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snowjnky said:
1999 Subi
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1969 Cutlass "S"

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Hey Chris,

I used to have a 69 Buick skylark. Your cutlass reminds me of mine just because the body style and I am sure your probably has a 350 in it. Unfortunately mine was the super un-cool 4 door model. I used to have an "Isky" camshaft sticker in the rear window but secretly I had nothing. Just the stock 350 with a 4 barrel. It really was a grandmas car- my grandmas. Of all the cars I owned, I wish I never sold my 72' 240Z. I used race 911's up big basin all the time. Mine would understeer and theirs would step out in the rear with massive oversteer. Fun times and not sure how I am not dead.
 
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francois said:
Hamilton is a brutal road in terms of harshness. Gotta take it easy on that one.
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heh, I know. I used to take my old rabbit out there. 600# front springs with revalved bilsteins and 450 # rears in a 1600 pound car. Spent more time in the air than on the pavement. :D
 
#146 ·
pmarshall said:
Hey Chris,

I used to have a 69 Buick skylark. Your cutlass reminds me of mine just because the body style and I am sure your probably has a 350 in it. Unfortunately mine was the super un-cool 4 door model. I used to have an "Isky" camshaft sticker in the rear window but secretly I had nothing. Just the stock 350 with a 4 barrel. It really was a grandmas car- my grandmas. Of all the cars I owned, I wish I never sold my 72' 240Z. I used race 911's up big basin all the time. Mine would understeer and theirs would step out in the rear with massive oversteer. Fun times and not sure how I am not dead.
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Mine started as a Olds Gut-less granny car; not anymore ;) Actually I am the 2nd and 4th owner of the car. I sold it about eight years ago(to pay off bills) to my good friend, who just happens to be a pretty good mechanic in MV. After he went to work on it for about 3 years he neede to "pay off bills." I just happen to run into him on a Friday morning before a Good Guys Car Show where he was going to sell it. I saved him a trip to fairgrounds and bought it back from him. The only thing mechanically left to do was a mini starter and transmission. So I but a rebuilt 700r4 from a corvette which does real nice with 3.93 gears :D

I'll have to swing it, literally, by Roy's sometime.
 
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motorbacon said:
heh, I know. I used to take my old rabbit out there. 600# front springs with revalved bilsteins and 450 # rears in a 1600 pound car. Spent more time in the air than on the pavement. :D
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You should take it to the track! My Audi is set up with 400# front, and 500# rear.
I use to have rabbit (A1) 76 and 84. miss them.
some videos

This is on my buddy's page

http://www.youtube.com/user/HAVASU1985#p/a/u/1/gZQ-IK7wCkc
 
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I tracked both the GTI and the GLI. Both were sold though, and now I'm building a ungodly large valve head for a 1.6 (square bottom end) which will end up with around 12:1 static cr, but with the cam I have it'll drop it down to about 10:1 DRC. Funny thing is I don't even have a car for this motor, yet. :?
 
#149 ·
Chris,

With those gears in back, breaking the rear loose must be pretty darn easy! That is what makes those boats so fun to drive in the rain. You can throttle steer all day long. Next week I am up for a ride on thurs or fri. I want to hit demo if I can on friday. I have to drive my wife over to santa cruz and was thinking about doing a 40 mile ride up Nisene Marks to demo and back if weather ok. PM me if you want/can. I'll give you my phone#. Didn't realize you live so close. I have done this before and met my buddies up in demo for a loop.

Paul
 
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motorbacon said:
I tracked both the GTI and the GLI. Both were sold though, and now I'm building a ungodly large valve head for a 1.6 (square bottom end) which will end up with around 12:1 static cr, but with the cam I have it'll drop it down to about 10:1 DRC. Funny thing is I don't even have a car for this motor, yet. :?
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I got a G-Grind cam for 1.6, 1.5 and 1.7l, if your'e interested. Sounds like you are going to hit that motor, and hit it good, tho. Harder than a G-Grind.... :thumbsup:
 
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Yeah, I'm proobably going to run a Techtonics 306 and set up the car on megasquirt again. I have an intake manifold for a 4 barrel carb sitting on my shelfs, so that *may* be used. Again, don't have a carb to put this motor in yet. haha.

G Grind is nice for a daily driver, but my GTI had a 288 at one point with a 7 flywheel and that was my daily...I"m a weirdo when it comes to cars.
 
#155 ·
??? I've had an '00 A4 and now an '05. No electrical or mechanical problems to speak of. And those are daily driven, tahoe snow cars. Agree about the audi wagons though, I feel that the S4 avant is the perfect utility vehicle outside of towing a boat. And they won't bring it to the states.

Leopold Porkstacker said:
If they made it in a wagon version that didn't have electrical problems (pretty much every VW/Audi between 1982 - when???) then I'd get one. Wagons rock. They are like SUVs for civilized people who drive considerately.
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#156 ·
francois said:
Here's some Mini Cooper motoring.

The BMW chassis is JeffH's. He worked on my car and you can see my crew chief inspecting the work.

I have some a few driving videos but I might get banned :eek:

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So surely all you mini guys know of Derek Tuttle? He owns 13 or so minis (minimokes, John Cooper Specials, etc.), and tools on them for a living. Interesting guy, his father drives a Morgan Supersports 3-wheeler around town for normal transportation, and they are in fact related the the world-renowned tattoo artist, Lyle Tuttle.
 
#157 ·
Leopold Porkstacker said:
So surely all you mini guys know of Derek Tuttle? He owns 13 or so minis (minimokes, John Cooper Specials, etc.), and tools on them for a living. Interesting guy, his father drives a Morgan Supersports 3-wheeler around town for normal transportation, and they are in fact related the the world-renowned tattoo artist, Lyle Tuttle.
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I met Derek at the USS Hornet in Alameda during a Mini club event in August. Nice guy. He was with his wife and kids and drove the 'regular' car that day. I squeezed 2 car seats in the back of mine and the wife in front. The kids insist on taking the Mini (and so do I)!
 
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isleblue65 said:
I met Derek at the USS Hornet in Alameda during a Mini club event in August. Nice guy. He was with his wife and kids and drove the 'regular' car that day. I squeezed 2 car seats in the back of mine and the wife in front. The kids insist on taking the Mini (and so do I)!
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Coolness! Relevance: his wife and my wife used to be coworkers a couple years ago. :thumbsup:

Anyhow, Derek's got some amazing minis. He's got a RHD green one with the white racing stripes which I've threatened my wife I would buy from him someday. Yeah, they are mini crazy, didn't know how many minis one could stuff into a garage until I met Derek! :eekster:
 
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