mental car build #242

"Frank Grimes" (FrankGrimes) 04/26/2016 at 00:51 • Filed to: None

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this with a rear mounted ecoboost 4banger from a focus st and RWD manual transmission

slipperysallylikespenguins > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 01:00

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I would prefer the NA SHO V6 like in the SHOGUN.

Of similiar interest is this Honda Civic.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 01:02

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It’ll be kinda like those people who put a Honda B or K series in the back of an original Mini.

CodyVella > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 01:09

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Like a Metro 6R4 but, not as terrifying.

Frank Grimes > CodyVella 04/26/2016 at 01:15

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I was thinking like a Shogun but not as slow or heavy.

CodyVella > slipperysallylikespenguins 04/26/2016 at 01:17

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That Civic just looks right, like it could almost be a factory conversion. Similar to how the Renault 5 Turbo looked like that’s how it was always intended.

XJDano > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 06:23

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If your going that far, you may as well add the whole front suspension from the focus & trans, get the steering working and you'll have 4 wheel steer.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 07:28

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Or just move the existing one to the back and be ready to exit most turns backwards at LeMons!

UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 07:37

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I’m assuming the wider rear track is to fit the SHO engine and drivetrain, but you think they could have saved even more weight by foregoing the gaudy body work

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 09:06

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That car is light enough that the 1.0L Ecoboost may be an even better choice. Keep the weight down and you don’t need as much power. Or just go nuts and throw either the 2.7L EB or 3.5 EB for maximum terror and deathy crashiness.

Seat Safety Switch > Frank Grimes 04/26/2016 at 09:16

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Even the “easy” job of swapping a BP into a Festiva produces one hell of a little pocket rocket. Throw on some Miata turbo goodies from someone like ilovetacotaco and you’ve turned it into a suicide booth.

A friend of mine, who builds race cars for a living, recently told me that the only car he was ever truly afraid to drive was his otherwise completely stock wastegate-pressure BPT Festiva swapped parts runner.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy 04/26/2016 at 09:29

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Silence. The Shogun is beautiful.

Frank Grimes > UnderSTeerEnthusiast - Triumph Fanboy 04/27/2016 at 01:40

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well it does have wide wheels but yeah i think mostly to fit sho engine and trans and then make it look racey.

Frank Grimes > XJDano 04/27/2016 at 01:41

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hey lets not complicate things.