Ever sold something and wish you didnt?

[Holley]

I sold my battered A2000 and regretted it, but I've just picked up an equally battered A2000, so that makes up for it.  

Or it would do if I hadn't just blown it up!

Ho hum ...

A also regret selling my '73 Suzuki ST185 enduro racer, the '78 Kawasaki KT100 I learned to ride on, and my '85 Superdream 250.  But that was an age ago, and I have bigger and more powerful toys to keep me occupied :-D

[Holley]

The Chevys sold to pay rent...

Of course if you were a Mopar owner you'd have just moved into your car instead :-D

(just kidding, my daily nail is a GM machine, and it's great)

[Holley]

@TheMagicM - 600+ hp? must be some serious Chevy to be putting out that kinda power! That said I'm quite happy with my 325hp on regular unleaded :-)

the only car that could beat it away from the lights was a ferrari

ok, Golfs are nice little cars, but come on! Maybe they meant the only /new/ car that could beat it away from the lights ...

[Holley]

if it's a 505 you musta tuned it, otherwise why did they used to make such a big deal outta the 502/502 BBC crate motor?  I'll take on a stock VR6 in the wife's car, it's good for a mid to low 14 :-) (my lardy old Charger won't go that well, not without slicks anyway ... oh and all the work it needs to be roadworthy too :-D)

[Holley]

Dunno about that, seems to be plenty of ex-bikers here :-D (even amongst the Spectrum owners, lol)

I was thinking of the 502ci crate Chevy used to do (still might for all I know, lol), there was a big thing about it making 502hp, with a warm cam, highish compression, big valves etc. Running a BB in an '80s F body is a good way to go quick, there's a couple here that run about the same mark with a mild 454 and spray.

[Holley]

All of those are more sportscars, the emphasis there being good handling rather than power.  Musclecars have stuff like extra springs in the right for a better launch, rather than coilovers and sway barrs ;-)

The GNs are nice, minor tweaks for the 13s easily :-) GNXs are even nicer!

MagicM - if you're running a 1050 with heads to match, that counts as tuned :-D I've got 8.5:1 compression, but big valves, uprated valvesprings, mild cam, 750 vac Holley, Performer intake, cheap headers and Flowmasters.

With that compression I can nearly take a whizz in the tank to refuel!

The quickest street legal car here runs a Twin Turbo BBC, fitted into an Audi 80 body for consistent 8.6s.  For street legal they have to complete a cruise that includes speed humps etc, and having seen it run it goes nice around town :-D

As for the Jag, good luck with the project, and I thought having 8 plugs was a pain, lol.  The Rodders here seems to be using Volvo back ends more and more, the simplicity and strength of a solid rear axle seems to appeal more than the 'bling' of IRS these days ... and serious cars would quite often bend/snap Jag halfshafts as they were never designed for 700hp and 33" slicks.

[Holley]

ok, semantics gap here, generally (in brit American car circles) 'tuned' is referring to improved components over bone stock.

Jetting, timing, playing with your pressures etc would just be 'fine tuning' - on a post '73 car you've gotta get the mixture right on a big carb setup anyway, or it won't pass the emmisions test!

[Holley]

The stock IRS should be fine for a circuit racer as thats what it was designed for - if it's a lightweight body a stock motor should make it pretty quick anyway :-)

With that kinda stuff you need space and time more than anything - oh, what I could do if I only had a garage! (lottery ticket in hand :-D)

[Holley]

I couldn't afford a double-pumper (I run a vacuum secondaries one, cheaper to buy and cheaper on fuel:-D) or the cheapest Weber setup for big block Mopar (four of 'em on a custom inlet - it has been done).

Horses for courses I guess - it's hard to beat twin 40s on a well built 1275 Mini ;-)