Stupid Ideas Thread
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I'll start: how about taking a Porsche 924, taking out the Audi 4-banger, and swapping in an Audi i5?
How about putting in a turbo 13b 2 rotor inside an old 1954 Austin A40?
what about putting in a really big starter and battery to act as an emergency motor?
What if I took an FB and mounted an R26B in the trunk?
>>14207463
As it turns out, some madman actually did this with a 944: http://www.944-20v.nl/
How about removing the 2JZ from a MkIV Supra and putting in a turbo 1FZ-FE.
>>14207553
u mean UZ right?
>>14207562
No
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_FZ_engine
>>14207576
im sure you did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5k1ntJNBU
>>14207585
I agree that's some good craftmnship but I can't get over the prospect of a 4.5L aluminium I6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSr6pI8QrJY
>>14207662
Isn't the 1FZ really fucking heavy? As in, "any power advantage it might give you is not worth the ridiculous added weight" heavy?
>>14207689
"Stupid Ideas Thread"
>>14207715
True.
quad turbo jag xj series 3
twin turbo 928
with the 3 speed auto
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>>14207662
>1FZ is aluminium
wait a second that changes everything
is it lighter than a JZ?
>>14207463
Or you could just buy a decent 944 turbo and not have a cobbled together POS
>>14208097
but 944 tarbos are kinda rare and much more expensive
>>14207766
They weigh about 700-800lbs depending on variant/year.
Ever since I saw photos of this fucking thing, I've been wondering about how this thing would ride, and how fast. In case its hard to see, those are two supercharged Sportster engines, each with their own supercharger, mounted as to make the engines part of the structural integrity of the frame. Central hub steering and all that.
The problem: The builder, Arlen Ness, built this in 1987. Never rode it. Only used as a showbike.
My question: Sportsters are pretty cheap if you buy them wrecked but running. The frame can be rigged up for far cheaper then it could back in 1987, we have much better equipment now. They even make supercharger kits for them now so you don't need to go batshit with the fabrication. Rough guess, you could get one of these built for you for about 40,000$-60,000$, which falls into the average price of a high-end motorcycle.
What stops some chrome-dazzled idiot with a big wallet from building one of these and riding it? What would it ride like? Could it even move without pulling itself apart? How could one improve it?
>>14211822
Looks like a one-way ticket to Valhalla.
Yes.
>>14211831
The custom motorcycle scene, especially for power choppers, is basically what Mad Max would look like if George Miller took copious amounts of meth daily.
This is a Sidewinder. Its a 427ci V8 out of a 1971 Can-Am ZL-1 (Camaro) with a 10-71 blower. This thing actually sees dragstrip time, and the builder has made quite a few of them.
>>14211888
What a glorious machine.
almost anything from roadkill
best one so far imo has been the olds 455/eldorado trans in the bed of the wankel truck
