Project ZFG Porsche 924

[nodoze]

Yes made from wood 1/2 plywood, painted and sprayed with bed liner. Then I had some extra compression rods laying around finished the install and its sturdy enough I can put weight on the front and lower the front suspension or my shocks are that wore out

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[GTOJOE]

The boys try to make an Avantime faster than an Evo part 1 (series 12, episode 3) - BBC Top Gear

The boys try to make an Avantime faster than an Evo part 2 (series 12, episode 3) - BBC Top Gear

Skip to about 6 mins of the 2nd video

The team attempted to make an ordinary second hand car (a Renault Avantime, which posted a reference time of 1:42.5) lap the test track as fast as a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, which managed 1:28.2. They were given half the cost of an Evo (£15,000) minus the cost of the Avantime (£5,200) leaving them £9,800 to spend on improving the car.

The modifications included fitting new brakes - which were too big for the wheels to fit on - forcing the team to spend more on bigger wheels and track tires; an adjustable suspension kit and swapping out the front seats for lighter racing ones. May spent the entire first night attempting to tune and restore the engine to its former glory of 210 bhp (156 kW), he almost succeeded, getting it up to a respectable 206 bhp (153 kW).

The next day, Hammond fixed a rear wing from a Super Aguri SA07 Formula 1 car to the rear of the car, to which Clarkson commented would be useless as it was a front wheel drive car and the spoiler would push the rear of the vehicle down. Clarkson also fitted a wooden splitter, which he fashioned himself, to the front of the vehicle, which promptly caught fire. During the Stig's lap, the wooden splitter also helped ruining the car's handling by popping the rear out and causing tires to lock.

After several attempts the car finally managed a time of 1:35.4 on the track in the hands of The Stig, which resulted in the team pointing out how much money is wasted on trying to improve cars and how little it does to improve the overall quality and performance of the vehicle – most of the improvement that they did manage came from removing unnecessary weight, and May's retuning of the engine, neither of which cost anything beyond the time and effort that was put in.

[nodoze]

Lmao I remember that episode but a lot of guys have had major improvnents with a splitter and rear wing add onsite with the 924

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[nodoze]

more pics, got the sunroof blank installed yesterday, and "veronica" back on the ground and coils dialed in , also spent some time at a local dealership let me know what you think of the two choices im going to make this next week





some of you know me and might be able to chime in on whats more my style

[IPD]

two words.

fuck. chrome.

(don't let duttch hear me say that).

[futurevr4man]

the flat black one seems to be more you

[nodoze]

The bigger bike was more for long distance driving
I to hate chrome. The flat black is a smaller bike
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[DocWalt]

No clue on the bike, but the 924 is looking good on the ground!

[IPD]

The bigger bike was more for long distance driving
I to hate chrome. The flat black is a smaller bike
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i need more details. size of engine? are those both suzuki's?

i personally am a big fan of the shadow phantom 750, btw.

[nodoze]

They are both Yamaha, the flat black one is a Yamaha bolt, 950cc meant to be a competitor with a sporster class bike. Sounds great seating position good. Price at that dealer was 8200 I found I can get them for 7600 .
The other bike is a Yamaha stryker, meant to compete with a Harley fat bob /dyma glide . It was a 1300cc engine. A lot heavier than the bolt. It is brand new as well but a 2012 hold over. They are asking 9800 at this dealer I found I can buy 12 hold over for 8300 else where. I have not begun any sort of haggling process. Kinda wanted some opinions. I'm pretty split on the two. The bolt seems more me. Aggressive, different etc. But I know the stryker will not hesitate to carry me on a 5 hour journey and not kill my back etc. But I have never been a long trip person or it could be never had a bike to do it on.

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