NeilMH

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Wow - glad I was 17 in the late 60s - no hang on a minute that means I am now old - damn. The thought of some of the things we did in cars then scare me now - but then there is only so much you can do in a Standard 10

It will be very interesting to see how you feel about the z after having had the 911. I'd have loved a 911 but the potential costs worried me a bit. Many of the porker adverts would have a sentence like "£4,000 spent in last 12 months" to say how well looked after it was - but it kinda put me off. Trouble is it probably doesn't pay to buy a cheap one - which was all I could afford. Whilst the Z isn't cheap to run I don't feel I have to worry about anything horrific - most of the problems that occur seem solveable for a vaguely reasonable sum.

Don't do it in the Zed with the drivers window open a crack either Aha... noted thank you

It might not -it depends in what gear those particular readings were taken. I think its also a case of a slower (rather than absolutely lower) throttle response in the first 3 gears - so if the throttle has been opened for a few seconds it may then give 100%. Abbey would know.

Another quite amusing thing is operating the windscreen washers on an old Caterham when the roof is off. I only did it once

and good luck.

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The Royale Sabres always looked pretty high quality to me compared to others.

Looks great

No .... or yes

As this thread is being taken very seriously, I have been carrying out analysis on some of my past purchases: Pearl - nil return Silver - Nissan QX/Toyota Corolla/Alfasud Red - Rover 216Gti TC/VW Jetta 1300c/Alfa 145 Orange - Caterham/Citroen 2CV Brown - Morris Marina 1700L White - VW Polo 1.0/Nissan Micra Colette Dark Green - Peugeot 304/Austin A35 Yellow - Westfield Gold - Hillman Hunter Super Auto Dark Blue - Hillman Minx/350Z Grey - Toyota Corolla/Peugeot 309Gti Black - Morris Minor I conclude that this eclectic mix of cars and colours makes me the complete person. May I hasten to add that I did not own all of these cars at the same time (I only have 1.5 cars now)

Today 2pm. Private plate.

My concern for a road car would be how does the car react to bumps at speed, particularly during cornering - the roads in Surrey are seriously bad. Suspension is a real art - Lotus get it - they manage to get cars with a low centre of gravity, which react well to cornering forces but which are still compliant - that is not an easy thing to achieve - the combination of springs, arbs, dampers, bushes, geometry, tyres, pressures, etc.

Do you have a copy Neil? I see your not far from me hint hint I used to have a copy and another book about building fast road cars which had good basic info about suspension. I will have a look tomorrow - either in garage or loft and I will PM you once I know. You are welcome to borrow if I have them.

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If you were to read the early sections of Alan Staniforth's book about Competition Car suspension that would give you a lot of the basic info about geometry which is the critical issue.