"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
10/23/2014 at 12:27 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog
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"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo)
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The Serbian built Yugo GV was such an miserably disgraceful excuse for an automobile that even swapping in a LS1 would leave you with a feeling of meh. Its cool...but I'd rather have an F-body Camaro... No. Full stop. The only way you are going to pull a Yugo from the depths of shame is by going full Renée Zellweger on it.
Rip out that 50ish horsepower 4-banger and replace it with a 160 hp two-stroke mated to a CVT from an Artic Cat snowmobile. Commence hoonage. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! currently bidding for $1,350 on eBay, located in Fremont, OH with 2 days to go.
It's just a Yugo , you tell the guy with the new sports coupe in the lane next to yours. Your right foot hammers the throttle pedal and the racket of 10,000 marbles being poured into a wood chipper emanates from the exhaust exit. As your leave Mr Fancy Pants in your wildly resonating rear view mirror the engine note does not change with RPM like a regular car but it drones on like a chain saw stuck in a prosthetic leg.
This is what happens in the frozen northern states during the winter months. When the game isn't on, you've got dudes with nothing to do and access to welding equipment. What has happened here is a 900 cc snowmobile inline-3 from an Artic Cat Thundercat has been shoved into the back of the Yugo. The Thundercat engine dates from the era of insanity in snowmobiles — it is a 2-stroke fuel belching monster from the black tar lagoon. It pumps out something in the realm of 162 horsepower and should be awesome mated to the belt driven CVT in a 1000 lb Yugo. The interior driver's seat shows signs of pooh stains, which would be logical given the driving experience.
Just in case you took a look at the engine and thought — that's cool, but will it handle? — let's take a closer look. The rear end is a live axle with the engine/transmission mounted directly to it, meaning this thing has more unsprung mass than a bra-less Dolly Parton. Consequently, the engine vibrations won't be that bad since they will be transferred into the tin box chassis via the vehicle springs/shocks, but hitting bumps in the pavement will cause who-knows-what to happen with grip levels at the wheels. Chaos runs rampant, and I love it.
See a quicker way to die in a Serbian built prison...outside of Serbia? !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Hat tip to Arch Duke Maxyenko, SHAZAM on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Originally posted as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Image credits; ebay.
505Turbeaux
> DailyTurismo
10/23/2014 at 12:28 |
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straight awesome. Would hoon
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> DailyTurismo
10/23/2014 at 12:33 |
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Rallycross? Rallycross.
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DailyTurismo
> 505Turbeaux
10/23/2014 at 12:33 |
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I'm really curious what handling on dry pavement would be like with those front pizza cutters and the rear end setup.
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505Turbeaux
> DailyTurismo
10/23/2014 at 12:36 |
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well, I can't say it is going to be great, but I will bet you $50 right here right now it is better handling than a straight up GV (If we could only be closer to Ohio)
Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
> DailyTurismo
10/23/2014 at 12:37 |
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This how the exchange between me and my wife will go when I get home and tell her I need this.
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DailyTurismo
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
10/23/2014 at 12:39 |
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Yes? YES!!
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DailyTurismo
> Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
10/23/2014 at 12:39 |
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You've got to have a Iron Man cave big enough you can hide that stuff from the wife.
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Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
> DailyTurismo
10/23/2014 at 12:44 |
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Hell, if I had half the man cave space he has, I'd be happy.