err... Leno has a SHOgun. For those of you under 25, that is a SHO engine in the back of a Festiva. He drove it to his first day on the job of the tonight show.
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"but we'd like to see this thing take in a Renault R5 powered by an SR2ODE motor for some reason."
"Down On The Street 1979 Porsche 928"
Forget the 100mpg car, how about the 100lb-less-fat driver? Shadetree Mechanic on TNN taught me that 100 extra lbs in a car translates to 1 less MPG. If a family of 4 were to go from Morbidly Obese to just regular obese, their 12mpg SUV would instantly become a 16 mpg SUV...
@alz0rz:
NO Synthetic in a rotary. Bad Jalopnik! Rotaries burn dinosaurs only.
Is that the cummins whose engine was thrown into a river, or the cummins that was bricked up in a hidden room in the back of a warehouse?
Forshame Mazda. With your sponsorship of amature motorsports, these could have been a great starting point for a Mazda3 cup. Even to park them in the desert and let loyal owners (I have 3 of your cars damnit!) come and get awesome engine swap components for scrap prices.
I hereby redub this car the BMW M1 HoMER:
Does anybody actually race with Mario?
Too low, and the wheels are too big. Tucking the top of the rim under the fender is tacky.
"which we think uses a small electric motor to create the energy needed to power the electric motors."
Yes. In my fantasy garage it parks beside a 61 falcon-chero with an Ausie turbo-6 crate motor and a T56 6-speed, and they stare across the aisle at a 95 ZR1 in PM yellow.
@rkwadd:
Real or no, it still looks like a combination of 6 GM concept cars.
My favorite part about early mazdas is that they are all exactly the same track width (they all went down the same assembly line), and they are all the same overall width (same shipping container).
Gotta go with xt6. It will wrap you up with its siren song of: "I'm a subaru, we're like lego. You could have an STI motor in me in a weekend..." Then clobber you over the head with the nothing-lines-up stick.