Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

In reply to chandler :

I think I do too. Only car more fun than an Imp is pictured below. Five times more reliable, and lots easier to source parts too.

TurnerX19 said:

LISCA autocross, Gateway National Recreation area, Brooklyn NY 1977.  1st in class

Paddock a little too close to the course area, or what?

TurnerX19 said:

In reply to chandler :

I think I do too. Only car more fun than an Imp is pictured below. Five times more reliable, and lots easier to source parts too.

Been there done that, x2.

In reply to Duke :

It wasn't a problem any time I ran there. On the other hand, sometimes the other runway at McGuire was kinda loud...

OK, the Fiat might have been marginally more reliable, but personally I love the Imp with the fire pump engine.

I know where there's one sitting in a British car repair shop lot in CT.

Doing a brake inspection.  Road tested vehicle, pulled wheels off, found this little guy huddled up on the caliper for warmth.

In reply to Gary :

After 16 years with one X1/9 and 9 years with four Imps, I can assure you the reliability difference is not "marginal". Granted my Imps were all Mk1, but they were super fragile. I later owned the Courier in photo.

This ain't right ....

In reply to NickD :

I'd kinda like to see the inside of those mufflers.  With the right plumbing, it would work.  Or, it is a cool internet fabrication.

Seeing the Imps reminds me of my Skoda. Mine wasn't this nice

Streetwiseguy said:

In reply to NickD :

I'd kinda like to see the inside of those mufflers.  With the right plumbing, it would work.  Or, it is a cool internet fabrication.

Not many vehicles to plumb it under. And isn't it redundant to push a turbo thru a muffler? My understanding is that some models have no muffler since the turbo control the sound well enough 

But it was very much this nice. Almost identical

I didn't appreciate those Skodas enough when they were for sale in Canada . . .

EvanB (Forum Supporter) said:

I don't know what is more concerning.  Someone swapped an RB into what appears to be a Peugeot 505, or why you are apparently looking for pictures of Peugeot 505s.

Google Image Search for "scott bitzer 505" gets this as the fourth hit.

P3PPY said:

Streetwiseguy said:

In reply to NickD :

I'd kinda like to see the inside of those mufflers.  With the right plumbing, it would work.  Or, it is a cool internet fabrication.

Not many vehicles to plumb it under. And isn't it redundant to push a turbo thru a muffler? My understanding is that some models have no muffler since the turbo control the sound well enough 

The idea was that it was a hidden turbocharging system.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Ahh. But still ... where do you stuff those??

"Mr. Hockey" and " The Great One."

In reply to Appleseed :

Not having grown up here in the 80's I only watched Red Dawn since Covid shutdown.  Hilarious.  Teenage angst wrapped up in commie hating patriotism.