[Closed] show me your fast cars!

not mine but I get to play in these occasionally

my step Dad's Porsche 911 GT2, fernsport tuned monster. tuned to north of 700hp...

doesn't go round corners very well and his Caterham CSR is quicker round a lap of Spa.

goods vids, here's one of mine going round croft
https://youtu.be/lJIi4652O4s

My brother's (former) ride... which he had to sell recently.

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It was a bit of a sleeper with this under the bonnet...

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I can't recall what the power output was, but it was... substantial (eating M series BMWs without breaking sweat off the lights)

Bland Eurobox, Anyone?
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24118/#/aa0=6&MR0_length=10&w0=list&aj0=lot_number_asc&m0=0

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Not blisteringly fast but 5.1s 0-60mph and sub 800kg so pretty fun to drive!

For some reason I'm planning on doing 2500 miles in it this summer going to Le mans and then on to Italy and back.

Lionheart wins.

535d touring here. Still want an RS6 though.

This thread does not have enough Italian cars, yet.

Mrs Fruitbat's Abarth:

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My 159 3.2 Q4:

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Perhaps we should make it 170 mph plus cars as most seem rather run of the mill 😉

What's the engine in that MGB?

Agreed. Small hatches with over 7 second 0-60s aren't really 'fast cars'.

I'd say a top end of over 150 and a 0-60 of under 6 makes something fast, as a regular road car anyway.

plus we'll get rid of all these german rep mobile's that are limited to 155 😆

What's the engine in that MGB?

It's the original 1.8 sleeved and rebored to 2.2L. High lift cam, over sized inlet valves. Heavily ported head. Lightened and balanced crank, flywheel and conrods. HS6 carbs rejetted with modified butterflies. Been on the rolling road at just over 160hp.

The whole car is about 300kg lighter than original too.

I have an new old stock janspeed twin turbo kit for the rover v8 I fancy building into a BGT. Should put out about 550hp if built right.

The whole car is about 300kg lighter than original too.

How? A 25% ish weight reduction from 1100kg to 800kg?

How? A 25% weight reduction?

More like 30% (off 1050kg which is the wet weight IIRC)?

Yeah, down from about 1200kg to just over 900kg. Different front suspension and subframe. Different rear axle and suspension. Racing fuel cell. Smaller and lighter batteries. Light weight spoked wheels. Aluminium bonnet, wings and tailgate. It all adds up.

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From uni days back in 2002. Max speed wasn't that fast, but 0-60 put most things on the road to shame. Motor out of a Yamaha r6 with a total car weight of 220kg ish and very low gearing, it was designed for acceleration.

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Pretty quick by most standards. Also I have the roof rack for the bikes 🙂

[quote="cp"]From uni days back in 2002.
Lancaster ? My Alma Mater ! Furness.

And if we're going to add criteria about "fast" can we also restrict the meaning of "your" ? It shouldn't mean "someone I met" or else we'll all have very long lists.

no kids, fast car. Library image because it for some reason I can't post a cow shit covered picture of mine.

Boot is covered in clay mud from dumping the bike in from a run round Ironbridge.

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FFS, image postng on here is complicated.

Not fast compared to others but quick enough to get you in trouble-

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I sold it about 3 years ago, I'd have another but not practical for a family.

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It can't be that hard, even I can do it 🙂

Lancaster ? My Alma Mater ! Furness.

**High fives fellow furnessian 😉 **

I think fast is subjective. Plenty of German repmobiles would beat my Celica T-Sport to 60, but would they be screaming at 8200rpm when they got there? One of the fastest cars I've driven is probably an X5 40d, but I can guarantee it would have been spanked all over on this 2000 mile roadtrip round all the UKs best roads (Also it swallows my bike whole).
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(I give up)

Got there in the end,but not before post timeout
Somewhere in snowdonia:
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That EVO triangle layby (yes that's a heavily modded 850i):
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Yeah, down from about 1200kg to just over 900kg. Different front suspension and subframe. Different rear axle and suspension. Racing fuel cell. Smaller and lighter batteries. Light weight spoked wheels. Aluminium bonnet, wings and tailgate. It all adds up.

wwaswas - Member
FWIW, my Tuna is Northway in Aldermaston

Mine's John West.

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Bravo Wwaswas!

I want a fast car now.

Whats the best way to get a Dad's mid life crisis? Soup up my 120d Please feel free to suggest an alternative that has Motorway MPG, stunning good looks and can be a lot of fast fun...

I sat in a 3 series touring 340i at the weekend... nice.

Just keep on buying stuff you don't need Kryton, then telling us that you're not doing that any more.

[quote="Kryton57"]I want a fast car now.

Whats the best way to get a Dad's mid life crisis?

An RS4, same as last time ? Or was that the time before last. I think we're all losing track.

Cars are all way too fast these days, they are just not fun anymore. Not on our roads anyway......and who wants to take their pride and joy on a track and risk damaging it? 7.5 secs 0-60 and 120mph top end is all you need, with some decent handling as a given.

Just keep on buying stuff you don't need Kryton, then telling us that you're not doing that any more.

Man o'pause? Can't you spot a tongue in cheek comment when you see one?

I want a fast car now.

Soup up my 120d

surely the pragmatic way of dealing with this, given that you have a 1 series is to go out and swap it for an m135i? or if you want something bigger then a 335/340?

Given the way my m135 has depreciated since I bought it, it must be possible to get a good one for 15-20k.

Found an appropriate picture of it for this forum (at CYB, with Thule bars on).... XFR, >500 bhp, so yes "quick enough".

I don't subscribe to the "you can't enjoy it on the road" argument either, more performance is more useful on the road than on track, where I'd prefer a lightweight and fairly basic-engined track special to a supercar any day. You can enjoy it on the road, without driving at lunatic speeds.

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I think rsi's photo demonstrates how much "fun" a fast car is on a public road. Truck followed by camper/caravan and everybody 10mph under the national speed limit where if the road were clear and speed limits didn't exist "fun" would start at 90mph plus in the cars in the layby.

Pointless.

Rockape63 - Member
who wants to take their pride and joy on a track and risk damaging it?

There's always track day insurance 😉

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cp - Member
Lancaster ? My Alma Mater ! Furness.
**High fives fellow furnessian **

These photo's were taken in Ulverston about 200m from The Farmers.

[quote="Rockape63"]...and who wants to take their pride and joy on a track and risk damaging it?

If you look at the number of circuits around the country running track days, the answer appears to be "quite a lot of people".

But granted, they're the folk who actually like driving their cars, rather than simply posting photos of them on the internet in an attempt to impress people they've never met 🙂

One of these, with a bit of mapping magic added.
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1986 951. A bit rough round the edges but a 968 bottom end with some other stuff means it goes pretty well.

Here's my 'fast'car, hiding behind my c456:

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Ok, more nippy than actually fast, but it still surprises a lot of people 😆

maxtorque - whats the real world range on that i3, my missus is considering one...

Truck followed by camper/caravan and everybody 10mph under the national speed limit

Maybe, except if you have a fast car a safe overtake is just around the corner... My exact point was that the Celica is fun at sensible speeds - I actually find the refinement in new cars means I have to re-calibrate to stay under the speed limits. Just out of shot is a £250 1.1 pug 205 which was a hoot down the west coast singletrack of Scotland (To the car guys: if you've never been there, do!)