Discussion
A couple of quick questions, as I am downgrading my fun car ... changing from BMW 850 to a G32. Clearly no comparison in any meaningful area, but the G32 gives me some change to spend on a few improvements:
- Its a 1.6. I have read about the possible upgrades and would NOT go for a turbo. Is the 1.9 the one to go for, and is it relatively straightforward ? I won't be doing jobs that major myself. It doesn't need a new engine - this would just be for performance reasons.
- Paint jobs. Any GRP specialists in Essex / Suffolk area ? The company that did my old Scimitar is no longer around. No body damage, but new paint required. On that point, a google image search produces simple single colour cars. Was there ever anything a little racier ? If possible, sticking to the original 'style' sounds sensible. No fixed ideas, but something a little more eyecatching would be good.
Thanks !
- Its a 1.6. I have read about the possible upgrades and would NOT go for a turbo. Is the 1.9 the one to go for, and is it relatively straightforward ? I won't be doing jobs that major myself. It doesn't need a new engine - this would just be for performance reasons.
- Paint jobs. Any GRP specialists in Essex / Suffolk area ? The company that did my old Scimitar is no longer around. No body damage, but new paint required. On that point, a google image search produces simple single colour cars. Was there ever anything a little racier ? If possible, sticking to the original 'style' sounds sensible. No fixed ideas, but something a little more eyecatching would be good.
Thanks !
As for engines the 1.9 was, I believe, an american tall block based engine imported by Specialised Engines. The 1.6 can be tuned up to full race spec quite easily. See Burton Power website [url]www.burtonpower.com[/url] under technical support. Some of the large boot behind the engine can be cut away to accomodate twin carbs and big filters.
I've never seen a G32 with anything other than a single colour paint job but did consider a number of options when looking to get mine resprayed. I played about with PaintShop Pro but eventually decided that one colour looked best. One scheme that did look OK was one colour all over except for a single wide stripe right over the top of the car the width of the moulded lines on the bonnet.
There were a couple of minor body mods available. Turbo Ears (the triangular panels behind the door) can replace the fluted side panels to let more air into the engine bay but I have it on good authority that they were useless without the small front air dam providing the correct airflow under the car.
I've never seen a G32 with anything other than a single colour paint job but did consider a number of options when looking to get mine resprayed. I played about with PaintShop Pro but eventually decided that one colour looked best. One scheme that did look OK was one colour all over except for a single wide stripe right over the top of the car the width of the moulded lines on the bonnet.
There were a couple of minor body mods available. Turbo Ears (the triangular panels behind the door) can replace the fluted side panels to let more air into the engine bay but I have it on good authority that they were useless without the small front air dam providing the correct airflow under the car.
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