DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

friday - shopping until lunchtime, then playing with my new iphone until bedtime! saturday - skimmed, polished a pair of cylinder heads, replaced the valve seats, ground in new valves and replaced springs for a mate's boat. Then for fun ported out and polished up the inlet manifolds.. In the evening...

no matter how many times i see that turbo hanging out back, it still scares me..

Roadrunner wrote:

i don't care about race provenance, potential engine fires, poor reliability, or any of those things; if it had a lada badge and couldn't crack 60 on a downhill run i would still lust after that car.. its absolutely gorgeous!..

is it exhaust smoke or is it just because the oil's red hot? if it does it from cold/nearly cold (ie when the oil isn't "steaming" ) then that might point to piston ring blow-by although Im not sure how the gasses get from the crank-case to the oil tank/filler cap in a dry sump system; I c...

thing is if i had his money and i saw an rs that i wanted and was exactly the spec, colour, etc., i was after, i would pay whatever it took to make it mine.. he's in a lucky position where paying 100k over the odd's doesn't really make any difference to him

same here, I think it was le-man's a few years ago.. he was in his G55 (which I love) so I was chatting to him about that and car's and music in general.. I just couldn't get my head around why he had a 150k 4x4 and a £15 tent from asda though!.. top bloke, and really down to earth; can't understand...

this is the only problem with a dry sump (well apart from all the arsing around to check the oil level).. you can't just pull the dip-stick and check for smoke. I've done a few merc engine rebuilds for people recently where the piston rings were gone; you could pull the dipstick and see smoke pourin...

i met jay kay a few years back, and after about 20mins of chatting about cars and music told him straight "if you weren't such a nice bloke you'd be a complete to**er!"

nice guy, amazing collection of cars.. ..but im taller than him (just)

ooh, ooh, I know a celebrity!..

looking good (and the car's are not bad either )

got to agree with whats already been said.. breather blocked is simple and most likely, failing that valve guides/seals, or more likely than that piston/ring failure. Im not sure on the type of rings fitted or work done during your build, but if they've replaced the piston rings with standard ones d...

alright for some..

very jealous mate!.. gorgeous pair

i was up your way this afternoon so was keeping my ears open for a flat 6 and a streak of orange.. not really RS(R) weather though I guess; was hammering it down, so spent the whole afternoon in the brasserie at gunthorpe

that picture of the rev counter scares me..
love it!

you ba**ard!.. my favourite colour on my favourite car

now tentatively sold, awaiting payment.. will update title if/when payment received