Pictures of decently Modified cars [Vol. 2]

[Hugo a Gogo]

possibly somebody removed the body to make a fake/replica/homage GTO

[braddo]

405dogvan said:

So that's what the LotusTroll Porschehater did next?

I LIKE it - back is a bit dodgy but hey!

His last car wasn't bad either

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmscSzFurwg

If that's the same nutter?

Yep, it's the same guy and the same car (rebodied and rebuilt after another car - a Porsche - ran into him).

[irocfan]

Mini1275 said:

I know what you're all thinking; yes, that is a genuine 250 GTE body.

there are one or 2 bits I'd change but on balance I like this

[rohrl]

Is that a Ferrari engine in the drag car or a Ford/Chevy/Chrysler V8 with some dummy rocker covers?

[Crafty_]

looks like big block chevy to me.

[OlberJ]

Yeah, that's what i was getting at. Is the 250 not a V12?

[Crafty_]

Dunno, either way that engine will be better for the strip..

[OlberJ]

So it's a space frame drag car with a 250 body and dash in?

[k-ink]

That is not a modified Ferrari! It is a part bodyshell chopped over a drag car. Zero Ferrari mechanicals for a start.

[Crafty_]

OlberJ said:

So it's a space frame drag car with a 250 body and dash in?

k-ink said:

That is not a modified Ferrari! It is a part bodyshell chopped over a drag car. Zero Ferrari mechanicals for a start.

Its how you build a doorslammer drag car.
This was done the same way:


That didn't start as a complete car but IIRC the body did come from Aston.

A couple more:
Pro Mod http://www.robinson-race-cars.co.uk/Graham%20Ellis...
Few more pics http://www.robinson-race-cars.co.uk/Graham%20Ellis...

Proper S4..
http://www.robinson-race-cars.co.uk/Kevin%20Dolton...

Andy Robinson knows a thing or two about roll cages, 14 years ago he did this: http://youtu.be/GoOR59sbxMQ and walked away (pretty much..)
Since then he's been through a '53 Studebaker and now has a Camaro - both cars pro mod.

Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 26th April 18:17

[irocfan]

Crafty_ said:

OlberJ said:

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That didn't start as a complete car but IIRC the body did come from Aston.

A couple morefootnote]

hope I'm not being a complete 'tard but why is the blower off centre - or is it just the angle of the pic?

[Crafty_]

Just the angle I think..

[skinny]

braddo said:

can someone explain what's going on with this turbo / exhaust arrangement here!?

Edited by skinny on Friday 26th April 22:20

[TheLordJohn]

Crafty_ said:

Just the angle I think..

It looks completely off centre, or fake, to me.

[Crafty_]

Definitely not fake

The pulley is off centre, but thats how those blowers are.

A little info over here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=778...

The guys in the drag racing forum will know the car/owner.

Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 26th April 23:51

[Mini1275]

OlberJ said:

So it's a space frame drag car with a 250 body and dash in?

Obviously.

It's a 565CI Big Block Chevrolet (with Ferrari-branded rocker covers) built to NHRA Pro Street specification using a genuine Ferrari 250 body.

Looks great too, in my opinion.

[rohrl]

skinny said:

can someone explain what's going on with this turbo / exhaust arrangement here!?

Edited by skinny on Friday 26th April 22:20

I'll have a bash. The 4-branch equal-length manifold (light silver, right hand side of pic) feeds into the turbo, the exhaust pipe comes out of the turbo. The smaller bore pipe coming from the turbo and into the silencer box is from the wastegate and vents to prevent the turbo from overpressuring. The inlet pipe for the turbo is on the left with the air filter on the end and the outlet, feeding pressurised air to the engine (via an intercooler which we can't see) is the pipe coming out of the top of the turbo and going away from us towards the back left. This engine also has a supercharger which complicates matters a bit. I think in this fitment from memory Frank is compound charging which means that the supercharger sits between the turbo and the intercooler and further pressurises the inlet charge once the turbo has done its job.

It's an impressive thing and no doubt will be the fastest thing in the canyons.

[TheLordJohn]

Crafty_ said:

Definitely not fake

The pulley is off centre, but thats how those blowers are.

A little info over here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=778...

The guys in the drag racing forum will know the car/owner.

Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 26th April 23:51

Thanks for the reply and link. That first picture - it just looks so iffy (blower wise).

[slinky]

Crafty_ said:

Definitely not fake

The pulley is off centre, but thats how those blowers are.

A little info over here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=778...

The guys in the drag racing forum will know the car/owner.

Edited by Crafty_ on Friday 26th April 23:51

Owned by Steve Neimantas and now painted gold..
Another street legal terror..

Edited by slinky on Saturday 27th April 20:11

[slinky]

Oh, and the car is known as Goldfinger.. Rather amusingly the new apprentice ad has just been on BBC 1, using the Goldfinger track.