Loco Honkey
Banned
Well guys, Ted Wright and I have decided to enter the $2004 Challenge. We'll be rocking a '96 Geo Metro fo' do' that's going on the kinda diet you read about. There's also going to be a little help from an IHI hair dryer, and the usual suspension/ wheel/ tire bits.
Ted picked the car up yesterday and gutted the rear interior (just a start of what's to come). We took it up a mountain road tonight and it's still a shitbox, but it doesn't do too bad for 70 HP and 2200 lbs with him and I in the car. It will actually rotate reasonably well when you lift the throttle. Yes, it has a stock 13mm rear sway bar, and it also has equal length axles! Boo yah!
Now, I have no freakin' idea what's going to break first when we boost it, but the 1300cc SOHC four banger reportedly has forged rods and pistons that it shares with the Suzuki Swift GTi 1300cc DOHC motor, and with enough fuel, will handle 20 PSI (this comes from three independent sources).
At 12 PSI, we'll be putting down around 140 HP to the wheels. In a 1600 lb car. Do the math.
the Metro.
The Metro ownz jo0.
the Metro.
Oh yes... we are going to piss off quite a few people with this car. [pinky to the corner of the mouth] Muahahaaaa... muahahahahhahaa... muahahahahhahahahaaaaaa... [/pinky to the corner of the mouth]
Ted picked the car up yesterday and gutted the rear interior (just a start of what's to come). We took it up a mountain road tonight and it's still a shitbox, but it doesn't do too bad for 70 HP and 2200 lbs with him and I in the car. It will actually rotate reasonably well when you lift the throttle. Yes, it has a stock 13mm rear sway bar, and it also has equal length axles! Boo yah!
Now, I have no freakin' idea what's going to break first when we boost it, but the 1300cc SOHC four banger reportedly has forged rods and pistons that it shares with the Suzuki Swift GTi 1300cc DOHC motor, and with enough fuel, will handle 20 PSI (this comes from three independent sources).
At 12 PSI, we'll be putting down around 140 HP to the wheels. In a 1600 lb car. Do the math.
the Metro. The Metro ownz jo0.
the Metro. Oh yes... we are going to piss off quite a few people with this car. [pinky to the corner of the mouth] Muahahaaaa... muahahahahhahaa... muahahahahhahahahaaaaaa... [/pinky to the corner of the mouth]
I want to see that thing is Car And Driver man. Sounds like a project.
