skattrd Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 The thing is I'll probably be getting the whole car re-sprayed before too long, so for now I was just wanting to make the bumper look not shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I'm in the same boat, which is why I don't paint myself. I'd at least get a price from a pro.I don't paint myself either, which is why I am still pogweasel pink with grey hair....... MrDuke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Be thankful you're not sandglow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucedoctor Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Or applejack Sent from my Windows Phone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Why do banger racers pick on old cars? Thankfully I know nothing about bangerracingworld, but why dont they use recent junk there is plenty of like 318s or golves? PS What is the point of "drifting"? saucedoctor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShiteRider Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Crumple zones for one, plus they can't use pressureised fuel systems (ie injection).That said a lot of modern shit does get raced, ka's and k11 micras are favourites for micro bangers and the under 1500 class is awash with almeras and meganes etc.(i'm a spectator) Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beko1987 Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What are Rav4's like? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-TOYOTA-RAV4-2-0-SILVER-PX-CONSIDERED-/201011827313?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2ecd3d1271 sort of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What is the point of "drifting"? What is the point of drag racing? Or rallying? Or anything other than driving normally on the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 What is the point of drag racing? Or rallying? Or anything other than driving normally on the road?Sometimes driving normally on the road just isn't tedious enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 But what is the point? Is it competition? If so who wins? It can't be a simple race because massive oversteer doesn't win races in other motorsports. Is it judged like figure skating, for set moves and style etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I've no idea if/how it's scored, but speaking as someone who derived much childish satisfaction from briefly putting a Riva sideways on greasy roundabouts, the idea of being able to do it all the way round a track is very appealing. I don't see the point of the whole "style" adopted by many omgdriftorzzzzz, but then that's true of any automotive clique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saucedoctor Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 I don't get the drifting thing either, or at least referring to it as "racing". Surely deliberately losing grip (and thus, time) is the antithesis of racing on a circuit. Many years ago, I did a bit of FF1600 club racing, and the object of the exercise was to get round the circuit, 20 times, faster than anyone else. One of the many things involved in achieving this goal was not going sideways. That can be quite difficult. Going sideways (and indeed in complete circles) in a Van Diemen RF92 is fairly easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuke Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Going slightly O/T, when you watch 50's F1, or 60's Touring Car race footage, they drift through every corner, and while I appreciate it was only because the suspension & tyres of the time necessitated it, it still makes for awesome viewing. Especially in F1, where you can see the drivers frantically wrestling the wheel to maintain control. And even now, half the appeal of rallying is the fact that the cars are still sliding around the courses. Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drum Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Amazing amount of sideways action in moto gp too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Banger racing on Efi? ... an admission from in my yoof, holidaying in Cornwall, I attended some ovalakshunn. Big [err, well actually a bit shorter] Triumph 2.5Pi were 'weapon of choice', if expecting a trophy. Did the fuel go off in a big smashup then?? TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I think it's just an image problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 What were the last cars to be sold in this country designed with imperial measurements not metric? Obvs when you fix it with imperial tools not your usual metrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Tricky......Chrysler Imperial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red5 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 TR7 I suspect.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I would think any American car to this day would use Imperial fixings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I would think any American car to this day would use Imperial fixings. Most Fords and Vauxhalls are engineered in the UK/Germany these days so I wrote those off. Obviously imports are still made in imperial-speak though. It's such a mess over there, whenever we get drawings of American components at work it's pretty much flip a coin what it'll be dimensioned in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I was thinking more along the lines of the Jeep and that Bentley* Chrysler thing. Actual Bentleys probably stuck with Imperial until quite recently too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 What were the last cars to be sold in this country designed with imperial measurements not metric? Obvs when you fix it with imperial tools not your usual metrics.Have no idea really, but presumably something from the late 1950's. Austin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Would the original Mini not have been designed and built with imperial bits? saucedoctor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Would the original Mini not have been designed and built with careless workers and poor quality imperial bits?EFA rml2345 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 It was, and I'm pretty sure BL were designing in imperial right up to the end of the 70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rml2345 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 They sold sold those up to 2000. Hang on, what are Defenders made in nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Have Morgan changed over to metric yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Wiki says the British civil engineering industry changed between 69 and 72, so I imagine other industries about the same time. But surely the Mini had components designed before then? I thought the Defender was redesigned from the ground up in the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobthebeard Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 They sold sold those up to 2000. Hang on, what are Defenders made in nowadays?The land of Dreams and Aspiration?Presumably not made in the land of Value For Money or Panel Gap world? (Tongue in cheek... Ahem..) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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