Looks like you don't have to wait long to watch the "Rotsun" race LeMons.
Looks like you don't have to wait long to watch the "Rotsun" race LeMons.
That was a great one. Great depiction of the Lemons experience. I got a good laugh out of the extras at the end too.
Enjoyed that one. Their ability to fail never ceases to impress me. And why is it that I can not mentally reconcile the Ratsun with being a California car? Why would they ever start with a rust bucket with what they have to chose from?
BTW - Roadkill is now a paper magazine as well. I bought the first issue. Not bad.
NOHOME wrote: Enjoyed that one. Their ability to fail never ceases to impress me. And why is it that I can not mentally reconcile the Ratsun with being a California car? Why would they ever start with a rust bucket with what they have to chose from?
The Rotsun is not a California car. It's from Washington. And they bought it because it was $500 and had a souped-up 4.3L and 5-speed already in it. The plan was to compete in LeMons as it was and then it failed at the autocross so they got silly with the turbo setup to get revenge on the Kia. And then murdered the engine.
In reply to NickD:
They say a few times in the last episode that it came with an engine that they sold for $400 to swap in the 4.3.
I have to say the last few Roadkill episodes have been disappointing, but this one was awesome!
After watching that I added LeMons to my bucket list. Great episode.
In reply to 2002maniac:
Yeah, I was really starting to worry that the sponsorship by Dodge really was a sell out but this last episode is making me think otherwise.
In reply to bgkast:
They say in the first episode that it appears in (Episode 25) that it came with a stock 4.3L/5-speed and they purchased it for $500 from White Flag Racing (Same guys that sold them the 350-swapped Jaguar aka The Draguar). They yanked that 4.3L to put in a built 4.3L that they had floating around from an article back in '03-'04
In reply to singleslammer:
I don't get the whole Dodge sellout thing. Freiburger is primarily a Mopar guy, so it makes sense that they are going to play with some Dodges. In fact, I'm surprised that the Crop Duster was the first Dodge since episode 7. And that episode seemed to have zero Dodge corporate sponsorship. The only episode I could say that Dodge really had a hand in was the Hellcat episode and the magazine tests new cars all the time. Plus, that test was pretty silly and I'm surprised Dodge even let them do the tings they did.
BlueInGreen44 wrote: After watching that I added LeMons to my bucket list. Great episode.
+1
In reply to NickD:
That's the engine they built way back that made about 350hp for Hot Rod Magazine? I get the whole MORE POWER thing but that car really didn't need a turbo... it needs so much other work. Ugh.
pres589 wrote: In reply to NickD: That's the engine they built way back that made about 350hp for Hot Rod Magazine? I get the whole MORE POWER thing but that car really didn't need a turbo... it needs so much other work. Ugh.
Isn't doing things that don't make sense just because it's fun and because they can the whole premise of the show?
Although their definition of fun is a bit different than mine sometimes.
Roadkill is the reason for my 650 mile adventure over the weekend, and why it made it home under it's own poeer despite bad steering box. They inspire me to have fun, not perfect cars. Jyst like the grm challenge guys do. Without those two influences, I wouldn't be doing the stuff I do Today with cars.
In reply to Appleseed:
Will watch soon. Is this the first installment of the "free in a month, watch now if you pay for it" setup?
I'm still concerned about Chrysler's sponsorship taking it over and ruining it.
I liked it.
In reply to gamby:
I'm waiting with baited breath.
the best part is a second episode coming out the 25th on the non pay channel!
In reply to pres589:
I think it made like 300 N/A horsepower. But then they put a Vortech blower on it and pushed 525hp before it squeezed a head gasket.
NickD wrote: The only episode I could say that Dodge really had a hand in was the Hellcat episode and the magazine tests new cars all the time. Plus, that test was pretty silly and I'm surprised Dodge even let them do the tings they did.
Unfortunately for me that was the first episode I watched. That made me not want to watch any other episodes as it was frankly just stupid. But it seems like I just happened across a particularly dumb episode and will give them another try.
It made me really pine for Lemons again.
Also, I have always dismissed non factory turbo's for Lemons, saying that they were too complicated to implement that inexpensively while still being reliable.
I saw them passing cars with tons of power about mid-episode, and I was taken aback. Had I been wrong? That car was silly fast on the straights with a very lackluster engine.
Then it failed. Then it failed again. Then it failed again. So I am vindicated.
Still looked really fun though.
The Rotsun makes me feel a lot better about PseudoSport's Datsun Z that we turned into a Lemons car. We made 300+ laps with a front bearing failure as our only real issue.
Great episode though! And they nailed the experience.
Oh that was great! I gotta get LeMons racing now. 
T.J. wrote:NickD wrote: The only episode I could say that Dodge really had a hand in was the Hellcat episode and the magazine tests new cars all the time. Plus, that test was pretty silly and I'm surprised Dodge even let them do the tings they did.Unfortunately for me that was the first episode I watched. That made me not want to watch any other episodes as it was frankly just stupid. But it seems like I just happened across a particularly dumb episode and will give them another try.
I like that episode. But yeah, try some of the other ones. The episode where they build the General Mayhem is pretty GRM-y. The autocross episode is great fun too, as they autocross a lot of cars that should not be autocrossed.
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