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Here's a 'busa powered Starlet rally car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGIs91m9Vs
Here's one in a Swift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX3hFfOHqYc
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D'oh! I actually forgot that they're from the same manufacturer. With that said, I'm pretty sure you'd also be ok to run that in Rally America. NASA enacted a rule this year to allow frankenstein cars to compete, meaning motor & chassis from different manufacturers.
Here's a 'busa powered Starlet rally car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGIs91m9Vs
Here's one in a Swift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX3hFfOHqYc
Dave
Here's a 'busa powered Starlet rally car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGIs91m9Vs
Here's one in a Swift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX3hFfOHqYc
Dave
D'oh! I actually forgot that they're from the same manufacturer. With that said, I'm pretty sure you'd also be ok to run that in Rally America. NASA enacted a rule this year to allow frankenstein cars to compete, meaning motor & chassis from different manufacturers.
Here's a 'busa powered Starlet rally car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGIs91m9Vs
Here's one in a Swift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX3hFfOHqYc
Dave
Here's a 'busa powered Starlet rally car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeGIs91m9Vs
Here's one in a Swift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX3hFfOHqYc
Dave
.Never seen it in a starlet before...more popular swaps are the blacktop 20v or the 4AGE.
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A Metro? Really?
Logging road fun at best, but seriously, for an actual attempt at racing, start with something that is at least...well raced! You're not going to find any aftermarket support, so it would mean fabricating and doing the math for everything! Totally not worth it IMO. You can get a 85 GTI (A2 chassis are MUCH stiffer than rabbits, and as a number of rally drivers told me make a much better starting platform than the rabbit.) and be so much farther ahead... not to mention, you could buy stuff like... struts, brakes, all the crap you won't find for that hunk of Metro..
Logging road fun at best, but seriously, for an actual attempt at racing, start with something that is at least...well raced! You're not going to find any aftermarket support, so it would mean fabricating and doing the math for everything! Totally not worth it IMO. You can get a 85 GTI (A2 chassis are MUCH stiffer than rabbits, and as a number of rally drivers told me make a much better starting platform than the rabbit.) and be so much farther ahead... not to mention, you could buy stuff like... struts, brakes, all the crap you won't find for that hunk of Metro..
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A Metro? Really?
Logging road fun at best, but seriously, for an actual attempt at racing, start with something that is at least...well raced! You're not going to find any aftermarket support, so it would mean fabricating and doing the math for everything! Totally not worth it IMO. You can get a 85 GTI (A2 chassis are MUCH stiffer than rabbits, and as a number of rally drivers told me make a much better starting platform than the rabbit.) and be so much farther ahead... not to mention, you could buy stuff like... struts, brakes, all the crap you won't find for that hunk of Metro..
Logging road fun at best, but seriously, for an actual attempt at racing, start with something that is at least...well raced! You're not going to find any aftermarket support, so it would mean fabricating and doing the math for everything! Totally not worth it IMO. You can get a 85 GTI (A2 chassis are MUCH stiffer than rabbits, and as a number of rally drivers told me make a much better starting platform than the rabbit.) and be so much farther ahead... not to mention, you could buy stuff like... struts, brakes, all the crap you won't find for that hunk of Metro..
He got it for free, NOOB
But yeah, you are right. It's a first car. It wont be (nor could it if they wanted) going fast.
So yeah, very good point, though. I wish I had done a golf... haha
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drop a hayabusa motor in it
High compression super light 1300cc screaming motor in a stripped light body=FUN!!!!
Hell you can even turbo the damn thing and pull on every thing
DOH! Its already been said!!
High compression super light 1300cc screaming motor in a stripped light body=FUN!!!!
Hell you can even turbo the damn thing and pull on every thing
DOH! Its already been said!!
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