Questionable modifications: pictures inside!

[toyomatt84]

Yuck.

Umm... does that CV have RUNNING BOARDS? WTF MATE!?!

 

[Joey D]

I'm all for big rims and ghetto rides but WTF? And its great I'm soooo much lower then that .

 

[Bahbo]

That's nothing...

 

[TVRKing]

OMG!

 

[Ev0]

OMG!!!11 THAT CAR HAZ LIEK TYTE HANDLING!!!11

I don't mind big rims, but there is a point when it just becomes plain stupid.

 

[franz]

I have seen a 80's Jaguar outside walmart with huge dirt tires like they made for Jeep Wrangler 3 years ago. It really gave me a good laugh ... but this one is even more ridiculous

 

[Duke]

The universal joints on that Impala must last about as long as your average oil change.

 

[F1GTR]

The wheels probably cost more than the car!

 

[VIPFREAK]

It's really sad they can actually get tires for those... Not to mention afford to buy them.

It should be like Chris Rock said... "Bullets should cost $500 that way no one could kill each other. A gangster would go, If I could shoot you I would but I don't have the $500 yet."

 

[Duke]

and so again bondy_1625 is wrong! well w/e at least im learning 👍

Now there's a good attitude!~ Keep it up. 👍

The Puerto Ricans are actually into drag racing in a big way and they are quite good at getting hellacious power out of little engines, and finding bigger engines as well. That thing is probably making 500-600 hp at a guess, and turning 11-second quarter mile times.

In a car on that short a wheelbase, the weight transfer at launch is huge. This is what you want, for traction; the best launch is where the front tires almost come off the ground - hence the wheelie bars. In the late-'60s AF/X (Altered Factory / eXperimental) class cars, which became the "funny cars" later on, they would actually move the rear axle of the big muscle cars quite a bit forward in the body in order to get as much weight as possible over the back tires at launch. Here's a classic example:

Look where the back axle was placed originally:

But once it's dug in and moved off the line, you want to be able to keep it pointed as straight as possible, and the short wheelbase is working hard against you. So the rear wing really comes into play when the car is at speed, because when you're going 120 mph, a drag lane is awfully narrow.

 

[Zardoz]

That's nothing...

If "monster cars" like that actually become some sort of trend, and it spreads nationwide, it will be irrefutable proof that there is, in fact, no God. No self-respecting deity would ever allow something like that to happen.

 

[bondy_1625]

Now there's a good attitude!~ Keep it up. 👍

The Puerto Ricans are actually into drag racing in a big way and they are quite good at getting hellacious power out of little engines, and finding bigger engines as well. That thing is probably making 500-600 hp at a guess, and turning 11-second quarter mile times.

In a car on that short a wheelbase, the weight transfer at launch is huge. This is what you want, for traction; the best launch is where the front tires almost come off the ground - hence the wheelie bars. In the late-'60s AF/X (Altered Factory / eXperimental) class cars, which became the "funny cars" later on, they would actually move the rear axle of the big muscle cars quite a bit forward in the body in order to get as much weight as possible over the back tires at launch.

But once it's dug in and moved off the line, you want to be able to keep it pointed as straight as possible, and the short wheelbase is working hard against you. So the rear wing really comes into play when the car is at speed, because when you're going 120 mph, a drag lane is awfully narrow.

totally awesome stuff there! ive learned a hell of a lot from that post thanks a lot duke 👍 really appreciate it.

ive gotta say 'how big are those rims?' seriously though has anyone measured them? must be about 30 inches worth of chrome there! some people in this world need a god to slap them when they go too far

edit: anyway here we go more horrible rims
http://www.audioelite.com/images/cars/90corvette/02.JPG
http://www.audioelite.com/images/cars/90corvette/38.JPG
and yes that is a towbar on a corvette!
http://www.audioelite.com/images/cars/90towncar/18.jpg
same site same stupidity
http://www.audioelite.com/images/cars/90towncar/Lincoln-03.jpg
looks ok from a distance i suppose

 

[slimer90210]

edit: anyway here we go more horrible rims
http://www.audioelite.com/images/cars/90corvette/02.JPG
http://www.audioelite.com/images/cars/90corvette/38.JPG
and yes that is a towbar on a corvette!

Those Vette rims are horrid...
As for the trailer hitch, alot of Vette owners that take their vettes on long trips tow a trailer to carry their clothing etc... I have even seen some towing the motorcycle trailers that look like little corvettes.

 

[bondy_1625]

ahh i see, so ther is some logic in it! well thats still questionable to be towing a mini corvette! lol they do look kinda lame tbh

 

[slimer90210]

ahh i see, so ther is some logic in it! well thats still questionable to be towing a mini corvette! lol they do look kinda lame tbh

They do look rather funny going down the road....

 

[bondy_1625]

they would actually move the rear axle of the big muscle cars quite a bit forward in the body in order to get as much weight as possible over the back tires at launch. Here's a classic example:

Look where the back axle was placed originally:

sorry for off topic-ness
hey just a question but i noticed they moved the front axle of that belvedere II forwards as well. what effect would that have on how the car performs? surely that would put a little more weight towards the front of the vehicle. right?

or did 'they' just move the whole axle base and chassis forwards?

 

[Danny]

Now once again we enter the files marked "why God, why?"

 

[Cosmic]

How lame and how retro

 

[Seven]

Oooh I gotta get me one of those beetles.

 

[slimer90210]

sorry for off topic-ness
hey just a question but i noticed they moved the front axle of that belvedere II forwards as well. what effect would that have on how the car performs? surely that would put a little more weight towards the front of the vehicle. right?

or did 'they' just move the whole axle base and chassis forwards?

They move the front axle to comply with the minimum wheel base requirements...

Interesting side note, to save weight they often replaced the independant front suspention with a solid axle and leaf springs. The engine and driver were often moved back in the car. The following picture is a good example of this...

 

[Joey D]

That Beetle is the ugliest thing I've seen in a while, what the hell would make someone want to attempt to do that?

 

[194GVan]

I was thinking the same thing, it would be 1 thing if it looked any good but it looks like some cheap piece of **** fiberglass box on the front and rear, that they probably charge you an arm and a leg for because you are bentley-izing your beetle.

and according to a Stuff magazine article I read the other day (not sure which issue) those sedans jacked up like 4x4s with 30" rims are called "Donks"

 

[Duke]

I was thinking the same thing, it would be 1 thing if it looked any good but it looks like some cheap piece of **** fiberglass box on the front and rear, that they probably charge you an arm and a leg for because you are bentley-izing your beetle.

Those are an outgrowth of semi-popular kits available in the '70s to turn the old Beetle into a Rolls Royce or a Ford Woodie wagon:

 

[VIPFREAK]

Note to self: Never visit Retro Designs.com

ahh i see, so ther is some logic in it! well thats still questionable to be towing a mini corvette! lol they do look kinda lame tbh

The Viper trailers were MUCH more creative.

 

[xXSilencerXx]

I guess when you got money to waste. Awww **** it, thats ugly as h***.

 

[Slicks]

sorry for off topic-ness
hey just a question but i noticed they moved the front axle of that belvedere II forwards as well. what effect would that have on how the car performs? surely that would put a little more weight towards the front of the vehicle. right?

or did 'they' just move the whole axle base and chassis forwards?

They move the front axle to comply with the minimum wheel base requirements...

While this may very well be true, the true reason for moving the front axle forward is to achieve more weight on the back wheels. Since (more often than not) the engine ends up entirely behind the front axle, this gives the car a (technically) MR layout, and more weight centered in the middle of the car. When the driver launches, the weight is shifted to the back wheels, and more traction results. This is the reason why current funny cars and top-fuel cars have the engine behind the front wheels.

 

[Emohawk]

Some interesting trailers. The guy across the street from me has one made out of a C3 Corvette.

and according to a Stuff magazine article I read the other day (not sure which issue) those sedans jacked up like 4x4s with 30" rims are called "Donks"

Thanks 👍

 

[194GVan]

that woody wagon doesnt look half bad (just dont breathe the fumes from the engine!) but the rest of that stuff looks awful.

 

[zoxxy]

Utterly, utterly horrible.

 

[bondy_1625]

shouldnt have been done to this car
http://www.supercarfrance.com/MC38/Part-2/20.jpg