As far as I can work out, 250bhp is an ideal figure for an MX-5 unless you're on track more than on the road.

I drove the superfast one a few years ago on a pot-holed airfield but because it was dark and his headlights don't point sideways, I couldn't really do a lot with it.

I briefly drove it on the road and despite being gentle with it, it spun the wheels in 4th gear, which totally caught me by surprise. I found out later that he was still experimenting and at that time was running some outrageous boost - it blew up a couple of weeks later!

Quote from Michael Denham :

What size engine is the soarer? My friend's miata is a 1.8... I have a friend with a 1.6 turbo'd as well but he's running less boost and making nowhere near the power. Someone else I know is doing rods and pistons and throwing a larger turbo on his 1.8 and aiming for 350rwhp once he's all done!

It's definitely achievable - a mate of mine is around there now, although his 1.8 is more like a 2 litre nowadays. Last dyno was 335bhp and he's done more stuff since. It's far too quick for public roads - especially since he's still on 195 width tyres - but he just can't stop tinkering

Brundle was exceptional in Brazil, and really demonstrated what a brilliant commentator he is. Watching the highlights again last night, he mentioned several times that if Hamilton didn't get a move on, then Glock and Vettel are going to cause him trouble later on.

He also spotted Glock at the crucial moment when half the audience had their head in their hands saying "oh no, not again"

Quote from zeugnimod :

Why isn't it cheaper then?

Because it is a business.

Worst "look at me, I go racing" thread, ever

Intrepid, if you think that your impatient ranting will dissuade people from purchasing iracing, you are completely wrong. I don't have iracing but I'm considering it. The way you have expressed your complaints has told me far more about you than the product.

Quote from Crashgate3 :

Properly drifting a R/C car must be near impossible...

Yeah we did it for a bit of a laugh and it is very difficult. A 4WD car is actually far better at it than a RWD car, as it's far more stable. You don't need expensive drift tyres - we just found some plastic piping and wedged it over the wheels and that did the job

To be honest, it gets pretty boring after a few goes.

I've got a website full of 'em

Bridge series
Assorted shorts

Quote from squidhead :

pfft, everybody knows that the best song in the world was performed by Tenatious D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcJwz7wu8_s

Proof

Nope, listen to the lyrics - that song is a tribute to the best song in the world.

And anyway:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk1md5IikWk

This is an interesting piece from Webber, illustrating a lot of what we "know" about Hamilton is basically just the usual media bullshit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h ... t/formula_one/7680529.stm

Quote from dawguk :

People should stick to cold hard facts, and not make assumptions or speculations based on opinion.

Are you new to the internet?

Quote from The General Lee :

I do have coolant and I don't take it off.

But you're still breaking the airtight seal and if the engine is hot, the water is pressurised and would come out.

Why do you think it's head gasket btw?

Quote from The General Lee :

...Mine has head gasket issues. 20 miles down the road, it gets hot. Open the bonnet, loosen the rad cap, let a load of air out, next thing I know, its cooled down and good for another 20 miles. Not good.

Erm, eh? You take the rad cap off a hot engine and don't have a 4ft coolant geyser? No wonder it's overheating - you have no coolant! :eek:

He's hated because he's good and he knows it.

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

I still can't understand how dare people mentioning him on the same level as Senna or Schumi. Be WC 7 times, and then we can talk about that.

Because he's probably the best driver on the grid at the moment. Senna was probably the best on the grid in his day, and Schuey in his day.

How about this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yj35Xi9z4o

Quote from BlueFlame :

I actually never thought of that before, but in this day and age, car crime, especially in the UK is not easy to succeed in unless you jack a car with the owner inside, car crime is the lowest it's ever been in the UK well, the lowest would be when cars were first sold. ok re-phrasal. Car Crime is the lowest it has ever been in the 21's century. Cars do get stolen, but they are high spec cars that get shipped to cyprus or other countries that use RHD cars. I doubt someone will bother with a Mazda 323, and I'm not mocking the car, I'm just stating the facts. It's probobly got an imobilizer that disables the ignition, so without the chip unless you open up the bonnet or you know some wierd electrical trick to disable the imobilizer you aren't going to be able to get it moving.

Erm, the anti-theft technology is all very well but all they do these days is break into your house and steal your car keys.

Having seen the footage, I agree with D_Ts judgement. I simply cannot see how the stewards reached the conclusions they did. Absolute farce.

Quote from flymike91 :

why are you talking about the reservation of Indians to people in 2008? When the colonists don't like a certain group, we moved them. When the Germans didn't like a certain group, you killed 6 million of them in gas chambers and incinerators while their families watched in horror and breathed their ashes.

Wow. Is that the history they teach in US schools?

TV isn't broadcast at a very high resolution so I doubt you'll find one larger than 720x576.

Quote from Shotglass :

which is only necessary because theres other people just as misguided as you are believing theres anything worth fighting for in arbitrary lines on a piece of paper and supporting idiots in their dreams of world domination

Obviously you only post things like this because you enjoy the attention, but that is still an idiotic comment on an epic scale.

Quote from aoun :

Man this discussion would be soo sad knowing that most of you people, saying stuff formula one and its rigged etc, are adults.

There are adults on this forum? You sure?:jawdrop:

As I said after Spa, regardless of whether or not you believed Hamilton did or did not gain an advantage, the punishment was a disaster for F1. And sadly, it seems I was right.

This is ridiculous now; penalties been thrown around with no consistency, logic, or apparent regard for the fans or the sport.

This is F1, not synchronised swimming. Results should not be decided by opinions and judgement, they should be decided by the cold, hard facts of who crosses the line first.

Quote from Becky Rose :

Yeah and the hard liners of the other lot are Christian fundamentalists. The world is full of extremists, even in America.

Even in America? They practically invented extremism!

Hey danowat, if you want to see a Redback Spider then just look under piles of wood, like park benches. They like to hang out in places like that.

A good way to find spiders at night is to get a decent torch and hold it up at your eye level. You'll see the eyes of spiders reflect back at you. Unless you don't like spiders, in which case it can be disturbing to see how many there are around you.

Quote :

FIA president Max Mosley ... remain "credible".

These two phrases are in the same sentence?

The netKar Pro engine has definitely been employed by one of the F1 teams in some form, which isn't that surprising. It is a step above the competition really.

Concensus was that it was Williams because of the BRD connection, but that's just been ruled out, so I guess Toyota would be the best bet given the Singtel thing had a Toyota in it and Kunos has Japanese connections. You'd think they could afford to develop their own in-house really, but there we go. Or maybe they did and hired Kunos for it.

Whatever happens, that seems to be the reason nkPro fizzled out so quickly.