The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XVIII)

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Another couple of snaps to make rejn's wait even more difficult.

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In other Aston news, saw the 'plate 'V8' today on a proper V8 Vantage.

Proper old school chap driving as well.

ETA: Ha! The power of t'interweb.

Edited by jeremyc on Saturday 8th October 23:31

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olly755 said:

And as for the Nova, well..

I'm not sure you've got enough loft space, have you?

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olly755 said:

Or desk space

I'm seriously concerned at the size and age of that calculator.

Is it one you crafted yourself from finest timber?

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s m said:

Here you go

And the most important bit.

Not so much a torque curve as a torgue plateau.

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Seems I've been spotted ...

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New registration plate for a Threadist?

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This weekend I mostly lusted after a GT4 in lime green.

IMG_8853 by Ashley Finch, on Flickr

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L100NYY said:

Sounds absolutely fantastic Rejn, can't wait to see it. They really are great cars and the way they devour A roads et al is phenomenal and the overtaking potential is just fab. I was very impressed and I bet JeremyC will remember it fondly

rejn said:

It still feels like I've borrowed a posh friend's car.

I was just running it in for you. It's all yours now.

And that torque: should you choose to you'll find you can pull away from low speeds in sixth and keep on accelerating up to highly illegal speeds. I did see 163mph easily in the 1.6 miles of runway at Bruntingthorpe ...

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Good morning at the C&SC Show yesterday. Seems that there are many cars being dragged out for sale - there were no less than four 512BBs there being flogged.

Some nice metal at the Coys auction. I'll take Rod's old Muira please.



I also liked the 911 recreation and Range Rover, but not at their estimated prices.




And then in the show another Muira to take home.

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In other news the Elan was MOTed this week. Interesting to see that the brake tester put it's weight at 682Kg, including the not-so-much-added-lightness tester bloke.

As you were ...

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ferrisbueller said:

Audi use a couple of derivations of the Lambo V10 in the R8.
BMW - ///M S54, S65, S85
Ferrari - Various
Honda - TypeR derivatives of the B16 and K20 (I have a hunch the C32B was knocking on the door)
Lambo - Various
Porsche - Mezger GT3s, 3.8 Carrera S/GTS.
Toyota - 2ZZ

I'm starting to struggle after that. It's a pretty exclusive club.

Caterham (and possibly Lotus) achieved the benchmark with the Rover K series (up to 250bhp from 1800cc).

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Just done the math (as they say): the average for my NA fleet is over 100bhp/litre.

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ferrisbueller said:

Kudos, I can only muster 93.

If it wasn't for that pesky old-tech Elan dragging the stats down ...

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anonymous said:

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I think you might have your 'B' numbers in a twist.

B8 RS4 was 450PS, B7 420PS.

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ferrisbueller said:

I thought the B8 was a turbo. That's how much attention I pay to them.

Same engine, different state of tune.

B7 V8 goodness.


B8 with extra carbon tat.

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ferrisbueller said:

I thought they'd gone to a V6TT. Glad they didn't.

And the best thing is that red line ...

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braddo said:

jeremyc said:

Just done the math (as they say): the average for my NA fleet is over 100bhp/litre.

That is a great stat!

Just checked mine and I'm surprised it is close, at around 98. GT3 is 115(!) and Cayenne is 80.

Did you include the Piaggio?

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braddo said:

Sounds like some Thread beers in London should be organised before departure.

I was thinking the very same earlier today.

Let's make it so.

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Crook said:

Don't think I'll be able to stretch to an R so is anybody (Jeremy/Ben?) able to advise what the benefits of an R are over the two examples above, for example, please?

That Super 7 is almost a K Series R400/Superlight R in everything but name. You miss out on carbon wings and nosecone (and possibly the wheels) but otherwise looks an interesting car.

The Supersport is much further away from an 'R' in specification. Apart from the obvious engine differences (and lack of dry sump) it isn't clear whether it has the widetrack front suspension (I'd have expected them to mention it in the details if it had).

In summary: buy the blue Super 7.