Pictures of decently Modified cars

[300bhp/ton]

Blair357ci said:

Because you prefer the E46? Because you want something different?

If you prefer the e46 you'd buy an M3 one and tweak it rather than spend double modding a lesser model with a far more pricey engine. There are exceptions, but as proof by the example posted earlier, they wanted power so went Chevy.

[TankRS]

h4muf said:

F1 Rally car?

that bit got me too!

have a look through his other listings, its full of 'replica' tosh

and i wonder if that rather nice looking House/hotel knows he's using it as a scenic backdrop to his sales page?

[no-worries88]

He has a nice LPG converted Hummer.

I need to grow up i know.

[TankRS]

no-worries88 said:

He has a nice LPG converted Hummer.

I need to grow up i know.

not at all, im sure if you'r a premiership or championship footballer the H2 looks right up your street


interestingly he hasnt got the mpg figures on it like most of the other cars, so i reckon it still isnt getting that great an economy from the abomination it is

[no-worries88]

TankRS said:

not at all, im sure if you'r a premiership or championship footballer the H2 looks right up your street


interestingly he hasnt got the mpg figures on it like most of the other cars, so i reckon it still isnt getting that great an economy from the abomination it is

Im not a footballer,but i can manage 3,4,maybe 5 kick-ups...
Am i allowed one?

[TankRS]

no-worries88 said:

Im not a footballer,but i can manage 3,4,maybe 5 kick-ups...
Am i allowed one?

that's more most 'professionals' appear to be able to do these days,

i supose someone has to buy it, if it has to be you then who am i to judge

[no-worries88]

TankRS said:

that's more most 'professionals' appear to be able to do these days,

i supose someone has to buy it, if it has to be you then who am i to judge

Tbh i would actually buy one (not that one) but i would have one. Saying that though i have a penis like a toddlers finger so need to make up for it,

[Blair357ci]

300bhp/ton said:

Blair357ci said:

Because you prefer the E46? Because you want something different?

If you prefer the e46 you'd buy an M3 one and tweak it rather than spend double modding a lesser model with a far more pricey engine. There are exceptions, but as proof by the example posted earlier, they wanted power so went Chevy.

Maybe you don't want an M3 & just fancy doing something unique? Maybe just because you can?

[RickRolled]

[Davi]

RickRolled said:

squirt...oops.

[OlberJ]

Blair357ci said:

Maybe you don't want an M3 & just fancy doing something unique? Maybe just because you can?

That's a good mantra when you pick good mods.

Unfortunately quite a few of the posts in this thread use that to quantify making a crap car.

[VR6 Turbo]

RickRolled said:

dear lord,

VR

[ATM]

300bhp/ton said:

ATM said:

KB_S1 said:

300bhp/ton said:

I'm no expert on BMW V8's, but the 4.4 produced around 280hp in stock tune I think. It's also probably heavier, longer, taller, wider and with a worse centre of gravity than the LS1. It's also down 40-60hp in standard tune, makes a lot less torque, isn't as tunable and would cost a lot more to modify.

I'm not saying using one couldn't be good. Morgan seem to use it to good affect in the Aero 8. But I think it'd not bring any advantages over a LS1 and a fair few disadvantages.

Which BMW V8 though?

The one used in the Morgan and previous 645 was about 360bhp.
The M3 unit is over 400.

I think they're talking about the 4.4 from the 2000-ish 5 series, 7 series and X5.

That was the one I was referring to, as a privateer modder that's the one that is available and affordable. You've have to a real special kind of special to want to buy an e46 then fork out for a current e90 V8 engine and pay to fit it, why not just buy an e90 M3?

Because the e90 v8 is an amazing engine and emotions can get the better of people and make their logical decision making abilities evaporate?

[jellison]

RickRolled said:

Awesome - could be new screensaver.

[k-ink]

^
Absolute class. One of a dozen decent cars in this thread.

[Uriel]

http://www.jimmyshine.com/dayasjimmy-high.htm

Essential viewing for anyone that likes Jimmy Shine's '34 truck above.

Edit: Or bikes, cars, hot rods, engines in general or has any petrol in their veins at all...

[Apache]

RickRolled said:

any more shots of the top one?

[ManOpener]

ATM said:

300bhp/ton said:

That was the one I was referring to, as a privateer modder that's the one that is available and affordable. You've have to a real special kind of special to want to buy an e46 then fork out for a current e90 V8 engine and pay to fit it, why not just buy an e90 M3?

Because the e90 v8 is an amazing engine and emotions can get the better of people and make their logical decision making abilities evaporate?

Perhaps because the E46 is a good deal smaller, significantly cheaper (and with S65 engines available from around £7k, you could probably build a fully sorted S65 powered E46 M3 for considerably less than the ropiest of Cat-D E90s) and weighs considerably less? How about the fact that there's been a around a decade of companies designing modifications for E46 cars?

Quite aside from personal preferences, there are plenty of good reasons for dumping an S65 into an E46. It's probably cheaper than most of the supercharger kits for the S54B32, anyway, and considerably less stressed.

[300bhp/ton]

Blair357ci said:

300bhp/ton said:

Blair357ci said:

Because you prefer the E46? Because you want something different?

If you prefer the e46 you'd buy an M3 one and tweak it rather than spend double modding a lesser model with a far more pricey engine. There are exceptions, but as proof by the example posted earlier, they wanted power so went Chevy.

Maybe you don't want an M3 & just fancy doing something unique? Maybe just because you can?

I think we are agreeing with each other here tbh.

As in why did you opt SBC over an E90 M3's motor?

[Agent Orange]

RickRolled said:

If we're going down that road then I'll give you the near legendary KdF Mangler. I love this car.