Just because you can swap a Suzuki Hayabusa engine into a Geo Spectrum, doesn’t mean you should, right? Well, this seller certainly ignored that advice.
Billed as being a “freshly ‘finished’ project” that does run and drive, the Geo still needs both the exhaust and …
Well it could be faster and get better MPG.
In reply to MyMiatas :
I didn't consider that. Sounds like an absolute win when you look at it that way.
I can't remember the last time I saw a Spectrum!!
You must shift it with the auto selector. One down four up. :0D A clutch pedal is present.
A Geo Spectrum? I don't know that I even knew that existed!
If you're on the spectrum, now you can be in it too!
brandonsmash said:A Geo Spectrum? I don't know that I even knew that existed!
Yep, it was the Chevy Spectrum until Geo was created. They made a sporty version of it, relatively speaking
I mean, I don't hate this.
I'd like to see more pics of the chain drive setup, and I think the price is "a tad" optimistic, but it would not be slow.
I've mentioned owing a 86 (or 87) CRX SI new... that's the pos we traded in on it!!!
A Briggs & Stratton would have been an upgrade!
SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) said:I can't remember the last time I saw a Spectrum!!
Same here–probably in my dorm parking lot.
seems like the wipers move kinda slow, which made me think: will the bike alternator support a car's electrical load?
also, ad says something like "stock CV's are coupled to a chain drive sprocket". i wonder if that means there's no diff.
Interesting idea, but I don't like the exhaust coming up straight out of the engine compartment. Has he no class? lol
I think just putting some better wheels on it will make the car more attractive and may make a gearhead jump on the deal.
Could they not have tilted the engine forward a bit more and cleared the hood? Or at least popped a hood scoop on it? :-/
I mean...exhaust running into the low pressure area at the base of the windshield won't instantly kill you. But if you don't even cut a hole in the hood, it might.
But otherwise the idea sounds kinda fun.
If anyone ever finds one of these, let me know.
I'll be the Debbie Downer:
The weight is a killer. Sure, the bike engine has ~200hp, but it's all at the high end. Getting the car off the line will be a chore, and hell on the tiny clutch. Bikes don't have flywheels, so clutch engagement will be a light switch. Sure, it'll eventually be fast but will get beat off the line by just about anything.
I got a ride in a BEC (Bike-Engine Car) Lotus "Seven" and even the experienced owner stalled it a bunch of times. Also, because there's no flywheel, it got into this odd oscillation at constant freeways speed, where the drive train would start this back and forth clunking, made worse by the driver's foot on the gas. Fun to drive for a hour maybe, but wasn't for me. That said, on-track, it could be a real blast... but on the street, not so much.
In reply to kb58 :
What bike engine was it running?
MyMiatas said:You must shift it with the auto selector. One down four up. :0D A clutch pedal is present.
That's brilliant
Somebody bought the car and made a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlxA5_kp83I
In reply to 2_3 :
Nice. Thanks for sharing. Good to know it didn't just disappear into obscurity.
Someone bought it for $3000. At least that is the last price listed.
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