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Sept 1, 2004 10:43:29 GMT
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go on!!
i would love another skoda but its too far away
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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Sept 1, 2004 15:18:20 GMT
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You know you want it!! ;D
Believe me, I'd be on my way to pick up that lovely Lada at the moment if I wasn't skint and borrowing space on my parents' driveway to store my cars as it is!!
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Sept 1, 2004 15:23:20 GMT
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That'd be the lovely Lada which would match this quite nicely, and isn't all that far away from me, and is now residing on my "watch" list! ;D Hahahaha!
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SkoCan
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Sept 1, 2004 15:25:53 GMT
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Engine...Check (Subaru, Fiat...others) New axle...um? Gearing.....also another challenge  Slowing down yet? ;D In good tune still a heck of a lot of fun Oodles of other mods for your driving pleasure |
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Sept 1, 2004 15:29:06 GMT
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Axle: reverse a Renault 30 one. That will fit, right?  G/box? Let my mechanic friend sort that bit. Leave him alone for long enogh in a drafty shed and he's bound to come up with something!  |
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Sept 1, 2004 15:32:28 GMT
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Wouldn't the standard axle be up to the job? I have a mate with Alfa flat four powered Beetles and bay windows who uses standard VW boxes/axles for them.
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Sept 1, 2004 15:37:29 GMT
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Maybe, its just I'd heard that this was a good option if it was going to take alot of power....  |
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Sept 1, 2004 15:58:33 GMT
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You're probably right but a car so light won't need hundreds of horses to seriously shift!
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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SkoCan
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Sept 1, 2004 20:39:37 GMT
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The standard gearbox has some horsepower limitations. Straight cut gears would help if you could find them. Talk to southcoastskoda. If it has been done, he'll know. Mine has a rebuilt engine with a 5spd box. It's sprightly.  |
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Sept 2, 2004 11:13:53 GMT
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Converted my old 4 speed swing axle (series 1 rapid) to a 5 speed semi trailing. Apparently it's a difficult job, but it all just seemed to bolt together. Also, a lancia/fiat twin cam is a really easy swap with adaptor plate for the box and a simple engine mount bar (Rmad is up on these). I plonked a 2.2 lancia lump in mine with about 140bhp. Never had a problem with the gearbox, and the late 4-pot brakes are well up to the job as standard. Bung in a sticky clutch, and nothing front-wheel drive will be able to touch you at the lights.  Marvellous! |
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There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes
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Sept 2, 2004 11:16:24 GMT
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You sir, are a legend.  |
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Sept 2, 2004 15:22:37 GMT
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I'm now the owner of a Skoda Rapid 136 'SPORT'...1990 on a G with a highly tuned 1289cc Skoda engine in the rear...its said to be pushing out around 135 bhp at the flywheel but this has yet to be proved...although a quick blast up the road proved to be very quick...as soon as i've got some pix i shall get them posted.
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Current Fleet
2006 Skoda Roomster 1.4 16v (Daily)
1990 Autozam Revue 1.5 Auto Canvas Top (Project)
1993 VW Transporter LWB 2.4D (Camper Project)
1994 Skoda Favorit Foreman II Pick Up (Project)
1979 Skoda Estelle 120LS. (Project)
1982 Kip Kompakt 300 Caravan (Project)
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SkoCan
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Sept 2, 2004 17:55:07 GMT
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Converted my old 4 speed swing axle (series 1 rapid) to a 5 speed semi trailing. Apparently it's a difficult job, but it all just seemed to bolt together. [glow=green,2,300]It can be for some of us. Stop looking at me!  [/glow] Didn't you bend this one? ;D |
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Sept 2, 2004 18:13:46 GMT
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Nice!  All this stuff is alien to me. I don't feel the need to change the engine on the Imp, even though the highest possible power figure can't be a great deal over 120bhp, and that would be with some pretty extreme mods on. Probably because the engines a very willing and responsive one (and a highly tuned one will rev to over 12000 rpm, although it flat spots before 10000 so you won't get much more power out of it at that point,) and Imps have light engines, made of a light alloy, so I'd be afraid to destroy the balance and handling with a heavy engine, and the suspension is quite advanced for its age and designed to counteract tail-happiness a bit, so I'd be afraid, again to kill the handling. Remember I want a rallyable car, even if it means I cant show off as a hardcore veteran modifier type and expert fabricator, and the car would get murdered against serious competiton on a drag strip. Mind you, I've always felt that a well set up rear engined car can eat alive anything on a road with a lot of curves. |
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SkoCan
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Sept 2, 2004 18:16:53 GMT
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Mind you, I've always felt that a well set up rear engined car can eat alive anything on a road with a lot of curves. Agreed! Thats one of the reasons my Skoda stays "relatively" stock. |
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Sept 2, 2004 18:37:08 GMT
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Didn't you bend this one? Nope - someone offered me silly money for it with the juice removed, so it had to go (the only lowerider I haven't broken!). Last I heard it was being prepared for hill climb racing, although I don't talk to the new owner anymore as he T-boned me in my Smart car. I cannot take full credit for this car though, as I bought it from RMad with a twin-cam sort of bolted in. He bought it from Mart, so it did the rounds! Good fun tho... |
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There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes
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