Loxlee
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Ford Capri with 1600cc's of pure power!........
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Oct 28, 2010 13:37:09 GMT
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Lets not get hung up on the whole what style is it malarkey, it's stunning is what it is!
As for the arches they are just test arches and they are redesigning something else now but I think they are staying with the bolt on arches style.
The suspension part is a bit odd if it is going to be drifted surely they would have figured that out?
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stealthstylz
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Oct 28, 2010 13:44:44 GMT
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Its not Pro Touring that's standard body with huge wheels and good suspension. I used "JDM" as you can't use J. I'd say it was Japanese Drift/Time Attack Inspired. I'm not sure why they've done the suspension like that, but there's obviously a good reason as its much more complicated to make.
Matt
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Oct 28, 2010 14:09:42 GMT
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looks fantastic from the rear, should be a very memorable car when its complete
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Oct 28, 2010 15:31:57 GMT
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Maybe the suspension wont make much difference on a drift car, i saw a lad in a 200bhp P100 win and they are hardly sophisticated.  |
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Oct 28, 2010 15:32:26 GMT
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Its not Pro Touring that's standard body with huge wheels and good suspension. Not necessarily, there have been loads of American built muscle cars with radical body mods (inc. chops and sectioning), tube frames for corner carvers, and so forth. Its all part of the whole protouring/G-Machine thing. I tend to associate the protouring label with the stuff with full leather, aircon, etc. and the g-machine tag with stuff which is more stripped out and race orientated. In reality it really means which magazine it was featured in because the labels seem more magazine biased than build style. You've missed out on a lot of great cars if you think Protouring is limited to bolt on upgrades. My favourite builder at the moment is Steve Strope at Pure Vision. |
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Oct 28, 2010 16:46:06 GMT
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Its not Pro Touring that's standard body with huge wheels and good suspension. Matt i'll just leave this one from lateralG.net here then    It has a 732 hp 358 cid Roush Winston Cup motor and a clutchless 4 speed. A 9" Winston Cup rear with 4:11 gears and a locker. A 3 link rear with coilovers front and rear. Wilwood 6 piston brakes, 315s and 335s on 17 x11 and 17x12 three piece wheels. oh and theres always this one which is billed as a pro touring 57 chevy pickup. but hey what do I know  ;D  |
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2010 17:39:57 GMT by Deleted
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pirate
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Oct 28, 2010 16:54:47 GMT
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fix yer pics nightmares i cant currently see thems
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persistant retro offender.
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Oct 28, 2010 17:05:01 GMT
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fix yer pics nightmares I cant currently see thems oh! i can. not sure whats up there then |
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Colonelk
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Oct 28, 2010 17:08:24 GMT
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yeah pics are broke on Nightmares post. I like it! PhoenixEscort.... harsh but fair haha! As for needing good suspension for drifting.... hmmm, I know a lot of cars that don't bare this out (suspension setup to results gained) but yes it would almost certainly help. Could it be there as a designed in weak point? You know, bend the arms before you bend/break somthing harder to fix at the track? I know nothing. Looks cool though  Surprised at the lack of lock for a custom drifter though! Assuming those pics are full lock. |
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Oct 28, 2010 17:25:59 GMT
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yeah pics are broke on Nightmares post. I can still see em fine on my computer but just checked on the laptop and they don't show up on there  edit: think i fixed em now |
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Colonelk
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Oct 28, 2010 17:37:13 GMT
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strange, they work if I copy paste the url into my browser. Hmmmm
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Oct 28, 2010 17:46:24 GMT
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work for me.
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Colonelk
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Oct 28, 2010 18:00:42 GMT
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work for me now (including ones I didnt look at)
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stealthstylz
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Oct 28, 2010 18:16:07 GMT
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I'd say that Mustang that Mark posted is just a road legal race car, still brilliant though, but you can see the American influence whereas with the other you can see the Drift/Time Attack influence
Matt
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Oct 28, 2010 18:50:00 GMT
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yeh working now thanks nightmares
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persistant retro offender.
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Oct 28, 2010 19:51:51 GMT
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it's just a simple engineers opinion of it don't put yourself down like that  ;D Could it be there as a designed in weak point? You know, bend the arms before you bend/break somthing harder to fix at the track? I know nothing. usually to do this the wishbone brackets are designed to snap off in the case of an accident, absorbs some of the force and reduces the chances of bending the chassis and wishbones which cost more to replace than brackets. back to the car. does it really matter what category its in, fact is, it's something the majority, if not all of us would want to drive  |
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RobinJI
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Oct 28, 2010 20:58:12 GMT
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To be fair to the suspension design, the front top wishbones are under the least stress of all the wishbones. It also looks like they're bent like that to clear the headers, while keeping the ball joints a decent distance apart. Remember that the closer together the top and bottom ball joints are, the more leverage there is one them, and that's a fair sized wheel on there!
I'm slightly confused by the inclusion of what seems to be full ackerman angle on a drift car though, I'd usually expect them to design it to keep the wheels parallel at all times. It does also look like there's going to be some bump steer on the go.
Aesthetically it's awesome though. Love the way this thing looks!
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Last Edit: Oct 28, 2010 20:58:41 GMT by RobinJI
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Loxlee
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Ford Capri with 1600cc's of pure power!........
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a sneak peak of it before it gets unveiled properly tomorrow at SEMA  Arches look a bit different to the first draft... |
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stealthstylz
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stealthstylz
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Epic  Matt |
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