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by **touge_ae101** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:09 pm

looking at buying the old man a race car so wanting something that is going to not need any work and preferably be pretty similar with mine so everything swaps over and don't have to carry as many spares etc.

just wondering if anyone knows some of the history of this car? thought its more than likely someone on here or someone who knows someone...
http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=365798946

137kw seems a bit optimistic from a bluetop? does anyone know the engine build specs etc?

by **d1 mule** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:37 pm

dont know the car but im gonna say that 137kw is WAY WAY over exaggerating. maybe 137 HP if they are super duper lucky

by **touge_ae101** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:51 pm

yeah thats what i was thinking. from youtube vids i timed it at 1.27ish around hampton downs which is pretty average. even my car is faster than that on my01's!

by **tsoob** » Wed May 04, 2011 7:59 pm

ask him for a dyno sheet.. bet you'll get excuses

by **touge_ae101** » Wed May 04, 2011 8:06 pm

guy seems pretty straight up so don't want to assume the worst i'm sure its a misunderstanding. just wanting to know if anyone has seen this car at some car club events or talked to the guy at some stage? seems like it is part of puke car club as the vids are at pcc events..

by **wde_bdy** » Wed May 04, 2011 8:31 pm

Potentially engine dyno reading? Overall looks like a pretty good price for the bits the car has, particularly cage and seats etc.

Callum

by **eskimo** » Wed May 04, 2011 9:44 pm

I saw it at bright road one year, tidy looking car... owner seemed nice enough.

Buy it and put a blacktop in it :twisted:

by **XSVWGN** » Wed May 04, 2011 9:45 pm

I saw this car around Hampton Downs earlier in the year. The thing hauls ass!!! I talked to the owner and hes a down to earth guy and loves that car. He has built it up from scratch

He was keeping up with a 1967 Camaro that was thrashing it around the track

Matt

by **touge_ae101** » Wed May 04, 2011 10:14 pm

yeah i got that impression from the auction looks really well looked after.

no point putting a blacktop in it or we would have to spend another $4K getting decent power out of it. needs to be able to keep up with V8's etc on the straights so looking for 4age's with somewhere around 110-120kw in a light shell like a ae82.

it is a good price for the car it is but don't know any details on engine or the brake setup which could need upgrading to twinpots and braided lines. needs a bit of work to make it quicker. 1.28's around hampton is about 8 seconds too slow. could be the driver though.

by **Distrb** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:18 am

Given this picture put up on the listing i dont see a bluetop, i see a smallport:

You're better off going and looking over the car tbh, or at least ringing the owner and asking questions to ascertain if it is worth your while.

by **~SlideWays~** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:33 am

Distrb wrote:Given this picture put up on the listing i dont see a bluetop, i see a smallport:

Agreed. Easily identified by ribbed intake manifold with 4 runners rather than 8 (TVIS).

Although its a Bluetop Radiator!

by **Leon** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:03 am

~SlideWays~ wrote:Although its a Bluetop Radiator!

and battery :lol:

by **XSVWGN** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:19 am

it sounds really good and when he was caining is around Hampton Downs i thought it was a 20v

Matt

by **1I1** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:22 am

d1 mule wrote:dont know the car but im gonna say that 137kw is WAY WAY over exaggerating. maybe 137 HP if they are super duper lucky

Especially at only 7,200rpm

by **strx7** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:37 pm

has to be engine kw, or hub dyno HP.

by **328FTW** » Thu May 05, 2011 1:58 pm

If it's the one that turned out to one of our events once it didn't go that well (driving related) and he went home shitty cause $100 cars were beating him.

Looks alright but it won't be unleashing beastly power anytime soon

by **CelicaGT8** » Thu May 05, 2011 7:04 pm

If i saw it, it would have been in my rear view mirror :-)

Looks good, wish my old man would give up the 86 sunny and get a car like this

by **dnalunchie** » Thu May 05, 2011 7:39 pm

I had an AE101 Silver top (40,000kms on the engine) with a full exhaust system and blacktop extractors running a link G3. Fully tuned with a good number of hours on the dynapac and it managed 104kw atw. or around 140hp.

I would think it must be HP or at the engine in the case of this car.

Either that or my car really sucked

by **touge_ae101** » Thu May 05, 2011 7:53 pm

yeah i can imagine it being a hp figure rather than a kw figure as i'm sure you would see a few bling bits if it was making that much power!

so it really only makes the same power as my blacktop which is pretty damn annoyingly slow around the track... it would only be worth while doing it if we pulled that engine out and put a 2zz or 3sge in it really...

by **loudstealthGT-Four** » Thu May 05, 2011 9:03 pm

touge_ae101 wrote:................. top which is pretty damn annoyingly slow around the track... it would only be worth while doing it if we pulled that engine out and put a 2zz or 3SGTE in it really...

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