Maker Of Shoes posted:

Maker Of Shoes posted:

extreme_accordion posted:

For lack of trying or for lack of a lift to the track? You are missing out. I can recommend the VSCDA event in September if you are looking for something relatively inexpensive. If you need a hotel many of the sleepy towns just a few minutes away from the track have nice motels and hotels. Portage being one.

BlackMK4 posted:

Powershift posted:

I saw this mustang driving around, i can't identify the model, but i could tell it's a mustang from the tail lights.

SouthLAnd posted:

drat that thing is beautiful.

Remember when Ford was on their retro kick? I still pine for this car since I saw it at NAIAS 11 years ago. V8, RWD, two doors and the size of a small boat.

Octopus Magic posted:

You can't get the kind of metallic gloss off a model like a real piece of machined steel.

BlackMK4 posted:

Porsche picture dump time.

IOwnCalculus posted:

If murdering someone got you a car, Singer would be outpacing Hitler.

jonathan posted:

Cross Posting this from the Monster Truck thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFi85tMc1_Y

Bigfoot 18's Long Jump world record. The technology in the last 15 years of bigfoot trucks is far beyond the MonsterJam poo poo.

Collateral Damage posted:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3482958

Devyl posted:

jonathan posted:

Perhaps there was another version but I'm almost positive the Series 1 used a quad cam Mustang Cobra Motor... The DOHC 96 - 2001 style...

11BulletCatcher posted:

And mine was 120mph in a 63 Impala with a 283 on my second week driving ever. I can't wait to ge back to that car.

jonathan posted:

Who cares how quick you've gone on the highway. What counts is your top speed within 10 seconds. Mine happens to be 135mph on the RPM limiter.

E-penis smug meter reading so high right now. Actually I'm pretty sure there have been a couple quicker drag projects owned by SA members since then.

I also did 160mph/262kph indicated top speed on my old Honda CBR 600 once. Not fun I was worried about a tire blowout or scattering the engine.

Tried another top speed run with a backpack on a few weeks later and could only manage 240 and change.

GramCracker posted:

Stop spergin' about top speeds in poo poo boxes and post more god drat awesome AI poo poo.

14 INCH GRANDPA posted:

Preoptopus posted:

I didn't know that the slammed civic thread was the Custom/Hotrod thread.




The best Continental of course is

Astroman posted:

From a few pages back, but I gotta say it:

"When this baby hits 88 knots per hour, you're gonna see some serious ship."

NitroSpazzz posted:

Here's a different type of metro with a cage

Tusen Takk posted:

Honestly though if I wanted to "troll" people as I drove by them I'd rather drive slow in a Prius covered in eco-stickers and make faces at SUV's and pickups.

front wing flexing posted:

This but drive slow in a prius that has a V-8 swap and then destroy the rubber out of nowhere for no loving reason.

I like the kid's car, he definitely tries too hard and not trying but the car is still cool.

User Error posted:

Is there a bigger version of this? It's hella dope.

bidikyoopi posted:

That might be the issue, since TK was probably smooth as butter. I'm sure if you are looking for tail-out, growly downshifts constantly, and four wheel drifts it can do that too with Ken Block in the driver's seat.

The next R8 will probably be turbocharged, since that platform is being developed for the next Gallardo now. Maybe using the VAG 4.0T at 540-550hp for the base model (completely baseless speculation).

I think the original R8 will go down in history much in the same way the BMW M1 did, in that it was the brand's introduction into the supercar segment. Also it's drop-dead sexy.


Content: the future of the R8

dubzee posted:

Just realized why I like the Parcour so much...





Now it just needs the Alitalia livery

GramCracker posted:

This is absolutely amazing and I need one in my life. It's the prettiest of the GT40's

GramCracker posted:

Sure is!







Am I the only one sperging over this? It's unbelievable.

donut posted:

I'm a fan of the LP400 without the wing (or any of the Pontiac-esque body cladding for that matter)

Phanatic posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHliZgCAHog

Root Bear posted:

Sneak preview of a 1965 Mustang project car that I'm helping a friend with, we just got done putting the front suspension back together:



More pictures and details to come as they become available.

trouser chili posted:

Ok. Sorry.

Is this better?

VikingSkull posted:

Phanatic posted:

Ferrari 250 GTO by Phanatic, on Flickr

I really want to know how this guy made his money. Guy's a retired Philadelphia neurosurgeon, and this is basically his own museum, it's not quite like getting to walk around Jay Leno's garage but it's pretty staggering. Some stuff's donated or on loan but he himself personally owns a ridiculous number of amazing cars. And I know neurosurgeons make a decent living, but this guy has gently caress-you money.

meatpimp posted:

Now I know where that slight odor of desperation originated.

Watching tech inspection and someone had side sills just slightly too low. This guy was there with tin snips taking 1/8" off the bottom to get into compliance (you can see one of the pieces he just cut off to his left). What a terrible job to have.

Devyl posted:

Video

VikingSkull posted:

Yeah, pinstriping is awesome. The style in the picture you quoted basically started simultaneously with hot rodding, with guys like Von Dutch, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, and Dean Jeffries leading the charge. You're not from the US, so it's ok that you don't know that. It's a huge part of our traditional car culture, though. Pinstriping itself has been around since the dawn of the automobile, and even before that. Old stagecoaches in the American West often featured pinstriping and gold-leaf, too!

Even today, at shows where old hot rods are the majority of the cars, you'll find one or more people with carts of one-shot enamel wandering around offering on the spot services.

Here's a demo of traditional pinstriping.

It's incredibly hard to pull off correctly. In most cases you're working with a finished paint job and laying stripe on cleared panels, so loving up is not an option.

Here's part one of a series featuring the two best pinstripers ever, Big Daddy and Von Dutch, talking about pinstriping.

That second video is basically one of the coolest interviews I've ever seen, they are the Michelangelo and Da Vinci of hot rodding, like the first comment says. Two of my absolute heroes and the inspiration for me to learn paint and body work when I was a teenager.

Just don't read about Von Dutch's personal life, he was a deeply troubled guy but goddamn was he a talented artist.

Here's Von Dutch way back in the day doing his thing.

IOwnCalculus posted:

You're at the point with an engine like that where every component in them is already custom, and the 'design' is remarkably simple. It may have theoretically started life as a Chevy (he has one listed as a Pontiac, interestingly) but everything has been scaled well past compatibility with any parts that weren't purpose-built for this monster.

Speaking of custom parts...



Apparently those are 17" steelies set up for the hubcaps. I kinda want them.

Imperador do Brasil posted:

Was taking a bike ride with the boy today and spied this just a couple of blocks from home in an alley. Nothing remarkable about it except that it has no fake-rusted hood, no "illest" stickers, and no tire stretch. It's very uncommon in my area to see a MKII Jetta Coupe, and to find one this nice was a pleasant surprise.

Imperador do Brasil posted:

Nope, central PA.