Just 'cos they're pretty.
Late sixties Bizarrini 5300 Strada.
Iso Grifo 7.0 litre. Also Late sixties.
Both used American V8 engines.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
I would have something from the 911 range. I have these in 1.18 scale if I could just sprinkle some magic enlarging potion on them
Best looking range of sports cars IMO Superb German engineering! Is there anything better looking? This thread is a good excuse to get the pictures up
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I would have something from the 911 range. I have these in 1.18 scale if I could just sprinkle some magic enlarging potion on them
Or some magic shrinking potion for yourself-lounge to kitchen in 2.8 seconds, bit of drifting round the cat
Things that annoy when driving. Mirror article.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...-been-11500523
To bring things back to the crashingly mundane, my beloved Range Rover is not very well and the repair bill is more than I am prepared to pay. Thus it will be going very soon and to replace it I have joined the Mercedes club, courtesy of a 2003 E-Class estate, which I have always fancied, but which a mate of mine took one look at and laughingly referred to as "a bl**dy hearse". (It's dark blue, actually, not black!)
As to engine size, dont ask. It has a supercharger but this is less to do with shredding tyres even faster and more to do with making sure it actually goes up hills...
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Engineers: fixing problems you didn't know you had in ways you don't understand.
Just replaced the rear tyres on the Brabster (previously Goodyear F1 Asymmetric 3s), as they were wearing down to the legal limit, with the top new sports performance tyre from Michelin, the Pilot Sport 4s, details here: https://www.kwik-fit.com/blog/introd...pilot-sport-4s
...and WOW, what a tyre! It's certainly not cheap (£250 each for the size I need), but the road holding/grip and control on cornering, especially in the wet, really is something else - and they're amazingly quiet, too (at high speeds it almost feels like you're floating on air)!
Justers (or anyone else with a performance rear wheel-driven car) really need to try this tyre, as it's a veritable game changer!!
A couple of short vids to watch for those interested (scroll down): https://www.michelin.co.uk/tyres/mic...ilot-sport-4-s
And a more detailed one here, and a review:
If you *really* want to release the full handling potential of your performance car, then these are the babies to fit
Can't wait to replace the fronts!!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
They are supposed to be good, but are not suitable for my car.
Too hard and at too big diameter wise. They seem to be available in 19”, 20” and 21”.
In fact Michelin don’t make any tyres suitable my toy car.
Kevin
Too busy enjoying the music....
European loan coordinator for Graham Slee HiFi system components..
Lol... Hopefully Justers will see this and try them on his Boxy
Went on a run just outside Chester last night, when the roads were quiet.
It wasn't raining, but the roads were damp, and with any tyres I've used before, I used to get a fair bit of wheel spin, if I accelerated hard from a standing start in damp/wet conditions (as the torque/power on the rears is substantial), but nothing whatsoever with these Michelin - just oodles of grip, allowing the car to accelerate freely and power forward through the gears, whilst staying in full control, going hard round corners, and up to some scary speeds on the straights!
Major FUN!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
Do you give new tyres a few miles to break in Marco? If find they can be slippy until the surface has been abraded a bit.