My Old Cars
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:12 am
Sorry i havent got anything to show you guys at the moment.....here a c ouple of pics of the last decent cars i had.
Fisrt up, my old sil80 track car......this was really well set-up in the chassis department, had some good engine mods aswell.....only owned it for 4 months before i had to sell due to a change in circumstances (relocation and new job)
Second one was my beloved RX7, i had always wanted one of these since i was 12 years old, got it when i was 23 and sold it when i was 25.......i'd always wanted a car that was fully modified, i'm only ever going to do this once in my life and thought why not with the rx7.
Looking back now, it was a bit OTT...haha.....but i wouldnt have done anything different.
If i still had the car to this day, all the "ice" would have come out, the veilside kit would have gone for something like an re-amemiya item, and i would have made it more of a track weapon and used it as such.
Its funny, as you get older (im only 27 now) but your tastes do change....no way am i bothered in modifying a car like that in that way now.....all i'm bothered about is pure performance (and drifting :-D )
Anway, the car was completely rebuilt with a street ported engine by a rotary specialist in cheshire, fitted with a greddy t78 turbo, greddy FMIC, greddy filters, greddy everything!!!, fueling was handled by 1600cc injectors, biiger fuel pump, regulator etc, all mapped via an apexi power fc.
Its last dyno session, it hit 506bhp at the flywheel at 1.1bar.
It completely took up all my disposable income :? ........but i loved it to pieces.
Never doing anything that extreme ever again tho
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I'm looking forward to the next car, that will be a full on drift weapon .
Thanks for looking.
Dan
Fisrt up, my old sil80 track car......this was really well set-up in the chassis department, had some good engine mods aswell.....only owned it for 4 months before i had to sell due to a change in circumstances (relocation and new job)
Second one was my beloved RX7, i had always wanted one of these since i was 12 years old, got it when i was 23 and sold it when i was 25.......i'd always wanted a car that was fully modified, i'm only ever going to do this once in my life and thought why not with the rx7.
Looking back now, it was a bit OTT...haha.....but i wouldnt have done anything different.
If i still had the car to this day, all the "ice" would have come out, the veilside kit would have gone for something like an re-amemiya item, and i would have made it more of a track weapon and used it as such.
Its funny, as you get older (im only 27 now) but your tastes do change....no way am i bothered in modifying a car like that in that way now.....all i'm bothered about is pure performance (and drifting :-D )
Anway, the car was completely rebuilt with a street ported engine by a rotary specialist in cheshire, fitted with a greddy t78 turbo, greddy FMIC, greddy filters, greddy everything!!!, fueling was handled by 1600cc injectors, biiger fuel pump, regulator etc, all mapped via an apexi power fc.
Its last dyno session, it hit 506bhp at the flywheel at 1.1bar.
It completely took up all my disposable income :? ........but i loved it to pieces.
Never doing anything that extreme ever again tho
.I'm looking forward to the next car, that will be a full on drift weapon .
Thanks for looking.
Dan
.... I get very jumpy i'm down to a quarter as it could be 30 - 40 miles left if i'm heavy footed.
, so took a step to getting my career on track with a move to Leicester with an engineering recruitment company, then left those guys after 9 months as i canvassed myself into my current position with Performance Friction Brakes as a technical sales engineer.......so, good things come to those who wait if you like, im pleased the canada thing fell through in a way, as i am now working in my dream environment...the motorsport industry!