This car should not make this sound

JST · 09-24-2004, 08:36 PM

Anyone download the V8 Focus clip from the fest? Anyone else completely unable to process the sound of an unmuffled V8 coming from a ZX3?

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73028

blee · 09-24-2004, 10:53 PM

OMG.

I wonder if one could put together something like this for the GRM $2005 (or $2006) challenge? I'm guessing that ZX3s are still too expensive, even with blown/missing engines. But this is something I'd love to do.

One thing. I wouldn't name it something stupid like ZX351. I'd go for something like Hyper-Focal.

blee · 09-24-2004, 10:55 PM

Oh, regarding the ZX3: Shiny paint not required. Just sheet metal, colors need not match. That car is best served with a Krylon job.

*clyde* · 09-24-2004, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by blee

OMG.

I wonder if one could put together something like this for the GRM $2005 (or $2006) challenge? I'm guessing that ZX3s are still too expensive, even with blown/missing engines. But this is something I'd love to do.

One thing. I wouldn't name it something stupid like ZX351. I'd go for something like Hyper-Focal.

Sigh.

http://forums.carmudgeons.com/viewtopic.php?t=1046

blee · 09-25-2004, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by clyde

Quote:

Originally Posted by blee

OMG.

I wonder if one could put together something like this for the GRM $2005 (or $2006) challenge? I'm guessing that ZX3s are still too expensive, even with blown/missing engines. But this is something I'd love to do.

One thing. I wouldn't name it something stupid like ZX351. I'd go for something like Hyper-Focal.

Sigh.

http://forums.carmudgeons.com/viewtopic.php?t=1046

Well, yes. I know the official kit is not cheap. I was thinking more along the lines of a shadetree job, since there's usually a budget for quirky projects like these, and since that kind of money is probably better spent just on buying a "real" car. Still, it would be a hoot.

JST · 09-25-2004, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by clyde

Quote:

Originally Posted by blee

OMG.

I wonder if one could put together something like this for the GRM $2005 (or $2006) challenge? I'm guessing that ZX3s are still too expensive, even with blown/missing engines. But this is something I'd love to do.

One thing. I wouldn't name it something stupid like ZX351. I'd go for something like Hyper-Focal.

Sigh.

http://forums.carmudgeons.com/viewtopic.php?t=1046

So, the official kit is $7K. A good 351 or built 302 could be had for far less than the 15K crate motor that Ford used in the SEMA car--$5K? Call it 24K, on the road.

I don't know, Clyde. That sounds a lot more interesting than one of those Cobra kit cars, which all seem to be driven by fat old men.

Plus, you have the extra bonus of a Ford Focus that sounds like a 1968 Mustang.

lemming · 09-25-2004, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JST

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Originally Posted by clyde

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Originally Posted by blee

OMG.

I wonder if one could put together something like this for the GRM $2005 (or $2006) challenge? I'm guessing that ZX3s are still too expensive, even with blown/missing engines. But this is something I'd love to do.

One thing. I wouldn't name it something stupid like ZX351. I'd go for something like Hyper-Focal.

Sigh.

http://forums.carmudgeons.com/viewtopic.php?t=1046

So, the official kit is $7K. A good 351 or built 302 could be had for far less than the 15K crate motor that Ford used in the SEMA car--$5K? Call it 24K, on the road.

I don't know, Clyde. That sounds a lot more interesting than one of those Cobra kit cars, which all seem to be driven by fat old men.

Plus, you have the extra bonus of a Ford Focus that sounds like a 1968 Mustang.

is clyde a fat old guy, though? that would tip the balance into one or the other if that's the case......

*clyde* · 09-25-2004, 03:16 PM

Kinda big and getting older every day.

lemming · 09-25-2004, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by clyde

Kinda big and getting older every day.

who's the least slim among the de/md/va mafia? TD? JeSTer? Snyde? Niko?

blee · 09-25-2004, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by lemming

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Originally Posted by clyde

Kinda big and getting older every day.

who's the least slim among the de/md/va mafia? TD? JeSTer? Snyde? Niko?

Guess we could determine this objectively one day...

09-24-2004, 08:36 PM	#1
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09-24-2004, 10:53 PM	#2
blee Doctor Mudgeon Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,433	OMG. I wonder if one could put together something like this for the GRM $2005 (or $2006) challenge? I'm guessing that ZX3s are still too expensive, even with blown/missing engines. But this is something I'd love to do. One thing. I wouldn't name it something stupid like ZX351. I'd go for something like Hyper-Focal.

09-24-2004, 10:55 PM	#3
blee Doctor Mudgeon Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,433	Oh, regarding the ZX3: Shiny paint not required. Just sheet metal, colors need not match. That car is best served with a Krylon job.