[Bruce CurtisMember]

Hello Roger good to see another dedicated two stroke man, the KDX is tidy for her age must have a good owner eh?

Bruce

[Bruce CurtisMember]

betchya he’s buying a Aprilia rxv550.

I really do think that too.

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Hello Choppa, A Husaberg is an upmarket KTM eh?, yep I can do jokes about your rear end too?:laugh:

Welcome

Bc

[Bruce CurtisMember]

Life is unfair to so many, Roost away Little man.

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

That is hell impressive, 50% off, and not a bad read either…. wanna help me buy some other stuff as Well lads, satisfy the Scot in me?

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

I Apologise Mr Myoto, what I had in mind and was inscribed across the screen were indeed slightly different, the cooma betwixt the two staements was supposed to indicate this, but alas it failed to clarify the issue, so what I meant the GT was a firebreathing animal, and the closest equivalent English made car I could think of was the Mini Cooper S which was by no means a firebreathing anything, but was a production sedan modified to be “faster” My Bad this time, I tend to get overexcited when talking about this subject.

And the sum of the equation and all that is why the Gt was so special, and to answer the E-49 statement above, I owned an E-49 six pack running geared ’74 Ranger back in the early 80’s, and while very very fast in a straight line off the mark (slightly quicker than the GTHO Phase III) it’s top speed was short of the GTHO, and it would “walk” the front end around past 120ish MPH, and was sownright cranky and a real bitch on the road. which is why the running gear (including Dana diif) ended up in my sedan.

The best mass produced car for production racing to date IMHO was Godzilla.
But the GT’s certainly derserve their place in history

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

I thought Godzilla was a Japanese Nissan……….. never knew it was part of Europe now, yet still they are asian?

Moto Please explain?
Oh he must mean the little ford thingys and fully iced Volvos, yeah they had a couple of seasons of glory well deserved to, but they were dead in the water by the early 90s, the rest had overtaken them
Besides Moto you are subjugating the argument by shifting to latterday, we are talking 1971-2 here, not the era of turbos and blowwaves

Bc

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Trailboss wrote:

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Write them a letter Al and ask why its been cut of to walkers then, if what you say is right it shouldnt be cut of the walkers etc but maybe theres more to it and they can explain

TB

It’s a power thing, they have the most important opinions and we must obey them, as soon as they screw one cause up they move to the next, born whingers and control freaks.
And sometime Dope gets grown in quantaties in “closed off” bushland areas, but that would never be part of the impetus would it?…..

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

But was still a speciality vehicle hand built by a small team. The closest the poms came to a GT in terms of was probably the Cortina or escort, but they also raced at Bathhurst at the JH500 and while commendable performances, was not even in the same league.

Didn’t mean the Mini Cooper S was a firebreather, just they took an everyday car and made it more, the GTHO was what I referred to as the firebreather.

Bit of a dragon really.

believe it or not I’m not a big fan of the GTs but was brought up in the car culture bigtime.

BC

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also ever herd of a Lotus mr blue put a Lotus 7 Vs GTHO the 7 would drive rings around them :huh:

put a towbar on it and let’s see it pull a 6×4!

Masses of torque from the tweaked pommie cortina motors, we replaced them in the cortinas here with locally built 200Ci, 229Ci and 250 crossflows.:unsure: was too much engne for the pommie chassis though

BC

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KTM Bull wrote:

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Im pretty sure that Bently and RR made some supercharged motors that would eat any USA made boatanchor
RR merlin started out at the start of ww2 @ 980hp by the end it was over 2600hp hydralic throttle was fitted if you gunned a fighter plane the prop would stay at the same speed but would start to rotate whole plane not good close to the ground thats a real pomy motor not some toy car also ever herd of a Lotus mr blue put a Lotus 7 Vs GTHO the 7 would drive rings around them :huh:

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A Seven’s top speed greatly depends upon the body configuration, engine power and gearing. Early models with low-powered engines had difficulty exceeding 90 mph (140 km/h), although a race-prepared Seven was clocked at 127 mph (204 km/h) by Brausch Niemann through a speed-trap at the 1962 Natal Grand Prix.[7] In addition, clamshell style wings tend to create drag and generate lift at higher speeds. Cycle guards help alleviate this tendency, and low height Brookland aeroscreens that replace the windscreen help improve top end speed.
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After the English Ford flathead (L head or side valve) with 49 hp (37 kW), a BMC series A was used, then push rod overhead valve (OHV) Fords of 1,340 cc and 1,500 cc with the intake and exhaust on the same side of the head. These were often Cosworth modified; the Cosworth 1,340 cc “Super Seven” delivered 85 bhp (63 kW; 86 PS) and the 1,500 cc “Super Seven 1500” 105 bhp (78 kW; 106 PS) . These were later replaced by the Ford Kent engine, better known as the Ford crossflow, in 1,600 cc and 1,700 cc models designated SuperSprints; in their 1,700 cc guise, a crossflow delivers up to 135 bhp (101 kW; 137 PS) . The acceleration finally caught up to the handling when the Cosworth/Ford Twin Cam 1,600, as in the Lotus Elan, was used. There was also a model, sold in the US with a Coventry Climax engine and independent rear suspension.

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Even a gtr XU1 Torana would have completely had the Lotus’ number,in these terms and the GT40 and Cobras from the states would have swallowed the lotus 7 alive, wrong example to use sorry Mr Rat.

[Bruce CurtisMember]

I am putting it in terms of reference, a Mass prduced everyday car that was tweaked by the factory to be a Gran tourismo, not a designed from the ground up elitist vehicle.

Of course there where and still are “sports cars” that are better, built on a specialist platform, not a mass produced family sedan platform.

What else did the brits have like that then Mr Myoto? Cortina Gts, Vauxhall viva S, Consul V6?

Don’t say Jaguar, different league of sedan, purpose built, anyway the “HO” ate them alive as well.

Bc

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menace wrote:

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heres a sample….

Ding a ding ding ding…….BAND BAND BAND BAND……ding ding a ding…skid skid, turn…BAND BAND BAND BAND BAND……..

Mmm seen that literary visual aid somewhere before Mr menace, methinks you “sampled” it from elsewhere…….

That’s a hell of a lot of pre-load on that rear spring Mr Menage’, did you end up on the higher weight limit end of the recommended spring rate or did you flat out lie about your true weight?

Could you stand to be OBTs’ biggest potential loser?

BC

[Bruce CurtisMember]

The Ford GT series is our equivalent of the pommie Cooper S, in it’s day it was a firebreathing ball-tearing Mans’ car. the one car that stood out above the others. While the power is fairly Ho-Hum for some of todays standards, it still went down the 1/4 at good pace and pushed its’ bricklike shape to 140+ MPH in factory trim there is nothing equivalent today not even close in terms of Dominance.

Running motors from 289CI to one 460 (so I have been assurred by someone who really really knows) the pinnacle was the 351 cubic inch Cleveland motored complete with 4V heads and Tri-Rail Top loader and Detroit locker 9″ differential, the GTHO Phase III.
There where a few Phase IVs escaped but most parts ended up in the RPO83 option of the XA series of cars.

Personally I have seen a HO optioned 1971 Fairlane that was sold as scrap, but didn’t make it a GT, just High Output optioned.

BC

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old al wrote:

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Ideas.

4. Threaten to send Menace around to anyone who won’t cough up some money. Worked for the Mafia!:laugh:

old al

Mmm there is actually a charge directly dealing with that scenario it’s

“DEMAND MONEY WITH MENACE”

Could get you up to 7-8 in a 6×9 with a new “boyfriend” named Bubba.

I’d prefer “asking politely for funds so we can keep menace from living up to his name”

BC

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