A run to Dairy Queen with Mrs Flyboy on a Sat. evening...it has two seats. Image Unavailable, Please Login
I'm in!!! As I'm sitting here laughing my a$$ off, I also realize that he WOULD drive anything. The faster, louder and more outrageous.....he'd eat it up. When we were building the 300ZX motor, he was wanting it to run 10,000+ rpm, I told him he'd have to have Mrs. Flyboy give him a push start up the street every morning because it would have no bottom end without smoking the clutch. The place is called "The Cone." When we're in the lab working on one of his toys, Mrs. Flyboy has to take Weasel Jr. and my youngest daughter there to keep them occupied! And believe me, he'd drive it right up to the drive thru!
Sure hope Mrs F has a BIG sense of humor, the neighbors will be PISSed! We moved WAY past the Barrett and into M1A1 territory, the BB gun being only a fleeting memory. No need to worry about putting only his eye out any longer!
The Ford engine is not for sale, and even if it was you would not want it. They lasted about as long as an ice cube in a blast furnace...very narrow power band and very little torque.....spare parts are almost extinct. However you're best move is a normally aspirated M3 engine that has been massaged...here is an example of that little inline 6cyl mated to a sequential gearbox..thrills for sure....notice that the shift time is faster than just about any electo hydraulic system. Low vehicle mass when using any small displacement engine is the key. Now enjoy the ride: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7HJye6EMo&feature=related
The first part of that video looks EXACTLY like my view from the passenger seat of ANY car Jetfixr drives!
Yes, the first segment of that video is the M3 engine. From all that I've heard about Jetfixr that whole video is applicable to him...lol As for being in the passenger seat....been there and done that in a 935 and I must say the feeling goes waaaay beyond puke mode....I was at the point of having a massive coronary.
After taking a moment to think about it (a new concept) I just realized both cars that Bruce and I suggested.... are Plastic. Defeat conceded, retraction required. That driver... obviously has a pair coupled with the joys of sequential gearboxes and finely honed talent. With the 6 cylinder reving like that, imagine a Lucas Injected short stroke 12 cylinder of the same weight range in a 1500# wet car. The road in the first segment looks near a duplicate of one of the two choices to get up to Estes Park from my house. Just far enough away from the garage door to get oil temp's up before the ride begins....and I am stuck with a Jeep and a Pickup as the only things that run.
I have often thought of what it would feel like to experience being catapulted from an aircraft carrier in an F16 at full song...a space shuttle launch...or traveling at the speed of light. A Lucas injected 12cyl in a 1500lb car is as close as you'll ever come to experiencing all 3 of those rolled up into one. A medical and MENTAL check up would be mandatory before being allowed to gain entry....and the steering wheel and column would have to be beefed up so as to act as a grab handle. After driving a beast like that to Estes Park I can't imagine doing anything other than an ambulance ride to the cardiac ICU....lol
Spacious seating for two of what species??? Those little Roswell aliens or weasels? If the later we will call it the "Weaselmobile". Have you considered flying in the G.F.A.R.T. "build team" to get the ball rolling? Just imagine a tent city in your backyard...after we do a "barn raising" we can start on the project at hand. Leisurely ride? Ha Ha Ha...Websters will have to add a new definition for that phrase....lol BTW, for safety how about 2 steering wheels and pedal boxes? If you do that it will also qualify for Federal Funding under "The Drivers Education Program".
There is "Free" development money available if I make it run on used French Fry oil... Some things just are not meant to be!
Two years ago I found a Freshened Cosworth DFV and a Mercedes Indy for sale that I was thinking of having Engine fxr convert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQEL_4MkoNQ In my dream car it would be a 360 or maybe a 355 with one of these powerplants coupled to a Hewland or Emco sequential. I know it's not practical but I wouldnt give a damn..The look on someones face at a traffic light beside you would be worth paying money to see. As for the neighbors I find it ironic that several have moved out...One of them put a note in my mailbox explaining that her husband has to get up at 4 am and my cars are too loud...WHATEVER I wish someone would tell that to the Harley guys I see everyday with the stove pipes... Moving beside me is like moving next to an airport then b!tchin about the noise... The realtor should have warned them...... One day I got some serious looks as I drove my Eglem shifter cart through our subdivision at full speed...I think that was the icing on the cake.....Mrs. F was pissed!!! She got over it too.... Lets come up with a good project! Bruce, the Bimmer motor is perfect....That may work as well in an Esprit!
Uncle Jessie, Enginefxr has no idea what he's about to install for me on the Lingenfelter... Check it out..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC4mtuu9YiU Now I cant wait for track day at Mid-ohio with my Ferrari buddies!
Flown under the G.F.R.T. banner..... I had not thought of that but it would have to be painted red and have a Leaping Doggie on the side. Now one has to search hard to figure out if there is anything impractical about this projected grocery getter..... As our friends silence is deafening I can only assume Mrs. Flyboy got wind of this arguably questionable neighborhood friendly project and we may need to concede to putting screen over the snorkel opening to keep kids and small pets from being ingested.... a small price to pay I guess. As a group we should be able to resolve any small incidentals like these, Gary can give us direction here as he personally knows the players. Screens may also be required on the louvers at the top of the front wheel wells as I can see where a spouse may not find humor in road debris and beer cans that may be run over on the way to dinner out, flying past their right ear. The radiator hot air outlet does fall a little short of ideal for driver and passenger's on a warm summer evening out on the town but some concessions must be made in the interest of down force. A quick release luggage rack behind the snorkel cut out for grocery bags and I think we have proven this a viable, spouse friendly project. Have I missed anything? Image Unavailable, Please Login
Instead of the leaping dog, I was thinking something more like a dog humping a leg? Just figured that would be more appropriate for this project. I assure you, Mrs Flyboy is as ate up with fast **** as our pilot of this project. I'm sure she'll gladly sit in the passenger seat, maybe with a pair of ear plugs, but she'll be there just the same. They'll just have to eat their ice cream cones faster because of the radiator outlets, and we may need a rev limiter to engage for valet parking. Other than that, I believe we have a plan in place for the next Weaselmobile. I'm sure the Jetson's neighbors aren't surprised at ANYTHING that goes on in that garage. I was passenger in a 600+hp Cobra with un-muffled sidepipes that pulled in and out of that garage... one neighbor came over to "see what was knocking the dinnerware out of the cabinets" that day. I also watched a youtube video of the fireworks display our Flyboy put on for the 4th. Let's just say that Cincinnati Intl. airport probably had to re-route some planes to avoid being shot down.....
That trans is kinda like the trans we used in NHRA Pro Stock cars. Yeah, that video was cool, but the deep throated low rpm sound just doesn't cut it. I'm thinking modded Italian V-12, twin hairdryers, 10,000+rpm, Uncle Jessie tuned Motronic loaded with a bunch of his wizardry.....THAT screaming down the highway is what I wanna hear. Get the trans ordered for the LP660, we'll put it in line behind the 355, the other 355, the other 355 and the other 355 and the Shelby, but we'll get it done. On second thought, put it off for a while, we gotta get this dyno set up first....we want to extract as much power as possible from the above mentioned project!!! Hell, I'm going to have to hire a couple more guys to run this dump while I'm out in the foothills thrashing on the Weaselmobile with Uncle Jessie.
That's it!!! Next time I see Weasel Jr. I'm going to call him Elroy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpBqYcGqaaw&feature=related
Well now.... It has become painfully obvious I have once again set the bar FAR too low. Crap can the luggage rack! Hell, crap can the CanAm car chassis.... who needs brakes, they just slow you down. This is shaping up to be the current day remake of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. The Loner, the Rebel, seaching the foothills for the WeaselWorks Weaselmobile.
I wonder if we could get in trouble doing that??? If the G.F.R.T. badge doesnt do it..... the dog should assure it.
Remember in Animal House the modded Lincoln Continental they crashed into the viewing stands at the parade at the end and how it had "Eat Me' painted on the doors? The first drag car I ever raced had "Eat Me" on the hood scoop...the first nationally sanctioned event I ever went to, they requested that it be removed. First round I showed up with it still in place. I say push the limits of what people will accept.....our Italian friends would crap with a dog with it's red rocket hanging out in the middle of a yellow shield!
I sense a project planning session at the secret Weaselworks plant coming about. This may not be such a cold boring winter after all. Just got a PM from Flyboy.... seems you have insight some of us are lacking. Well played.
Funny how absurd projects get started... This AM I searched for history on an old McKee Mk6 CanAm I work on that I knew was street driven in the southern US many years ago. I find a site speaking of this car, my USRRC/CanAm Special and my USRRC Lotus 19 all swapping paint. As the only gripe I ever had with the Windigo Special (my CanAm car) was the weight of the big Chevy lump in the rear.... I made a move to get the 400GT engine last evening and sent off an email to Holland to get the 12 cylinder Lucas injection metering unit I found years ago. Damn trouble making Fxr Bros. (better to blame it on them than take the heat myself)... If Kris gets wind of this she will gather up Mrs F and go on a shopping spree that will be one for the record books! So is born the start of another Sanford and Sons level project.
Now that is shear lunacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Forget the Cosworth, the M3, the bigblock V8....in fact forget everything you have ever dreamed of........a 400GT with Lucas injection in that little lightweight can-am car....just looking at that set-up would make my heart stop. No one has ever done this.....no one is that insane!!! Is it doable? Absolutely, but will require some skill and engineering expertise. If this project goes to fruition.....there are 3 things you can be assured; a thrill like no other....worldwide notoriety.....and the front cover of the best magazines. I'll even provide a trueblooded Georgia junk yard dog to keep it safe...lol
