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Thought you guys might think this was cool. I helped build this car and I'm its crew chief at the track.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7523/...9ac9b2a0_c.jpgDSC_2685 by maximstensel, on Flickr
It's got an S65 V8 bored and stroked out to 4.6l with an unmuffled custom-built exhaust and foam filter velocity stack setup, Motion Control Suspension 2-way nitrogen struts/shocks, StopTech brakes, a full rollcage fabricated from the ground up by my shop, and a whole bunch of one-off custom aero stuff including a full rear diffuser. Under 3000lb wet, too, after an insanely extensive weight reduction regimen. (Seriously, we pulled out like 40lb in useless interior bracketry alone.)
I think its cool,very cool. I used to be a crew chief, but a different kind.
that is wonderful
Thanks. Aviation crew chief I'm guessing?Quote:
Originally Posted by bushman
Hugh, that Ferrari is gorgeous, didn't even know that existed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Archer
Max, that is sweet! Where do you guys run that M3?(ish?)
Pretty much everywhere in SoCal (Buttonwillow, Willow Springs, Auto Club Speedway etc) and this coming season we'll be running it further afield in the NASA German Touring Series championship (Probably GTS5 class), capped off by the 25 Hours of Thunderhill in December.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I've seen that car with some Volk TE37s on it. LMs maybe.
Bet it sounds great!
They were TE37SLs, now sold. They made sense when the car was a souped-up street car, not as much for hard track abuse. We need three or four more sets of wheels for endurance race use and we're currently trying to decide what to get.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beer Drinker
It sounds freaking spectacular, the closest comparison I can make is actually to a NASCAR stock car! I need to get some video with a proper mic, it's been too windy to get good audio the last few times at the track though.
Installed new stebro rear boxes today. I like the sound. First one is OEM boxes at around 4500-5000 rpm next is stebros 4000- 4500 rpm vroom vroom Sorry for shitty cell phone yada yada
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/...ps67e7e8ab.mp4
http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/...psc572d5c2.mp4
As I thought, the Hellcat doesn't hook...
In other news. This is a good way to make 100k in 2-3 years.
http://www.autoguide.com/blog/wp-con...spy-photos.jpg
Perfect for snow too.
The brazen ability to boil the tires may not detract from the car's appeal for the target buyer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beer Drinker
Drooling over here. Although it wouldn't be much of an investment for me as I'd drive the living stink out of it every day. Would have many hundreds of thousands of hard driven miles by the time I was done with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beer Drinker
Like somebody said here already (in which they were quoting Jim Glickenhaus), “Not putting miles on your Ferrari (we'll say Porsche in this case) is like not having sex with your girlfriend so she’ll be more desirable to her next boyfriend.” Yup. Well said. Forget buying a car like that just to be a garage queen. I do not believe in cars as investments. They are meant to be driven, and driven hard!
I've made it quite clear to my wife that a used Porsche 911 4S or Turbo is in our future (far future, mind you), which at that point I am going to drive it until the wheels fall off...or I wrap it around a tree. Either way, I'm happy.
^^^^^. had very same year, fun car to drive. love 240., 260, early 280's. check frame for rust......seriously. had plans to drop a 327 in it until mr senile missed a stop sign and sent her to t bone heaven...... sigh
Something to drool over on a cold winter's evening:
2016 Mercedes Benz AMG GT - S
http://i.imgur.com/WceOaNH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zw3yYl7.jpg
http://imgur.com/4THCP7I.jpg
Hot damn...looks like Mercedes Benz has finally remembered how to design a GORGEOUS-looking car!! It's been since when....1962????
As to that Datsun 240/260 above, I remember seeing those acrylic headlight covers in old issues of JC Whitney's catalogs. My brother had one of those in college and was always going to get those covers and the attendant ground effects package.
I'm thinking about a Porsche next.
Beautiful M1, even with those ugly late 70s wheels. They have 2 BMW emblems on the back just so you 1980s Porsche drivers don't think you've just been passed by a delorean.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Quote:
Originally Posted by Plainview
This popped up on reddit the other day. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comment...2_datsun_240z/
http://i.imgur.com/5SRRkXf.jpg
That's sick^Quote:
Originally Posted by commonlaw
Drooooool...Quote:
Originally Posted by commonlaw
^^^^I sure regret selling the 01 that I had. Such a fun car to drive on twisty roads and the speed of it caught a lot of people of guard. It was as fast as my buddies Z8 and that really pissed him off:D