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The exceptions were small FIATs, you could rev them till they'd rev no more and they loved it. Italian tune up. This thread also reminds me of my first high reving car. The good old AE86 Corolla 1.6 litres winding to 7600, and now there's a 5 litre V8 in the garage that winds to.....7600 rpm.

And I don't know why these muppets bounce off the limiter for fun.

OK, I thought that wasn't too bad after the VA Group nonsense I've dealt with for years. The Mustang has been a huge relief after that.

That's what rev limiters are for.

My wife has been a Mustang fan for years. That's why the big Yes was so quick when I mentioned the subject

I don't think I said otherwise.

I'd like to think that wheels in something called the Handling Package, would be up to the job. 🤞

I think Ford expected the DH to be driven harder, hence the forged conrods. And, HP = torque x revs / 5252, higher revs equal more HP given the same torque output. I don't think valve float is a factor anymore in modern valve trains. It must happen at extreme rpm, some of the exotic hypercars...

I should have qualified my post. Our roads are crap, but grippy when fresh. What we have is "summer ice", when the cheap "environmentally safe" tar melts at 25C and comes to the surface. Then, when it rains it's lethally slippery.

That's starting to sound crowded.

I think people don't realise that the Chinese companies will make what you ask for. Cheap and nasty? No problem. Well made? As good as you can afford. I bought quite a few bits for my bike on Ali Express, crash protectors etc, they looked and worked very well.

A lot of weight reduction is tread depth too.

How about a brown one next to it? Like the saying, one in the..................

Whaaat! Wash your mouth out. I'm in for the journey, not the destination.:shock:

You picked a fine time to leave me - loose wheel.

From Android auto I go, home button - source - FM.

Maybe it's different road surfacing we use, but I have not had the rears spin up on a dry road even accelerating hard mid corner to pass a truck. When I say hard, it was wife doing the sign of the cross hard. I'll try harder.

The ultimate would be carbon wheels. They make a phenominal difference on a bike, but a car? I doubt the gain is worth the cost, and bikes don't suffer from kerbing. In addition, l doubt lighter wheels affect hp to any degree, but their effect is like a lightened flywheel. Less rotational...

I don't disagree. But personally I'd want to do long road trips in an exotic car, which means my wife comes along too, which means I need luggage space. Lots of it for maintenance items, and then space for clothes. I still can't believe we did our honeymoon road trip in an MX5. So I'd have to be...

I'd change the oil before so as to get any contaminants out of the oil pan etc. But I'd use cheap mineral oil and do another change after hibernation. Also, drain the current oil when hot.