Modern day V6 Cortina?
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Modern day V6 Cortina?
This thought crossed my mind the other day. We all remember the V6 Cortina. It was a relatively affordable car, in almost every street there was someone that had one in the driveway, practical for the family, easy to add go-faster bits on and gave excellent performance when you were in a hurry.
So what would you guys rate as the modern day version of this car? Doesn't have to be a Ford BTW...
So what would you guys rate as the modern day version of this car? Doesn't have to be a Ford BTW...
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I am thinking Ford ST.
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Hilux?
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Nah - one can't use the words 'Hilux' and 'Go-fast' in one sentence
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With the wind blowing right and a nice long down hill you can easily use those words in the same sentence... like, for instance: "Look at that Hilux, wouldn't it be amazing if it could go fast?"Dodging wrote:Nah - one can't use the words 'Hilux' and 'Go-fast' in one sentence
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For the records, a V6 Cortina was never a fast car, not even in it's day, it made a lot of noise, had no roadholding and bad brakes, but it was cheap to run and it could smoke tyres and tow a large caravan and you could fit all kinds of chrome stuff to it. It had it's a.ss kicked by Datsun 1200's Minis, Alfas, etc. Maybe a 1600 Citigolf is the replacement, it's faster, can smoke tyres and the caravans are smaller these days.
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Ja I had a 1981 1600 Sport Escort - last of the RWD's.
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And you were considered a looser if you didn't have a chrome dip stick as well...
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I had an Escort RS 2000 myself, one of the most fun cars i've ever owned, and it could kick a Cortina V6's a.ss, but it diefinately didn't have Cyclones and Tiger Firepowers on.
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BMW 325IS is still legend (very popular in townships for drift and spinning clubs), then there's the Toyota Gli TwinCam 16v - still famous to date for turbo conversions, in a way much like the Lexus, you see it a lot with 1400 bakkies modified for drag racing.
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1970 cortina gt, blerrie lekker kar gewees. my pa sin natuurlik maar ons 4 sens het hom goed laat geld. n hele ry gadgets. sal nie om gee om weer een te koop vir memories nie.
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A white Corolla 160I perhaps?Dodging wrote:This thought crossed my mind the other day. We all remember the V6 Cortina. It was a relatively affordable car, in almost every street there was someone that had one in the driveway, practical for the family, easy to add go-faster bits on and gave excellent performance when you were in a hurry.
So what would you guys rate as the modern day version of this car? Doesn't have to be a Ford BTW...
Affordable, EVERY road had a few, practical for family use, if you really wanted you could add go-faster goodies, ok-ish performance, good economy and affordable to maintain!
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Used to run rings around the Cortinas with my Renault 5 1400. In 1981 I built one up with lighter flywheel, twin side draughts,branch and exhaust system. The head was done by John Conchie from Alpine developments in Pinetown. damn that car was quick. Today I think the Opel OPC are quite quick.
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Re: Modern day V6 Cortina?
This is quiet a interesting topic
Have been up and down the list aleady mentioned and the list in my head
And there realy isent a replacement
The one that comes the closest is the golf
Golf isent realy a tow vehicle, besides that golf spares are plenty and go fast parts are avaklable off the shelf
And now me u derstand why they say that
G O L F
stands for
Gee Ons Livers Ford
Besides the lexus V8, the Toyota straight 6 24valve is becoming hugely popular and dont be surprised to see one running in the 7second 1/4mile times soon
The guys are getting huge power out of them, and the go fast parts are available over the net from the USA
Just thought of something
What about the Subarus
Just not cheap, and less reliable then the V6, a member here and a friends has one
However parts are available , they are fast, and can tow a caravan and carry the family
Have been up and down the list aleady mentioned and the list in my head
And there realy isent a replacement
The one that comes the closest is the golf
Golf isent realy a tow vehicle, besides that golf spares are plenty and go fast parts are avaklable off the shelf
And now me u derstand why they say that
G O L F
stands for
Gee Ons Livers Ford
Besides the lexus V8, the Toyota straight 6 24valve is becoming hugely popular and dont be surprised to see one running in the 7second 1/4mile times soon
The guys are getting huge power out of them, and the go fast parts are available over the net from the USA
Just thought of something
What about the Subarus
Just not cheap, and less reliable then the V6, a member here and a friends has one
However parts are available , they are fast, and can tow a caravan and carry the family
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Lumina...
As Hoppy said; Smoke tyres, tow caravan, handle not so well....
It has hooligan factor pressed in every part
As Hoppy said; Smoke tyres, tow caravan, handle not so well....
It has hooligan factor pressed in every part