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Throatwarbler posted:A much heavier iron block V8 that made 230hp would have been very different? It would probably have been worse. I'm still not sure why they didn't try a turbo Mitsubishi 6G7 in it. I guess they probably didn't want to deal with repackaging an engine that wasn't theirs
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I owned a first year 300M. Gold. Chrome wheels. It was a great commuter car when it worked.
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Hey, well, if you stuck a hellcat engine and a six speed in a prowler it would be fairly cool. A PT cruiser is always going to be a PT cruiser.
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Throatwarbler posted:A much heavier iron block V8 that made 230hp would have been very different? It would probably have been worse. ~80 more ft/lbs of torque, a real transmission, a simplified drive train, a larger fuel tank, and an actual rear differential. It wouldn't be a night and day comparison, but it would be a significantly better vehicle that its target audience wouldn't automatically hate E: why am I defending Chrysler design decisions? I mean, the Howler was Plymouth trying to save their roadster, and themselves, the cheapest way possible, but I may be having a small stroke to care this much about the book of "what could have been" that Chrysler is still writing The Door Frame fucked around with this message at 06:49 on Jul 15, 2016 |
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Chop the back off the PT and make it into a PT-amino, then put a rotary in it.
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Saw this just parked on the street in Bethesda tonight. Hertz, donut?
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Those are actually surprisingly rare, I've seen one at a cars and coffee meet up in NSW once. They made ~1000 of them specifically for Hertz, apart from being marked GT350H in that color scheme there's nothing special that makes them different from any other ~1966 GT350. To quote wikipedia; quote:A deal was made with the Hertz Corporation to offer ~1,000 G.T. 350s for rental that, after their rental-car lives were finished, were returned to Ford, refurbished, and sold to the public as "G.T. 350H" models. Most Hertz cars were black with gold LeMans stripes and rocker panel stripes, although a few were white with blue stripes. The first 85 Hertz cars were available with four-speed manual transmissions and Hertz advertised them as "Rent-a-Racer" cars. During rental, these cars were sometimes used as production class cars at SCCA events, and were rumored to have been returned to Hertz with evidence of roll bars being welded in. Ford pushed another 800 models on Hertz with black paint, gold stripes and black interior, as well as automatic transmissions. If it's got a manual it's one of 85 
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Jul 15, 2016 08:10
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For sale in Germany for 9000 Euros:   Claimed 800hp
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Memento posted:How are these things running away like that? Every quad bike or UTV I've ever ridden/driven has a pretty effective setup where if you're not on the throttle they stall out.
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Farmland Park posted:For sale in Germany for 9000 Euros: Racing trucks are cool as gently caress
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I took my son to see truck racing at Donnington a couple of years back. Apart from the genuinely awe-inspiring spectacle of 20+ trucks thundering past at 100mph wheel to wheel we saw one truck driving through the paddock on fire with someone hanging off the side keeping the fire low with an extinguisher. They then swapped cylinder heads in about 5 minutes, 2 blokes with 1" air impact guns and fireproof gloves.
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Jul 15, 2016 10:19
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Stubby Bob is back.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVs_xZ46Cxw
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Collateral Damage posted:Stubby Bob is back. This is one of the episodes that reminds you why you watch roadkill.
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davebo posted:Saw this just parked on the street in Bethesda tonight. Hertz, donut? I wonder if it still has its original engine.
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Collateral Damage posted:Stubby Bob is back. 5 seconds in and I'm like "holy poo poo..." 
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neckbeard posted:5 seconds in and I'm like "holy poo poo..." Roadkill is the sole reason I gave in and got MT On Demand. Stubby Bob is a straight up Mad Max vehicle, and the build up to the wheelstand was amazing.
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I wasn't kidding. Roadkill had been a little ho-hum for several episodes, but Stubby Bob's resurrection is now in my top three favorites.
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Yeah this episode was back to classic Roadkill madness instead of the bland "watch us halfheartedly thrash a dodge" stuff.
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Yeah, the Stubby Bob episode was glorious. The next one, with the Buick, is kind of a real huge letdown though 
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Collateral Damage posted:Yeah this episode was back to classic Roadkill madness instead of the bland "watch us halfheartedly thrash a dodge" stuff. I think since they've gotten bigger, they've ended up with way more stuff on their plate, and sometimes they have issues coordinating anything epic because of it. That, and coordinating to make epic videos when the two of them live on totally opposite sides of the country. As it is, I live about 10 minutes from Finnegan, and would volunteer my services as a Freiburger stand-in.
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new episode of Chris Harris Drives - Ferrari F12tdf http://www.topgear.com/videos/chris-harris-drives/chris-harris-drives-ferrari-f12tdf
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Godholio posted:I wonder if it still has its original engine. Funny you mention that because I came into work today and showed it to someone and he was like oh yeah a friend of my dad rented one of those once and swapped the engine with the V6 in his Mustang then returned it. I was like, that's a pretty lovely thing to do and he just laughed and said yeah. I guess after 50 years it's just a funny story to tell and that guy is probably dead now anyway.
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davebo posted:Funny you mention that because I came into work today and showed it to someone and he was like oh yeah a friend of my dad rented one of those once and swapped the engine with the V6 in his Mustang then returned it. I was like, that's a pretty lovely thing to do and he just laughed and said yeah. I guess after 50 years it's just a funny story to tell and that guy is probably dead now anyway. I like fables too.
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davebo posted:Funny you mention that because I came into work today and showed it to someone and he was like oh yeah a friend of my dad rented one of those once and swapped the engine with the V6 in his Mustang then returned it. I was like, that's a pretty lovely thing to do and he just laughed and said yeah. I guess after 50 years it's just a funny story to tell and that guy is probably dead now anyway. Be kinda hard to swap the V6 out of a Mustang from that era. 
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Be kinda hard to swap the V6 out of a Mustang from that era. Edit: Oh, because it was an inline not a V. But Hertz engine swaps were definitely a thing.
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davebo posted:Funny you mention that because I came into work today and showed it to someone and he was like oh yeah a friend of my dad rented one of those once and swapped the engine with the V6 in his Mustang then returned it. I was like, that's a pretty lovely thing to do and he just laughed and said yeah. I guess after 50 years it's just a funny story to tell and that guy is probably dead now anyway. And that man's name? Albert Einstein.
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Godholio posted:Edit: Oh, because it was an inline not a V. Yeah my bad those were inline back then. Reminds me of the guys in 2008 that rented the Hertz C6 Corvette then put Nos in it to see if a $500 car could beat the GT-R in a 1/8 mile race which didn't go well with no launch control.
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Godholio posted:But Hertz engine swaps were definitely a thing.
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InitialDave posted:I thought it was racers? Hire the Shelby, crane the engine into your car, run the race, swap it back? I've heard both, but it's a bit before my time.
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davebo posted:Yeah my bad those were inline back then. I'll never not post this upon mention of spraying a rental. http://www.ag.auburn.edu/users/parmega/articles/neon/
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Clarkson flaying a rental through new zealand was one of his high points on top gear too. Even though it was staged in the sense the whole thing was pre-arranged it was pretty fun to watch him obliterate the car.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I'll never not post this upon mention of spraying a rental.  This is like poetry.
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neckbeard posted:5 seconds in and I'm like "holy poo poo..." If Immortan Joe is the guy carrying the war boys through the gates of Valhalla, then it's Freiburger and Finnegan who will be waiting for them on the other side of said gates. Holy poo poo.
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Stubby Bob vs Miss Daisy GO
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xzzy posted:Clarkson flaying a rental through new zealand was one of his high points on top gear too. Even though it was staged in the sense the whole thing was pre-arranged it was pretty fun to watch him obliterate the car. FYI - if you do rent a car in New Zealand, make sure you get the Corolla like Clarkson did. I was there in March and rented a Yaris - going through the mountains on the south island those things sure as poo poo aren't the fastest cars in the world.
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I know a guy who helps out with the local FSAE team and the supervising prof just got this thing:
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Crustashio posted:I know a guy who helps out with the local FSAE team and the supervising prof just got this thing: I don't supposed there's a program for CompSci students to get our hands on a Stratos? Asking for a friend.
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Maybe most people know this already, but I just found out: Finnegan has his own Youtube channel where he fucks about in his garage working on stuff: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1IdPylqngGiuHFLJqHbG_g It's pretty good. Not Roadkill good, but highly entertaining.
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Artemis J Brassnuts posted:Chop the back off the PT and make it into a PT-amino, then put a rotary in it. Close enough?  If not, have these instead    Wheelstander! Somehow, a more badass wheelstander! There's also a 6 wheeled, jet powered PT Cruiser dragster but I couldn't find any decent shots of it. Same thing regarding the PT Cruiser I've seen here in NY built into a big block dirt modified. Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Jul 16, 2016 |
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Eh, it's a tube chassis wheelie kart with a PT-cruiser shaped fiberglass shell. Still pretty cool, but not 'PT Cruiser Doing a Wheelie' cool.
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