Summit

[Eye of the Tiger]

If you have enough liquid cash, finding a Mazda 5 or Mazda 3 with a bad engine isn't that hard to do. I find at least three a week

Summit engine is $400 at junkyard. It'll get done, someday. Or 4g63t

[Laconian]

Liquid cash? Do you mean, latinum?

[280Z Turbo]

Small block Chevy, turbo 350 and Ford 9"

Easy

[Eye of the Tiger]

Small block Chevy, turbo 350 and Ford 9"

Easy

That goes in Mighty Max.

[Eye of the Tiger]

What kind of retarded drivetrain could I put into this thing to make it RWD and not slow? Something cheap and > 200 HP. I could gut this thing, drop a solid axle in back with some leaf springs, whatever. Something with a carburetor to fuck the EPA.

[giant_mtb]

3.8 Series II S/C

Er, not carbureted.

[Eye of the Tiger]

3.8 Series II S/C

Er, not carbureted.

I guess FWD would be easier. But how about a 4.3 V6 out of a crummy S10.

[Soup DeVille]

I guess FWD would be easier. But how about a 4.3 V6 out of a crummy S10.

Low output pre-96 302 drive trains are dirt cheap, and easily modified. The stock axles may be a little wide for the Summit, but hey- you can't have everything.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Low output pre-96 302 drive trains are dirt cheap, and easily modified. The stock axles may be a little wide for the Summit, but hey- you can't have everything.

I can stick on some fender flares. Whatever. That's easy.
The hard part is everything else.
Luckily, Summit Racing has everything I need.

[280Z Turbo]

I can stick on some fender flares. Whatever. That's easy.
The hard part is everything else.
Luckily, Summit Racing has everything I need.

They cater exclusively to Summits?

[Eye of the Tiger]

They cater exclusively to Summits?

One must assume.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Maybe I should just have a really huge bonfire.

[Payman]

Low output pre-96 302 drive trains are dirt cheap, and easily modified. The stock axles may be a little wide for the Summit, but hey- you can't have everything.

Best way to do it is buy old Mustang GT 5.0, set fire to Summit.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Fuck it.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Ok fine.

Plan Autocross Special:
Swap in a good stock 1.5L with manual trans. Or a 1.8 if it isn't much different.
Gut it. Lighten it.
Fuckin coilovers. Alignment.
Rear discs.
Sticky tires.
Fuck it.

[280Z Turbo]

Wrap your tires in 3M double sided tape. Tire lifehack.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I dunno. I think it has tires already.

[giant_mtb]

Wrap your tires in 3M double sided tape. Tire lifehack.

Only if Summit power is great enough to break all that traction.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I'm not sure if Summit will ever have power.

[giant_mtb]

I'm not sure if Summit will ever have power.

It at least has potential energy.  That's worth something to physics.

[Eye of the Tiger]

It at least has potential energy.  That's worth something to physics.

An object at rest tends to be Summit.

[CaminoRacer]

Turn it into a soapbox derby car.

[Payman]

Scrap it so something useful can be made from its carcass.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Scrap it so something useful can be made from its carcass.

Yeah, you have a compelling argument

[Eye of the Tiger]

better idea than Summit?

http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/5317040086.html

[Payman]

better idea than Summit?

http://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/5317040086.html

Jesus H...

"Has some cosmetic flaws..." 

[280Z Turbo]

Has some parts in good condition.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I am needing race car asap, or I could get violent.

[280Z Turbo]

So buy an old ITA car. It's way cheaper to buy a racecar than to build one. The exception is Spec Miatas. Some of those are worth more than the sum of their parts.

[Payman]

So buy an old ITA car. It's way cheaper to buy a racecar than to build one. The exception is Spec Miatas. Some of those are worth more than the sum of their parts.

True.