I'm pretty happy. Second snap on item I've owned other than a screw driver
So I heard that back in the day, they would make fast cars out of aircraft drop tanks...
Brandon Fisher
Jack Cox
Cool, thanks for the info. I have a rusty ass Hyundai Elantra that I might want to harvest the parts off of once it dies. If you took such a dinky I4 and used it in a little drop tank car, would it be fast?
Caleb Walker
With your level of ability it would be a massive pain in the ass to get a modern fuel injected engine in a homemade car, it's not like legos. Would be much easier to do an aircooled VW engine or a motorcycle engine. Anything with more than 50hp will feel fast in a setup like that regardless of how fast it actually is, because it's an open cockpit, low to the ground, questionably built chassis.
Christian Ross
Okay, thanks for the dosage of realism.
So, hear me out, what if I could mount a lawnmower engine to a decently well put together chassis made from 2X4 studs? My main concern is that the engine wouldn't have enough torque to push it more than it would push a lawnmower. I understand wood fairly well as a material and wouldn't push it further than it could handle.
I ask this because the only way I ever seem to be able to learn something is through designing and building it myself. And the info I can find on car modification tends to be marketed at people who know lots more terminology than I do.
Wyatt Russell
inline 4 have been used in the before
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antiquemotorcycle.org
its just that a v8 can fit in the same length so why not
en.wikipedia.org
most modern wooden car I know of
it seems to handle 60 bhp just fine
Kevin Wilson
Thanks, it's unfamilliar to not be shit on here.
>why not
Because money. Unfortunately, I make $13.50/hr doing artisan quality work for a rich ass who drives a black Suburban.
Jayden Nelson
sounds like you want to build a cycle car
they can be super crude
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Gavin Flores
just sell it whole and get a hayabusa engine
Anthony Russell
It'd be cool, but for $1200 KBB value I'm better off driving it into the dirt. 260K miles and no major issues is decent when I don't have another DD.
I was considering selling and getting an okay Volvo wagon, but that invites much higher premiums on repairs I can't do myself.
I remember reading about a badass I4 that Oldsmobile made in the 90s but never put into production.
