Odd Modifications Thread

[ProjectWHaT]

Ummm?

 

[Obelisk]

Ummm?

Hey, it's an MX-----5 Miaaaaaata.

 

[Downhill Dino]

I like that. But. We could do without the bucket seats and roll bar.

 

[SVX]

 

[Turbo]

 

[LivingWithGames]

Considering @Cano liked that Subbie 360 hotrod, he'll drool over this one.

I have no idea what is this though, but this is a new guilty pleasure.

 

[TexRex]

It appears to have started life as a Corvair.

 

[Cano]

Considering @Cano liked that Subbie 360 hotrod, he'll drool over this one.

I have no idea what is this though, but this is a new guilty pleasure.

Poor cars, both of them.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Dammit, I tried.

 

[TexRex]

It's worth noting that the Subaru is actually on a VW pan. I noticed the linkpin beam first and confirmed my suspicions when I saw the merged header. I wonder if it still has the torsion bars in front with those coilovers installed.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

I like that. But. We could do without the bucket seats and roll bar.

 

[TexRex]

I couldn't find any other images, but it's apparently a Civic. Odd swap--seems like a great deal of weight added to the front and not necessarily significant power gains, being naturally aspirated and all.

Edit:

Awfully tacky. Seems unlikely performance was the goal.

 

[Turbo]

 

[Obelisk]

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I'd say 3k max. That's what I'd spend for that thing. And even then, I'd ask for the original parts back.

 

[LM7325]

"do NOT low ball me!"

 

[TheCracker]

I like that. But. We could do without the bucket seats and roll bar.

Roll bar stops it from wobbling apart. Bucket seats and harnesses stop rear passengers from lobotomising themselves in a crash due to said roll bar. Necessary evils, but i think it suits it better anyway.

 

[Turbo]

 

[el fayce]

Why?

 

[Ferraridriver27]

 

[el fayce]

 

[ScottPuss20]

Odd? I think not.

 

[-Fred-]

Well, that's one way to get more torque out of a Honda... Impala SS LS4 swap+ turbocharger, though I'd like to find more info about it because I wonder what kind of transmission it uses.

Pictures seem to be at different stages of the build, too.

 

[TexRex]

I wonder what kind of transmission it uses.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say 4T65E/4T65E-HD.

 

[Aerocoupe]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say 4T65E/4T65E-HD.

I doubt it. They could barely hold up behind 3800s, much less an LS4. My guess would be an aftermarket transmission of some description.

 

[Turbo]

 

[Ferraridriver27]

 

[SVX]

 

[7up747]

Not so odd considering stock mk4 supra had fake spiders in rear lights from factory.

 

[ProjectWHaT]

That's amazing! I looked back at my old pictures to see if I've seen any and to my surprise, I think I found one!

Image (1391)-203 by Harry Dang, on Flickr

 

[TexRex]

I doubt it. They could barely hold up behind 3800s, much less an LS4. My guess would be an aftermarket transmission of some description.

As standard equipment in the most recent V8 Impalas (which I suspect already possessed the appropriate bellhousing, their engines being LS-based if not indeed LSes), I don't see a car weighing half as much doing a number on it. I've seen otherwise stock aircooled VW transaxles with welded mainshafts handling over 400ft-lbs in sand cars when I had issues in a '67 sedan with an engine built to the specs of another that produced 190hp at the crank (I never had mine on a dyno, so the actual figures were unknown).