I love mid-engined cars in most any guise, but if you have a small hatchback
with a high powered engine caged in the back seat, sign me up! Got rally
heritage, all the better. Bat Sh!! insanity, a must. I do prefer AWD in a
hatch, but there are not a lot of good sources for a cheap donor mid-engine
AWD drivetrain.
Renault has some fun ideas, the RS 2000 fits the bill, my computer wall
paper is even an MG Metro works rally car. I do think that the recent VW
GTi with the Veyron engine may be starting to push the envelope;)
Drew
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From: David Booker [mailto:tncarnut1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:32 PM
To: 'Michael Rowe'; 'spridgets'; Andrew Payne
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] look at this and tell me why?
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Andrew Payne <andrewpayne@intrex.net> wrote:
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/photos/89Shogun_shell.shtml
I remember when the Shoguncame out. If I remember right, they have a Taurus
SHO engine stuffed back there - what a blast it must be to drive one. Same
idea as an R5 Turbo or Renault Sport Clio V6... I knew a guy in Nashville
who flipped the transaxle upside down, turned it around backward and mounted
a big-bore micro bus motor in the middle of his Beetle - He generally took
FTD at every autocross he attended. Also have seen a similarly thought out
original Mini with a VTEC Honda engine mounted in the back seat driving the
rear wheels. I love hot-rodded little cars - if I only had the time and the
welding skills...
David Booker
'71 Midget
Long Island
From: Andrew Payne <andrewpayne@intrex.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] look at this and tell me why?
To: "'Michael Rowe'" <mdrowe@optonline.net>, "'spridgets'"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 9:08 AM
Much more eloquent than my response of, "why not?" These cars are not coach
built Bugattis, they are not rare. While I don't want to see one mounted on
a sign or used as a planter, this is fun. I'm sure that there will be
people who think I'm crazy when I drop a big 'ole in the back of a Festiva.
But it just sounds like fun to me.
Drew
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People like us who are a little whacky should understand that they are a
little whacky and not be overly critical of others who are a little whacky
about something different.
Michael Rowe
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