Imports

[Keef]

I'd rather be blaring loud and obnoxious than gain another pound foot in the midrange. But that's just me. Eventually I'll grow out of it, lol.

That kind of stuff.

 

[Jim Prower]

Meh, straight pipes don't work without big, lopey cams and lots of mods. You need to stuff more air into the engine to justify not muffling it.

Still, the crotch-rocket style mufflers dont' do anything that a Flowmaster 40 series of the same inlet size wouldn't do.

 

[Time_Attack]

been a while since I've seen one of these posted.

 

[Boffin]

I was JUST about to ask for modded pokers.

MOAR would be appreciated .

 

[Perfect Balance]

again it could add power and torque therefore it is doing something again.

Do you still still think that an exhaust (on a performance application) needs backpressure or it loses power?


Just wondering, because the muffler isn't going to increase power.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Some areas require a muffler for emissions. I removed my cat and muffler on my Daytona Shelby Z and at e-test time it all had to go back on or they wouldn't even test the car, and without a test, theres no pass. No pass = not allowed on the street, so technically a muffler does do something.

 

[nk4e]

This is where California LAW comes in...(somehow)

 

[Philly]

More Legacies, as promised:

I really like the look of that red one. It's not the best picture ever, but I really do like that red with gold wheels and dark tint.

 

[Leonidae]

how about some 944's?

 

[Encyclopedia]

I love the John Player Special-style livery of that Rauh Welt Porsche!

 

[Jim Prower]

Do you still still think that an exhaust (on a performance application) needs backpressure or it loses power?


Just wondering, because the muffler isn't going to increase power.

Not Power itsself in particular, but torque. On lower-performance engines (most street engines, without modification,) going straight-pipes won't help much power-wise, unless it's a GM vehicle. Instead, you lose the low-end torque.

You need a hopped-up engine (or a REALLY clamped-down '70s US mill) to see any advances with going straight-pipe.

 

[Joey D]

That number plate is awesome!

 

[exigeracer]

That was the development car for ForcedFed, the shop/company that first developed turbochargers for the Federalized Elise. It ran around 380bhp, but the car sold (for a mere 55,000$) shortly before the shop itself had to pack up the tools and move on. One of the quickest Elises on the continent. It's always disheartening that the people who risk the development of these systems, opening options for other people to ride off of, are often the first to go belly-up.

 

[Time_Attack]

 

[Bram Turismo]

other than the howitzer exhausts, that is a nice SW20.

I agree with Leonidae on the exhaust. A big pipe is cool--why do you have to ruin it with a big polished muffler that doesn't do anything? I support unfinished, unmuffled exhausts.

Bah, Toyota haters

I think that MR2 looks perfect. If I'd have a car like that with some a good boost under the hood and those fat tyres, I just HAD to have a rocket underneath it.

 

[Perfect Balance]

Not Power itsself in particular, but torque. On lower-performance engines (most street engines, without modification,) going straight-pipes won't help much power-wise, unless it's a GM vehicle. Instead, you lose the low-end torque.

You need a hopped-up engine (or a REALLY clamped-down '70s US mill) to see any advances with going straight-pipe.

On a performance application, low end torque isn't so much a problem, since you would keep the engine running at higher rpm anyway.

You don't need a "hopped up" engine to see advances with a straight pipe, not to mention we're simply discussing if a muffler is going to increase power over not having one, which it won't.

This of course, is assuming the rest of the exhaust is well designed, just whether or not it's got a muffler hanging off the end.

EDIT: Personally I like having a muffler, even if it is a "fart can", but it needs to have similar sized piping as the tip itself, not a 2 inch exhaust with a 4.5 tip.

 

[Revheadnz]

 

[Boffin]

The near one on the first shot has prefect stance.

 

[homeforsummer]

Those are awesome.

 

[Jim Prower]

those are as they should be, for the most part: virgin. :3

 

[Leonidae]

Bah, Toyota haters

I don't hate Toyotas. I just hate excessive outlook modifications that don't help performance at all. If I could afford, I would buy KE35 HT coupe or KP60 bug-eye Starlet and love (and drive) it to death. But, KE35 HT Coupes are rare as hens teeth and most of the KP-series Starlets have been turned into F-Cup rallycars.. where they are doing pretty well, thanks to light weight ( ~600kg+) and powerful engines ( from heavily modified K-series engines to 250bhp+ 4A-GE, all NA baby)..

 

[Time_Attack]

 

[mazdaman]

A back road wow .

 

[Time_Attack]

 

[Perfect Balance]

Those wheels are so tempting, because they look so nice for so cheap, not to mention come in a great size, but man, everyone and their mom has got a set.

 

[Joey D]

An army green Cooper S, pretty cool and I'm impressed someone tried something different.

Alfa wheels:

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Those wheels look huge, but I like it.

That red S13 is pretty much perfect, to me.

 

[Joey D]

Do Want:

I love these rims.

They really need to make a white MINI

Porsche 928 Wheels

 

[homeforsummer]

A back road wow .

As soon as you start posting better pictures than Time_Attack does, then you can start being sarcastic.

They really need to make a white MINI

They do in the UK. We win.

 

[Keef]

Do Want:

I just realized something about your Minis. You can't roll or flare your fenders. They're plastic. Hmm...

Porsche 928 Wheels

I've never been a fan of having lower offset wheels on the rear of a FWD car. Makes no sense, and it just looks weird. I think he should have used the rear wheels at all four corners. But then that brings up the issue of plastic fenders...

Does anyone make flare kits for them?