How about an early Boxster?
How about an early Boxster?
How about a Probe? Vote for second generation. Dirt cheap. Huge hatch for motor.
The answer is always Miata
In reply to Type Q :
No no its not. LOL
The more I think about this the more I think a midlana style would be the best, but a rolling chassis to start with sounds much more doable and not a 4 year build.... I like the mini size/shape, but they are pretty heavy.
This just popped up on the CL..... Box flares? :D
How about a mid-mounted drivetrain in a Prius? Box flares, lowered, wide tires, just the thing to annoy shiny happy people. Only half-way kidding.
Where do you live? Reason I ask is sometimes building a car from scratch is Much easier to register than changing drivetrains in something already on the road.
In reply to kb58 :
I'm in WA. No inspections, so drivetrain swap should not be an issue.....
I like the prius idea! Hmmm wonder what they weigh stripped? I doubt they handle worth a poop though.
In reply to java230 :
When you're doing the Wreck Racing method of vehicle modification, it doesn't matter how it handled when you started. We set a 0.8 second margin on a 35 second autocross in a Honda Insight, because nothing about that car had anything to do with what Honda did when it was made.
In reply to Matthew Kennedy :
Very true.... But If i am keeping the front end, a decent start helps!
There are no cheap Priuses (priui?) around me....
java230 said:In reply to Type Q :
No no its not. LOL
The more I think about this the more I think a midlana style would be the best, but a rolling chassis to start with sounds much more doable and not a 4 year build.... I like the mini size/shape, but they are pretty heavy.
Maybe pick up an old sandrail as a start?
Hmmmm
Lotus Europa shell?
Maybe mounted in the bed of a lowered 80s Ford Ranger
In reply to Dave :
Pickups are cheap....
Well since we didn't get this:
How about into one of these?
Or the back of one of these:
In reply to pinchvalve :
Its a thought, but I would need CHEAP donor, and I really want RWD.
The older ones practically box flare themselves...
Keeping the Ford theme, I'd put one up front and one out back...
In reply to pinchvalve :
A Ranger or a Ranger Tremor would be pretty sweet. They weigh a bit less than Focus ST it appears. Make it into a baby Lightning.
In reply to The0retical :
Focus ST ~3300lbs, Id like to be ~2000-2500? all in. Civic above should be 1500-1700 as it sits, 1990 Toyota PU's are 2700-3500 ish (im guessing 2wd short ed is ~3k?) I say Toyata just because that's what I am familiar with and would probably use. Blasphemy aside....
And for a little more fun..... Its been done with a B18
Will it fit into the space an FFR 818C has available?
It turns out the 1990 ish Toyota PU's in standard cab short bed are 1" shorter wheelbase than the f ST..... That would be easier than swapping it into the back if I was to leave it FWD, use the F St floor pan and hang PU stuff on it..... Its 2.5" per side skinner tho.
In reply to The0retical :
Maybe. But thats a big jump up in $$. They say they are considering a 2.3 ecoboost option.
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