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MattD1zzl3 posted:One thing i dont understand is if the PT cruiser is basically a lifted, body kitted Neon, why dont you see more SRT-4 aftermarket goodies slapped onto them? Plenty of kids got them from dear old dead grandma or as a hand-me-down. If i saw a PT cruiser turbo on crazy boost putting out 500 horsepower, i'd absolutely lose it The PT Cruiser has a much smaller, cramped engine bay due to the "retro-styled" nose. Packaging is difficult, and most PT owners aren't performance types anyway. There are other platforms that used the 2.4 that don't have that restriction, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78InPT4iqlw
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I think that might be the only dodge caravan worthy of the awesome thread. Ever. (well alright, the jet powered one is pretty cool too)
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May 18, 2014 06:24
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kastein posted:(well alright, the It's AWD; stock powertrain in front, helicopter engine powering the rear wheels. 
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kastein posted:I think that might be the only dodge caravan worthy of the awesome thread. Ever. This one? http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJyAA0oPAwE quote:The air inlet draws from the cabin; so I have to keep both windows down and the sunroof open, or it'll suck me dry.  And then there's this: quote:Here's my wife's Honda Metropolitan scooter. She wants it to go faster than 40 mph. So I have these two little JFS 100 jet engines and I am thinking how to put them on the scooter. Engines are 50 lbm each so weight is an issue. Will probably use air-start with a carbon fiber tank of compressed air. That saves weight since batteries will then not be needed.   I can't even... 
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Pretty sure he means this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R2EmW-00d4 Also, if we're talking about crazy turbocharged Chrysler products, well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYuo5pUqnZ8
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May 18, 2014 07:11
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Yeah, that's the one. 7.65 1/8th mile. In a loving minivan with the side sliders open (for airflow to the engine, naturally.) That man is a maniac.
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May 18, 2014 07:37
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kastein posted:Yeah, that's the one. The whole turbine power thing is cool, but wouldn't a 7.65 1/8th mile equate to something like 12 or 13 seconds in the quarter?
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May 18, 2014 08:14
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Linedance posted:The whole turbine power thing is cool, but wouldn't a 7.65 1/8th mile equate to something like 12 or 13 seconds in the quarter? It probably keeps accelerating, so faster than that. Remember, the slowest part is the start
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May 18, 2014 08:42
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He was on his brakes for half that 1/8th as well.
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May 18, 2014 09:54
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Geirskogul posted:Here's a guy who's a fan of the Dodge Neon, pretty terrible: http://www.ajquick.com/ You ever driven a first gen Neon RT? Hilariously fun little car.
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May 18, 2014 13:28
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 http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/4476120896.html All the greatness of a pt cruiser and a HHR mixed with an 89 Blazer.
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May 18, 2014 16:45
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Linedance posted:The whole turbine power thing is cool, but wouldn't a 7.65 1/8th mile equate to something like 12 or 13 seconds in the quarter? I think that is pretty respectable for a minivan, seeing as stock c6 vette owners (LS3) were posting 1/8th mile times in the mid 8s... and yeah, he was on the brakes for a lot of that run.
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May 18, 2014 18:06
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Everytime I see jets on cars I think of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvF9e5kyjo
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May 18, 2014 18:49
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Everytime I see jets on cars I think of this.
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Minkee posted:
There's somebody trying to sell a classic VW Beetle with that exact same grill. Is it some sort of kit?
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angryhampster posted:You ever driven a first gen Neon RT? Hilariously fun little car. Yeah I was going to say I thought the old ACRs did pretty well for themselves autocrossing and such
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^^^  angryhampster posted:You ever driven a first gen Neon RT? Hilariously fun little car. I wanted (still kinda do) a first gen Neon ACR so bad when I found out about them. For all the poo poo the Neon gets they really were a ton of fun to toss around, the only one I've driven was a clapped-out beater 5spd that I test drove at a buy-here-pay-here. Probably the most fun car I drove all day but it had too many issues. e: I fuckin' love Colin Furze Terrible Robot fucked around with this message at 20:31 on May 18, 2014 |
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May 18, 2014 20:26
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Terrible Robot posted:^^^ I'd love a first gen r/t. Ex's brother had one he threw a bigish turbo on and it was hilarious fun.
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Sudden Infant Def Syndrome posted:Yeah I was going to say I thought the old ACRs did pretty well for themselves autocrossing and such As I recall Whiskas trolled the poo poo out of expensive car havers in his ACR (or maybe it was an R/T)
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May 18, 2014 20:37
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InitialDave posted:In one of their future challenges, the Top Gear Technology Centre needs to turn out to be colinfurze's shed. Clarkson wants to have his babies, May is horrified by everything they do, Hammond gets volunteered as test pilot. Hammond I think has sworn off rocket cars.
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Wasabi the J posted:Hammond I think has sworn off rocket cars. I can't imagine why.
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May 18, 2014 21:29
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Saw this down in Brighton after completing the London to Brighton Mini 2014 run today, not sure if I've posted this in the right thread or not.
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May 18, 2014 21:58
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That's got to be a Samurai chassis underneath that thing. Also, wrong thread.
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May 18, 2014 22:16
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Terrible Robot posted:That's got to be a Samurai chassis underneath that thing. Daihatsu F20/Taft/Wildcat apparently. Dressing a Daihatsu up as a Mini and taking it on a Mini run is pretty terrible car stuff.
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May 18, 2014 22:19
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Sounds like the jury is still out on that one then, fair enough. How about this one? 
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Does he just constantly refill his single chrome N2O tank? Or is it a show tank that he puts on there and when he actually goes out to rac--pfffFFF HAHAHAHAHA that car never actually sees anything other than the bed of a hauler, does it? Also, hydrogen embrittlement
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Geirskogul posted:Here's a guy who's a fan of the Dodge Neon, pretty terrible: http://www.ajquick.com/ AJ Quick is the AIest guy I've ever met. He lives in a loving warehouse stacked to the rafters with car parts, makes a living off of building hobbyist CNC machines with an even bigger CNC machine, and constantly posts wacky poo poo like his own DIY rotisserie out of two engine stands.  You can't bag on a guy like that.
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Boomerjinks posted:AJ Quick is the AIest guy I've ever met. He lives in a loving warehouse stacked to the rafters with car parts, makes a living off of building hobbyist CNC machines with an even bigger CNC machine, and constantly posts wacky poo poo like his own DIY rotisserie out of two engine stands. I feel like there should be a cow mounted to this thing.
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Boomerjinks posted:AJ Quick is the AIest guy I've ever met. He lives in a loving warehouse stacked to the rafters with car parts, makes a living off of building hobbyist CNC machines with an even bigger CNC machine, and constantly posts wacky poo poo like his own DIY rotisserie out of two engine stands. I did not know that. Just saw a bunch of neon pics and blogs with a quick scroll-through. My opinion has been changed.
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Geirskogul posted:There's somebody trying to sell a classic VW Beetle with that exact same grill. Is it some sort of kit? Yeah: google "WonderBug." I've seen the Ford and a Rolls-Royce front end kits, way back when (late '70's). Did someone mention dual engines? How about the '66 Olds Toronado with two 425ci motors? http://www.ronsusser.com/inventory.htm?id=1530 (link has a video)
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Terrible car stuff: the interior of a modern Mini. I drove a Cooper S yesterday and while I found the seat decent and the drivability fine, it was full of awful plastic. It looked like this except LHD: All that silver plastic? It's like the cheapest looking/feeling poo poo you've ever seen. I enjoyed *driving* it, but I didn't enjoy looking at the interior which was reminiscent of cheap Chinese toys. Everything creaked if you touched it, in that cheap plastic way. Next time I see Clarkson tapping around an American car and complaining about how cheap/poo poo it feels, I'm going to have a hard time not yelling at the TV. "WHAT ABOUT YOUR HALLOWED loving MINI, YOU SILLY oval office?" Now, the toggle switches for the windows, those were kind of cool I guess.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Next time I see Clarkson tapping around an American car and complaining about how cheap/poo poo it feels, I'm going to have a hard time not yelling at the TV. "WHAT ABOUT YOUR HALLOWED loving MINI, YOU SILLY oval office?" Nah, he'll just blame the Germans. There was a similar thing on an episode of Wheeler Dealers were Mike made fun of a 1984 Corvette's electrical system.
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May 19, 2014 03:29
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Mister Kingdom posted:There was a similar thing on an episode of Wheeler Dealers were Mike made fun of a 1984 Corvette's electrical system. This causes my wife and me to car sperg. Badly.
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Pham Nuwen posted:All that silver plastic? It's like the cheapest looking/feeling poo poo you've ever seen. I enjoyed *driving* it, but I didn't enjoy looking at the interior which was reminiscent of cheap Chinese toys. Everything creaked if you touched it, in that cheap plastic way. Not to mention all those crevices will be impossible to clean and remove dust in any reasonable amount of time. That is a colossally bad interior.
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xzzy posted:Not to mention all those crevices will be impossible to clean and remove dust in any reasonable amount of time. It was a fun car to drive, and it looks fine from the outside, but ye gods the inside. Holy christ, he says he likes it: http://www.topgear.com/uk/jeremy-clarkson/clarkson-mini-copper-s-2002-01-08 and yes, the 2002 version looks pretty much identical inside. Ah well, I don't really expect the man to have good car opinions, he mostly seems to make it up based on 1) Manufacturer name, 2) Country of origin, or 3) Contradicting what everyone expects him to say.
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Panty Saluter posted:This causes my wife and me to car sperg. How so? IIRC they were making fun of the awful Crossfire injection system.
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Fucknag posted:How so? IIRC they were making fun of the awful Crossfire injection system. I don't think it was limited to that but if you hail from the Land of Lucas you automatically forfeit all rights to make fun of any other country's electrics.
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I dunno, as bad as Lucas anything is, anything GM from about 1974-1996 (whenever the LS came out) is bad enough that I think anyone should be able to join in the fun. vv Those ones are so bad, I don't think I've ever seen one on the road.  vv
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Panty Saluter posted:This causes my wife and me to car sperg. Just think how bad it'd be if they were making fun of the '83 Vette.
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