A whiff of what's cooking in the kitchen - 'Project Carbon'...

[Jarred]

mad video!!

[dom123]

mk1 ownership in a nut-shell, loved every minute well done and congrats stu!

[Henri]

Thanks for the excellent video. Don't think anyone could have described the way Mk1 lovers feel better than you did. The feeling definitely stays with you for life. I don't have a Mk1 at the moment but know I will in the future.

[Valver.]

Sensational car & video clip! May I ask what the next project will be?

I've still got another Mk1, but I'm yet to decide whether I press on and finish it, or do something else (?). There's an incredibly mint E30 M3 for sale at a dealer near my house and I'm sorely tempted to snap it up for something different. Either way, I can't take on or complete another project for a while now, so I'd rather have something I can park up and not worry too much about

[Valver.]

Look I don't want to seem desperate, but I will offer you $2,800 and a maximum of $2,500 if you want to keep the garage door remote keyring.

$3k and it's yours

In all seriousness, though, I have one interested party, but if he doesn't snap it up, I may look at putting it on the market in the coming months. Enjoying it too much right now, though

[Lucky13]

well done
great video of a awesome Mk1

[Water Boy]

I hope it sits a tad lower on the new wheels.

[Valver.]

I hope it sits a tad lower on the new wheels.

In that case, you'll probably be disappointed to know that, if anything, I'll raise it up even further. It isn't a show car, and if it were, I'd have economised a lot more on the suspension... And just about everything else mechanical

Mk1s have no wheel travel as it is, so I don't want to ruin the driving experience for the sake of apparently looking cool!

[Volksee77]

In that case, you'll probably be disappointed to know that, if anything, I'll raise it up even further. It isn't a show car, and if it were, I'd have economised a lot more on the suspension... And just about everything else mechanical

Mk1s have no wheel travel as it is, so I don't want to ruin the driving experience for the sake of apparently looking cool!

Spot on there Stu, This epic Mk1 designed for point to point speed instead of low and slow, admiration and respect for another driven mk1

[Water Boy]

Dont worry I understand that "slammed" cars are not ideal for handling. It might be just the huge 16" wheels that made it look high. I 100% agree with owning a Mk1 it should be driven hard. Dad owns this so I understand a thing or 2 about setting a track car up.

[Valver.]

It does sit reasonably high (by 'scene' standards anyway!), but that's because I want to enjoy driving it. I think it's pretty funny when Mk1 owners spend a fortune on high-end coilovers, strut braces, swaybars and mods to steering geometry, and then run their cars with barely an inch of wheel travel!! If you want to do this, you might aswell run Monroes with cut springs - literally

[Spyda]

Sexual car man, but that 2" of gap makes me loose my rubbery one.

[86gti]

Awesome vid, no doubt for a truely awesome car. Stance is perfect!
I understand Low may look good in some cases. But a drivers car is for driving, not for appealing to sceene queens and cut springs who are jealous of mention.

[Buller_Scott]

i never post in the mk1 section but i just saw the vid - amazing car, i'd have that over a 458 any day (well, maybe not - i'd sell the 458 and buy this one, and then start my very own first project).

killer video, too - it really conveyed the sentiment that you voiced when you said "it's a hugely emotional car to drive" - in a world where all the emotion is being taken out of driving "sports" cars, i hope you hold on to this car for a good few years to come.

congrats

[Valver.]

Good to see there are still plenty of people on the forum that get what it's all about - cheers