Recent content by Twamgl3

No offence, but I spent ages thinking you had a Hummer or something from the avatar. In my defence I have the resolution up high so the image is really small...

Are you telling me you wouldn't like to see a 23% power increase? Because that's the way to look at it rather than "just" 14bhp. The Charade GTTI had a greater specific output than contemporary BMW M3s. Just sayin'!

Ferry to Spain for the win. 24 hours on a ferry is going to be a lot more relaxing than 17 hours on autoroutes. Also get to see a bit of Spain, and be refreshed for what seems like the main purpose of the journey. Done southern France from Dover-Calais crossing and the journey was not all...

Has the parachute arrived, yet? I was watching top fuel dragsters on Santa Pod's YouTube channel and one of the chaps was saying that when the parachute initially opens they lose 100MPH in 1 second, which sounds a lot to me, but some of those cars are going 200MPH+ at the line so they have to...

I've finally read every post in this thread. It looks like VR has been good for the car! I can still recall your photos on the wall in the office, and I have to say I'm impressed with the progress and hope to come and see it campaigned when (and that is when, not if) it is. It'll probably be...

I used to do emergency out of hours stuff, and on a few incidents I had to arrange clearing up after fatals. Generally by the time I got to site it was just blood and debris that needed clearing up and I had to get a specialist contractor to deal with the blood, but I had been out to a couple...

US = curb; UK = kerb

You're like Paul Walker, although unlike the Mitsubishi Eclipse, I doubt your car fixed itself in time for a car chase!!

How long until it's campaigned?

Ha ha loads of Fiats!

^ Me too

1988 Fiat Panda Super (999cc). It cost the grand sum of £180 from eBay, and £750 to insure third party, fire and theft. I can't even remember the nature of the crash, but I recall replacing the bonnet and offside headlamp. Couldn't find the right grille so I made one from Halfords best...

I saw an independent video review of Seafoam on YouTube. Young American chap with a Honda Civic Coupe. He took the spark plugs out and stuck a camera into the combustion chamber so you can see the state of the pistons before and after. There was certainly a visible difference.

Easier to go wrong, easier to fix!

Steve, I'm working my way through this thread from both ends(!), from the front I think I'm only on page 8, but I'm getting through them! I noticed you have been maching components for wheelie bars. I wondered which events you would be campaining in - this isn't going to be a straight...