[elky] Re: Some interesting (and fun) motor swap/race links
- From: STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:39:25 -0400 (EDT)
A Mini car club just went down my street, I counted 25.
Smokey Mt Frank
In a message dated 7/23/2011 11:00:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
elcam84@xxxxxxxxx writes:
If you like driving that mini try a Fiat 500( built on
the Panda). Bigger inside more power and handles better too. Surprising
considering it's a Fiat. They are starting to really advertise in DFW now
too.
Those chevettes were interesting cars. Decent size inside and gas mileage
that is rarely matched today other than with eurpoean diesels but it had no
power... You could look at the chevette as more of a london city car but
on the big side.
Oh on our way to Oklahoma a wile back we passed a pugeot... Who would buy
one of those, especially here?
Robert Adams
On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 6:09 AM, John Christensen <_johncgg@xxxxxxxxxx (mail
to:johncgg@xxxxxxxxx) > wrote:
I used to have a 1986 Chevette. It was a great little 5 speed 4 door with
air. Cindy loved it. Part of the reason we went with the Mini Cooper this
time around. They were gutless though.
JC
On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ray Buck <_rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
(mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx) > wrote:
My friend Wes from the Nova list is racing a Chevette in a series called
Chumpcar:
_http://www.chumpcar.com_ (http://www.chumpcar.com/)
Absolutely crazy. Here he is after the last race:
_http://the-wes.com/images/chumpcar-award.jpg_
(http://the-wes.com/images/chumpcar-award.jpg)
Then there's a guy who wrote up a how-to on dropping a 2.8 V6 into a
Chevette:
_http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/v6chevette/SWAPSTEP1.html_
(http://www.angelfire.com/extreme3/v6chevette/SWAPSTEP1.html)
Interesting writeup. Makes me think about turning the Camaro into a race
car and building a sleeper.
r
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