Car mods no one seems to do any more

[Vitorio]

ajprice said:

Yeah, I may have over sold it with the MR2 picture . This is a more realistic example.

I think i saw something similar on a GT86 just this morning, small boot spoiler with some horn like bits protruding upward..

Not a huge fan TBH

[olderbutnotwiser]

Aftermarket headrests with just weights to hold them in place . Can't imagine them passing any euro ncap tests.

http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/detail/motors/...


and ashtrays that were stuck on with a sucker, onto the front, opening quarter light windows

[golfer19]

AdeTuono said:

Malachimon said:

As for factory mods, what happened to huge amounts of chrome, huge engines, tiny pillars, massive fins, bench seats, column shifters, stupidly soft suspension, ride heights that would be useless here.... Basically what happened to those late 50s yank tanks compared to the miserable namby-pamby boxes people drive now?

I bought one last week...everything you said there, and more.

Wow

[Jimmy Recard]

golfer19 said:

Wow

That looks brilliant!

[SteveTTT]

Good thread. Just in case this hasn't been mentioned yet, a "Saisho" graphic equaliser/booster from Dixons to pep up your cheap radio/cassette - usually slung on brackets beneath the steel fascia pressing. All back in the 70s before the term "ICE" got coined. Oh, and the aftermarket cigs lighter. And the ammeter and other ancillary gauges of your choice, I had to make up an instrument panel to replace the octagonal speaker grille in my 1967 MGB Roadster to house these and the switches for the Lucas spotlights... I think SPD280F is still around somewhere.

And what about the "Madadash" - a full width abs moulding forming a "proper" dashboard for your Mk1 Mini, moving the speedo from its central location and providing acres of wrinkly plastic for as many dials and switches as your heart desired.i wonder where 1075PH is now....it was full of rust in 1977.

Dash-top compass anyone? The precursor of the satnav if there was no sun to steer by.

And really showing my age, an egg-shaped parking light, white in front, red behind, fixed by winding up your drivers window, and powered from a 2-pin socket. My Dad had one on an Austin A40 Cambridge in the early 60s, the logic being that it's single bulb drew less current from your battery than the car's 4 standard sidelights.

Edited by SteveTTT on Tuesday 16th August 10:13

[k-ink]

Old school NA tuning: ITBs, hot cams, head skim, etc. This is what I'm saving for...

ITB by s_worksair, on Flickr

[zeppelin101]

Throttle bodies? Pish. Stick some carbs on it then it'll be proper!

There is the guts of a Lexus V8 in my garage which I'm modifying the heads for, with some very silly cams to go in at 11.5:1 complete with a big 4 barrel to throw fuel at it.

Should be wonderful.

[Vitorio]

k-ink said:

Old school NA tuning: ITBs, hot cams, head skim, etc. This is what I'm saving for...

ITB by s_worksair, on Flickr

I really, REALLY like that

There is a shop which does Alfa Twinspark NA tuning, if i ever get a 2.0TS engine ill be surely tempted to get their stage 1 package (hot cams) with some extras (big end bearings, induction kit, perhaps a supersprint exhaust mani), they promise ~170hp over the stock 150 from their basic kit...

They also did a conversion earlier on fitting 2.0 cams in a 1.6 engine, but given that my 1.6 doesnt have a cam variator, im not sure it would work.

[TooMany2cvs]

Vitorio said:

There is a shop which does Alfa Twinspark NA tuning, if i ever get a 2.0TS engine ill be surely tempted to get their stage 1 package (hot cams) with some extras (big end bearings, induction kit, perhaps a supersprint exhaust mani), they promise ~170hp over the stock 150 from their basic kit...

+170bhp, from cams/induction/exhaust...? 320bhp total?

Or +20bhp, 170bhp total...?

[anonymous-user]

m3 mirrors.

[Vitorio]

TooMany2cvs said:

+170bhp, from cams/induction/exhaust...? 320bhp total?

Or +20bhp, 170bhp total...?

+20 obviously, for 170 total, from just the cams. induction/exhaust arent listed with bhp figures.

Their stage 2 kit (hotter cams, skimmed/flowed head, reground valves, high compression pistons and new bearings/seals all around) promisses 200-205hp total. They also do a stage 3 conversion, which promises 270hp at 8250 rpm, and is a race tune only. (they have their own racing team)

320 from a 2 litre engine would be nigh on impossible without forced induction.

[k-ink]

Healthier numbers are always nice of course, but its not even all about the numbers for me. The sound from a freely revving and breathing engine is just fun. Plus trumpets look cool

[TooMany2cvs]

Vitorio said:

TooMany2cvs said:

+170bhp, from cams/induction/exhaust...? 320bhp total?

Or +20bhp, 170bhp total...?

+20 obviously, for 170 total, from just the cams. induction/exhaust arent listed with bhp figures.

Their stage 2 kit (hotter cams, skimmed/flowed head, reground valves, high compression pistons and new bearings/seals all around) promisses 200-205hp total. They also do a stage 3 conversion, which promises 270hp at 8250 rpm, and is a race tune only. (they have their own racing team)

320 from a 2 litre engine would be nigh on impossible without forced induction.

Exactly what I was thinking... But you did say "+170bhp"...

[drewos]

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Not a modification per se but I miss seeing yellow headlights in France unless it's on the occasional old car.

[rampageturke]

2ky said:

Putting CD's on the front of your car to scramble the laser from speed camera vans:



Turns out it makes it easier for the vans to have something flat and shinny to reflect the laser off (that's why the usually aim for the number plate)!

Don't they usually aim for the headlight? Or is that only done in america since a lot of states don't have front plates?

[SturdyHSV]

Vitorio said:

SturdyHSV said:

DTM style tips you say? I thought they went really nicely with the lines of the bumper, rather than just sticking straight out

I love DTM style tips on some cars, alfa 155 and 156s look good with em i recon.

But not GTVs?

[stephen300o]

Not many lowering blocks about now.

[Phon_E87]

Vitorio said:

SturdyHSV said:

DTM style tips you say? I thought they went really nicely with the lines of the bumper, rather than just sticking straight out

I love DTM style tips on some cars, alfa 155 and 156s look good with em i recon.

On the right car, they look good, like a full-on Jap-style angled exhaust - only looks good on the right type of car.

[A.J.M]

Christ, some of this list was on my first car I got from my brother.

Led windscreen washers, induction kit with complementary useless bit of pipe to help airflow to it...
17 inch wheels, lowering springs, tinted windows, Clio cup spoiler, Lexus back lights, Cobra Monaco bucket seats, back box, CD player.

I got it and swapped back the seats to the originals, binned the Lexus lights, removed the LED lights and had to replace the suspension as the springs killed the dampeners. One Apex kit was fitted and it was far better.

Combat kits on Corsa C models, usually a 1.2 sxi.
Fitting bigger wheels to any small car, resprayed in different colours.

Nice to see the people who used to do that to small cars, have moved onto people carriers, usually with a back box fitted and bad alloys because they ended up getting the land whale they were seeing preggers.

[Vitorio]

TooMany2cvs said:

Exactly what I was thinking... But you did say "+170bhp"...

I said "~170hp" in my first post, which shows up as tilde for me.. not a plus

SturdyHSV said:

But not GTVs?

lol, i was thinking more of how it'd look on a 147, i reckon it could look OK on a GTV, but its body shape is less DTM like, which is what my association with that style exhaust tip is.