No offence was taken Moto, we have always made fun of the “chrome exhaust tip, big wheels” wannabes since i was young, nah if I can be so self elevating, we’ve always been a bit more serious than that.
Ie;
VL ranger with complete driveline out of e-38, fully seam welded and strengthened bay
1978 corolla P/van shell with many different drive combos but best was 12a turbo bigport through celica w-58 into shortened hilux diff with TRD centre and 40k worth of parts, like RA28 struts with Koni adj inserts, LJ torana springs, cortina 6 cylinder trans tunnel, 55-45 weight dist, 4″ tailshaft, tailsaft loop, big oil cooler, cold air induction, cold fuel box, adj wolf 3D ECU, coil over rear end, 3/4 chassis, Toyota lite truck power steering, 12.5 discs and volvo 4 spots, 100 litre tank with surge tank and twin high flow holleys, Showa racing radiator set at 12 degrees slant, Paddle clutch and all fully engineered in 1988.
Built to hillclimb, ended up Dragraced and a bit of club circuit.
Rod;
MkII RS2000 with highly tuned 2L with masport box and all bilsteins
MKI escort with mid-tuned 2L masport box and Konis all corners.
GXL with 4 bolt 351 clevo, FMX hi-stall 9″, running 2V heads into torquer manifold ad 650DP, accel ign and high lift long duration cam/ onto solids & roller rockers.
Layoff for a few years to get his business and career happening, but now BA XR6 upgraded turbo & poppet, new manifold setup, flowed head, different forged Pistons, cam grinds, programmeable ECU, flowed dyno built exhaust, Hi-stall wonderbox, massively intercooled, hi-flow pumps, oil cooler, aftermarket radiator and heaps more that I tend to zone out about cause it’s a bloody falcon, but 440kw at rear wheels so far and he’s a bit grumpy about it’s final drive ratio.
Funnily enough you point out about WRX and so forth wonderboys, last weekends drag meeting, not a single one turned out, mostly old blokes in very serious rides, early and late models including a verified 1100 hp GTR that was simply amazing to watch and i reckon the owner/driver was at least 50 yr old, street legal twin turbo VX V8, MkII eascort 351, mini panelvan with 400ci smallblock and T700 auto, and gotta love this …. a well setup turboed Fiesta crowd pleaser cause it looked standard, not real fast but a headturner nonetheless.
There’s some serious lads around, just so happened they’re the same serious lads from 25 yrs ago mostly, with new toys and more money.
BC
