Michael Fremer said :-

[Beobloke]

The thing that puzzles me about rappers is that they’re always banging on about turning up the bass and treble. What do they have against midrange?

And Marco’s car is definitely ‘bad-ass’. Mainly on account of the diesel fumes emanating from its bottom...

[Marco]

Oi - behave!

Marco.

[Marco]

Actually I am noted for a deep one, but rather dry and satirical.

I'm making no comment on that!

Marco.

[Joe]

Actually I am noted for a deep one, but rather dry and satirical.

Ah, just like me then.

[Marco]

I don't really understand the concept of bad-ass cars.

Cars with guns or drugs in? Cars used to run people over? Street mean looking with 'boy-racerish' tendencies?

It seems that what we were doing in the 60s and 70s, tuning things to extreme, has been adopted by the manufacturers since about '70 and they have also bee made much more fuel efficient. Resultantly the margin left for the amateur to enhance a performance is really reduced.

I well remember a fellow apprentice's mini 850, tuned to stage four+, with twin choke Weber downdraught and %I Cinturatos.
With four of us inside it we did speedo needle round to the 'E' of the fuel gauge, must have been around 110 mph. Greta times.

Well, this is my 'bad-ass' car:



Mapped (with specialist software, used by NASCAR) to 320bhp, with 510Nm of torque (as measured on dyno) - after remap, full turbo refurb and DPF/EGR delete. Fitted with lowered sports suspension, uprated brakes and 19" alloys with low-profile tyres, plus quad sports exhaust. Oh, and it also has this in the boot, to give me some KICKASS bass with all that 'naughty' rap music [12" 'competition' sub, driven by 650w of monoblock power amp]:



Adam doesn't approve!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

What's going on with the bonnet? I'm trying to make sense of what I'm seeing...Agree it does look like a fun car to be in, but would draw the wrong kind of attention round here. Your neighbours must love you, although I hear the pub next door has had its juke box taken out - people just go into the beer garden for a boogie

[Marco]

What's going on with the bonnet? I'm trying to make sense of what I'm seeing...Agree it does look like a fun car to be in, but would draw the wrong kind of attention round here. Your neighbours must love you, although I hear the pub next door has had its juke box taken out - people just go into the beer garden for a boogie

Lol... The pic's taken from a company ad for Brabus-modified Mercedes cars, which shows a transparent image of what lurks 'under the hood'. That specific car isn't mine, and neither is the Reg plate!

But my car looks near-identical.

In terms of the sound system, you can't hear much from the outside (providing all the windows and doors are closed in the car), even with it playing at full-pelt [which your ears can only stand for a few mins, such are the crazy SPLs generated inside the cabin], because the car has been so well-damped throughout. That was a BIG part of the cost of the install, and why it sounds so good!

Therefore, no neighbours (even if we had some in the immediate vicinity, as remember our property is detached) are ever disturbed. Now, if you were to open the doors and windows (and boot), while music was playing at those levels, well let's just say it would be party time on the pub's lawn!

Marco.

[AJSki2fly]

Lol... The pic's taken from a company ad for Brabus-modified Mercedes cars, which shows a transparent image of what lurks 'under the hood'. That specific car isn't mine, and neither is the Reg plate!

But my car looks near-identical.

In terms of the sound system, you can't hear much from the outside (providing all the windows and doors are closed in the car), even with it playing at full-pelt [which your ears can only stand for a few mins, such are the crazy SPLs generated inside the cabin], because the car has been so well-damped throughout. That was a BIG part of the cost of the install, and why it sounds so good!

Therefore, no neighbours (even if we had some in the immediate vicinity, as remember our property is detached) are ever disturbed. Now, if you were to open the doors and windows (and boot), while music was playing at those levels, well let's just say it would be party time on the pub's lawn!

Marco.

Sounds like a mobile microwave to me.

[Marco]

Microwave?

Sorry, you've lost me.....

Marco.

[AJSki2fly]

High intensity sound wave reverberating around inside a tin can