You learn something new... - Cars you didn't know existed, until now!

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The Stig Farmer
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I present to you, the RUF Dakara...
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Why oh why...:yuck:
 
Liquid
3.8L V6, 165hp.

Detriot, how on Earth do you get such little power out of these big engines?
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Near the end of the 3800 run it made 200HP and 230 FT/LBS and had supercharged versions that went from 240hp to 260hp with 310ft/lbs. They were good motors but they were tuned for torque and low rpms and were usally found in bigger cars than you get in europe.

Hell the 4th Gen Camaros and Firebirds with the 3800 v6 could give a 96-98 V8 Mustang GT a run for thier money LOL.
 
Badasp5.0
Hell the 4th Gen Camaros and Firebirds with the 3800 v6 could give a 96-98 V8 Mustang GT a run for thier money LOL.
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That's not saying much, though... a kid on a skateboard could also give a 4.6 GT a run for its money.

I didn't know Triumph made a Spitfire coupe. Saw one of those the other day, and didn't quite know what to make of it, I thought someone had converted a roadster, but apparently they're original.

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Neat. If and when it works, obviously.
 
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DTM Fox body Mustangs

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The Mustangs were the most powerful cars in the DTM grid. I own the DTM yearbooks of '88, '91, '92, '93 and '95, so I tell you the best facts about the Mustangs.

The main team that prepared the Ford Mustang GT was Ruch Motorsport from Berlin. Gerd Ruch made his debut with a Ford Mustang at the last race of the 1988 season (Hockenheim). He qualifed 45th (only one BMW behind him), with 10 seconds behind the Ford Sierra Cosworth of Armin Hahne. In 1991, Ruch's teammate was Fred Räker, who participated already in the DTM in 1984. He drove the Mustang #41, Ruch got #40. On the Avus, the home circuit of the white Ford Mustang GT, Gerd Ruch's younger brother Jürgen Ruch made his debut in the DTM. The team missed the first two races. The best place on the grid was made by Gerd Ruch at the Avus, where he qualifed 32nd out of 38 cars. In that qualifing race, there were some accidents (ex. K. Thiim, D. Quester, P. Oberndorfer), that improved the qualifing position of the Mustang driver. The cars were very unreliable and Ruch/Räker didn't finished the races very often. The best place for Gerd Ruch was the 21st place at airfield Wunstorf with two laps down. Fred Räker was classified 17th at the chaos race at the street circuit of Singen, where many privateers scored their first points of the season. There was also a non-DTM race at Brno, where Ruch finished 17th, but there were not all regular cars on the grid.
In 1992, Ruch Motorsport participated in all races. In addition to that, Jürgen Feucht set up his own team with a black Ford Mustang GT with red stripes and the #51. He started in 8 races, but never finished one. Gerd Ruch made a better job this time. In his Ford Mustang with the #33, he finished 10th in the last race of the season at Hockenheim. It was a chaos race with a lot of retirements and only 11 cars classified. 10th place means 1 point, so Ruch was 23rd in the overall standings. The second white Mustang was driven this time again by Fred Räker (#34) and sometimes by Jürgen Ruch (#66).
In 1993, the mustang riders Feucht and the Ruch brothers were again in the grid. In addition to that, Franz-Josef Bröhling drove at the Nordschleife, where he qualified 23rd with 8 cars behind him (on the terrific Nordschleife, just imagine!). In general, the time differences from the first to the last car weren't so big as in the past. That was an advantage for the Ford Mustang GT and on the tracks with long straights like Norisring and Avus, they performed very well. The best grid position of a Ford in that year was a 16th place by Gerd Ruch on his home race at the Berlin Avus (out of 31 cars). A miracle says, that he overtook Nicola Larini, the 1993 DTM champion in his Alfa Romeo 156 V6, on the straight (I didn't read this in the yearbook, but someone commented it on Youtube). At the Norisring, Ruch scored a point through finishing in 10th positon at Norisring. It was a very good season for the Mustang teams with some results in the top-20. In 1994, the Mustangs were again on the grid, but 1995, when DTM was partnered with ITC, Gerd Ruch raced in a Mercedes C-Class, but scored no points.


Here I have the specifications of the Ford Mustang GT. It seems, that Ruch made some changes at his Mustang in 1993.
Power: 520 HP (1993: 540 HP)
Cubic Capacity: 4961 ccm
Length: 4,549 meters
Width: 1,755 meters (1993: 1,800 meters)
Height: 1,260 meters (1993: 1,220 meters)
Tank Capacity: 120 litres
Weight: 1100 kg
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Sorry if this has been mentioned before but this is a loooong thread :)

The Howmet TX Turbine:



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...and many more videos on Youtube and no doubt other places. Gotta love the spare parts bin Ford Cortina rear lights, taking a leaf from the TVR book there 👍
 
Seen the Howmet race a few times in the CER, can't keep up with the other stuff it races like Lola T70's but still very cool.


-Fred-
I didn't know Triumph made a Spitfire coupe. Saw one of those the other day, and didn't quite know what to make of it, I thought someone had converted a roadster, but apparently they're original.

Neat. If and when it works, obviously.
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Triumph GT6, such an awesome looking car. Loved it since a villain drove one in Life On Mars .
 
Panther J72

A neo-classical, ultra exclusive roadster from the British Panther Westwinds company. As its neo-classical styling suggests, this is not a pice from the 40s. This car was produced in limited batches between 1972-1981.

It's running gear was basically a Jaguar XJ, including the 5.3L V12 engine.

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1998 Steeda "Q" Mustang
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Displacement 5.8 Liters 351 CI SUPERCHARGED
Horsepower 550 @ 5200 rpm
Torque 535 @ 5000 rpm
Curb Weight 3460
Weight Distribution Front 56% Rear 44%
Wheelbase 101.3
Tire Size 295 / 17 / 35
Height 50.0 in
Width 71.8 in

1/4 Mile 12.3 @ 118.6
Top Speed 198.2

Lesser known competitor to the SALEEN S351 Mustang it packed the Same Vortech Supercharged 351W and 6 Speed T56 transmission.

A very rare and overlooked car.
I had to provide pictures on SN95 forums (Mustang Forum) before people would believe that Steeda made SN95s(94-98 Mustang) LOL.
 
Been in South Africa for a few days now and I keep seeing VW Golf Mk1s around and they are all in good shape for a 20+ year old car. Turns out they're called Citi Golfs and they were in production until 2009.

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SPhilli911
Been in South Africa for a few days now and I keep seeing VW Golf Mk1s around and they are all in good shape for a 20+ year old car. Turns out they're called Citi Golfs and they were in production until 2009.
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W-w-w-want!
 
The Toyota Will VI. Somewhere in Britain there is one these driving around because I encountered one on the motorway a couple of weeks ago:

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