Gruffnutt (Warning: Ford content)

[ARAF]

There's another rare V8 in my village....







I thought this and his 928s made him a bit of a V8 fanatic, but he's also got a Viper, so I guess it's just big engines.

[StefanVXR8]

[bigunit00]

Christ almighty what's the spec on that bad boy. Which 928s does he have?

[ARAF]

bigunit00 said:

Christ almighty what's the spec on that bad boy. Which 928s does he have?

I think he's in a similar situation to Gruffnutt, and doesn't really know everything that has gone into the GT500. He did mention the supercharger, but being honest, I'd need to take a notepad with me when I next pop by, to note down what it has.

As for the 928s, I couldn't tell you the trim levels. Sorry.

[S60hsv]

Wow is all I can say

[S60hsv]

Does it have mot coz surely that has to be classed as an obstructive veiw I only had a rev meter on the dash of my Evo and had to take it of to pass a mot

[ARAF]

S60hsv said:

Does it have mot coz surely that has to be classed as an obstructive veiw I only had a rev meter on the dash of my Evo and had to take it of to pass a mot

Yes. Not sure if it's due to the age, but quite a few older cars have blowers hanging out of the bonnet like that. It's not very pedestrian-friendly either, but that sort of legislation isn't retrospective (thankfully).

[MatrixXXx]

It looks great!

exposed moving parts! and I can just imagine a bird getting sucked into the intake...lol

[ARAF]

MatrixXXx said:

It looks great!

exposed moving parts! and I can just imagine a bird getting sucked into the intake...lol

Birds, bunnies, or even little children.

[GruFFnuTT]

Nothing subtle about that one then!? Haha

Mines being booked in for some 'tuning'... (If that's what you call it).
Also I'm having the rear arches rolled out to better fit the radials which the car was never designed to have fitted. I'm having some 'contact' issues!

Think I'll enquire about a s/c'er whilst I'm there...

[ARAF]

GruFFnuTT said:

Nothing subtle about that one then!? Haha

Mines being booked in for some 'tuning'... (If that's what you call it).
Also I'm having the rear arches rolled out to better fit the radials which the car was never designed to have fitted. I'm having some 'contact' issues!

Think I'll enquire about a s/c'er whilst I'm there...

I can put you in touch with my not-so-near-neighbour, but I think he's in as deep as you. The front pulley is currently large, as the engine is being run in (at approx 7psi) but he has another ready, to give the car 1 bar of boost. There's a leak on the rear crank seal which needs sorting, but as it;s a two part seal, it could just be that it hasn't been seated in the correct position.


If nothing else, you can both weep about the mpg you get.

[GruFFnuTT]

I'm hoping the car has got a fuel leak somewhere!?

[Codswallop]

That looks very, very nice Lots of nice metal in that area... I seem to recall there's also a rat rod pick up based near you.

[ARAF]

Codswallop said:

That looks very, very nice Lots of nice metal in that area... I seem to recall there's also a rat rod pick up based near you.

I thought it was un-restored historic, but you could be right. There's some nice motors that are usually behind garage doors as well.