By Scott Ith
March 22 is coming at us like a freight train, and the new Lemons car needs a lot more work before it is ready for the track. That said, a ton of work has already been done. So far, the guys over at the asylum known as Volatile Ram/Stick Figure Racing have cut two cars in half, welded the good parts back together, swapped out the rear engine, built a roll cage, devised a way to deliver fuel, electricity, and cool two different engines. The rest should be a walk in the park, right?
The rear “firewall” is being sealed off to keep the rear engine and the driver from occupying the same space. Eventually, the original MR2 rear window will be re-installed in this opening. Welding on your back is always a treat.
These nifty scoops (below) were constructed to bring air into the MR2 trunk, which houses the radiator for the rear engine.
Transmission cooler is also mounted in this area and the original MR2 cooling fan setup will pull air through the radiator and out the back of the hatch.
It even has a little trunk lid in the back to help keep the air going through the radiator and not over the top.
Two separate drivetrains require two separate kill switches.
Stay tuned to see if our rag-tag bunch of miscreants can finish this car and make it to Crazytown (Sonoma Raceway) in time for the big race!
Scott Ith is an Associate Editor with Hooniverse.com, but he also contributes to his own site NeedThatCar.com. Head over there for more hooniganism.
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Kamil Kaluski
Has anyone told them they are absolutely insane?
Don't ever change.
Sanity is for the weak.
I'm sure that was the first reaction. That's why they're doing it.
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Seriously, we need more pictures.
I hope to have a picture dump post up by tomorrow or Friday. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so these are all crappy cell phone pics.
Awesome! I'm looking forward to it.
This is a great project, especially since it's not being designed to be a daily driver so it can take a few liberties.
This is so wonderful. As a discussion topic: What's the best (defined as a combination of cheap to purchase and durable enough to race) way to get 300-ish hp in a FWD engine package?
Northstar? DSM? Lincoln Continental?
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Lincoln Continental. The 4.6 is bar far the most durable of the 3 so you can find a high mileage on in the right price range since there is almost zero demand for a used replacement engine and they lack the hotrod factor of the DSM and the pimping factor of the Cad so the price for a entire car is low too. Of course they limited the output in the Conti's tune to reduce the strain on the trans so you are not getting the 300hp mark that the 4 valve hits in most of the RWD versions.
Scoops? Needs more Naca ducts!
But seriously,that is a lot of thought that has gone into the whole thing. And a big thankyou to the respondants to my questions about other twin enginned cars in the previous post. It filled in abusy 12 hours or so of my time : )
This Toyota is great but my current favorite is the twin nitrous boosted VR6 ,W12 VW Lupo.
How's the theme work coming? If all else fails you could make it into a Toyota Harlequin (with apologies to VW).
This build is high on my list of regrets for skipping Sears Pointless this year.
*Thumbs up* Once you get that beast together, we'll have to arrange a time and a place for a dual engine show down 😉 http://www.littlelamborghini.com