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Car Talk / Re: Best non-American Muscle Cars?

« on: May 13, 2015, 03:15:52 pm »

Europe: 1964-65 Opel Diplomat Coupe 5.4 (Chevy V-8 327 Sebring racing engine)

Apparently, the small-blocks used in the Opel Diplomat 5.4 are special “endurance racing” versions of the standard Chevrolet small-block engine owing to the fact that the guys at Opel kept burning up the various small-block powerplants (including the standard Corvette engine) sent to them by Chevrolet during the sustained high-speed testing they did for the Diplomat. In order to replicate Autobahn conditions, they ran the cars at a sustained speed of 125 mph for hours on end, and in the process, destroyed quite a few engines. The Opel engineers first went through the stock Chevrolet 5.4 small-block engine, then a special “enhanced” engine that had some Corvette pieces, then the actual Corvette engine, and then were finally sent the “endurance racing” engines which made the grade and thus became the only V8 offered in the Diplomat 5.4 model.

So that’s the engine you got if you had an Opel Diplomat 5.4, and this may also explain why, that although not many Opel Diplomat 5.4 models were produced, you see a fair percentage of the few cars left with very high mileage and still running strong. The Opel Diplomat sort of had a Corvette engine, but not the production engines used in road-going Corvettes – it had the engines used in the Corvettes (and other cars) that did hard-core endurance racing like at Sebring and LeMans. It was a tougher, more durable, higher-revving (and more expensive) small-block V8 than the production Corvette engine, and a better engine all around.

Jensen Interceptor 6.3/7.2

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Car Talk / Re: First Post!!

« on: July 09, 2012, 06:37:45 pm »

So decent is like 10 kilometers per liter?

I get around 16 km/l with my 2,0 liter engine.

exactly 8/10 km per liter depending on how you drive it

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General Talk / Re: usability discussion about the old streetrod games

« on: July 09, 2012, 06:36:13 pm »

People who play SR3 without having played the 2 classics should be shot on sight.

Not everyone can run DOSBox without issue (or at all!), though SR3 probably won't have the same problems,.

Like I've said, shoot them, this is not a commercial product anymore

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General Talk / Re: ok so its not sr3

« on: July 08, 2012, 09:04:32 am »

I would put Gran Turismo in the Jacket of Need for Speed: Porsche unleashed Evolution mode.

Start in 1925 with a small select amount of cars. unlock years and cars by winning more and more races

"Yes Rick this is turning out to be a fine race."
"Well Bob the racers are just screaming along at the blazing speed of 35mph. It is just an incredible site to see!"

Wouldn't it be brilliant? to throw your Rolls Royce Phantom 2 around the corner with 15MPH because if any faster understeer will throw the car out of the track?

 

 

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General Talk / Re: ok so its not sr3

« on: July 08, 2012, 02:20:39 am »

I would put Gran Turismo in the Jacket of Need for Speed: Porsche unleashed Evolution mode.

Start in 1925 with a small select amount of cars. unlock years and cars by winning more and more races 

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General Talk / Re: usability discussion about the old streetrod games

« on: July 08, 2012, 02:17:18 am »

Well if a newbie mode won't work then A) don't play, B) grab a real life manual. Seriously though properly done help dialogs would more than likely do the tricks the only catch is they would need to be optional & easy to turn on, as to not annoy experienced players.

Even simpler, make SR1 and/or 2 as a tutorial for entering SR3, that way you'll be having a easy learning curve without too much effort for the developers to put in the game, just expand the tuning system with manual valve adjusting and tire width options and you have your addons for SR3.

People who play SR3 without having played the 2 classics should be shot on sight.

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Car Talk / Re: First Post!!

« on: July 07, 2012, 09:15:08 pm »

Nice. How's the ride?

Nothing spectacular, but extremely reliable, still running with the original 6 194 cu.in and column shifter.

Gas mileage is also quite decent even for European standards

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Car Talk / Re: First Post!!

« on: July 07, 2012, 06:31:56 pm »

Bought myself 2 years ago: