EDIT - My speedster

[hamlet]

after mounting the harnesses, I had to go for a test...I finally ended on the small roads around the lake of Zurich. The view was really cool with the snow, but not better than my speedy... 8)

http://img101.exs.cx/img101/4181/myspeedy0038hp.th.jpg (http://img101.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img101&image=myspeedy0038hp.jpg) http://img101.exs.cx/img101/2548/myspeedy0010ew.th.jpg (http://img101.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img101&image=myspeedy0010ew.jpg) http://img101.exs.cx/img101/8051/myspeedy0029xx.th.jpg (http://img101.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img101&image=myspeedy0029xx.jpg)


Bye

[TT]

A little Speester, snowy background.. fairy tale :D I am sure you had lot of fun :D

[hamlet]

I am sure you had lot of fun :D

especially when cornering and breaking like hell on the small roads to test the harness :wink:

[RC45]

Ahhh -- the great little Chevy roadster out in the wirld :) ;)

[1zippo1]

I'm curious, do you use the speedster often? I suppose it's not your everyday car, is it?

Is it the 2.0T or the 2.2?

Superb car btw. Light and fun!

[Pehtren]

I think its not a turbo as hamlet said to me before if i remember :)

The pics are great so is the car, my fav is the second 8) it rocks

Oh and FWD or RWD, i think its RWD?

Thanks for the pics :D

[1zippo1]

I think its not a turbo as hamlet said to me before if i remember :)

The pics are great so is the car, my fav is the second 8) it rocks

Oh and FWD or RWD, i think its RWD?

Thanks for the pics :D

It's basically the Lotus Elise chassis so RWD. A true drivers car!

[ARMAN]

Oh man, go-cart like machine on snowy roads :love: If its your daily car than you have balls, just enering the car with roof on is a nice physical excersise, not talking about getting out :)

[AlienDB7]

Wow, driving a Opel Speedster on snowy roads. You're one brave soul! 8)

Very nice car, especially with the hard top.

[Carrera_GTcrazy]

Awesome Hamlet! Your car looks great! You'll have to take me for a spin next time im in Swiztlerland :)

[TransAm]

Wow, driving a Opel Speedster on snowy roads. You're one brave soul! 8)


Surely, better a tight responsive car than some lumbering RWD SUV (are we slipping? who knows, cant feel it, oh we're pointing the other way, hwo did that happen etc) :lol:

[Schwalbe]

Very nice pictures Hamlet, it's always a pleasure for me to see your street legal Go-Kart with the beautiful landscape of Switzerland for background. :D

Driving with his summer rims set in winter is the the dream of several Quebecers. But, I'm surprised to see all that snow, because there's much more snow than I thought in Zurich surroundings.

[AlienDB7]

Wow, driving a Opel Speedster on snowy roads. You're one brave soul! 8)


Surely, better a tight responsive car than some lumbering RWD SUV (are we slipping? who knows, cant feel it, oh we're pointing the other way, hwo did that happen etc) :lol:
Hahah, you mean the roof is pointing the wrong way? :lol:

[hamlet]

@ all => Yes, this is my everyday's car!! and yes it is quite hot to drive on the cold and snowy roads. To help me a bit, I fitted winter tires on the rear wheels but not on the front ones because of the funny size.

@ 1zippo1 => it is a "simple" 2.2L but for my driving skills I must say that the 147cv for the 850kg are largely enough to scare me in some cases... :roll:

@ Carrera_GTcrazy => no pb for the ride, you are welcome...only if you bring with you your top camera to make some pics! :wink:

@ Schwalbe => Yeh man, It snowed the last days and we've got a lot everywhere. It is also pretty cold at that time but as you can see I continue my go-kart training to gain a few seconds next time we go racing in Montreal... :twisted: :wink:

[Wutputt]

That's really brave to use it as a daily driver, certainly concerning the winter conditions in the Alps. Anyway nice pics!

[hamlet]

but in fact I was also motivated to try my brand new harness I mounted this WE...

http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/9162/myspeedy0716oc.th.jpg (http://img385.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0716oc.jpg)

8) 8) 8)

[hamlet]

not yet but that is my intention this year, so I am doing a few modifications in that sense 8) I think the harness is a first point, must now check for tires and breaks...

[Pehtren]

will the modifications include tuning the engine? :P

[hamlet]

no not at the moment. I just try to improve a bit the handling of the car and a lot my drving skills before doing anything to the engine...But I can tell you that there is enough power to have fun !! :P

[stmoritzer]

Thaks for the pics :D
can't wait to test the new seatbelts, I guess the feeling is the same as beeing bolted to the alu-frame :wink:


some mods I proposed to hamlet recently

Speedster F exhaust :mrgreen:
http://www.vapshare.com/content/6813.jpg

[Pehtren]

haha, Zonda style 8)

[salegosse]

i want ooooone :mrgreen:

[hamlet]

A new serie of pics taken today before I go for the next modifications...

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9889/myspeedy0047wf.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0047wf.jpg) http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3171/myspeedy0054tn.th.jpg (http://img227.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0054tn.jpg) http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7766/myspeedy0061en.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0061en.jpg)

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6281/myspeedy0071io.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0071io.jpg) http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7199/myspeedy0089jr.th.jpg (http://img171.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0089jr.jpg) http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3530/myspeedy0096ku.th.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspeedy0096ku.jpg)

Pics of the modified speedy to be posted next week... 8)

[manta]

that is a really nice cars... i've saw one in blue color one day... funny


i hope the next modification is the replacement of these ugly mirrors (i don't know the english name... you know the lil mirrors outside the car to look at your back...)

[Fleischmann]

Great shots, the colour of the car matches the colour of the background. These photos look almost like press material.

[Schwalbe]

Awesome new pictures set of your Speedster. Thanks for those pix hamlet. http://www.rs6.com/smilies/thumbsup.gif

I zoom-in a lot of your pix and I can say your pocket rocket car's is in extra clean condition. :shock:

Keep us informed about your future modifications. http://www.rs6.com/smilies/mech.gif

Cheers buddy ! :D

[Erez]

8) very cool man 8) love the speedster!

[gucom]

great pics :D of a great car...saw one yesterday while sitting in a bus which was driving right behind it, exaggerated the smallness of the car even more 8) it looks pretty damn sporty :D

[hamlet]

thanks for your comments guy! Of course it is clean, I can simply not live when I see it dirty! Next time should look even better, belive me :twisted:

cheers.

[stmoritzer]

:D
nice location :wink:
btw, I saw the black-orange Turbo yesterday in the city ... can't wait to see you Speedster lowered aswell :P

[Shinigami]

Nice pics :)

Man, today was an awesome day, so warm, great top down driving day :cool:

I met a lot of convertibles with the top down as well, other SLK's, 3 series BMW's, a few 360 Spiders, Z4's and Z3's, French cars... no Lotus based car's tho'... they must have been in the mountains :)

[hamlet]

here is a "spy shot" taken in the garage while waiting for the next mods...

http://img136.exs.cx/img136/3579/myspeedy103a8xr.jpg

In fact, I mounted a new set of rims from ATS (germany) which are around 2kg lighter each than the originals. In addition, I fitted a set of semi-slicks Toyo tires in 205/40R17 on the front and 235/40R17 on the rear.

The behaviour of the car is now just amazing :shock: the understeering completely desappeared and the steering is terribly precise. I did not pushed to much yet but one can already feel the high "cornering potential" of the machine :twisted:

I am now waiting for shorter springs to lower a bit more the car. I think after that it will definitely stick to the road!!

I will make some more pics once everything will be completed :wink:

cheers[/list]

[hamlet]

HI GUYS,

finally I got it yesterday evening, with the new short springs mounted...and I like it!!

The result look really good IMO, not too low, not too wide, just 8)

Some pics of the final result:

http://img142.imagevenue.com/loc263/th_71532_myspeedy01.jpg (http://img142.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc263&image=71532_myspeedy01.jpg) http://img22.imagevenue.com/loc204/th_71538_myspeedy02.jpg (http://img22.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc204&image=71538_myspeedy02.jpg) http://img109.imagevenue.com/loc139/th_71544_myspeedy03.jpg (http://img109.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc139&image=71544_myspeedy03.jpg) http://img136.imagevenue.com/loc208/th_71923_myspeedy04.jpg (http://img136.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc208&image=71923_myspeedy04.jpg)

http://img43.imagevenue.com/loc146/th_71928_myspeedy05.jpg (http://img43.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc146&image=71928_myspeedy05.jpg) http://img7.imagevenue.com/loc196/th_71933_myspeedy06.jpg (http://img7.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc196&image=71933_myspeedy06.jpg) http://img139.imagevenue.com/loc239/th_71944_myspeedy07.jpg (http://img139.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc239&image=71944_myspeedy07.jpg)


and as planned, I can still enter the garage for a few millimeters..

http://img22.imagevenue.com/loc214/th_71950_myspeedy08.jpg (http://img22.imagevenue.com/img.php?loc=loc214&image=71950_myspeedy08.jpg)


That is now the end of this modification I wanted to do for a while. Next stage is about the breaks, but most probably at the end of the year (for my Christmas!!) with new discs and new calipers... some more to come! :wink:

[TT]

As I told you elsewhere, :good: top stuff, I really like it now :) it always was a nice car, but sligtly lowered and with new wheels it's much better

[hamlet]

thanks TT. Still a couple of details and I think I would be ready for an indepth... :D ... :wink:

[manta]

this modification fits perfectly the design of the car... the wheels are also nice...

but i think you shouldn't have stuck the ATS logo on the car... it's (too) much "tuning style" than sport style...

[bultaco_metralla]

The father of one of my best friedns is an important person in Opel Spain, ive been riding ( as copilot ) many times the corvette and the speedster ( this drove by me ), the first version, 150 bhp, 750 kg. I really liked this car, in fact it was very very funny to drive it, BUT IVE FOUND A PROBLEM!! THE SEATS ARE SO SMALL!! I DONT FIT ON IT AND WSNT COMFORTABLE FOR ME... ITS NOT FOR BIG PEOPLE!! Maybe i need a speedster truck LOL!

[MIHALS]

nice little toy - I wouldn't mind have one :D

it looks very sporty now after lowering, adding new set of wheels and low pro tyres :good:

can't wait for indepth :D

[hamlet]

http://www.lafilleduperenoel.net/smilies/cat/content-fier/content-fier-lfdpn-005.gif

[Schwalbe]

I very like your new wheels and your semi-slick tyres, without forgetting your new short springs, these mods are very suitable for your Speedster. http://www.rs6.com/smilies/thumbsup.gif

I wish you a good summer onboard your "new" Speedster. http://www.rs6.com/smilies/drive.gif

Cheers mate !

[hamlet]

Thanks Schwalbe, I think I will enjoy the summer with my new toy! I hope you can come here once so that I can show you...

Wish you also fun with the Chrysler :wink: