Sad site

[Big Iain]

Forgive me if it has already been seen..

Finnish built body?

http://hooniverse.com/2012/03/19/hot-po ... tsport-v6/

 

[Duncan]

That car has been rebuilt and is now bright yellow with a 1.3 turbo engine!
Theres a build thread somewhere on line

Only pic I can find at the mo:

- edit: LINK to matey who rebuilt it's photobucket

Cant find the build thread though

 

[DFB]

1.3 turbo, wonder what car that came from? MG Metro maybe, can't think of too many turbo engines of that size.

Car was a proper mess once though, eh.

[img]http://i167.photobucket.com/al...lioalkutekioumlissauml2_zps19594f46.jpg[/img]

 

[Craig.]

Could be a Galanza engine

 

[Brett]

Looks fantastic Duncan and someone have clearly got their thinking cap on. Toyota starlet/glanza engine I imagine. Mg metty is good for 300hp but only "reliable" upto around 150hp. The jap lump is good for well over 300hp and very light weight. I suspect it will hanfle like its on rails now. Get more pics Dunc!

 

[Duncan]

I thought it might be of interest to you Brett!

Found the project thread:

LINK

says its a toyota engine, so guess its likely a Glanza engine.

 

[Brett]

Love it! Thats the perfect car for that project aswell.

 

[Big Iain]

Brilliant find Duncan! [smilie=yay.gif]

 

[ColinG]

Good find! While not my choice of engine, it's better to see one rebuilt and running again rather than scrapped completely.

 

[Ali]

Crap choice of motor imo!!!

 

[Brett]

Depends how you look at it. It might need to compete in a class where you either run a 1.8 or 2.0 n/a engine or a smaller turbocharged one of around 1.3 using the x 1.4 basis as a rule. The power to weight ratio of those little engines can be pretty jaw dropping so combine that with a big tyre foot print and it being mid/rear engine, he's probsbly got a very good competition car.

 

[Brembov6]

Fair play! Shame he is putting a Mk2 front on it though