This is insane and incredibly awesome at the same time.
How I wish I was a dotcom millionaire right now....
-Rob
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Dec. 13, 2011 2:55 p.m. rob_lewis Dork
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Dec. 13, 2011 3:21 p.m. alex SuperDork
320 turbocharged hp and a 4ft wheelbase should make that thing pretty entertaining.
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Dec. 13, 2011 3:27 p.m. 81cpcamaro Reader
I bet it is a handful to drive. Bigger tires and flares are needed. But I dig the sleeper look.
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Dec. 13, 2011 3:28 p.m. aircooled SuperDork
That thing looks twitchier then Steve Buscemi.
As far as grassroots... you might want to check the prices of 356's these days...
I wonder if it will wheelie?
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Dec. 13, 2011 3:44 p.m. imirk Reader
I think it looks the sex
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Dec. 13, 2011 3:57 p.m. Woody SuperDork
81cpcamaro wrote:
I bet it is a handful to drive. Bigger tires and flares are needed. But I dig the sleeper look.
It is flared.
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Dec. 13, 2011 4:24 p.m. e_pie Reader
That's such a deliciously awful idea.
Would drive, then snap oversteer in to something.
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Dec. 13, 2011 4:31 p.m. Cone_Junky HalfDork
I could crash that thing in about 5 seconds. 5 wonderful seconds none the less
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Dec. 13, 2011 4:45 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
very cool.. think I would start with a replica though
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Dec. 13, 2011 5:27 p.m. gamby SuperDork
Sickness. God, I need to be wealthy.
Anyway, the footprint of that thing reminds me of the cars in Atari 2600 Indy 500:
I'm guessing the handling characteristics are very similar, too--switch ends in a nanosecond.
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Dec. 13, 2011 5:38 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
I want to build something equally crazy.
Take equal parts modified Meyers Manx
and modified 993 Turbo engine
Mix liberally and instantly die.
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Dec. 13, 2011 5:41 p.m. alex SuperDork
Keep it on the sand and hopefully you would be sufficiently lacking in traction to stave off dying for a few seconds.
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Dec. 13, 2011 6:00 p.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
alex wrote:
Keep it on the sand and hopefully you would be sufficiently lacking in traction to stave off dying for a few seconds.
No way, it's getting 13 inch wide slicks and fender extensions wide enough to cover them...
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Dec. 13, 2011 6:28 p.m. rob_lewis Dork
aircooled wrote:
As far as grassroots... you might want to check the prices of 356's these days...
I didn't mean to indicate that 356's were grassroots priced. More of the, if any one of us won the lottery and had nothing but money to burn, we'd probably build something this ridiculous.
Except maybe figure out how to shoehorn in a turbo charged LS motor hooked to a 911 transaxle to officially piss off the Porsche purists.....
-Rob
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Dec. 13, 2011 7:56 p.m. Strizzo SuperDork
rob_lewis wrote:
aircooled wrote:
As far as grassroots... you might want to check the prices of 356's these days...
I didn't mean to indicate that 356's were grassroots priced. More of the, if any one of us won the lottery and had nothing but money to burn, we'd probably build something this ridiculous.
Except maybe figure out how to shoehorn in a turbo charged LS motor hooked to a 911 transaxle to officially piss off the Porsche purists.....
-Rob
there is a LS1 powered 993 running around houston/clear lake
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Dec. 14, 2011 7:53 a.m. novaderrik Dork
rob_lewis wrote:
aircooled wrote:
As far as grassroots... you might want to check the prices of 356's these days...
I didn't mean to indicate that 356's were grassroots priced. More of the, if any one of us won the lottery and had nothing but money to burn, we'd probably build something this ridiculous.
Except maybe figure out how to shoehorn in a turbo charged LS motor hooked to a 911 transaxle to officially piss off the Porsche purists.....
-Rob
sawzalls are pretty effective shoehorns.. and the effects of using one would really piss off the purists..
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Dec. 14, 2011 8:01 a.m. BBsGarage HalfDork
I hate you for putting this in my head!
Actually my wife hates you, I think its awesome and will be heading over to samba right now.
Maroon92 wrote:
I want to build something equally crazy.
Take equal parts modified Meyers Manx
and modified 993 Turbo engine
Mix liberally and instantly die.
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Dec. 14, 2011 8:06 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork
I think a 993 Turbo engine swapped into just about anything is pretty awesome. I mean, would you take a 993 swapped Aztek? Damn straight you would.
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Dec. 14, 2011 8:28 a.m. ultraclyde HalfDork
I think I could stick my head in that turbo piping. Impressive.
You know you're running a big enough turbo when you have to source drainage piping for the intake.
I bet it does killer donuts. Literally.
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Dec. 14, 2011 8:31 a.m. Jay_W Dork
Clarkson's pithy phrase "...going through the Pearly Gates backwards and on fire" keeps going through my head looking at this...
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Dec. 14, 2011 9:15 a.m. Gearheadotaku Dork
I wholeheartedly approve both of these.
