haha werd I think young einstein was a good movie! reckless kelly was where yahoo went pear shaped! Mel gibson was great in mad max 1 (road warrior to the yanks ;) it is a great movie in itself and should have a place in every car buffs collection. but went downhill when he mad beyond thunderdome IMHO and don't be fooled by steve irwin! he knows what he is doing! he's a very good businessman.. already made a mint.
RICLAGE - seems like you have fallen victim to some automotive myths ;)
do you know a guy called tony rigoli uses a turbo fiat motor to run 9 second passes in a datsun 1200 ute?
I think fiats got a bad rep because of the cheap soviet steal they used in their cars, which were very susceptible to rust.. but I think people generalise this on the whole range.
my argument was directed towards putting the SR in such a light car as the 1000, not turbos in general.. I think an engine like a SR on the street would be ball tearing.. I have nothing against turbos .. heck, I'll probably get a pulsar GTi-R when I get approved for a loan! I just think cars such as small as these go better on the street with NA engines.. plus you can race in the entry level classes and not be forced to mix it with the big boys. you can't deny that once you learn the basic method of drag racing that there is not much to it, sure you have to know such things as when to back off to save engines . but there is always the limit of the car reached that you have to spend $ to go beyond.
I would hope so.. I personally plan to fit a naturally aspirated toyota 4ag into my sedan.. licensing laws are a shade more tight over here in the west.. so I think a turbo would be killer , but more suited to drag racing.. I would like to have a nice street car and maybe run in some weekend hillclimb and car club events.. IMHO drag racing is less about driver ability and more about how much money you sink into a car.. with circuit racing every lap is different.. personally I think the front suspension has to go with that sort of power.. I was thinking maybe double wishbone suspension like the type westfield replicas run.. what do you think? anyone tried megasquirt cause thats what I intend to be running!
well maybe someone could compare the manual against the blueprints and write in the dimensions that dont appear in it. theres no point having either if you dont have the full instructions!
>maybe someone in sydney can show me >ow to upload photos
just go to the photo album main page and go and click 'add a new one' just under the main listing... then you just select a picture on your computers harddrive and it uploads.. pretty straightforward
npz.. I am actually seriously considering the megasquirt unit and making my own manifold. even if I go the 4ag route, the megasquirt will be an improvement over the factory efi computer. this page has given me inspiration : www.sdsefi.com/techinta.htm
take a look around the main site , there are many helpful tech articles.
you can do them yourself with that autosol metal polish..my 1000 headlight surrounds and grille look great now. i find it works best to start of with some kitten water based rubbing compound car polish and then finish up with the autosol for best results.
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