The bad idea challenge.

Daeldalus said:

there is a Biturbo on winston-salem CL right now.

 

"motor doesn't spin from sitting." that does not sound good.

What?  A BiTurbo that doesn't run?  That sounds odd...(end sarcasm)

John Welsh said:

There must be a million odd combinations that are possible but there is one thing that has eluded The Challenge for all of its years:  

Maserati BiTurbo

I saw one for sale recently while on my quest for a new toy.

In reply to Brian :

I'll bet it has less than 50k miles (maybe less than 35k) and owner says it  just needs some TLC (though currently not running.) 

I'll bet asking $3,500-ish 

Ovid_and_Flem said:

MINE?  A Fiat 850, with 455 Buick wildcat drive train on 35" gumbo mudders painted teal and white like a 50s era Metropolitan

Mini with Ford v10 drivetrain on 31" all terrains painted white with lots of rust. 

I been thrown out of classier places

than Gainnesville.

Apple Cougar Mellonseed said:

Toyota Celica AWD engine and drivetrain in a classic Mini.

And then make a YouTube series about it. I'm sure it won't take too long

Miata with a 6.0 LS and AWD running 33" AT tires painted red...... Not all that crazy actually.

Browsing GRM when suddenly

I think you've come to right place

Already built for you.

Honda Civic hatchback grafted onto a Hyundai

https://ocala.craigslist.org/cto/d/honda-civic/6350355007.html

Stampie said:

GameboyRMH said:

Maybe give it an extra long front and put the engine in front of the body and behind the front wheels? Good for balance and it'll look badass...

Edit: Project name: Smart Rod.

It'd be the only smart rod in my possession. 

You'd be the first man with a Smart Rod!

See this thread

One of many containing bad ideas...

Ovid_and_Flem said:

Sorta like picking your porn star name.

1.  Smallest car you've ever owned.

2, Largest or most powerful street legal drive train you've ever driven.

3. Biggest wheels/ tires you've had on a vehicle

4. Color/paint scheme of car you first learned to drive

COMBINE FOR CHALLENGE BUILD

 

MINE?  A Fiat 850, with 455 Buick wildcat drive train on 35" gumbo mudders painted teal and white like a 50s era Metropolitan

Miata, Volvo B5254T4 from an 04 V70R, 31" AT's, painted dark green.

I thought this was for bad ideas... 

Create an "updated" Hurst Hairy Olds using a late '80s Calais or early '90s Acheiva.

Or finish this.

What could possibly go wrong?

Stampie said:

Already built for you.

Honda Civic hatchback grafted onto a Hyundai

https://ocala.craigslist.org/cto/d/honda-civic/6350355007.html

Stampie said:

Already built for you.

Honda Civic hatchback grafted onto a Hyundai

https://ocala.craigslist.org/cto/d/honda-civic/6350355007.html

So the "creator" of that thing has willingly gone 125 in it repeatedly.

Everything about it (including the ad) literally screams: "DRUGS ARE BAD!!"

Ovid_and_Flem said:

Sorta like picking your porn star name.

1.  Smallest car you've ever owned.

2, Largest or most powerful street legal drive train you've ever driven.

3. Biggest wheels/ tires you've had on a vehicle

4. Color/paint scheme of car you first learned to drive

COMBINE FOR CHALLENGE BUILD

 

MINE?  A Fiat 850, with 455 Buick wildcat drive train on 35" gumbo mudders painted teal and white like a 50s era Metropolitan

Miata, power stroke drive train(yes, I'll argue a power stroke is more powerful than the few exotics I've driven), 33" mud terrains, forest green. 

Not impossible just expensive, but I'd drive the hell out of it. 

https://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/d/gel-metro-convertible-chevy/6366792152.html

https://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/d/1987-dodge-shelby-charger/6366591520.html

https://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-vw-golf-18-turbo/6355750269.html

All fantastically bad great starting points

https://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/d/2003-audi-a6-27t-quattro-4dr/6362226578.html

https://boston.craigslist.org/sob/cto/d/2001-audi-s4-manual/6340752113.html

This is to good to be true and can you say crank walk?

https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/d/1990-mitsubishi-eclipse-gst-5/6342706928.html

Any gutless GM 80’s FWD, stock. Slicks. No suspension refresh. All budget is toward ensuring the engine and trans survive. Why a bad idea? Because several laps in for any chump style race will be hell. Baracalounger seats with no bolstering. A wicked huge steering wheel. A five point harness that some how wrangles that bench seat. Steering ratio comparable to a battleship. Acceleration nearing dangerous. Brakes that are overwhelmed at even pedestrian speeds. An autox course workers nightmare. A driver’s demise. 

To be a truly bad idea I think you would have to pair something with decent performance but questionable decision, like an AMC v8 or Buick nailhead, with an obviously non-optimal transmission, like a T5 or 50's Ford 3-speed with overdrive and drop it into something like a Miata, except with something archaic that might have potential like Sprint car axles and suspension. No one would know if you were a genius or an idiot, even after you ran, but you would be talked about forever.

Andy Neuman said:

Turning an old Jaguar into a FWD honda powered automobile is one of my favorite bad ideas. Think of the reliability and MPG you would be adding to the Jaguar. 

But your drivers's side window would still fall out of it's tracks at a stoplight.

The diesel Miata that was floating around here years ago was one!!