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Aug. 25, 2011 7:47 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

This Corrado track rat thread HAS to go here:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?3030108-Project-Track-Rado-Tons-of-Pics/...

This is a little different than most build threads. Most include OMFGAWESOME hi res pics of the build, list the trials and tribulations of dealing with a less than stellar specimen, creative solutions to unforseen problems etc etc etc...this has all that. But then, there are post after post and vid after vid of the on track action the car sees, along with incredibly detailed posts about each event the car attends. What an AWESOME thread
Sept. 28, 2011 12:50 p.m. turboswede SuperDork

Porsche 924S with Audi 20V 5-cylinder running 25psi.

http://motorgeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=34509

The noise! The wonderful noise! I'm not fond of drifting, but I applaud the build effort.
Sept. 28, 2011 12:57 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

Ever notice that there seems to be a disproportionate amount of epic builds that involve Audi 5 cylinders or Audi 2.7Ts?
Sept. 28, 2011 1:05 p.m. turboswede SuperDork

Yes and I can't find any 20V's or Audi V8's cheap enough to join them!

GRRRR!
Sept. 28, 2011 1:08 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

I have a feeling that i need to start looking for a 90 20v again. I was watching a video of the one that holds the Amery Speed Run top speed record and i kept alternating between and
Sept. 28, 2011 9:47 p.m. Knurled Dork

64 pages of awesome: http://boardroom.wscc.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=46169;st=0

MkII Escort, steadily being turned from trash to treasure. Why yes it's being built as a rally car.
Sept. 29, 2011 5:52 a.m. Sky_Render New Reader

4cylndrfury wrote:

A 'Busa powered MeeOtter...need I say more?
http://www.motoiq.com/projects/project_miatabusa.aspx

Ah, yes. Dave Coleman's "Miatabusa." Just about all the MotoIQ project cars are frakking cool.

In case anyone wondered whatever happened to Sport Compact Car, a lot of the guys from it founded the online magazine MotoIQ.
Sept. 29, 2011 7:37 a.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

Sky_Render wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote:

A 'Busa powered MeeOtter...need I say more?
http://www.motoiq.com/projects/project_miatabusa.aspx

Ah, yes. Dave Coleman's "Miatabusa." Just about all the MotoIQ project cars are frakking cool.

In case anyone wondered whatever happened to Sport Compact Car, a lot of the guys from it founded the online magazine MotoIQ.

well they need to post an update already. The dust on that car is epically thick.
Sept. 29, 2011 8:25 a.m. Sky_Render New Reader

4cylndrfury wrote:

Sky_Render wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote:

A 'Busa powered MeeOtter...need I say more?
http://www.motoiq.com/projects/project_miatabusa.aspx

Ah, yes. Dave Coleman's "Miatabusa." Just about all the MotoIQ project cars are frakking cool.

In case anyone wondered whatever happened to Sport Compact Car, a lot of the guys from it founded the online magazine MotoIQ.

well they need to post an update already. The dust on that car is epically thick.

There was an update just this week:

http://www.motoiq.com/magazine_articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/2104/pro...
Sept. 29, 2011 9:55 a.m. Conquest351 Reader

Obviously you guys are deprived of something truely insanely awesome...

Ferrari 308 V12 Conversion - 1

Then the guy got pissed off at that forum and moved it all over here...

Ferrari 308 V12 Conversion - 2

Cliffnotes - Guy has supercharged 308, gets bored, finds 400i V12 and wants Testerossa V12 4v heads on it. They don't fit... Let the insanely awesome fabrication begin...

Yes you do have to register to see all the pix, but they're both free and it's WELL worth the read.
Sept. 29, 2011 10:47 a.m. Rusted_Busted_Spit SuperDork

Viper powered SAAB 9-3 SportCombi.

Very cool.
Sept. 29, 2011 12:02 p.m. Bobzilla SuperDork

I'm suprised no one mentioned this yet.... http://teamswift.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=9156&hilit=RWD&start=525

"355 hp @ 8100 rpm and 25.7 psi" from a 1300cc G13B facing the rear wheels.

Dyno run of the engine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cDj-aKg58
Sept. 29, 2011 2:35 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork

Ok.... this is just...... what the berkeley?

Epic Starquest build, Doritos edition.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=214359
Oct. 19, 2011 6:41 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork

spnx wrote:

Can I post my own build thread?

I like it. Can't wait until it's in my garage. Looks like it will hit the five-year mark (next May) before that happens.

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/grm/25-litre-hemi-brit-roadster-build-threa...

I was disappointed when, after expecting the 25 liter hemi engine mentioned in the URL, it turns out to be a 2.5.

:(
Oct. 19, 2011 1:42 p.m. evildky Dork

4cylndrfury wrote: Texas A&M's VQ powered Miata GRM Challenge car is frickin sweet: http://saeintl.tamu.edu/grassroots

VG, not VQ
Oct. 20, 2011 12:00 p.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

evildky wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote: Texas A&M's VQ powered Miata GRM Challenge car is frickin sweet: http://saeintl.tamu.edu/grassroots

VG, not VQ

doh
Oct. 20, 2011 12:25 p.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:

Ok.... this is just...... what the berkeley?

Epic Starquest build, Doritos edition.

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=214359

crazy, CRAZY wiring, sketchy fabrication (welds and tooling), and questionable decisions (tank mounting and fuel plumbing) aside, thats a fun project...not sure if he was too busy trying to find out if he could to stop and think if he should, but fun nonetheless
Oct. 20, 2011 3:20 p.m. klipless Reader

I found this on the garage journal website while looking through the workbench thread. Quite possibly one of the more epic threads I've had the pleasure of reading.

Widened MGB body with LT1 powa! and C4 chassis. Tons of crazy fab skills. Makes some of his own tools to get the job done, including an English wheel that looks like it could form 1/2" thick unobtanium. Turns out he's owned the car since the 70's and did a V8 swap back then.

http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,7581

http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,22422
Oct. 25, 2011 8:58 p.m. Billy_Bottle_Caps Reader

Project Sipster....

http://www.motoiq.com/projects/project_sipster.aspx
Nov. 6, 2011 11:02 p.m. zpeed7 New Reader

WRX into a 968

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2047734

Teaser
Nov. 7, 2011 12:11 p.m. imirk Reader

zpeed7 wrote:

WRX into a 986

TFTFY

MMM GREEEN.

Super Green
Feb. 15, 2012 12:45 p.m. 4cylndrfury SuperDork

twin H22 powered, turbo Del Sol
Feb. 15, 2012 1:18 p.m. dean1484 SuperDork

This is just nuts. I especially like it when he cuts down the turbo to re size it to his needs.

88 Mk1 Caddy - adaptormans turbo project http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&am...

There is also a twin engine escort or something that got started but has died for the moment on that board as well.
Feb. 15, 2012 2:27 p.m. ronholm Reader

I didn't see this one yet..

http://www.team-integra.net/forum/19-projects-diy-article-talk/66688-94-gsr-mid-en...
Feb. 15, 2012 2:43 p.m. Ranger50 Dork

13b into a 74 nova with a 72 front clip.

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449174

Almost runs 10's.....

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