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Post by Smartbear » Thu May 25, 2017 3:27 pm

I'm really glad bmw never made a 1.6litre zed, somebody would have been shot by now! :cry:
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Post by Machine monkey » Thu May 25, 2017 3:29 pm

Smartbear wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 3:27 pm I'm really glad bmw never made a 1.6litre zed, somebody would have been shot by now! :cry:
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Post by Ewazix » Thu May 25, 2017 3:48 pm

How about fitting a turbo to the 2.0? :scratchhead:
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Post by Machine monkey » Thu May 25, 2017 3:53 pm

Ewazix wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 3:48 pm How about fitting a turbo to the 2.0? :scratchhead:
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Post by Smartbear » Thu May 25, 2017 4:15 pm

Ewazix wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 3:48 pm How about fitting a turbo to the 2.0? :scratchhead:
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My 2.0 already has one :wink:
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Post by Artful-Bodger » Thu May 25, 2017 4:19 pm

Ewazix wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 3:48 pm How about fitting a turbo to the 2.0? :scratchhead:
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I would seriously consider a Sprintex supercharger on the 2.0 for a track car, keep the weight down and the balance, of course if you were competing in Sprints and Hillclimbs that would put you in the over 2000cc class.

What would be interesting is stripping a 2.0 down, get rid of the crap like aircon and cd players, ABS, the roof and window motors and associated gubbins, bet you could get a fair few kilo's out of a Z4, then with that 4 pot sitting right back in the bay and the low centre of gravity it wouldn't be difficult to build a beast of a hillclimber for the up to 2000cc class!
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Post by Marlon » Thu May 25, 2017 4:20 pm

MACK wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 3:26 pm
Seriously at this point if I did start to agree with you on anything I would be now be thinking "what the hell is wrong with me and where's the nearest shrink!"
. . . . . perhaps you should see one anyway - the first session is free apparently :wink:
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Post by Pastry » Thu May 25, 2017 4:33 pm

annnnnnnd they're off...... :slappy: :popcorn: :lol:
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Post by Nictrix » Thu May 25, 2017 7:43 pm

Just as well there wasnt car forums around in the 70s. Can you imagine the arguments with Escort owners over 940s, 1100s, 1300s, 1600s, 1800s and 2.0L :lol:
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Post by Smartbear » Thu May 25, 2017 9:33 pm

Nictrix wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 7:43 pm Just as well there wasnt car forums around in the 70s. Can you imagine the arguments with Escort owners over 940s, 1100s, 1300s, 1600s, 1800s and 2.0L :lol:

Those 1100's were crap, couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding :lol:
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Post by ESP » Fri May 26, 2017 12:50 am

Marlon wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 4:20 pm
MACK wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 3:26 pm
Seriously at this point if I did start to agree with you on anything I would be now be thinking "what the hell is wrong with me and where's the nearest shrink!"
. . . . . perhaps you should see one anyway - the first session is free apparently :wink:
A shink could write a book and retire on that case :rofl:
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Post by Mr Tidy » Fri May 26, 2017 2:13 am

Smartbear wrote: Thu May 25, 2017 9:33 pmThose 1100's were crap, couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding
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That may be why the only Escort I had was an RS2000! :lol:
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Post by jamie_z4 » Fri May 26, 2017 8:04 am

wheres Marius when you need him to diffuse these situations :cry: :roll: :lol:
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Post by sw4nny » Fri May 26, 2017 8:22 am

jamie_z4 wrote: Fri May 26, 2017 8:04 am wheres Marius when you need him to diffuse these situations :cry: :roll: :lol:
Never mind Marius,where's El Taco :D
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Post by paulgs1000 » Fri May 26, 2017 6:36 pm

Blimey :o
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