She bangs, she bangs! (and pops)

[ybt1982]

Just thought I'd share

Lovely sunny day here in Somerset on Saturday so I thought I'd take the old girl out for a blast with my new lady friend in the passenger seat.

After a bit of 'spirited' driving I turned down a local road and backed of the throttle, for the first time ever she let out a massive - BANG! Then another and another.... I giggled like a little school girl and kept trying to get her to carry on

As you were folks

[jamienshelly]

The smile is one to be remembered, Shelly got it pop on her first drive and her face cracked from a nervous serious stare to a cheeky smile of a child.
If you accelerate hard and then go on over-run and just feather the throttle you can make "pop" music at will.

[chj]

The car or the lady friend

If you want a car that crackles and pops all the time, a big engined Wedge with flapper is hard to beat.

[ybt1982]

I can't say what the lady did I'm afraid

Excuse my stupidness, but what is a 'flapper' and why do I suddenly feel the need for one?

[jamienshelly]

The "flapper" is the type of air flow meter before the hotwire afm that we have on our chims.
But if you feather the throttle like I say, you can command thunder!!

[Alun450]

Laugh, were like the gods themselves!!!

[Robert Lees]

jamienshelly said:

The smile is one to be remembered, Shelly got it pop on her first drive and her face cracked from a nervous serious stare to a cheeky smile of a child.
If you accelerate hard and then go on over-run and just feather the throttle you can make "pop" music at will.

+1 that recipe works in mine too, boot it ( grin like an idiot!), lift off, pops ( grin like an idiot again). If I time it right I can get it to do it under the motorway bridge! Even bigger grin.

[chris1972]

Robert Lees said:

+1 that recipe works in mine too, boot it ( grin like an idiot!), lift off, pops ( grin like an idiot again). If I time it right I can get it to do it under the motorway bridge! Even bigger grin.

+2. Try it down hill. It will pop and bang all the way down!

[quattrophenia]

Where are my car keys I have to give this a try! Mine is standard and doesn't make any over-run moises I'm afraid.
My mates Tommy Mak Evo 6 however is a danger to old ladies walking in the street and that's not to mention the 6 foot flames it can shoot out the back.
The loudest car I ever heard was a yellow Cerb near Northwich last year and I have to admit it made me jump from over 50 yards away!! Note to owner - don't let the police hear that or you will be done for public order.

[finestjammy]

chris1972 said:

Robert Lees said:

+1 that recipe works in mine too, boot it ( grin like an idiot!), lift off, pops ( grin like an idiot again). If I time it right I can get it to do it under the motorway bridge! Even bigger grin.

+2. Try it down hill. It will pop and bang all the way down!

+3
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this I'm sure it's popping a bit more with this V-Power nitro stuff too.

[ybt1982]

It is stupidly addictive

Looks like I need to find a nice long hill somewhere

[chris1972]

A hill in a tunnel is what you want...

[ybt1982]

chris1972 said:

A hill in a tunnel is what you want...

Now that would be a proper dream come true

The search begins.....

[chris1972]

Samphire Hoe, just off the A20 leaving Dover. Not a huge tunnel only 300m long, but a steep decline! Dartford isn't too bad either, but full of cameras and normally busy!

[Bassfiend229hp]

ybt1982 said:

chris1972 said:

A hill in a tunnel is what you want...

Now that would be a proper dream come true

The search begins.....

Hindhead Tunnel is a good one for me...

[ybt1982]

Cheers chaps

Anyone fancy a road trip

[seeby]

finestjammy said:

chris1972 said:

Robert Lees said:

+1 that recipe works in mine too, boot it ( grin like an idiot!), lift off, pops ( grin like an idiot again). If I time it right I can get it to do it under the motorway bridge! Even bigger grin.

+2. Try it down hill. It will pop and bang all the way down!

+3
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this I'm sure it's popping a bit more with this V-Power nitro stuff too.

What a childish bunch !!!...................................................................We are

[sgrimshaw]

ybt1982 said:

chris1972 said:

A hill in a tunnel is what you want...

Now that would be a proper dream come true

The search begins.....

Come on next years Drive Espana TVR Tour .... longest tunnel I found this year this year was aound 2.5 km, the longest downhill section was coming over the Picos ...... about 15 km

Failing that ... commg down Corfe hill just outside Taunton is a start

[ybt1982]

sgrimshaw said:

Come on next years Drive Espana TVR Tour .... longest tunnel I found this year this year was aound 2.5 km, the longest downhill section was coming over the Picos ...... about 15 km

Failing that ... commg down Corfe hill just outside Taunton is a start

Both those options sound good think I'll head of to Taunton later on

Driving Spain sounds good, details?

[sgrimshaw]

Just took advantage of the nice day and drove up Corfe Hill, across the top of the Blackdowns and dropped down to Wellington to see Big Col at TVRSSW.

Fantastic drive

For your info:

www.driveespana.com

Just got back from the 2013 Tour, which was our sixth!

Details of the 2014 Tour should come out in a few months, if you pm me your details I'll let you know when they come out.