914Driver said:1965 Dodge 880 Custom, 383 4-speed, ex-FBI car. How many are out there?
914Driver said:1965 Dodge 880 Custom, 383 4-speed, ex-FBI car. How many are out there?
Aaron_King said:
"This unique “Saab 96CC” is for sale on The Market in Abingdon, United Kingdom. The car was built by the Neo Brothers using a 1973 Saab 96 body and the running gear from a Saab 9-3. The classic body features a chopped roof, modified doors, custom wheel arches, and covered in 301 Carbon Grey paint. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L B204 inline-four and four-speed automatic transmission from a first generation Saab 9-3. Everything sits on a Saab 9-3 convertible chassis while the interior features parts from a 9-3 coupe and cabriolet."
Not exactly a low pass, but worthy nonetheless:
Aaron_King said:
In reply to Duke :
I like the front but the back end is a little off. That being said if they had used a manual 9-3 I would drive the heck out of it.
Duke said:Not exactly a low pass, but worth nonetheless:
I've always been a fan of the C-130 and its varients. The things don't look like they should fly at all but they have amazing capabilites.
Duke said:Aaron_King said:
"This unique “Saab 96CC” is for sale on The Market in Abingdon, United Kingdom. The car was built by the Neo Brothers using a 1973 Saab 96 body and the running gear from a Saab 9-3. The classic body features a chopped roof, modified doors, custom wheel arches, and covered in 301 Carbon Grey paint. The car is powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L B204 inline-four and four-speed automatic transmission from a first generation Saab 9-3. Everything sits on a Saab 9-3 convertible chassis while the interior features parts from a 9-3 coupe and cabriolet."
I can hear that picture of Maxwell Smart explaining how close the results of the Saab build got.
The Saab still speaks to me though.
Sometimes I get on Google street view and "drive around" to see new places. Its not too often I come across a Probe GT these days...
Courtesy of Palisade CO
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Aaron_King said:
I don't think it's possible to disagree more comprehensively. The SAAB looks nothing like a squashed frog designed by a blind committee.
I don't mind the SAAB from the back. It's a touch odd, but I like it.
And, in fairness, SAAB does know how to make a turbo engine and automatic transmission work well together.
And, in fairness, SAAB does know that all turbo engines should be connected to automatic transmissions because they work well together.
Fixed for you.
APEowner said:Duke said:Not exactly a low pass, but worth nonetheless:
I've always been a fan of the C-130 and its varients. The things don't look like they should fly at all but they have amazing capabilites.
Quoted pic was an A400M, not a Herc.
No freeloading:
A good friend was raised in Invercargill which is the southernmost city in New Zealand.
Prior to the advent of the Hercules the USAF sometimes used to stage their Globemasters via NV as they were fuel limited from Christchurch in some weather conditions. With a short runway they needed the JATO bottles which they used to jettison into the sea straight after takeoff. My friends dad was an engineer and a keen diver and used to go out and retrieve them because the quality of the steel in the rocket tubes was better than off the shelf new material. Occasionally he would find one that hadn't fired and my friend gleefully recounts tales of "lethal" fireworks made from the solid propellant.
Streetwiseguy said:And, in fairness, SAAB does know that some turbo engines should be connected to automatic transmissions because they can work well together if properly designed.
Fixed for you.
Fixed your fix for you.
The 2004 automatic-transmission WRX I test drove was both the worst turbo engine and the worst automatic transmission I've ever driven in a new car. Having driven a manual-trans WRX of the same year, and DD#1's 2002 NA Impreza automatic, the problem was neither the engine nor the transmission themselves. The problem was that particular combination of engine and automatic transmission.
The used 2002 SAAB 9-3 turbo automatic I test drove at the same time worked quite well together.
Will said:APEowner said:Duke said:Not exactly a low pass, but worth nonetheless:
I've always been a fan of the C-130 and its varients. The things don't look like they should fly at all but they have amazing capabilites.
Quoted pic was an A400M, not a Herc.
No freeloading:
Rats
In reply to JStrobel80 : Is that a Porch Pirate?
In reply to 914Driver :
Haha...no no. In the bigger picture there was a pile of painters lugging 5 gallon paint buckets up the driveway
914Driver said:1965 Dodge 880 Custom, 383 4-speed, ex-FBI car. How many are out there?
APEowner said:Rats
Just don't do it again 
Many planes want to be C130s....
but there can only be one
In reply to Will :
Have you seen the video of that taking off? Amazing. If I was a pilot I would have to take off like that EVERY TIME!
Duke said:Streetwiseguy said:And, in fairness, SAAB does know that some turbo engines should be connected to automatic transmissions because they can work well together if properly designed.
Fixed for you.
Fixed your fix for you.
The 2004 automatic-transmission WRX I test drove was both the worst turbo engine and the worst automatic transmission I've ever driven in a new car. Having driven a manual-trans WRX of the same year, and DD#1's 2002 NA Impreza automatic, the problem was neither the engine nor the transmission themselves. The problem was that particular combination of engine and automatic transmission.
The used 2002 SAAB 9-3 turbo I test drove at the same time worked quite well together.
A looser converter completely changes the experience.
Or get a 2.5.
I remember driving a friend's auto WRX and trying to spool... and spool... and spool the turbo at the line. After about two or three or four very long seconds of preheating the transmission fluid, it would get up to 2psi. Then about 20-30 yards off the line, the turbo would actually wake up and start building boost.
After turbo replacement in a customer's Forester 2.5 turbo, I tried the same thing. It quickly built 7psi and overpowered the brakes. Neeeeeet.
...This is why I have a 4000rpm stall speed converter in my S60R. Lag? What's that?
The nice thing about the 4 speed auto in the WRX is that it has a really neat center diff, it has a rear torque bias and its function is kind of bizarre. Works great. And it isn't made of glass like the splitcase 5 speed. Those could be broken at rallycross with a nonturbo engine.
aircooled said:APEowner said:Rats
Just don't do it again
Many planes want to be C130s....
but there can only be one
My first flight on a C-130 was in the Civil Air Patrol, when I was in high school. The took us to the flight deck and showed us the startup procedure and everything. It was a great day. I flew on them a time or three years in the Army, but that first flight was pretty special.
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