Fantastic! I'd figure some sub-ten seconds from zero to sixty? Would be nice to see the faces of all other motorists if you'd be blasting past at 100+ mph while still be in control of the car. As a Citrophile I'd say I want one!

40 years ago I had one, I think with 27 PS. But this one is a wild duck……Ohh it´s a dream👍👍👍

Great to see Dave again. Absolute top bloke. He & Karl did so much to help my projects in the past. Still running an Emerald ECU on the Westfield and always recommended them whenever the subject comes up. A measure of Dave's patience was one occasion when I took a car to him for mapping, which he did, then he waited while I swapped the cams (which took about 3 hours IIRC as I had to remove a supercharger & plumbing first, then refit it all again...) then he re-mapped it with the other cams. That was a long day..... A different occasion, a rear tyre let go on the rollers at speed...no fuss or panic from Dave, he just slowed it down nice & safe, no harm done. He then ran me to the local tyre place with the wheel, the guy put a new valve in and off we went again. (The valve hole in the rim had a massive sharp burr on it and as the valve leaned over it eventually cut through the rubber).

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Experience! Could listen to that all day !

First met Dave many years ago when he did an article on my nova hillclimb car for car and conversion magazine. Then fitted one of his early engine control units which improved the performance markedly. And he had helped me many times since

Warmest greetings from a former colleague. Great to see you’re still on top form Dave

Excellent, I started making my own flow bench many years ago following an article in the magazine. I finished building the engine and the car years ago, never did finish the flow bench. 😂

Absoloute legend that is Dave Walker. Super nice & genuine guy too which isn't always the case with some of the established names.

😃Dr Dave, love it👍

Hes spot on about that head. I did a lot of work on the 05 S I had and it looked roughed when I pulled it off to do some work. Lots of extra casting, poor design, etc. These were made at a Chrysler plant in Brazil and I was rather shocked at the quality of the head as a "BMW" product.

Good to see Dave still at work - used to love his technical articles in Cars & Car Conversions. Into A series Mini stuff and remember the series he did building an engine with Glyn Swift of Swiftune. Was a great magazine. Brilliant video done by someone who actually knows what they are talking about. Keep up the good work Dave.

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Learned something from this vid! Thanks Dave, Will and Ben😊

Yeah, if you have a barn door and a people door at opposite ends of the building, the rate people can get through the barn at is dependent on the size of the people door; doubling the size of the barn door makes no difference (or in a more refined model increases fuel stand-off).

Dave Walker….what a legend. I had to do the same thing with round bar taken down to square with hammer, chisel, file and an engineers square.

Brilliant guy to listen to. Loved his old feature in the mags. Great no nonsense advice separating the b.s myths from his proven results!

Legend. Could listen to Dave all day. Had an Emerald ecu on my golf mk1 2.0 16v cab

Top man thanks for sharing his unbelievable knowledge

Just had my car mapped at Emerald by Oli kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ3Yk4R7qZ6Bj5Y

David Vizard is/was a great proponent of "deshrouding" the valves within the chamber to improve flow. That head looks as if the exhaust valves would benefit from removal of some meat around the valve to help the gases to get out. I used live near Shepreth where Bill Blydenstein had his workshop, used to pass quite often. Never met him but he sounded like a great guy and a top engineer.

I wrote the calculation software for my dad’s (mezporting) superflow 110 when I was a kid in the 80’s for pocket money - that flow bench was quite a big investment for him back then. He could do a flow and graph it in a matter of minutes rather than using a calculator. Quite spooky seeing Dave talking about using plasticine to model port shapes - my dad stole my plasticine to do the very same thing! great minds…

C&CC and PPC legend. I do miss reading Daves stories each month.

Absolutely cracking stuff, I read C& C years ago when I had Imps, this guy understands gas flow,.

Brilliant. Dave mapped my car years ago. Always loved his column in C,C and C later to become PPC.

Schools in session 👍

same brakes, ie zero?

Jeepers that orange thing looks good…

Jeezuz, that'll blow ya flip flops off. I mind i worked with a guy with a two door Ascona back in 1989/90, despite being a bog standard 1600 it was a special thing even back then.

For me, it is strange to see a 2CV with the steering wheel on the right, I like Citroën a lot, I have only had a minivan. I can imagine the shock of "normal" car drivers when that old car accelerates. Congratulations

i thought motorbikes engine have built in gearbox

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Pitsford reservoir? Just down the road from me Great motor 👌

It's a fantastic-looking beastie!

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Oooooo, I do like an Ascona 400.

Brilliant car young man

Pitsford rezzy causeway this time, seaton scrapyard viaduct in previous vid. It's great seeing my local area with cool cars hooning about.

It’s a Beast !

Bloody love an Ascona, first car I can remember (My Dad’s orange 2l with Rostyles and an IDF Webber, ported head etc) I was 5 when it caught fire and died). I still have random bits still in the garage.❤

0:23 The guys name is Walter Röhrl :D

Tell him, the sticker is wrong. The well known guys name is Walter Röhrl, not Rohl 🙈🙈😵

That engine note - purrfection !!

The sound reminds me of my 1975 Kawasaki KH250 .... I probably still have the smell of 2 stroke in my leathers .....

It's the Waxenberger Special!!!

Now here's an idea: PPC-branded underpants 😂

Utterly daft! Utterly fun!

Awesome ride 😎 reminds me of a 2 door (never made) version of the Holden Torana SLR5000. The rear 3/4 glass looks similar to BMW 3 series too.

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