i think so.
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Nov. 7, 2009 6:29 p.m. patgizz Dork
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Nov. 7, 2009 7:08 p.m. JetMech Reader
Looks interesting; just gotta watch the oversteer!
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Nov. 7, 2009 8:18 p.m. fiat22turbo SuperDork
Especially with the Automatic transaxle.
Had a guy up in the Seattle area do that with a V6 in the back of his X-1/9. Last I heard he was working on building another one with a V8 and EFI, since the V6 was so much fun.
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Nov. 7, 2009 8:33 p.m. 2002maniac Reader
I wonder what transaxle that is.
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Nov. 7, 2009 10:28 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
This one is better.
Hell, I even prefer this one!
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Nov. 7, 2009 10:46 p.m. nocones Reader
Looks to be the TH425. It weighs something like 700lbs. I would imagine that car has close to 1100lbs of engine and tranny in the back. Still looks nicely done though.
Daniel
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Nov. 7, 2009 11:10 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
crapsticks, that is an Escort...
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Nov. 7, 2009 11:13 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
better.
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Nov. 7, 2009 11:15 p.m. turboswede SuperDork
Yup, Buick FWD. I think the differential is chain driven, like a transfer case and the rest is essentially a GM turbo 350.
So yah, not exactly a lightweight solution, but that doens't make it any less awesome!
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Nov. 8, 2009 10:13 a.m. Will Reader
Yes, but "best Ford Fiesta ever" is like "best STD ever."
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Nov. 8, 2009 11:35 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork
Will said:
Yes, but "best Ford Fiesta ever" is like "best STD ever."
Blaspheme!
The Fiesta is a GOOD car. Pretty much everything coming out of Ford UK has been good.
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Nov. 8, 2009 12:01 p.m. irish44j Reader
looks slow
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Nov. 8, 2009 12:32 p.m. BoxheadTim Reader
maroon92 wrote:
Will said:
Yes, but "best Ford Fiesta ever" is like "best STD ever."
Blaspheme!
The Fiesta is a GOOD car.
The Mk1s were - nippy, not fast but decent handling and the sportier versions were fun to drive.
maroon92 wrote: Pretty much everything coming out of Ford UK has been good.
That I seriously have to disagree with. They managed to produce quite a lot of awful E36 M3 in the 90s.
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Nov. 8, 2009 4:21 p.m. Appleseed Dork
I approve.
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Nov. 8, 2009 6:21 p.m. cwh SuperDork
My sister had one of those. Bone stock, of course. Then her son the rock star bought her a Mercedes. Wish my kids would do something like that.
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Nov. 8, 2009 8:04 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork
That's pretty cool! Bet it's noisey inside though.
I lubbed my '78 Fiesta until it got totaled, even though the heater core was a cast iron bitch to replace. First car I ever AXed.
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Nov. 8, 2009 8:49 p.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader
Was anything like the old Fiesta's sold here in the USA? i cant find any....
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Nov. 9, 2009 12:19 a.m. turboswede SuperDork
Yep, they were sold here. Most have dissolved though. Just make sure you aren't looking at Festiva's (unless your plan is to add box flares and a mid-mounted motor of some sort.
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Nov. 9, 2009 7:14 a.m. maroon92 SuperDork
yes.
Fiesta = Ford of UK
Festiva = Not Ford of Korea (KIA)
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Feb. 2, 2010 3:00 p.m. Chris_V SuperDork
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Feb. 2, 2010 3:20 p.m. jimbbski New Reader
I like it!
I owned 3 Fiesta's. a '78, a '79, & an 1980. The '78 got totaled by being hit in the rear while parked in front of my house. Small car hit by big car. Ended up 80 ft down the street, turned 180 deg. around from how I parked it, and on top of my neighbors small tree. The '79 was a DD but the 1980 was a rust free California car and I raced it in SCCA ITC class from 1988-1995. Sold it to another racer in NY who raced it for a few more years both in IT and Prod. Got sold after that, not sure were it is now?
Haven't see one on the street in 10 years! I do see 1-2 at the race track and one last year in a pick-n-pull. I loved my race car. I still wish I had mine so I could do something like what was done to the yellow one pictured.
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Feb. 2, 2010 4:01 p.m. kreb Dork
I've still got that car's pic on my phone! It got some magazine level publicity when he first built it (as a rod/straight-line car), then it sat around for years and now he's begun to autocross it. It's not especially fast yet, but still makes grown men go weak in the knees. The owner's a very nice fellow as well.
