Your own car!!

[Bart-AR]

Pretty much everything is stock, accept for the wheels and the shock-absorbers.
I think, sometime, when I've got some cash again, I'll change some things in the engine (maybe chiptuning or something).

[GeaKana]

Here are some pics of my ex: (sold last year)





And this was when I tried to smoke a 535...he eventually beat me but I put up a pretty good fight. The idiot did an (probably) involuntary semi burn-out so I had a jump start.


To explain things a little bit for the connoisseurs (I know there are a few among you) this isn't a Renault 12. It's a Dacia 1300, romanian version of the Renault 12 & it was made in 1974. The original 1.3L 54HP engine was replaced with a Renault 5 Turbo one(not by me, the previous owner), gearbox taken from a Renault Fuego (very crappy) & the suspension kit was transplanted & custom fitted from a Dacia Nova Rally Kitcar. With some other minor "adjustments" (new injection kit, sparkplugs, exhaust, airfilter & new gear ratios) the car turned out to be a pretty fast little bugger. The Billstein shock absorbers could easily give you a severe headache after a little "piloting" and you could give a lot of "fast cars" a run for their money, especially with the car's wolf in sheep clothes appearance. The power is in the range of 140-145HP at the wheels (yes FW drive), as tested on the test bank (dyno as you call it) so I guess it has about 170HP at the flywheel. From some not very trustful sources (wrist watch with chronometer) the 0-100km/h(0-62mph) are about 6.8-7.2sec & the 0-400m(qt mile) times are around 14.6-15.4sec.(depending on the road surface & reaction time of-course ). I know it isn't much but I trully loved this car & it was a hell of a lot of fun to drive (only 850Kg without me in it). Unfortunately it's gone now, I sold it cus of some financial problems (I'm still a student), but I'm especially proud of it because it was the first car I ever bought with my own money, my previous car was a tuned 190E, a 1 year project funded entirely by my father. I loved the both cars equally & each of them has a special place in my heart, hope you liked the pictures!

[CJ_Fuego]

you like??

[Matra et Alpine]

Remove the ugly US-market bumpers and yes, it was all right