12 cylinders 8 cylinders or god forbid...4, yes 4 cylinders
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Now, don't get me wrong, I love my 4.3 V8V and will keep it forever, I have joined in the arguments on here regarding 8 v's 12 cylinders, and have been proper slagged off for preferring the 8
Now, here's the thing, two weeks ago I bought a 22 year old Caterham, with a ford cross flow stage 3 1700, with,can you believe it...4..... Yes 4 cylinders, oh the humanity!.
Well at 7.30 am, I took this aberration of too few cylinders, for a drive in the frosty Kent and Sussex countryside, I have never ( repeat never for effect ) enjoyed a drive so much!!!! The noise, the smell, the twitches, the knowledge that no ECU is gonna help me out........it's not what our cars have got that make them fun to drive, it's what they ain't got that keeps you alert and alive!.
Love it.
Now, here's the thing, two weeks ago I bought a 22 year old Caterham, with a ford cross flow stage 3 1700, with,can you believe it...4..... Yes 4 cylinders, oh the humanity!.
Well at 7.30 am, I took this aberration of too few cylinders, for a drive in the frosty Kent and Sussex countryside, I have never ( repeat never for effect ) enjoyed a drive so much!!!! The noise, the smell, the twitches, the knowledge that no ECU is gonna help me out........it's not what our cars have got that make them fun to drive, it's what they ain't got that keeps you alert and alive!.
Love it.
Jockman said:
Looks like SERIOUS fun - a fair few of the guys (especially sMurph) have experience with these wonderful beasts
It really is a laugh, it's spits fire from the exhaust, and all sorts of crap out of the twin webers, you have got to be on your wits though, a road I have driven many times in the V8V, starts with a bridge over train tracks, I have booted it many times over his bridge in the Aston, and it is fun, in the Caterham......it's a flight!Scared the life out of me, when I stopped giggling, I tried it again.......I have never owned a flying car before...I do now!!
Lunablack said:
What about a triple
I had great fun on a triple today! Triumph Street Triple R. 3 hour test ride throughout the trough of Bowland, into Settle. Fantastic Love the bike, more fun than the Daytona I tested. This is it next to my mates Speed Triple 955:
I thought the lack of wind protection would be an issue, but below 85 it was ok to be honest. At 120 it was ripping my arms from their sockets though! Only issue was the Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa tyres... they aren't suited to wet back roads full of wet leaves... back was twitchy!
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