In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
Oh, I just saw it come up on Facebook and didn't remember seeing before. Oops.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
Oh, I just saw it come up on Facebook and didn't remember seeing before. Oops.
Today I win the internet. a little over 5 years ago I made this post in response to a pic of the Thundersaloon VW
Adrian_Thompson wrote:FlightService wrote:snipes wrote: found one you need to see...WTF is that?
Late 80's early 90's in the UK there was a popular top end club racing series known as Thundersaloons (translation Thundersedanss !!) that was basicaly a silhoutte formula. It gave rise to wacky cars like that beetle and Porsche 962 engined Ford Sierra cosworth's etc
That same pic got posted again today and I again remembered the Porsche engined Sierra Cosworth I mentioned 5 years ago. We'll now I've found a couple of pics to prove I wasn't nuts.
The Terry Nicholls owned, Gartrac built, Porsche engined Sierra. This Thundersaloon pumped out around 700 bhp from the ex-956 sportscar flat 6. See below for more details.
One very mean looking engine. Notice where the Spark Plugs are situated.
Not much space was available for maintenance once the engine was in place.
Sierra Porsche. "The Technical Nightmare"
These pics and the info below were posted by the original owner Rod Birley. I do remember seeing the car in action, I assume at Oulton Park as that was my closest circuit or it could have been at either Brands or Silverstone.
The Sierra Porsche debuted in 1989 and was a joint project between Terry Nicholls and myself. Gartrac built the body shell and grafted an air cooled Porsche 962, 700bhp 3.2 litre Flat Six turbo engine into the front. The air-cooled factor proved to be a problem, which manifested itself dramatically at Oulton Park.
Coming over Clay Hill just before Druids corner the car became airborne and shot across the track. The downdraft from the air cooler fan was causing a build up pressure under the front-engined car. Fortunately I managed to avoid a major incident.
Another problem we had was the fact that the spark plugs could not be changed easily because it had an engine which was designed to be in the rear fitted to the front. Also we could only ever achieve 4mpg.
Barry Williams joined me in the car at Snetterton and we actually led until a gearbox problem, costing £2000 to repair, forced us out near the end. At Zandvoort it was the fastest car down the old long front straight, topping 180mph, but it was not quite so nimble around the twisty bits. Sadly, after one disaster after another, the project ground to a halt within half-a-season as both Terry and I did not have the resources to carry on with the development.
The rolling shell went to Rob Cox, who fitted a 600bhp Pontiac engine and called it soon Black Thunder. It is now owned by Michael Bloomfield who campaigns the car with a V8 engine in the Europa Northern Sports & Saloons. The engine went to a Porsche collector in Sweden, a former bank manager. How ironic!
Somebody find me a box flared first gen s10. For reasons. 
In reply to Dusterbd13:
In reply to Flight Service:
Yeah, it would definitely be boxy. But how else to cram 395s on all four corners?
Adrian_Thompson wrote:Lancer007 wrote: An E30 with not only box flares, but a GM 3.5L V8 from an Indycar.I think this car was discussed many pages up this thread.http://youtu.be/Dy6noDemZ6o
Oooooohhhh I like that!
Petrolburner wrote:Adrian_Thompson wrote:Oooooohhhh I like that!Lancer007 wrote: An E30 with not only box flares, but a GM 3.5L V8 from an Indycar.I think this car was discussed many pages up this thread.
Link with info. 570hp!
http://www.team-edlinger.com/Racecar/Racecar1.php
I watched the video. Thing is a monster!! The louvers on the back just make it even more awesome!
This thread makes me happy, thanks for brining it back
Too many pages for me to see if it's already been posted...
In reply to Kia_Racer:
Awesome! Had one of these as a die-cast as a kid and still haven't gotten over it!
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I have a thing for these. 
'special Saloons' was a popular racing and a sprint/hillclimb class in the 70's-80's in the UK. Imps were favorites dues to their rear engine, light weight high revving engine and size etc. Box flares were almost de-rigueur
Some of them took the box flare to a whole new level.
Those Imps look awesome. I'd love to get my hands on one.
The Merc9 1970 Mercury Cyclone-based destroyer of worlds.
In reply to NickD:
Oh, yassssssssss.........
In reply to Kia_Racer:
Oh thats hot.
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