Once common cars that you don't see anymore

[AlpineJetta]

A Nissan pao? Like below? Used to sit outside an architect office when i lived over there and always thought it was appropriate

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There's one of these usually sitting outside a house on the raphgael road. The guy must be a Nissan fan, he's also got a Leaf and a Micra...

 

[Dave..]

I remember trying really really hard to convince my dad to buy a Laguna 1 2.0 rt sport I thought it was class looking it had a boot spoiler, front splitter and alloys etc but he kept his clutch slipping scabby no radio orion for another few years

I bought a new green one and it had OZ alloys, bought from Francis Neil Motors in Annaghmore. Long time ago...

 

[southsky sunrise]

There's one of these usually sitting outside a house on the raphgael road. The guy must be a Nissan fan, he's also got a Leaf and a Micra...

See they’re replaced atm there’s a damaged VW van there

 

[AlpineJetta]

Haven't seen the pao there in a whie to be fair. One also used to park at the Grove Wellbeing Centre quite often, it was also beige so could be the very same one as I don't imagine there is many of them about over here.

 

[southsky sunrise]

There’s more than you thing bud. I remember seeing a load of them one day must have been a mini meet type affair

 

[FM155]

There's a few that have had K20's installed, there was one in Jonny Smith's Manchester show with a type R engine in it.
GSport over here put an accord K20 in one fairly recently too.

 

[svensktoppen]

Everything is better with a K20

 

[ger16v]

can i ask what is a K20???

 

[Crow555]

can i ask what is a K20???

It's the engine code for the 2 litre engine found in Civic type Rs, Accord Euro R's etc. If being pedantic a detuned version was found in the petrol CRV too.

 

[gary1365]

can i ask what is a K20???

A mighty 2 litre v-tec yo produced in the first part 10 years of the millennium. There's more than one version of them though not just the cool high performance ones from the type r.

 

[ger16v]

It's the engine code for the 2 litre engine found in Civic type Rs, Accord Euro R's etc. If being pedantic a detuned version was found in the petrol CRV too.

thanks at least i learned something today, i admit i know absolutely nothing about jap cars just glanced at from afar

A mighty 2 litre v-tec yo produced in the first part 10 years of the millennium. There's more than one version of them though not just the cool high performance ones from the type r.

as above thanks

 

[Crow555]

thanks at least i learned something today, i admit i know absolutely nothing about jap cars just glanced at from afar

as above thanks

Likewise. When someone starts naming BMW gearboxes like battleship co-ordinates, I'm totally lost.

 

[svensktoppen]

thanks at least i learned something today, i admit i know absolutely nothing about jap cars just glanced at from afar

You have much to look forward to discovering then

Legendary engines. The K20A and K20A2 were the performance engines as used in all sorts of "R" Hondas, like the EP3 Civic type R. Around 190bhp up to 225bhp at 8.5k rpm.

They were inline 4cyl naturally aspirated engines with Honda Vtec, a hydraulic cam-lift system that kicks in at around 4.5-5k rpm. Below that it's just a normal engine for pottering about, above it's a high lift full on race engine.

Apart from epic performance with high rpm and noise to die for they were also completely bullet proof. Any car used in any kind of racing will have had someone drop a K20 in one at some point.

There was a larger K24 version used in the Honda S2000 roadster, and equally epic.

The K20C is a turbo version still used right up to today in the FK2 and FK8 Civic type R.

Simpler versions of the Vtec system, and the basic K20 engine block, were also used in loads of more "normal" Hondas, like the Accord.

Next lesson in Jap awesomeness: 4G63T

 

[Shannonsir]

F20C and F22C in the s2000, k24 was for the CL accord and the Elysion I think, I'm sure it appeared in many others too.

 

[Captain Starlet]

This was infront of me in Ards yesterday as I was getting home from work.

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Saw that last week, absolutely stunning.

 

[robbiers2000]

seen a lovely Vauxhall Calibra Red on way to International Airport on Sunday looked mighty clean.

 

[RolyaT]

A VW phaeton passed me today but I was too slow for a picture, hadn’t seen one in years! Love those skyline rear lights.

 

[svensktoppen]

There were never many of them but still, haven't seen one in a very long time.

Special cars those if you get one with the W engine, the Conti GT was basically built straight off them.

Most were the diesel 6 though weren't they?

 

[vtec1]

 

[Lyons]

Always loved a 940.

 

[svensktoppen]

Last RWD Volvo Very popular with tuners and drifters and rallyists around Europe, not many nice ones left!

 

[S2000-sam]

F20C and F22C in the s2000, k24 was for the CL accord and the Elysion I think, I'm sure it appeared in many others too.

It’s exceptionally rare to see an F22C engined S2000 in this part of the world. We only got F20C in our AP1 S2000s.

 

[K55]

 

[AidanMcG]

 

[Lappintyre]