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******Motors Chat - Round 6******
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Your classic pony / muscle car are great fun to drive; sound awesome and attract great attention from young and old. Traditional set up ain't great in terms of handling but a few simple modifications can improve that a lot.
Each to their own but they put a smile on my face anyhow.
My thinking was like this though.
Near 300bhp 1300kg ST while fun but i was over 3 grand deep on it modificationa and labour alone over the course of 14 months or so while only getting 20mpg and it not being that comfortable as a daily.
Imagine the personal stamp you could put on a pony car with that money over a longer period as it's a car you will keep for 5+ years especially when buying a shed for it like i am and the money saved every year getting 10 more mpg and having a comfortable quickish daily ?
Something like this for example.
http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/03-mg-zt-190-plus/6900385
If it breaks no big deal you are still only down 1k.
Plus i've always liked the idea of owning a bunch of 2k 2.5ish cars one after the other to try them all out.0 -
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pred racer wrote: »I dropped the powerflex bushings into the garage today, getting fitted in a couple of weeks, the ones half way along the lower arm are a bit worn too, any idea if you can get these without buying the whole arm?
Its either whole arm or polybush if they're available.
Heres what power flex make for the 159 (developed with autolusso) http://www.powerflex.co.uk/road-series/products/159+%282005-2011%29-2830/1.html
Heres what strong flex make (http://www.strongflex.eu/en/1102-159-05-11). They're a good bit cheaper than power flex, but i know a few who have them and I've drove a car with them in it and I've no complaints.Mine was €440!
I nearly had a heart attack!
Which part? The wishbone, the track control arm or the part onto which the spring sits onto (spring pan). At 440, id be guessing a spring pan.
As were talking about suspensions I picked up a power flexed rear suspension last week for 100 pounds with all the polybushes fitted. Making it 2 subframes and 3 sets of each suspension part I now have for when things go wrong
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Stop stealing jokes, pickles!toastedpickles wrote: »To save me from further embarrassment :P
just for you also
Why don't crabs give to charity?
They're shellfish.....
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quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
Which part? The wishbone, the track control arm or the part onto which the spring sits onto (spring pan). At 440, id be guessing a spring pan.
As were talking about suspensions I picked up a power flexed rear suspension last week for 100 pounds with all the polybushes fitted. Making it 2 subframes and 3 sets of each suspension part I now have for when things go wrong
I needed to replace a bushing as it was a little loose according to the NCT creatures
The track control arm with the bush on it was 440, TI have four bushes in a set for about €90 the polybushes for my car. This was on the rear suspension
For the crack, after my mechanic looked at it and said he couldn't see any issue, I booked it back into the NCT and it passed fine :rolleyes:
Btw the subframe on the gtvs is notorious for failing at the rear due to the original bushes being steel iirc0 -
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So, I've decided to pull the loom out again. Magically I have another 2.5 156 to pillage the loom from and another 2.5 to reference it against. When I have it figured, I'll make a custom loom from the 2 166's for another 156 or a certain blue van.....
Doesn't take long for a v6 to magically appear in the yard and begin the teardown. Anyone spot something about this car....
What's this, more bodgery??!!! :rolleyes:
If it's too dark, some asshat glued the rad to the mounting point :rolleyes:
If I get a good run at this car, I'll injure myself :pac: or have it stripped in no time0 -
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At least 9 + driver for the number of seats, otherwise it's technically a "car". That means an M or M1 licence to legally drive it.
Would it be classified as a PSV vehicle for Road Tax? If so, do you need a PSV licence? Can't classify it as a youth or community minibus, unless it's used primarily for youth or community.
Also - you'd have to drive a frickin Transit.
Seats, - grand.
Driving license - on the way soon !
PSV ? well thats a good one because it wouldn't be used for PSV services, just as a private car i.e max 2-3 passengers at any time and not for any reward. I assume it would be a DOE so would have to be commercial tax and then insurance im not sure at all about as it would not be used in conjunction with any work etc.
Driving a transit - done it before and can do it again if it means i can have bus lanes
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