Save lucachiarelli Mini from a new owner..........

[GTT 280]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1320autos (original)

This from the King of Windups at 21.09 on a Thursday evening

... ah haaa. I found it... click here

Not sure why you consider this a wind up though? seriously

Cheers,
K.

[Paul@1320]

Dooh, My Bad Karl, I didn't read the "thumbnail" bit and for some unknown reason thought your car was blue and knew your name wasn't Mark John Johnny or Tony. Also I couldn't figure out why would you be on the Lohen website when if they cut you open there would be a GTT symbol there

But I now understand why, you have a 15% pulley, i presume from Lohen.

My apologies

[Paul@1320]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 270 (original)

Come on guys - i'm not trying to wind you up, i'm just sharing some good moments i have enjoyed can't you enjoy that with me? instead of against me?

Cheers,
K.

We'll enjoy it even more with the new camera

I suppose that you have to realise if you hadn't already that we're data addicts, i.e dyno 1/4 mile track,so anything we do we have to prove that it does or doesn't improve the car.

But you will hae your data soon and give ussome pointers around Oulton Park when you do your video.

Is there a PS3 game which does all the UK tracks??

[GTT 280]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1320autos (original)

Dooh, My Bad Karl, I didn't read the "thumbnail" bit and for some unknown reason thought your car was blue and knew your name wasn't Mark John Johnny or Tony. Also I couldn't figure out why would you be on the Lohen website when if they cut you open there would be a GTT symbol there

But I now understand why, you have a 15% pulley, i presume from Lohen.

My apologies

No, i had my AP brakes fitted there, but they were soon removed after being fried on track !! Incidentally, they were fitted with spacers and not washers, which on all accounts could split very easily and them cause the fitting to become loose. Not the best approach when dealing with brakes

The only reason i've left the car on the site is because i like the look of that picture, but you are quite correct.. it is DEFO not a Lohen car, it is 100% GTT

Cheers,
Karl.

[GTT 280]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1320autos (original)

We'll enjoy it even more with the new camera

I suppose that you have to realise if you hadn't already that we're data addicts, i.e dyno 1/4 mile track,so anything we do we have to prove that it does or doesn't improve the car.

But you will hae your data soon and give ussome pointers around Oulton Park when you do your video.

Is there a PS3 game which does all the UK tracks??

Yes, i'd guessed you like your figures !!!

Regarding the bullet cam - i can't wait to see what cars i battle on the track on Wednesday next week... just a slight problem there though - i am still trying to work out how to mount the cam outside the car at the front - worst case it's going to have to be inside the windscreen for now - which is a bit naff. but defo MPEG4 for sure !!!! if i can sneak it on, then i will also have the second cam suction mounted on the side wing front and aft. I may try a few combinations.

I've just been playing ToCA 3 for the PS2, but i saw the PS3 in it's full glory on an HD 103" Samsung LCD TV in Kuala Lumpur a few weeks ago - OH DEAR !!! this is VERY VERY life like !! think of the step from the PS1 to PS2 then times it by 10 !!!! It's like a DVD !!

As for there being a game - i suspect it'd have to be a ToCA game (not GT4 as i mentioned earlier).

Cheers,
K.

[NeuroBeaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Revolution Mini Works (original)

How many M5 owners and Lambo owners you know want to waste their gas on every car that pulls up next to them?

That depends on how insecure they're feeling, and how much the rely upon their cars to make themselves feel superior to the common man.

I once got challenged at the lights by a particularly moronic looking gentleman in a Lamborghini Countach (at least, I think it was a Countach - I'm not too hot on spotting the differences between Lamborghini models... it looked an older model anyway). This in itself was a surprise, as I was driving...

...a K-reg (1992) Skoda Favorit GLXi with approximately 70,000 miles on the clock.

This one wasn't actually my Skoda - I pulled the image off the internet. But looks almost identical apart from the steering wheel being on the opposite side, and some sort of weird custom thing under the front bumper - looks like someone actually tried to add a front spoiler to it. Anyway, back to the story...

He revved his mighty engine, knowing perfectly well that my 1.3-litre Czechoslovakian motor was no match for his 5-litre V12 Italian behemoth. So... being in somewhat of a cheeky mood, I revved back (sounding somewhat like a sewing machine) and grinned at him.

The lights go green and I don't really move, I figured I'd just stay out of his way and watch him disappear into the distance. He floored the accelerator, smoked his rear tyres without really going anywhere, panicked, got off the throttle, stalled, and then rolled slowly forward into the intersection. I just calmly drove off as normal, shaking my head with a wry smile.

About 100 yards later, he absolutely roared past me... but somehow I don't think that really proved anything at all.

[Paul@1320]

I thought you were going to say that you had a 500bhp 20v Golf engine in there and you smoked him

[Ant FR]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 270 (original)

Yes, i'd guessed you like your figures !!!

Regarding the bullet cam - i can't wait to see what cars i battle on the track on Wednesday next week... just a slight problem there though - i am still trying to work out how to mount the cam outside the car at the front - worst case it's going to have to be inside the windscreen for now - which is a bit naff. but defo MPEG4 for sure !!!! if i can sneak it on, then i will also have the second cam suction mounted on the side wing front and aft. I may try a few combinations.

I've just been playing ToCA 3 for the PS2, but i saw the PS3 in it's full glory on an HD 103" Samsung LCD TV in Kuala Lumpur a few weeks ago - OH DEAR !!! this is VERY VERY life like !! think of the step from the PS1 to PS2 then times it by 10 !!!! It's like a DVD !!

As for there being a game - i suspect it'd have to be a ToCA game (not GT4 as i mentioned earlier).

Cheers,
K.

Sound like the perfect excuse to buy a Roll cage, thats where my mates installing his 4kam on his little Reno 5. Which incedentally will give both our cars a run, ironically only GTT item on is the eliptical vent on the front bumper.....

[Paul@1320]

I have the same problem with a Renault 5 at work, but now its got 30bhp more than it had last year,I so hope he doesn't run quicker than 13.09 this Sunday or even worse in the 12s because my life wont be worth living.

[Ant FR]

Quote: Originally Posted by 1320autos (original)

I have the same problem with a Renault 5 at work, but now its got 30bhp more than it had last year,I so hope he doesn't run quicker than 13.09 this Sunday or even worse in the 12s because my life wont be worth living.

His runs mid 12's all day long. But seriously needs slicks.

The funniest thing was, because the said mate has only recently just got back into Reno 5's ( he had one about 7 yrs ago and even though he had a nice race specced 206, he always harped on about the good old days. Anyway, he got this reno and kept saying as he stipped ( and it stripeed to nothing now, sunroof was welded up at the weekend to finish R cage fitment) that he wanted to get it to weigh less than a tonne. Then i showed him the practical perfomance car article on renos, which stated the standard weight was 850kgs, so we reckon his is down to 770kgs, which is the same as an old shape Lotus Elise. Madness, i knew they were tin but thats just mad. PS its a BB tuning Yellow top engine. Trouble is we thin its going to be too loud for tracking, so looking into that too now.


Oh and reading the comments from GTT270 earlier in this thread. I would'nt harp on about BHP or get into any any BHP wars with others, as it may not get as high as you think. But to be honest, who bloody cares. I hav this feeling mine may only RR at 245 -250. But i tell ya, i believe the stories on doing M3's and the like. as boy these things go, adn we all know headline BHP is a load of tosh, its the driving experience thats the number one thing.

[Paul@1320]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ant FR (original)

Oh and reading the comments from GTT270 earlier in this thread. I would'nt harp on about BHP or get into any any BHP wars with others, as it may not get as high as you think. But to be honest, who bloody cares. I hav this feeling mine may only RR at 245 -250. But i tell ya, i believe the stories on doing M3's and the like. as boy these things go, adn we all know headline BHP is a load of tosh, its the driving experience thats the number one thing.

Ant what we're trying to acheive is the best of both worlds torque like you are expericeng down low at the moment but with high torque numbers between 6000-7500 which obviously gives you high horsepower numbers.

As I'm sure you know and can remember how frustrating it was running 15.0s every run what would you off given for another 15ftlb between 5500-7000 then

Unfortunatley horsepower is what everyone understands and everybody uses as its higher number so thus sounds better.

But you are right, its about blowing every other marque off the track and gaining respect for the new Mini from those so called supercar boyz

[GTT 280]

I'm not in for bhp war dudes, i'm peace all round. As 1320 says, it's all about torque, bhp is just talk.

torque/talk

Cheers,
K.

[Revolution Mini Works]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 270 (original)

I'm not in for bhp war dudes, i'm peace all round. As 1320 says, it's all about torque, bhp is just talk.

torque/talk

Cheers,
K.

then you must be dying for this

[GTT 280]

not really

[Loui]

Quote: Originally Posted by GTT 270 (original)

not really

Out of interest what sort of torque does your GTT270 make Karl?