Speed Freaks ITV4

[Smollet]

All about Zef Eisenberg and his attempt at breaking 200 mph on Pendine Sands.
Could be good but probably won’t. Seems a bit too centred on the characters involved rather than the actual record attempt but it’s early days.
I did search and couldn’t find a post about this. Perhaps that’s an omen
ETA Rory Reid narrates

Edited by Smollet on Thursday 8th August 15:44

[skeeterm5]

I watched it and was expecting a programme about a speed attempt on Pendine Sands. What i got was some largely irrelevant tosh about proving power to weight using an old Jeep.

So I wont watch again.

[Driver101]

It was a bit rubbish last night.

[anonymous-user]

Looks like the work on the 911 starts next week by the look of it.

[V8covin]

skeeterm5 said:

I watched it and was expecting a programme about a speed attempt on Pendine Sands. What i got was some largely irrelevant tosh about proving power to weight using an old Jeep.

So I wont watch again.

And a good proportion of the increased acceleration was down to the smaller tyres

[pomodori]

I don't get this at all.
they are now going to modify the 911 ,a turbo S ,to do 200 mph.
A car that very nearly does that speed already.
The Jeep strip down was just pointless too.

[Driver101]

pomodori said:

I don't get this at all.
they are now going to modify the 911 ,a turbo S ,to do 200 mph.
A car that very nearly does that speed already.
The Jeep strip down was just pointless too.

It's on sand though.

V8covin said:

And a good proportion of the increased acceleration was down to the smaller tyres

It did seem odd to prove weight loss helps to improve performance, then change the wheels, remove the exhaust and add an induction kit.

[JimmyConwayNW]

All you people who slated top gear with Chris Evans I hope you are happy. This is what we have to thank you for.

[Luke.]

Zef was in my class at school. Left to set up Maximuscle and sold the company for £160 odd million.

[V8covin]

JimmyConwayNW said:

All you people who slated top gear with Chris Evans I hope you are happy. This is what we have to thank you for.

What has this got to do with Top Gear on a different channel ?

[Pericoloso]

Yeah,458.
Nope !

Better,142 short......

[Pericoloso]

Not sure why Zef needed to visit Malta to see dragsters.

Not sure what relevance fitting a turbo to a tiny FIAT has to doing 200mph in a Porsche on a beach.

All that fabrication work to fit the turbo and pipework and they did NOT triple the power as he kept saying

and it achieved 100 mph ,woop woop !

It did blow the doors off the Abarth 500 though, assuming that wasn't fixed.

[Smollet]

Well it’s certainly different in its concept of tuning up sheds in order to gauge what needs to be done to go past 200 mph on sand. I think an Austin 1800 would add credibility.
This is the company doing the work on the 911
https://esmotor.co/

[anonymous-user]

The Porsche stuff looks interesting. The rest of it is just mildly amusing filler.

[A205GTI]

Started watching thinking they were trying to do 200 in the jeep (joined 1/4 way through watched half an hour, had to switch off complete drivel and tosh.

It amazes me in this day and age production companies are still willing to make this sort of rubbish!

[Richard-390a0]

Grahamdub said:

The Porsche stuff looks interesting. The rest of it is just mildly amusing filler.

That's an accurate summary of how the rest of the series will be I reckon. It fills an hour anyhow.

& did anyone else notice the 'Landsail' tyres on the Fiat 500 rims they fitted to the 600 lol !?!

Edited by Richard-390a0 on Thursday 15th August 12:29

[ritch]

just watched the latest one with turbo charged cinquecento, they tripled the output but used landsail tyres!

[Scrump]

I just watched the last episode, he broke the record but didn’t achieve 200mph.
It was a bit of an anticlimax and after having the 3 mechanics doing his childish challenges all series it seemed a shame that they weren’t present for the record attempt.

[Driver101]

It just felt like a long drawn out series for what it ended up. Their attempts at creating drama make the last show feel the very same.

I didn't realise he was so badly injured before.

[BadOrangePete]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54356616

At least he died doing what he loved I suppose, RIP.