Badly modified cars thread Mk2
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delboy735 said:
xRIEx said:
delboy735 said:
Deisel Weisel said:
Biebers ride:
Note the cost of V Power....equivalent to £2.14 a gallon here !!!!!US gallon is different to our gallon.
Excellent.
HereBeMonsters said:
delboy735 said:
xRIEx said:
delboy735 said:
Deisel Weisel said:
Biebers ride:
Note the cost of V Power....equivalent to £2.14 a gallon here !!!!!US gallon is different to our gallon.
Excellent.
ETA: In that case, I make it £3.21.
Someone's going to have to help my pedantry.
457.9 for 1 US gallon, 1.20095 US gal to 1 imp gal, so 1 imp gal would cost 549.915, at $1.712 to the £ gives me £3.21. Have I gone wrong somewhere?
Edited by xRIEx on Friday 11th July 23:49
Edited by xRIEx on Friday 11th July 23:49
Evil.soup said:
AlexRS2782 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-transit-v8-custom-v...
Best 2 pics I could use from the ad considering the seller seems to have struggled using the focus setting based on the other pics
That looks quite fun! Strip the crap out of the back and put it back to work as a builders van, would surprise a few Audi and BMW drivers on the early morning commute!!Best 2 pics I could use from the ad considering the seller seems to have struggled using the focus setting based on the other pics
It IS badly modified - in that the addition of a 3.5 litre Rover V8 makes the van worse than it was to start with. The modifications are well done and it looks good; just a shame about the engine.
Remember that in factory trim they produced about 150 horsepower. That one's advertised as having a four barrel carb, but no other modifications and probably compromised headers to fit in the van. So maybe in the region of 160-170 horsepower if lucky. No mention of a rebuild so perhaps even lower than that. Also it's coupled to a three speed automatic and full of extra weight. I reckon a drag race between that and a factory spec diesel manual (unladen) would be close run.
It's a good basis to start with though. The engine needs replacing with a Ford InTech, the auto requires ditching in favour of a T-5 and the back could do with stripping or remodelling. The you'd have something equivalent to the 70s street vans popular over here. Bedford CFs and whatever, but most of those were Chevy powered as even then it was recognised the Rover V8 doesn't cut it in a van.
MagneticMeerkat said:
Evil.soup said:
AlexRS2782 said:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ford-transit-v8-custom-v...
Best 2 pics I could use from the ad considering the seller seems to have struggled using the focus setting based on the other pics
That looks quite fun! Strip the crap out of the back and put it back to work as a builders van, would surprise a few Audi and BMW drivers on the early morning commute!!Best 2 pics I could use from the ad considering the seller seems to have struggled using the focus setting based on the other pics
It IS badly modified - in that the addition of a 3.5 litre Rover V8 makes the van worse than it was to start with. The modifications are well done and it looks good; just a shame about the engine.
Remember that in factory trim they produced about 150 horsepower. That one's advertised as having a four barrel carb, but no other modifications and probably compromised headers to fit in the van. So maybe in the region of 160-170 horsepower if lucky. No mention of a rebuild so perhaps even lower than that. Also it's coupled to a three speed automatic and full of extra weight. I reckon a drag race between that and a factory spec diesel manual (unladen) would be close run.
It's a good basis to start with though. The engine needs replacing with a Ford InTech, the auto requires ditching in favour of a T-5 and the back could do with stripping or remodelling. The you'd have something equivalent to the 70s street vans popular over here. Bedford CFs and whatever, but most of those were Chevy powered as even then it was recognised the Rover V8 doesn't cut it in a van.
xRIEx said:
HereBeMonsters said:
delboy735 said:
xRIEx said:
delboy735 said:
Deisel Weisel said:
Biebers ride:
Note the cost of V Power....equivalent to £2.14 a gallon here !!!!!US gallon is different to our gallon.
Excellent.
ETA: In that case, I make it £3.21.
Someone's going to have to help my pedantry.
457.9 for 1 US gallon, 1.20095 US gal to 1 imp gal, so 1 imp gal would cost 549.915, at $1.712 to the £ gives me £3.21. Have I gone wrong somewhere?
Edited by xRIEx on Friday 11th July 23:49
Edited by xRIEx on Friday 11th July 23:49
$4.579 / 1.7$/£ = £2.694
2.694 / 3.8 * 4.5 = £3.19
Dave G fsi said:
Those rear axle tyres are going to scrub through in next-to-no time.shakotan said:
xRIEx said:
HereBeMonsters said:
delboy735 said:
xRIEx said:
delboy735 said:
Deisel Weisel said:
Biebers ride:
Note the cost of V Power....equivalent to £2.14 a gallon here !!!!!US gallon is different to our gallon.
Excellent.
ETA: In that case, I make it £3.21.
Someone's going to have to help my pedantry.
457.9 for 1 US gallon, 1.20095 US gal to 1 imp gal, so 1 imp gal would cost 549.915, at $1.712 to the £ gives me £3.21. Have I gone wrong somewhere?
Edited by xRIEx on Friday 11th July 23:49
Edited by xRIEx on Friday 11th July 23:49
$4.579 / 1.7$/£ = £2.694
2.694 / 3.8 * 4.5 = £3.19
outpedanted, whilst trying to outpedant a pedant...I do believe you are right.
Dave G fsi said:
That's brilliant, maybe not the colour, but no 20" rims, wings or Testarossa style vents 
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