Engine Addict with Jimmy de Ville

[RaceDiagnostics]

Another car/engine program that could be good but is dumb'ed down, but I watch it anyway like all the other lame car programs.

Last night I watched the episode where they take a volvo 5 cylinder engine up to 700bhp to power a dune buggy hill climb thing.

The footage at the end of the program where he climbs out of a 50 foot cliff was impressive.

a vertical

 

[rtbcomp]

I thought you'd posted a video - couldn't work out why it wouldn't run

 

[eSCHEn]

Yeah that series was good in places (Volvo for one) and a bit dull in others (paraglider from KTM).

 

[RaceDiagnostics]

 

[Rig Pig]

I thought it said Jimmy Saville...

Now then, now then, now then!

 

[armalites]

These programs have to appeal to the masses which why they are dumbed down. I quite liked the series but it bugged when he was in the last home of the VW Beetle(Brazil) yet paid stupid money for a car just to get an engine that he could have bought for £200 and then rebuilt it anyway so he could have bought a scrapper. The Volvo was good, I've had 3 T5 estates and that really is a super tough engine in standard form but weirdly 400bhp is pushing the limits. The work they put into that engine was amazing and I would bet if you built an engine to that standard here it would cost you £5-6K. Fair play to him he did give it the beans and when came off the top of that vertical I was convinced it was all over for him