Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[irocfan]

RB Will said:

The front grille is putting me off.

770hp for the full fat version - I'd cope with the grille!

[DoubleD]

That thing is really ugly

[Veeayt]

Jader1973 said:

I saw this at a show at the weekend. A 1966 Mercedes 250 SE with a 4.0 turbo charged straight six Ford Barra engine. I’m going to guess (given the red cover) that this is a 245T which if it is stock would put out 329 hp and 480 Nm. That is slightly more than the 110 hp and 216 Nm the car left the factory with!

I'm sure it's decently modified, but don't get this particular trend of installing non-merc engines in Mercs. Their own engines like M119, M102 and M104 are very durable and even have motorsport heritage. Why not put them in?

[Jader1973]

Veeayt said:

Jader1973 said:

I saw this at a show at the weekend. A 1966 Mercedes 250 SE with a 4.0 turbo charged straight six Ford Barra engine. I’m going to guess (given the red cover) that this is a 245T which if it is stock would put out 329 hp and 480 Nm. That is slightly more than the 110 hp and 216 Nm the car left the factory with!

I'm sure it's decently modified, but don't get this particular trend of installing non-merc engines in Mercs. Their own engines like M119, M102 and M104 are very durable and even have motorsport heritage. Why not put them in?

Because they are a pain in the arse to get in Australia, and can’t be easily tuned?

Barra engines (and LS1s) are everywhere down here, loads of aftermarket support, and dead easy to tune to big numbers.

[Escort3500]

irocfan said:

RB Will said:

The front grille is putting me off.

770hp for the full fat version - I'd cope with the grille!

Me too. The whole thing’s a bit of an an ugly bugger but wouldn’t bother me for something so bonkers to drive

[Caddyshack]

ZX10R NIN said:

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Damn

That rear leaf hanger is asking to get caught on something and do some real structural damage.

[Escort3500]

Caddyshack said:

ZX10R NIN said:

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Damn

That rear leaf hanger is asking to get caught on something and do some real structural damage.

Aren’t they traction bars? (Still v low though).

[98elise]

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Needs another set of lights and a few more grills

[RB Will]

I can't get out of my head it just looks like Robocop with racing stripes

[ajprice]

98elise said:

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Needs another set of lights and a few more grills

And more stripes.

[S1KRR]

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Whenever I see trucks like that I think

"Great.... If I lived in America"


But I don't. And our roads, car parks and parking spaces are simply too small for a truck that size. It makes every journey a pain.

[RB Will]

S1KRR said:

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Whenever I see trucks like that I think

"Great.... If I lived in America"


But I don't. And our roads, car parks and parking spaces are simply too small for a truck that size. It makes every journey a pain.

It really doesn't. I ran a double cab Ram as my daily driver for 18 months. Did all the weekly shops, errands around town, drive thru etc with no problem. Helped I had a bench seat that I could slide across quickly to negate the LHD part. It was a little long so I tended to park out the way but I do that in any car so no different for me and width wise it would fit between the lines in any space.
The only time parking it was a problem was when I wanted to go on holiday and the airport car park wanted me to pay for 2 spaces, so we took the wifes car instead.

[irocfan]

RB Will said:

S1KRR said:

irocfan said:

TBH I'd be quite chuffed with this....

Whenever I see trucks like that I think

"Great.... If I lived in America"


But I don't. And our roads, car parks and parking spaces are simply too small for a truck that size. It makes every journey a pain.

It really doesn't. I ran a double cab Ram as my daily driver for 18 months. Did all the weekly shops, errands around town, drive thru etc with no problem. Helped I had a bench seat that I could slide across quickly to negate the LHD part. It was a little long so I tended to park out the way but I do that in any car so no different for me and width wise it would fit between the lines in any space.
The only time parking it was a problem was when I wanted to go on holiday and the airport car park wanted me to pay for 2 spaces, so we took the wifes car instead.

What RB said - not a whole lot bigger than most normal cars, I'd be amazed if it wasn't transit sized or smaller

[S1KRR]

irocfan said:

What RB said - not a whole lot bigger than most normal cars, I'd be amazed if it wasn't transit sized or smaller

I googled. This is for the F150 single cab but not the Shelby version. Ford Transit in Brackets

Length - 5.31M (5.5M)
Width - 2.0M (2.0M)
Height - 1.9M (2.0M

Not horrendous tbf

Compared to a G63 as an example

4.7M x 1.9 x 1.9

And Range Rover

4.9 x 1.9 x 1.8

(all current models)

[RB Will]

I can’t remember if similar came up recently but Boxter shooting brake

[Fastdruid]

It's well done and I like the idea...I just don't think it actually "works" as a shooting brake.

[RB Will]

Smooth boi


And one super chunky boi

[ajprice]

RB Will said:

I can’t remember if similar came up recently but Boxter shooting brake

After watching this weekends Smith & Sniff video, there are shades of the Allegro estate there, with the flicked up rear of the roof

PS. The Allegro estate does look better than the saloon. Change my mind.

PPS. What is the boot space like in that Boxster/Cayman shooting brake?

[ben5575]

In a similar Supra/4x4 vein

I'm quite liking these, which is a surprise as I'm not normally a fan of either (same owner as well)...



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Edited by ben5575 on Saturday 15th February 23:28

[ZX10R NIN]

I have a soft spot for the Genesis & Q60 coupe you see lots of tuned ones in the states.