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The Death of Rice
Damion: I really like the old Austin mini's... very cool look there. I wonder if I could wedge a Honda motor in one?
Scott: Bah. Nobody's that crazy.
Famous last words. What do you get when you drop a 220+ hp motor into a chasis that weighs 1700 lbs soaking wet? Can you say rice killer? I knew you could.
Personally if he gets one I think it should be painted black, with logos of Death on the fenders, a giant "Type R" hanging from his scythe. But that's just me.
flat black? with milled-steel deathheads and the like?
Posted by: Ron on April 1, 2004 05:12 PMNot bad, but as an old motorhead, I feel compelled to report a couple of trumps:
1. Not far from me lives an old greaseball whose daughter had a 1960 Volkswagen she decided to retire. She wanted to make it into a planter, but he said nothing doing. He chopped the back deck, pulled out the 1100 cc 4-cylinder, and dropped in a 390-hp blueprinted Chevy 327 V-8. Just happened to have one available, y'see.
The vanity plate on the car says: "ZOOOOOOM".
2. A friend of a friend, a truly crazy man, came upon the frame of an old Triumph Bonneville motorcycle in a local junkyard, and simply had to do something with it. Well, he did. He stripped off the vintage mechanicals and shoehorned on an 80-cubic inch Mazda rotary engine worked to produce 320 hp. The bike has been clocked at 190 mph.
He's making another one for his brother as we speak. Says he doesn't want to hog all the attention...or all the tickets.
Posted by: Francis W. Porretto on April 2, 2004 03:10 PM390 hp in a car made before crash testing.
A 190 mph motorcycle.
See Ellen? I told you the spider was a safe car!
Posted by: Scott on April 2, 2004 03:14 PM