>live in Yurop
>Want pic related
>Corvettes are ridiculously expensi, even salvage ones
Are there any other vehicles you could give this treatment? RX8's come to mind, but I can't think of any other (older) cars that'd fit the bill.
ill be buying an RX8 next year. Other wisem, just buy a BMW within your budget. ALready RWD and manual.
>>15134618
volvo 240
>>15134630
And still have something that handles like a bucket of shit? No thanks.
>live in yurop
>rich
>this shit there is illegal
>>15134645
Theyre cheap and moddable. It may not handle great now but that could be remedied.
>>15134629
>>15134630
I'm kind of worried anything like this with five seats will look like shit.
A BMW compact (3 door) sounds like a good idea. A Volvo 240, not so much.
>>15134663
>Theyre cheap and moddable
Like literally anything else that isn't necessarily hamstrung with a flawed platform?
RX8s are unibody so no.
TVR? or some shitty kit car?
>>15134618
>Are there any other vehicles you could give this treatment?
You would need a car where the body panels aren't structural. You need a car built on a steel spaceframe chassis.
So unless you want to get a super car, your choices are:
C4 Corvette
C5 Corvette
C6 Corvette
C7 Corvette
1984-1988 Pontiac Fiero
1991-2002 Saturn S-series
2003-2007 Saturn Ion
just buy a pos c4 from mexico or canada and import it
>>15134676
What if I replaced the structural steel panes with a rollcage?
>>15134691
>just by a shitty car, ship it halfway across the world, and expect it to be cheaper after import taxes
no.
>>15134730
Doing that, you'll add more weight than the body panels did.
Again, a steel space frame is what you want.
IIRC, The Lotus Elise also uses a steel space frame.
Pontiac Fieros and Saturn's (pic is an early FWD S-series sedan) are still going to be the cheapest space frame cars you can get. You can pick them up for under a grand stateside, then import them to your country.
>>15134795
and what that Saturn looks like with everything attached
Stop lying, a runnin C4 with 100k km is like 6-7k€. If you think that's expensive you don't have the money to transform it into the vette cart anyway.
>>15134814
>money to transform it into the vette cart anyway.
Like what? Sawzall blades? A dumpster? Looks pretty budget friendly to me.
>>15134618
Miata you uncultured swine
>Exocet
>>15135018
That'd be underpowered as fuck.
>>15134676
What about the Solstice and Sky? Those are spaceframe, right.
>>15135135
nope. Those are unibody. Body panels are structural.
>>15135139
Are you trying to ruse me Stolen Recaros
>>15134618
Some TVR's and Lotus's would do it
![wimmer-rs-ariel-atom-3-05[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JC5xuj8.jpg "wimmer-rs-ariel-atom-3-05[1].jpg")
Ariel Atom obviously - just buy somebody's half finished project and wrap it up.
>>15135146
No ruse. The body panels on the Kappa cars are actually structural. Those pics were only made to show the mechanicals of the chassis with a lot of the structure cut out to make it easier to see.
The body panels were required in order to pass a crash test.
On a true space frame car, a proper crash test could be conducted without the body panels on.
>>15135146
looks alot like the vette to me
>>15135159
If you say so
>>15135164
The easiest way to tell a unibody from a steel space frame is the material the body panels are made from.
On a unibody car, the strength is needed, so the panels are aluminum or steel, like on the Kappa cars.
On a steel spaceframe, since the body panels aren't structural, why make them weigh more than they have to? Plastic and fiberglass is cheaper than steel. Saturns (S-series and Ions) and Fieros all had plastic body panels and Corvettes had'have fiberglass body panels.
The Solstice was actually advertised heavily because a lot of the body panels unique to the Solstice had to be made through hydroforming (blasting the metal with water to attain the desired shape and structural strength) which was a very expensive process. Why go through such lengths if you're going to use a space frame?
>>15135208
What body panel is structural?
>doors
no
>front fenders
no
>hood
no
>trunklid
no
So you are saying the rear quarters are structural. Looking at >>15135146 it's pretty clear they aren't. You are pulling random stuff out of your ass.
>say something stupid anonymously on the internet
>someone points out you are wrong
>uh oh better start making up stuff to save face
>>15135316
>hurr durr it opens so it isn't structural
side impact crash test regulations would like a word with you.
>>15135342
What are you even talking about? What do crash tests have to do with whether a car is unibody or not? Crash bars in doors have nothing to do with the structural rigidity of the chassis. You have no idea what you are talking about.
>mfw europoors shitpost about GTR superiority day in and day out but can't afford a wrecked thirty year old Corvette
>>15135075
>an engine swap in what is basically a frame is hard
>150hp in a car that weighs 1k pounds is slow
>>15135631
>Implying it's not some weaboo Murilards shitposting about the GTR
European people generally like Corvettes. They're just hideously expensive here due to taxes.
>Tfw amerifat driving c5
>>15135631
>unironically spending money on a corvette
>>15134665
Done it with a compact, looks a bit shitty desu, awful proportions for a buggy
>>15134663
>buying a complete piece of shit
>justifying it because you can dump money into to make it drivable
No one cares Volvo fanboi
>>15134618
Get a diesel hatchback, you're in fucking Europe, god damn.
>>15134657
>live in yu kay
>rich
>this shit there and anything else you can do with a car is completely legal
feels gud mayne
>>15134676
>a car where the body panels aren't structural
So like every car?
>>15134676
>Europe
You don't get Pontiac or Saturn over here, and I doubt that many were imported
>>15141093
>body panels aren't structural
>like every car
>>15141093
>>15141105
We do get the Opel/Vauxhall versions of those cars though.
>>15141108
>>15141165
Name one
