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Javelin SuperDork
2/15/12 3:34 p.m.

dean1484 wrote: This is just nuts. I especially like it when he cuts down the turbo to re size it to his needs. 88 Mk1 Caddy - adaptormans turbo project http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=readersrides&action=display&thread=43734 There is also a twin engine escort or something that got started but has died for the moment on that board as well.

Yeah, sorry. I just wasted a few hours reading that whole thread, and while it is epically sized, there is no "build" going on. I counted seven popped motors by the guy! Cool idea, great work ethic, non-existent engineering.

92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
2/17/12 4:49 p.m.

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333749

Builder said: So onto the car. It started life as a long wheel base quattro which i then shortened and hacked about into something to use for hillclimbs and racing.

Sure... no big deal. I'll just shorten it.

ronholm Reader
2/17/12 11:45 p.m.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=333749
Builder said: So onto the car. It started life as a long wheel base quattro which i then shortened and hacked about into something to use for hillclimbs and racing.
Sure... no big deal. I'll just shorten it.

seriously

Some really strange choices and ideas... and plenty of money to spend in weird places... but dang.. very interesting.

kingbeann New Reader
3/6/12 9:06 a.m.

This may not qualify as "epic", in that there is no rear mounted LSx or anything, but this probably resonates with many on here who are interested in building a track rat in their garage. This is a Mk2 Golf build by someone in the UK to drive on the Nurburgring. No affiliation, just stumbled across this on VWVortex.

Unfortunately I found that you do have to register for the site to view this. I thought it was worth it.

Not everything in this build is done the same way a pro shop would do it, more shadetree than pro.

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4cylndrfury UltimaDork
7/18/12 3:36 p.m.

Not sure if this RWD Jetta racecar from the vortex ever made it into this thread...builder hasnt posted an update since January, but its still a badass thread!

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?4291629-Build-RWD-Jetta-PIC-HEAVY/page1

CNC Pr0n anybody?

slantvaliant Dork
7/18/12 4:02 p.m.

ORR Land Yacht : Twin Turbo 500 in a Fleetwood.

4cylndrfury UltimaDork
7/27/12 1:03 p.m.

bumping this...not sur eif it belongs in the build threads section since a majority are from other boards, but thought it ought to go there personally. If others agree, Mods, please move this thread

corytate Dork
7/27/12 9:57 p.m.

oh I hate you guys for this.
I already spend way too much time on teh internetz looking at cars.

Adrian_Thompson Dork
8/7/12 9:36 a.m.

You guys are gonna love this, the most pointless engine swap ever.

Take one Miata, remove the perfectly good Mazda engine and manual trans to replace it with a late 70’s early 80’s Ford Essex V6 and auto box!! Sourced from a Reliant Scimitar at that!!!

92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
9/18/12 10:33 a.m.

Dan [sac] of "FrankenProbe" fame strikes again!

http://forums.probetalk.com/showthread.php?t=1701310615

Javelin MegaDork
9/18/12 10:55 a.m.

In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:

Hot dog, that was a killer build!

92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
9/18/12 11:00 a.m.

Yep, Dan doesn't berkeley around.

4cylndrfury UltimaDork
9/18/12 11:07 a.m.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: Dan [sac] of "FrankenProbe" fame strikes again! http://forums.probetalk.com/showthread.php?t=1701310615

DaewooOfDeath Dork
9/19/12 12:11 a.m.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: You guys are gonna love this, the most pointless engine swap ever. Take one Miata, remove the perfectly good Mazda engine and manual trans to replace it with a late 70’s early 80’s Ford Essex V6 and auto box!! Sourced from a Reliant Scimitar at that!!!

"I will take fun and make frump."

4cylndrfury UltimaDork
10/22/12 9:16 a.m.

sweet jesus...Dans selling the RWD PGT...before it ever moves an inch under its own power? I am the kind of guy who has a hared time parting with a car...ever. I miss my 90 cavalier and 95 Corolla, and those were beat-to-death daily's that I couldnt afford to fix anymore. I could bever imagine selling a project. Ever...let alone, one executed so cleanly, before I even finished it.

does not compute

92CelicaHalfTrac MegaDork
10/22/12 9:28 a.m.

4cylndrfury wrote: sweet jesus...Dans selling the RWD PGT...before it ever moves an inch under its own power? I am the kind of guy who has a hared time parting with a car...ever. I miss my 90 cavalier and 95 Corolla, and those were beat-to-death daily's that I couldnt afford to fix anymore. I could bever imagine selling a project. Ever...let alone, one executed so cleanly, before I even finished it. does not compute

This is the second RWD Probe he's done this with.