CurtisRider Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Only if the price is right, the 1.8T makes far more sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geniuus Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Only if the price is right, the 1.8T makes far more sense have a dog box aswell, the car got smashed up by some bored jouvanials but the running gear is solid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Where abouts are you located? Might be interested in the whole car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geniuus Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Where abouts are you located? Might be interested in the whole car will get back with more info in a pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 Had to pop over to pick up a laptop from a mate this morning, so whilst we were there, it seemed rude not to throw the car on the dyno:348bhp on the map from the old turbo, peak EGT's very low at 734, no timing pull, miles of scope for more. very impressed with it. Happy with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 What's this N75 business? :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prawny Baby Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 N75 is just the standard electronic boost control valve the car runs.I have wired mine to a switch, so I can turn the valve off to lower boost and power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haydon_peter Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 The idiot that pulled out on me at the end of February has still not admitted fault for the crash so I'm still owed a load of money, what a fanny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Duuuuuuude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gentlydoesit Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) What are you after? It's still there, yeah. A roof skin would be nice. 'Flash to pass' lenses off the bumper and A few interior: bits too. Have you got their number? *had a tree branch fall on it outside the workshop :[ Edited August 19, 2013 by f**megently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Retro Rides Gathering *awaits pictures of car porn* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TROYston Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 If the rx8 has still got its handbrake. Find out how much the lever is for me please and I'll give you funds for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yesterday, I was mostly being a hooligan in a carpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncy H Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Going to look at a vehicle tonight with 177bhp, rear wheel drive and a turbo. Anybody who guesses what it is gets an eclair. Hopefully gunna buy it. Edited August 19, 2013 by Duncy H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yesterday, I was mostly being a hooligan in a carpark. I spy GoPro - vids please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Some sort of transit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 I spy GoPro - vids please I haven't been sent the vids just yet, rest assured they will be up as soon as I have them. Although they won;t be anything special, just a cone massacre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete.M Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Duncy, could it be a BMW 320d or 520d estate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) *awaits pictures of car porn* Afraid I took zero pictures of cars over the weekend, several pictures of drunk people, but none of cars I'll have a hunt through friends facebooks though, there's hundreds appearing in my news feed. Edit, here's a very nice set to get you drooling. Also, I picked up my new wheels fine, but sadly they're higher offset than I expected, so need spacers to stop them looking awful and handling weirdly, and I probably can't afford any for a week or two, so they'll have to wait a little while. On the other hand, dear god this weekend was awesome! Retro rides really is an amazing community. Just as a little example to explain why it's awesome: 3 members of the forum had a unit together, and have all been working on fantastic projects for years, one guy had a Talbot Sunbeam which he'd nearly restored to a very impressive standard, having started with a completely shagged grasstrack car. welded shut doors, mesh welded inplace of a windscreen etc, a real shed that anyone else would have scrapped. Another had a Mach 2 mustang that was simply stunning, and the 3rd had a bay window VW camper and an immaculate mk1 Golf. Now I'm using the past tense because a couple of weeks ago an adjacent unit to theirs caught fire. The fire spread, it completely wiped out their workshop. EVERYTHING was lost, the roof came in on the cars because the fire was so hot the girders went floppy! Every tool they owned, all their cars, and all that other random crap that you end up leaving in workshops. All of it. Gone. It was seriously heart breaking reading their amazingly calm reactions to it. Apologizing for the poor quality of their photos of the destruction, with the reason being that their nice camera had been left next to the pillar drill you could see half melted in one of the blurry phone photos. A couple of days before the Gathering, one of the guys off the forum had an idea that people could bring old tat they didn't really want or need anymore to the show, and we could hold an auction to sell it, and give the proceeds to the poor guys who lost everything. This was all thought of and discussed over facebook to keep it as a bit of a surprise. Everyone was on board, and we thought 'awesome, we might make what £150?' A great little gesture to the guys to show our support. Well Saturday night, a pile of old car crap was made, and a very drunk welsh man shouted lots from on-top of a pile of weller wheels, in what must have been the funniest auction I've ever seen. I can't describe it, but there was people literally falling over with laughter. The auctioneer (a member called Kev From Wales, and a generally amazing and amusing man) kept refusing the use of a megaphone on the grounds that if he kept his voice lubricated with cider he'd be fine. There was some genuinely good stuff there, and pretty much everyone got involved. The rest of the campsite became a ghost town, and the crowd around the welshman must have been 50 feet deep. Mostly things went for sensible money rather than pennies, as there was enough people there that even rare stuff still had one or 2 people who it would be of use to. Plus most people were hugely drunk, and bidding on things just because it was bloody funny! In a lot of cases they ended up knowingly paying over the odds for things because it was for a good cause. We all woke up feeling pretty saw and eventually recovered from the alcohol enough to realize that we now had an old cake tin with a few quid short of £700 in it! Later in the day we had a chat with the event organizers, they were in full support, and agreed to announce the success while they were doing the prizes for the show, as well as agreeing to chuck in a Retro Rides Gathering tee-shirt as a final auction item. Everyone really felt for these guys; The Talbot Sunbeam had been awarded the 'Most anticipated project' award 3 years running, and everyone was shocked and saddened to hear about the fire. The T-shirt that had been donated was auctioned at the awards ceremony and they started the bidding at £10, after mentioning that its retail price was £10. The auction slowly got going, heading up to about £40 before the guys who organised the show announced that they'd match whatever it when for in cash as a donation. It kept going up quickly, everyone completely in the spirit of it, leading to it eventually selling for £100. A cheap t-shirt, that they'd just admitted retailed for £10, sold for £100.... Insane, but brilliant. So yeah, basically, the result of a quick facebook suggestion about 3 days before the show raised £900 for the guys. We'd been hopeful of getting £150 at the start, just a token of our support, but ended up with a real gesture that will hopefully make a noticeable dent in their losses. The moral being: Retro Rides is bloody brilliant, and if you've got a workshop full of cool shit, for gods sake make sure it's insured well! Edited August 19, 2013 by RobinJI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 I really wish I could have gone Sounds like an awesome weekend! Hopefully next year! Backs sprayed on the Porsche, colour match is a little off but i'm intending on doing a full case spray next summer anyway so it's not bad enough for me to worry about. Still yet to polish it all up as it needs to harden a touch more first. Im wondering about doing the part between the lights where the plate sits in black, I have some vinyl somewhere so I'll give it a try and see how it looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Looking smart from what I can make out dude - obviously not the clearest picture but even so looks much fresher! Robin; Sounds great, well, massively shit but you know what I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 It looks better, trust me Now to order some stickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Looks great Paul. I think black around the plate will really suit it, that's how Sciroccos are and I'd never even think of changing it. You're rather inspiring me to actually think about doing some bodywork on mine for once. I don't know why I seem to be so scared of it recently. Must pull my finger out. Also, a 924 won the 'Best Car' award at Retro Rides Gathering. The very low beige one in the link in my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 And a very kind fellow just dropped this off... Mwahahaha... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 Yeah the guys on the forum I use, it looks just right! Seems 924s are getting rather popular recently, I bought one at just the right time I hate doing paintwork but its necessary to do, my little nephew spurred me on as he took the piss out of the rust He does enjoy drifting around the farm though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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