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Originally posted by soopamarcus

ahhh...JAMSVX...i actually noticed ur car going out of the maccas exit..hehe..i was talking to everyone and asking them what engine an SVX has in it hehe..sumone said straight 6...

true??

mc

nice car btw..

:shake:

Thanks for the compliment *grin*

Damn....maybe I should have stopped if I knew people from here were there...said hello and the like.

Anyways, its a flat 6, 3.3 litre wih 169kW

The brakes are not up to the weight of the car so can get a bit scary on the winding bits but the AWD is great.

Was it an Old Pac run??

yahuh-...bloody rain though...

3.3 litre..shyte...man..the car looks light as a feather as well..how much does it weigh??? it looks really glassy to me as in the roof n stuff..i dunno heheh...still cool ...issit an import? or was it sold here locally?

mc:shake:

Word of advice. Id steer clear of OPH for a while.

There is a police operation on that section of road for the next few months.... you can probably guess why.

The meetings at Thornleigh maccas in numbers are risky also.... 2 out of the last three times i have arrived in thornleigh maccas on a friday or sat night i have rolled in to find at one stage 12 highway patrol cars lined up......scary.

Originally posted by soopamarcus

yahuh-...bloody rain though...

3.3 litre..shyte...man..the car looks light as a feather as well..how much does it weigh??? it looks really glassy to me as in the roof n stuff..i dunno heheh...still cool ...issit an import? or was it sold here locally?

mc:shake:

Its a heavy bugger...1650kg unloaded and with auto means that not quick off the line but once up and moving its quite rapid.

The glass is bonded to the chassis so you can't see any pillars and the roof is black, as is the rear deck, which adds to the illusion that the entire top of the car is glass (thankfully not since already hot enough as it is!!)

Sold new here from 1992 - 1997 - just over 200 odd were sold and 97 currently registered in NSW

My favourite feature are the windows within windows....120/130kph and no buffeting..and quiet at err....higher speeds on private roads :uh-huh:

A WRX engine??? Thats a step backwards!!:)

Have brought it up the old Pac a few times but could not push it till I had a transmission cooler fitted (which is now on it!) but the brakes tend to fade quite rapidly.

Cops hiding in driveways?? On the Old Pac???

Hmmm.......the hoons must be hiding somewhere since I often just cruise around and have to content myself with racing taxi's and STA buses....damn their torque!!:)

Originally posted by BY BY

Word of advice. Id steer clear of OPH for a while.

There is a police operation on that section of road for the next few months.... you can probably guess why.

The meetings at Thornleigh maccas in numbers are risky also.... 2 out of the last three times i have arrived in thornleigh maccas on a friday or sat night i have rolled in to find at one stage 12 highway patrol cars lined up......scary.

i wouldnt be doing old pac for a while

the other night, we did cattai ridge road, across wisemans ferry to peats ridge (Great Road)

on the way abck down the freeway, we jumpede on old pac for a while

heading south, we saw an unmarked cop car on his radio

prob keeping an eye out

they will prob be doing a sting

just beware

old pac is nothing on cattai ridge and wisemans ferry road anyways

:)

Originally posted by Jamsvx

My favourite feature are the windows within windows....120/130kph and no buffeting..and quiet at err....higher speeds on private roads :uh-huh:

you mean its like double paned windows? so like theres a column of air between two sheets of glass??

must be pretty damn quite then...

hehe prolly explains the excess weight! hehee

mc

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