SHS 0 Posted April 6, 2003 Quote: 300 Horse Horsepower on a Pinto...? SHS, you are officially in my "crazy" book now, lol!. I my day I was crazy I build some hot stuff Quote: Fly? Jet-propelled take-off is more like it... I bet you could pop a wheelie on that little buggy with that much motor & hp in it (Did you need wheelie-bars, or what??)! No not really she front end heavy but add iron in back got 50/50 and no I didn't need add wheelie-bars. Quote: Man... no doubt, you'd HAVE to with the torque generation off that motor on a unibody like that (was unibody, correct? I doubt a Pinto is full-frame vehicle, but you never know... tiny cars usually aren't!). Yes it was unibody there nothing a Mig welder couldn't fix and some iron so what I did weld in channel iron Quote: How much alteration to the motor mounts did you have to pull to drop a V8 in there man? Those Pintos, stock/oem, were what usually... 4 or 6 cylinder models, correct?? Like said must of the come form a newer Mustang II which had V8 in them so pick up HD motor mounts which eazy. Quote: Did you also have to alter the suspension to account for the added weight??? Same as above Quote: Just curious, that is a HEAVY mod of a car like that... no joke! eazy no heavy but she gaine a few pounds heheh. Quote: Good deal! Did you exchange just the hub & brake assemblies, or entire axles? Sounds like latter on rear, the WHOLE thing @ once from other vehicle... No it custom ford 9" rearend I order with dishbrake Share this post Link to post
Lotus 0 Posted April 7, 2003 Quote: * Hey, do they still make cycles w/ turbos on them, or is that outlawed now? I have seen those & they were FAST! Ready for this?! There is a company out there that specializes in turbo charged NOS kits for bikes. Yes I said turbo charged AND Nitrous. I'll try to get the name of the company later..I'm at work now. Could you imagine that? The bike in the article is a Suzuki Hayabusa and has 367 horsepower on the rear wheel! This bike can spin the tire even when at 150mph. Now THATS scary heh Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted April 7, 2003 Quote: Quote: * Hey, do they still make cycles w/ turbos on them, or is that outlawed now? I have seen those & they were FAST! Ready for this?! There is a company out there that specializes in turbo charged NOS kits for bikes. Yes I said turbo charged AND Nitrous. I'll try to get the name of the company later..I'm at work now. Could you imagine that? The bike in the article is a Suzuki Hayabusa and has 367 horsepower on the rear wheel! This bike can spin the tire even when at 150mph. Now THATS scary heh I saw "Ghostrider, The Final Ride" and at the end of it was some psycho doing wheelies at around 200mph on one of those bikes, but I don't know if it ran nitrous or not. Share this post Link to post
SHS 0 Posted April 7, 2003 You want REALLY scary try FULLBLOW drag bike hehe now that scary. But REALLY scary PART come in to play here the WIFE with BIG cast IRON frying PAN in her hand RUNRUNRUN for dear life Share this post Link to post
Lotus 0 Posted April 8, 2003 Just looked at the new cycle world, and it happens to have a turbo charged NOS kit in it. The bike is pretty sick...I'll try to grab the mag on my lunch break and scan the pic. It's pretty ruthless. Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted April 8, 2003 Quote: Just looked at the new cycle world, and it happens to have a turbo charged NOS kit in it. The bike is pretty sick...I'll try to grab the mag on my lunch break and scan the pic. It's pretty ruthless. Does it come with a matching coffin? Share this post Link to post
Jerry Atrik 0 Posted April 8, 2003 Quote: Quote: Just looked at the new cycle world, and it happens to have a turbo charged NOS kit in it. The bike is pretty sick...I'll try to grab the mag on my lunch break and scan the pic. It's pretty ruthless. Does it come with a matching coffin? too funny i know the guy who owns the wlsr for "open" motorcycle (or used to own it) 256 mph or sunthin around there had the priviledge of taking it down the 1/4 mile just to get a little feel. dual kawi 1100's with a very large turbo. 11.40's around 180 mph had quite the top end kick Share this post Link to post
Lotus 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Quote: Does it come with a matching coffin? Comes with a gas mask on the front of it hehe. The headlights shine through the goggle area and the breather is used for air intake I believe. Too funny! Share this post Link to post
Lotus 0 Posted April 10, 2003 Quote: I'd own one, if I was not afraid of dying on one... you know what I mean? I understand the fear factor to a certain degree. Heck when I first bought my bike off the showroom floor, I was scared as hell driving down the road at 35mph. It felt like 90mph at the time. Now I can drive as fast as I want and I feel very comfortable. The other side to that...most accidents happen because of someone goofing around. We just lost a guy in the next town for doing as such. He pulled a wheelie and lost control. He was thrown into the other lane into an on coming vehicle which..gulp...cut him in half. =( Probably didn't know what hit him. A bike is not a toy...It is a very powerful machine and needs to be respected as such. But...if you buy a bike to cruise around and not do what I do (wheelies, stoppies etc...) chances are you'll be fine. You do however need to keep a hawks eye on everything going on around you. That will get easier with more experience. I guess my point if any, is that a bike will do what you tell it to do. Just be sure you can handle what it does =) I tell my friend who is gonna try his first wheelie this year, "BABY STEPS!". Don't try to get a high or long wheelie your first try. Just lift the front tire a little and set it back down. Get used to what it feels like to have the bike at that angle. I played with wheelies for 2 years before I felt comfortable. Experience takes some time to attain. I feel like I am getting off track here hehe. I think everyone should try riding at least once in their life. It's a very rewarding and fun feeling. Don't let a bikes power scare you, just take the time to get used to it. On a last note..I have people asking me all the time why I do things like wheelies, stoppies and drive reel fast... "If you've never done it, you'll never know =)" Share this post Link to post
CUViper 0 Posted April 11, 2003 Ok, here's another Popular Science article to blow your socks off: Tuning Japanese I especially like the 1200HP Toyota Supra on the second page... Though the Civic on page 4 is damn impressive too - take a 1.8L 4-cyl Integra GS-R engine (~170HP stock) and turn it into over 600 HP!!! Share this post Link to post
CUViper 0 Posted April 11, 2003 Right now I'm driving an Integra. I would love to do some modifications to it, but alas, I am a poor college student... It's still a fun car to drive though, even stock. But I am much more interested in performance before looks. If I had the money for it, I would concentrate on making it fast first. I would love to be able to drive up next to someone with a bunch of aesthetic mods, like your hopped up Intrepid, and then burn them off the line. I guess the "sleeper" is more my style - they would never see me coming... Share this post Link to post
felix 0 Posted April 29, 2003 I want to see someone else try this!!! http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted May 1, 2003 Check this out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2412766618 Share this post Link to post
felix 0 Posted May 1, 2003 Um, In the pic showing the shaft standing upright, there's quite a bit of metal shavings on it. This guy writes quite well, I especially like the part about Great Britan, Australia etc and also the part that read something like Country Music is the Baptism Anthem of Lucifer himself. Amazing that there is a bid of $20 on it though. Nice find. Still like this one though. http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted July 15, 2003 Heh, my radar detector was stolen from my car on the 4th of July, along with the radio out of my inlaw's car. I bought the next version up from my old detector (I had an Escort Passport 8500, and got the SR7 and installed it myself) and an alarm (Viper 790xv, again I installed this myself). I had one car with a ton of audio gear in it, and when I had my alarm I never had an issue. So, I bought this one with the 2-way "Responder" transmitter (will page you if there's an issue, and can send/receive up to 1/4mi. away), and it's working out pretty well. I am going to finish up the remote start this week so I can fire up the A/C when I get ready to go out. Now, while an alarm isn't absolute protection by any means, it's definately a great deterrent. In addition, you can get a lockout module that wires up to several systems in your car and you get a "key" that you have to plug in before the car will even start, or prime the fuel pump, let alone go anywhere. Share this post Link to post
Jerry Atrik 0 Posted July 15, 2003 ummmm when i was talking to an ex car thief (wink wink) i learned the biggest deterrent to a car thief is when the car wont start after about 30secs of the car turning over without starting he will leave the best ignition/gas shutoff switches are the ones you devise. some criminals can be very resourceful at finding info on dissarming off the shelf and factory installed systems. the run of the mill car thief will be stopped with a good ignition/gas shutoff that activates with the alarm. the club and a audible alarm will deter the kids who just want a joyride Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted July 15, 2003 I was speaking of this actually: http://www.neverstolen.com/ Also, many alarms (such as mine, it was $235 w/o installation, about $500-$600 installed) have "fail-safe" starter kill relays. These relays are "normally closed" units, and are designed so that if the alarm dies, the car can still be started. Well, many thieves simply cut the power to the alarm, and the relay closes so they can start it. In my case, I have a "dummy brain" in the car as a decoy, and I have all the relays hidden all over the place in the dash. Plus, I am working on an ingnition/fuel kill setup to keep it from going anywhere. As for the theft deterrent, I was more concerned about the jackasses that break into cars because "they're there" and take stuff from them. Now, I am looking to harden the car from most attacks. Share this post Link to post
Jerry Atrik 0 Posted July 15, 2003 Quote: I was speaking of this actually:http://www.neverstolen.com/ Also, many alarms (such as mine, it was $235 w/o installation, about $500-$600 installed) have "fail-safe" starter kill relays. These relays are "normally closed" units, and are designed so that if the alarm dies, the car can still be started. Well, many thieves simply cut the power to the alarm, and the relay closes so they can start it. In my case, I have a "dummy brain" in the car as a decoy, and I have all the relays hidden all over the place in the dash. Plus, I am working on an ingnition/fuel kill setup to keep it from going anywhere. As for the theft deterrent, I was more concerned about the jackasses that break into cars because "they're there" and take stuff from them. Now, I am looking to harden the car from most attacks. excellent with the fake stuff. good antiTHEFT. on my old car i changed my fuse box to a breaker panel like in an airplane one of the breakers is the ignition cutoff, but works like a magneto where the car only starts when it is broken. as far as the run of the mill punk breaking into cars, i like the directional claymors in the doors Share this post Link to post
estupido 0 Posted October 6, 2004 This is for the few of you who left school to early for your own good. Rotary Engines Felix Wankel a German scientist first developed the rotary engine. His version wasn't very efficient but as per anything in this day and age people always try to improve stuff. The japanese version of this motor is in no way connnected to america in any way, so don't try and claim credit where it ain't due......do your homework before you post rubbish..... Still you guys do have some seriously fat cars bold text Share this post Link to post
