Show Me Your Car!

[Mustang5L5]

The american car club scean is very big in the UK. We had a Summer Show last year where 10,000 cars turned up to billing. A truly amazing weekend.


Have a look at our local car meet

More pictures can be found in the gallery on our local club web site
www.lincs-aaci.co.uk

Wow, its interesting to see the take on American cars in England. I never knew how big the following was there or just what types of cars you would see. SOme of the vehicles there were cars i see and ride in everyday.

I just like to be different. I like it when a kids jaw drops to the floor when ya drive by... AND THERE ANT NO BETTER SOUND THAN A PUSH ROD V8...

I'll second that, although i love the sound of my Overhead Cam V8 in my newer Mustang with an aftermarket exhaust. I'll have to see if i have a video of my winding out the gears in it.

 

[deliverance]

i thought i would post my truck since i did not see any othe trucks

Got Beat?

 

[Matty]

i love the subs man!

 

[Mustang5L5]

Bet that thing must pound!

 

[ice maiden]

thats awesome, are you in the Uk?

 

[deliverance]

na im in california

 

[Lexie3787]

My bf and I go to the track. Its been closed for a bit though due to winter, and his 240 is broken so we have to wait for him to get a new engine. I miss going to the track so much.

 

[Dave781]

I love the track but one with corners, not sure if thats what you guys are meaning?

Hoping to go with Lynz over to a european track, hope it happens!

 

[Mustang5L5]

I love the track but one with corners, not sure if thats what you guys are meaning?

I am more of a dragstrip person myself, but i do partake in SCCA Autocrossing when i can. Unfortunaly the car i use will not be ready for some time so it will be 2 years since i have AutoXed. I miss it

 

[Native American]

I love the track but one with corners, not sure if thats what you guys are meaning?

Hoping to go with Lynz over to a european track, hope it happens!

Dave, over here in the U.S. it seems the 1/4-mile straight-line drag strip has a bit more popularity with local clubs. Strangely, whenever I fly over the U.S., I don't see many tracks with corners, i.e., road courses.

Europe, on the other hand is different. I've seen a number of incredible road courses and adjoining test tracks throughout the continent (from my view in the sky).

Bracket racing is fun to watch at a local drag strip, but I'm with you...watching a road course race is amazing, and there are a lot more variables to consider (acceleration, braking, corner entrance tuning, corner exit tuning, gearing swaps, etc.). Makes sense why our drag racing and NASCAR don't even come close to worldwide viewer support when compared to Formula 1 (or 2 or 3!).

Still, all of it is racing, and a true fan can appreciate each one. B)

And, while I still had that '69 Stringray convertible, this was my general runabout car (before I bought a P.O.S. Dodge 1/2-ton truck, but that is another story):

1975 FIAT X1/9
Cylinder heads shaved, CR approx 10.5:1
Holley water-alcohol injection
Recurved distributor
Advanced stock cam
Lightened, balanced flywheel
Rejetted WEBER 32DATRA carb
Balanced pistons w/ valve reliefs
Shift point: 8,200 rpm worked well, my neighbor accidentally hit 10,000 w/out breakage at 90,000 miles
Panasport alloys shod w/ Pirelli P7F 195/55VR13's (stuck like chewing gum to the road)
Re-worked stock MacP struts w/ upgraded oiling
Lowered car about 1.5 inches (top of roof just above my belt buckle)
Scratch-built rear wheel camber adjustment system
Semi-metallic pads (it had 4-wheel disc, didn't need it, 950kg car could outbrake near-anything)
65W lo / 130W hi Hella H4 headlamps, 55W unshielded driving lamps, 55W fogs
Sold it at 156,000 miles, still running okay.

I miss carburetors and induction howl. Today's U.S.-built V8 sports cars are just "exhaust noisy" compared to 20 years ago when they really made some great sounds at the track, but they are much faster. Time marches on.

v/r, N-A

 

[mantis147]

This is my Vauxhall Vectra SRI 130. Not the best pic's!!

P.S ITS NOT LEAKING OIL!!!

 

[Mustang5L5]

Today's U.S.-built V8 sports cars are just "exhaust noisy" compared to 20 years ago when they really made some great sounds at the track, but they are much faster. Time marches on.

I respectfully disagee. I think some of today's V8 engines sound great.

 

[Fella]

hi fella, Donna's other half here,

my name is Fin..

Thanks for the words about the Trans Am. Its fitted with a 4 speed auto box and some nice lazy long gears. If ya reved it out in 4th the gearing would take her upto 189mph...lol but I dont think she has quite enough power to get that high...Should top 150mph but I ant that brave. In second gear the car will do 94mph

Some facts about owning a classic Yank.....

My car cost £1800 sure Ive spend some money on her ..its a 20 year old car at the end of the day. nice condition ones can be had for £2500+

On a 70mph motorway run is will do 28mpg

Im 30years old and for me and the wife...Insurance is £195 fully camp...lol

At 70mph its just doing 2000ish rpm

ITS VERY LOUD 95db at 1500rpm....but ya get away with it coz its a v8 sound

In the dry it will go around a corner faster that you would belive....but its interesting how the passengers s### them selves...lol

In the Wet a nissan Micra will beat ya off the line.....the car just spins the wheels. Also in the wet 70+mph wheelspin can be a problem

@ 2000rpm the New motor makes near 200bhp and 300Lbft of torque.

A brand new 290bhp 337lbft GM Goodwench 5.7 V8 has just cost me £1200..... Cheap as Chips

BUT THE BEST THING ABOUT OWNING A YANK CAR IS

The Show's, The people in the clubs, and the way of life that seems to come with the car


Have a look at a few of the videos Ive made of the car


My old 5.0 starting for the first time after a rebuild

A bit of a road trip for ya

Me At Santa Pod - Beating a Mustang....lol


If you want to get involved in the hobby then visit www.aacint.com



Cheers
Fin

Yeah I've been to that site before! I've always been into firebirds and trans ams since I was a kid, and have always wanted to own one. Sadly I don't have a licence so getting one is beyond my realms right now, and considering adrian flux quoted me 2.5k for my own insurance on the model I want, I think I've got some waiting to do yet!

Those videos were really good. I always want to go to the billing aquadrome meet, but as I dont drive and not many of my mates are into it, it never really comes about. I've been to the silverstone ford fair (fayre?) and it's probably not comparable but it's a great day out to see the cars and then watch them hit the track later in the day.

I laughed when I read 94mph in second gear, thats incredible.

I think you're right about american cars, it's definitely the styling and sound which grips me. I think anyone would be hard pushed to be able to compare an american muscle car to a family saloon, they're just miles apart.

Thanks for posting the videos, they were awesome

 

[Native American]

I laughed when I read 94mph in second gear, thats incredible.

I used to think so, too, until I owned a fun American V8 car that could do it. It's just strange, being pushed back into the seat by the pull of the engine at that speed and thinking, gee, it's time to change gears again.

What's even more amazing these days are the little cars with big-car attitude, like the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo and the Subaru Impreza WRX...and they still have the stunning reliability that those marques are known for. Turbo or not, how do they reliably get all that horsepower out of those little engines and put it so convincingly from driveline to pavement? Incredible. They can't hit 94 in second, but they can get there just about as quickly.

Speaking of small cars with big-car V8 attitude, does anybody remember when Audi Racing had their turbocharged Quattro coupes mixing it up with Trans-Ams, Camaros and Mustangs in the 80's here in the U.S? It was more stock than any of the tube-framed U.S. offerings, but Audi won so many races with their cars that the Americans had to rewrite the rules to exclude the Audis (I think the killjoys at GM claimed that all-wheel drive was an unfair advantage!) ... can't allow a family coupe designed for foul-weather traction beating American sports cars on their home turf, especially since it displaced an un-manly 134 cubic inches. That was a family-styled car that could catch some real air at Watkins Glen! Nevertheless, it was still fun to watch the colorful European car, hear that turbo scream, and watch it, boxy shape and all, doing quite well on this side of the Atlantic.

Toyota is thinking about jumping into NASCAR with a Camry (!!!). If that happens, Honda will jump in, too, I bet. The fabric of NASCAR will be bettered, I think. It'll draw more fans, for sure.

Yeah, big American V8's are in their own class, but there's a lot of different high-horsepower technology and platforms brewing from Europe and Japan. I'm hoping to see more of it here in the U.S. on the racing circuits.

v/r, N-A

 

[Native American]

Fin, those are some great videos. Your reaction time and startline technique are awesome! B)

Just the right amount of wheelspin, knowing when to let it hook-up...yeah, you've got a nice car, but the other half of the equation is the driver.

BTW, that blue Subaru in the last video was scary fast. Pretty good holeshot for a turbo car.

v/r, N-A