Regulated to unregulated is simple, and there are plenty of examples. Regulated and mechanical wouldn't play well together unless done as already described.
Regulateds are better than mechs
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With a tiptronic transmission, it's safe to say that it wasn't built by GM.
That ..hmm.. yes.
I'll just nod approvingly. Really, I have no clue about cars. And... well... my last google hunt for tranny info sort of... didn't ... ... I don't want to talk about it.
Who's not happy?
Besides, "one size fits all" always sucks.
Think about it.
Hahaha!
You are aware that two of the 10 least reliable cars sold in the US are German, right? And in the UK Audi is ranked as the 3rd least reliable auto manufacturer. Mercedes is the worst.
Ironically the most reliable car sold in both countries has a transmission made in China. Just thought you might like to know that bit of trivia.
As if mech mods are immune from runaway shorts, right?
And I can't recall having ever seen a regulated mod do this:
As if mech mods are immune from runaway shorts, right?
And I can't recall having ever seen a regulated mod do this:
High quality regulated mods don't do that...
I don't go so much by ratings. Consumer Reports thinks Apple products and Dyson vacuums aren't so good. People here love MBV...
Short of the Corvette there isn't an American brand sporty car I would even consider...
As if mech mods are immune from runaway shorts, right?
And I can't recall having ever seen a regulated mod do this:
User error.
American made corvette killer.
Reliable as a Dodge Ram Truck.
The whole package is what matters to me. Gaps, door alignment, fit and finish, rattles, rental car interiors, not even having proper gauges. I drove a gen 1 Viper when they came out- dealers were so gullible back then. It was a beast, but my Honda Civic rode better...
The first ones were rough.
Tops came off at speed, window"curtains"..lol
No exterior door handles.
The post 2000 vipers are built better than a vette and will smoke them on the track.
I'm not a GPS/on star type of guy when it comes to sports cars.
Manual trans, 2 seats, no top.
Music of the exhaust.
Personally I would have this Kit car over any production sports car at any price.
Another "mechanical".
Beck replica of a 550 Spyder ( porsche)
150hp VW engine, tube chassis, disc brakes, no radio, no ac, no top..lol
Out performs the original.
Heaven on wheels.
I would take that kit car over a Mercedes or a Vette.
I obviously prefer mechanical mods over regulated.
I'm not sure where you're going with this. We all know mechs can be abused and misused and may even have manufacturer errors making them unsafe. Difference being, these are the things you should be aware of before firing it up. Hence all the safety threads and tips about using mechs.
With regulated mods, people buy them - like this threads OP - thinking they have bought immunity to danger. Which makes them - in my mind - a bigger threat to themselves than those wanting to get into mechs safely. Those who don't care about safety at all? Can't help'em anyways.
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Be careful now, you're diving into what I did for a living.
There was a reason that Porsche was my make of choice ... they fed my family very well.
I didn't work on peoples "transportation", I only worked on their toys.
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Be careful now, you're diving into what I did for a living.
There was a reason that Porsche was my make of choice ... they fed my family very well.
Hehe.
Nice.
I retired after 22 years from the automotive performance manufacturing industry. I'm overqualified when it comes to fixing manufacturers shortcomings.
And there are many.
I dig some of the older Porsche offerings, but when they turned the 9 series into a water cooled Lexus I lost interest. ( panamera? Wth?).
Ferdinand is rolling in his grave.
But what I'm trying to point out is that there should be a difference between the PV that we choose for our "daily drivers" and the ones we choose for our toys.
Nobody is going to drive a 959 back & forth to work. (or a 550 spider)
Nobody is going to drive a 959 back & forth to work. (or a 550 spider)
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Speak for yourself.
I drove a 21 FT checkmate boat with a 355ci V8 with a plate n02 system to work for years.
When out an about, I drove a 914-6 for a while too.
Now I had a 914-6 for years, and it was a great daily driver. Different deal all together. The last 550 I had in the shop the guy sold resiliently for 2.3 million.
You can probably count on one hand the number of people in the US that are even qualified to work on a Fuhrman engine.
You can probably count on one hand the number of people in the US that are even qualified to work on a Fuhrman engine.
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Everyone is talking about car analogies.
My thoughts are simple. Driving old cars is fun. I don't have mine anymore, but I had the Ralph Nader danger special, a 61 Corvair.
I also still love a smoker (2stroke) for a dirt bike. A trained monkey can rebuild the engine, and cheaply I might add. I just haven't been able to transition to the 4 strokes.
My thoughts are simple. Driving old cars is fun
. I don't have mine anymore, but I had the Ralph Nader danger special, a 61 Corvair.I also still love a smoker (2stroke) for a dirt bike. A trained monkey can rebuild the engine, and cheaply I might add. I just haven't been able to transition to the 4 strokes.
If I would have been running a mech when the RDA I purchased had a defect in it then I would have blown my face off. Regulated mods are far safer and not just because people are stupid and make mistakes but rather to protect against hardware problems like what happened to myself. I guarantee I can blast away with my reg and keep up with any mech, no question in my mind about that.
That's why I posted the Beck 550. (about $20k for a nice example turnkey).
There were only about 9 real 550 Spyders.
James Dean had the most famous one.
Oh...btw, a 959 would be considered "regulated." Based on the fuel management system alone.
The car analogies break up the monotony of repeating the same thing thread after identical thread.
The pics are nice too.
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