Hi folks,
I'm Marko and I've just started a company called SpeedView Displays. Selling a little gadget that projects speed onto your windscreen, a lot like a Defi Link VSD but without quite all the features/installation hassle - oh, and the price tag!
See here: http://www.speedview.co and harass me on [info@speedview.co](mailto:info@speedview.co)
I'll be asking to recruiting some test pilots shorthly, but enough about work though - toy time! 😃
Here's my mid engined turbo charged toy...
It had an 8 valve pushrod carbed 2.3 petrol in at first, which did 15mpg, had 50 bhp, needed leaded, and took a shade over 30 secs to hit 60. The insurers wouldn't let me put a 2.5 turbo-diseasel in, but any smaller engine was fine. (I was 17 at the time) Any engine I asked? Any you like, so long as its smaller. I didn't ask twice! :laugh:
Engine came from a Rover 220 Coupe Turbo, big intercooler, boost set to 'many' and it was so small that the front of it ended up a metre behind the front bumper, and the weight distribution came out at 53-47 empty! Leaf springs and drum brakes, front and rear! :shock:
Its currently waiting for a more sensible engine. I don’t do diseasels (old ones are horrid to drive, newish ones are too complicated and explode expenssively too often). The 2.2 GM lump has been proposed. Will a Z22SE fit a Frontera box? (Is it the same bellhousing pattern as the C20LET that almost went in last time?)
I also own 1/3 of what seemed like a really really good idea in the pub. Damn you eBay for Android:
Ex Westminster long wheelbase XJ8 4.0 V8 sovereign with a few mods. 17 1/2 feet long with sills from 150x150x5 mm high strength square hollow section to stop it folding in half or twisting too much. No roof, for we are optimists. Will it be finished in 2012? The men from the ministry love it though. "When you bring it in for the IVA (Individual Vehicle Approval, as it need re-registering now) can you make sure its a Thursday or a Friday please? I'd like to make sure I get to see it..." "Are you nearly finished yet?" :thumbup:
The sensible daily:
The cost about 20 pence to insure, the engines/gearboxes are completely indestructible, and they're an absolute riot on the B-roads. That's my excuse anyhow!
Hello anyways! You'll probably see me over on the Astra/Vectra owners club too (Astra site seems down at the moment though)
More photos of toys here:
http://www.speedview.co/about