefarious wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:18 pm
scotta wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:12 pm
Nefarious wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 11:47 am I was about to berate you all for besmirching my good name, but then I looked at my own signature and realised I probably don't have much of a leg to stand on....
Possibly a bit like when you took my aussie relatives round knockhill...and promptly stuck it in the weeds at the bottom of duffas...
You, of all people, Scott, are in no position to piss-take about putting the Westfield in the weeds

Beside, it doesn't count if you keep rolling and style it out...

Ive not done that for aaaaaaages....

Posted: **Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:31 pm**

scotta wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 4:15 pm
Nefarious wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:18 pm
scotta wrote: ↑Sat Sep 14, 2019 2:12 pm

Possibly a bit like when you took my aussie relatives round knockhill...and promptly stuck it in the weeds at the bottom of duffas...
You, of all people, Scott, are in no position to piss-take about putting the Westfield in the weeds

Beside, it doesn't count if you keep rolling and style it out...
Ive not done that for aaaaaaages....

To be fair, that's in part because the Westfield's been stuck in the garage for aaaaages...

Posted: **Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:32 am**

I spent a fair amount of this morning figuring out whether you could get a Vauxhall Chevette to run a 10 second quarter mile with a crate LS engine. The answer is "probably", using the LS376/525 motor.

Posted: **Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:42 am**

There was a Chevy Chevette running low tens with wheel stands at drag week this year. I'm not sure what was in it though.

Found it on line and it's running an N/A 427 big block.

Posted: **Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:06 pm**

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:32 am I spent a fair amount of this morning figuring out whether you could get a Vauxhall Chevette to run a 10 second quarter mile with a crate LS engine. The answer is "probably", using the LS376/525 motor.

Bloody hell, you really need a job!

Posted: **Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:18 pm**

ZedLeg wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:42 am There was a Chevy Chevette running low tens with wheel stands at drag week this year. I'm not sure what was in it though.

Found it on line and it's running an N/A 427 big block.

Posted: **Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:20 pm**

Posted: **Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:31 pm**

While skiving this morning I found out that you can get a base model F-150 with a Coyote or a base model Dodge Ram with a Hemi for around $30k + taxes, I want one.

Apparently cheapest spec 2wd with the V8 isn't a very popular option for some reason.

Posted: **Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:44 pm**

I remembered that The Netherlands is a relatively cheap source of Chevrolet Caprice station wagons and 80s Ford Thunderbird 5.0s. This changes everything

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:30 am**

So, having not bought mid-80s American junk from Holland, I spent far too much of my time thinking about how awesome an Austin 1800 Landcrab would be on airbags and with some kind of modern engine swap and nice wheels. Or possibly an early Princess with the same treatment.

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:38 am**

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:30 am So, having not bought mid-80s American junk from Holland, I spent far too much of my time thinking about how awesome an Austin 1800 Landcrab would be on airbags and with some kind of modern engine swap and nice wheels. Or possibly an early Princess with the same treatment.

Can you define "awesome" in this context?

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:11 am**

DeskJockey wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:38 am
NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:30 am So, having not bought mid-80s American junk from Holland, I spent far too much of my time thinking about how awesome an Austin 1800 Landcrab would be on airbags and with some kind of modern engine swap and nice wheels. Or possibly an early Princess with the same treatment.
Can you define "awesome" in this context?

That's got to be an autocorrect from awful, Shirley?

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:17 am**

So for the Princess, I’d fit Wolfrace slot mags and I reckon the engine out of a 9th gen Chevy Impala SS could be persuaded to fit (transverse mounted 5.3 LS V8 and fwd auto box). AWESOME.

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:19 am**

NotoriousREV wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:17 am So for the Princess, I’d fit Wolfrace slot mags and I reckon the engine out of a 9th gen Chevy Impala SS could be persuaded to fit (transverse mounted 5.3 LS V8 and fwd auto box). AWESOME.

Someone needs to stage an intervention. This poor chap has clearly had too much access to search engines and mind altering drugs.

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:26 am**

Yes that sounds truly and utterly awful. Thankfully it'll never happen so it's OK.

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:18 am**

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Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:40 am**

Any old bl tat that used hydrolastic / hydragas should be pretty easy to airbag, as the displacers never form a structural part of the suspension, just control the height.

Posted: **Sun Oct 06, 2019 1:10 pm**

Rev, get a job. For your own sake.

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