"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
12/19/2013 at 10:37 Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
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I just read a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and I have to tell you, I must find more space and time to build a free asylum ticket. Pictured (from the article) is a Honda Z600 with a 1000cc bike engine riding passenger connected to a front jeep axle in the back. (dafuq?) It works(?) and its nutso fast when !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . What would your choice be for an underdog track car? How would you take down all those GT3 Porsches and new fat M3's?
Mine? well I did spend some time on the swiftnets forum which is both a power finding and economy finding forum at the same time, also where you can buy turbo systems for your 3 cylinder metro and do 150mph in the standing mile...yeah. The article mentioned a SHO powered metro mid-mounted, as well as other bike engined specials of Miatas and lightweight east German cars. I would have to look at a tiny lightweight car and work out the best way possible to stuff power in it like all the other guys here. I thought a metro would probably be just fine, but stuffing a nice lightweight V6 in the back seat would be a good time no matter how you look at it.
EDIT: heres a vid of a geo metro with a bike engine.
RacecaR
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 10:40 |
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A local once put two engines (one rear, one front) in a Ford Escort. I do believe it was for LeMons. Seems like there was an article around here about it.
Party-vi
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 10:41 |
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Gutted NA Miata with a Kawasaki Zed Zed drivetrain. It would be neat.
twinturbobmw
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 10:48 |
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A Ford Escort RS1600 with this .
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 10:49 |
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Honestly, I'd love to EV my Corvair. It just seems like a platform that would be well suited and distributing the batteries between the trunk and the frunk would easily balance the weight distribution.
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 10:57 |
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Step 1) Jaguar XJ8-L
Step 2) Remove back seat and sound deadening
Step 3) Lighten everything
Step 4) Wear a top hat when racing my new XJ8-Lightweight
puddler
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 10:58 |
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i get a kick out of balto, the 2-stroke snow mobile powered miata.
banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 11:13 |
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A 914 with an LS or pref Sti swap (300hp/2200lbs) seems tame in comparison to the ones in the article. Lemons is deff on my >5 year plan. Either way I've grown a liking to 914's...
^(AC/DC Drummer's wife's ex-Brumos racing 914/6)
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Grindintosecond
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
12/19/2013 at 11:16 |
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Oh yeah. there's a vid somewhere of a 914 with a subaru H6 in it. Seems to work very nicely.
Stef Schrader
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
12/19/2013 at 11:29 |
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There's a local Spec 914 race series at the track I'm a member of. I want one. Badly.
They run Miatas at the same time, but nope. I am that kind of masochist. I want the VW.
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banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> Stef Schrader
12/19/2013 at 12:01 |
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That oughtta be sweet, must be on the west coast I'm not sure you could find that many eastern 914's that aren't rusted in half. Some day i will find one though.
Yeap I've watched enough spec Miata series and no thank you my N64 Mario kart races were more civil. I wouldn't see any reason to invest in one beyond a 1st gen as long as the chassis is still straight.
My fav Miata of one weekend grid.
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banjo cat ghost of oppo past
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 12:03 |
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Another great option because no one really beat the piss out of those engines in their original cars
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Stef Schrader
> banjo cat ghost of oppo past
12/19/2013 at 12:24 |
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CloseTX. Even here, they somehow end up with a few that get rusty as balls, but yeah.
The local NA-only Miata series that runs with the 914s is pretty civil compared to Spec Pinata, FWIW. I'm just more interested in the fancy VW.
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> Grindintosecond
12/19/2013 at 15:36 |
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I'd pick up a Jag XJ40 for pocket money. Then I'd scour the scrapyards for a 4.0l AJ16 engine, a 3.6l AJ6 head, 3.2l AJ16 pistons and an XJR6 intake manifold. Last piece of the puzzle is the head gasket from an early Aston DB7 (used a supercharged 3.2l AJ16 engine).
That should give me a 4.0l low-compression engine that I can slap a socking great turbo to.
Then I'd go tear up the drag strip with my proper Draguar :)