Pictures of decently Modified cars

Pictures of decently Modified cars

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Mr Gear

9,416 posts

191 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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james_tigerwoods said:
HeavySoul said:
Mr Gear said:


I've got respect for anyone that would rather engineer a supercharger onto a Nova than a tasteless bodykit.
That is either fantastic or fantastically funny. I cannot decide which yet.

smile
I suspect that those are performance mods smile

Got any more details on it?
Not really, but it wasn't slow: 14 sec 1/4 miles. It would have been easier and faster to go for a turbo or nitrous I'm sure, but I guess the point was to build something mad... mission accomplished!

mat205125

17,790 posts

214 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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What motor is the supercharger sat ontop of? XE? V6?

bales

1,905 posts

219 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Mr Gear said:
james_tigerwoods said:
HeavySoul said:
Mr Gear said:


I've got respect for anyone that would rather engineer a supercharger onto a Nova than a tasteless bodykit.
That is either fantastic or fantastically funny. I cannot decide which yet.

smile
I suspect that those are performance mods smile

Got any more details on it?
Not really, but it wasn't slow: 14 sec 1/4 miles. It would have been easier and faster to go for a turbo or nitrous I'm sure, but I guess the point was to build something mad... mission accomplished!
Thats looks as if it trying too hard to look mad, its got what looks like a copy of a V8 muscle car style intake when a standard filter would do the same, and given the bore of the intercooler pipework and the thickness of the core it looks like its good for 500bhp minimum!

Looks like the classic case of thinking bigger is better, why not try and intergrate the cooler behind the bumper unless it needs to be that big, my 205 with a standard 2wd cossie cooler that was 1/10th the size of that would do low 14 qtrs whilst having no traction.

14s quarter mile is pretty slow tbh especially if it looks like that, sorry but looks crap imo.

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

191 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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mat205125 said:
What motor is the supercharger sat ontop of? XE? V6?
Transverse four of some sort.

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

191 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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bales said:
Thats looks as if it trying too hard to look mad, its got what looks like a copy of a V8 muscle car style intake when a standard filter would do the same, and given the bore of the intercooler pipework and the thickness of the core it looks like its good for 500bhp minimum!

Looks like the classic case of thinking bigger is better, why not try and intergrate the cooler behind the bumper unless it needs to be that big, my 205 with a standard 2wd cossie cooler that was 1/10th the size of that would do low 14 qtrs whilst having no traction.

14s quarter mile is pretty slow tbh especially if it looks like that, sorry but looks crap imo.
You're right, but I think you have totally missed the point. It's deliberately and joyously over the top, but it does have some real engineering in it even if it has not made it into a rocketship.

stephen300o

15,464 posts

229 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Mr Gear said:
bales said:
Thats looks as if it trying too hard to look mad, its got what looks like a copy of a V8 muscle car style intake when a standard filter would do the same, and given the bore of the intercooler pipework and the thickness of the core it looks like its good for 500bhp minimum!

Looks like the classic case of thinking bigger is better, why not try and intergrate the cooler behind the bumper unless it needs to be that big, my 205 with a standard 2wd cossie cooler that was 1/10th the size of that would do low 14 qtrs whilst having no traction.

14s quarter mile is pretty slow tbh especially if it looks like that, sorry but looks crap imo.
You're right, but I think you have totally missed the point. It's deliberately and joyously over the top, but it does have some real engineering in it even if it has not made it into a rocketship.
It's like a car version of a "funny" T shirt. frown

Davi

17,153 posts

221 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Mr Gear said:
You're right, but I think you have totally missed the point. It's deliberately and joyously over the top, but it does have some real engineering in it even if it has not made it into a rocketship.
Can't see the difference between that and just modifying the bodywork as an owner sees fit. Not detracting from it's accomplishment, just confused by your remark regarding bodykits when this achieves little more.

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

191 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Davi said:
Mr Gear said:
You're right, but I think you have totally missed the point. It's deliberately and joyously over the top, but it does have some real engineering in it even if it has not made it into a rocketship.
Can't see the difference between that and just modifying the bodywork as an owner sees fit. Not detracting from it's accomplishment, just confused by your remark regarding bodykits when this achieves little more.
It's personal taste of course. I'm more taken in by a mechanical work of art than a well-blended bodykit, but there's a certain skill to both, for sure.

DaveL86

884 posts

178 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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V8Dom said:
nickphuket said:
Otter Smacker said:


smokin
Pure automotive porn, love it
thats so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
He bought the wrong size tyres for his alloys, yet still put them on confused

Fruitcake

3,850 posts

227 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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DaveL86 said:
V8Dom said:
nickphuket said:
Otter Smacker said:


smokin
Pure automotive porn, love it
thats so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
He bought the wrong size tyres for his alloys, yet still put them on confused
Worse still, it appears to be road registered.

Skylinecrazy

Original Poster:

13,986 posts

195 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Fruitcake said:
DaveL86 said:
V8Dom said:
nickphuket said:
Otter Smacker said:


smokin
Pure automotive porn, love it
thats so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
He bought the wrong size tyres for his alloys, yet still put them on confused
Worse still, it appears to be road registered.
Oh.

No.


RetroCosworth

7,211 posts

205 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Saaburu?

RetroCosworth

7,211 posts

205 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Before I get a good seeing to:




Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Is the interior typical Saab too?

RetroCosworth

7,211 posts

205 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Marf said:
Is the interior typical Saab too?
Saab 92-X.

It has the Subaru Impreza WRX estate underpinnings, with the interior of a typical Saab, and improved suspension.

Perfect recipe if you ask me.

Marf

22,907 posts

242 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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Yeah, I've always liked the look of them. I guess Subaru didn't have issues shifting wagons here, hence no UK Saabaru.

samuelellis

1,927 posts

202 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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ScottishSamurai said:
Marf said:
The "Citroen" was on TopGear as I recall.
5th gear smile iirc it was a VIBE speaker showcar. I think...
built by SQ plus using Alpine kit as a demo car

from what i saw of it when i got chance to poke around it first hand the quaility of the work looked pretty damn good and the centre seating position was just because they could TBH (yes it still drove and drove pretty well from what i saw)

Jag-D

19,633 posts

220 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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RetroCosworth said:
Perfect recipe if you ask me.
You've no imagination or aspirations fella rofl

Jag-D

19,633 posts

220 months

Monday 22nd March 2010
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S3_Graham said:
braddo said:
utgjon said:
i plan to own one of these in the very near future:

Wow, I've never seen on with those wheels before - that's probably the nicest GTV I've seen.
Isnt it amazing what a set of wheels can do... look amazing, almost makes me want to keep mine...
I hate them, but like that
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