Easy NP. 540is are hard to find in good shape to begin with, even rarer with the 6 speed. This one looks clean and if mechanically sound, is a home run.

My MIL was adamant that the best soap to clean a car was dawn “because it gets all the grime off”. Sure, along with any and all protective wax. No wonder her cars always rusted to bits. Of course, try telling her she’s wrong...

Why does one of the best drivers in the world also have to be a goddamn influencer or whatever? He’s still going to win even if he doesn’t get likes and follows or bullshit like that. Is RBR going to ditch him if he bags them the constructors championship but doesn’t give interviews to a netflix drama?

To distract from the horrendous build quality and leaks that came from the factory

Cliche, but I had to.

Canondale has been doing this for years (alluded to in the article). I’ve never ridden one outside of a bike shop lot, but lots of folks swear by them. Clever in that the product both works, and markets itself via design.

That was my first thought too, it’s been a loooong time since I’ve seen a sachs setup. 

This thing is old. Might have been really neat in the 90s but suspension has come a long way in 20+ years. Ultimately if you want a single arm design, what’s wrong with a Canondale lefty? I’ve always found them to be a bit gimmicky but they do work.

Its in line with the market...I bought a used trailhawk earlier this year and they were very tough to find in the specification we wanted (took a few months to find what we wanted)

Yeah this is right around the price of a lightly used V8 trailhawk (which has 360hp/390tq from the 5.7), includes most of those options (including those great seats) plus the offroady bits. There’s also the durango SRT which is pretty much the same but with a 3rd row of seats. There must be some market for the car…

Took a good looking car to start, tried to make it into another good looking car, and completely utterly failed. If anything it looks like a hideously deformed mk2 TT (which, why not just get a TT?) that still does not look as good as a TT.

The Mitsu DOHC 6G72 (3 liter v6 in stealth and 3000gt, diamante) was 220 NA HP too, and the 2JZ at 200ish NA. It seems most of the japanese brands had a SOHC around 150-170hp, then a DOHC version around 200, and turbo at 300ish

I’m pretty sure these were about 150hp. The VG33 (later versions, also shared w/later pathfinders etc) were closer to 180. We had a pathfinder with the VG33 and it was pretty slow. 150hp back when it was introduced was pretty standard for a v6 of that size. This was on par with other 3 liter V6s of the era (exceptions…

Alternately a CVPI with a few thousand in mods, and a can of black spray paint will get you pretty close

That’s pretty cool! I’ll have to check it out

Not to mention, this is not exactly breaking stuff here. Almost everything links back to a 10 year old reddit thread. Even the linked source for a lot of it (screenrant) is a 2018 blog that pretty much just regurgitates (many links embedded) the Reddit post and a HuffPost story.

Most of the “garage” shows these days are garbage. Hey we “f0und” a 68 chevelle in a barn just cruising around town — how did nobody see this before! We have 2 weeks to get it done before auction XYZ! (cue SBC, generic paint work, 20 inch chrome rims, maybe some subs in the back).

I bet you call them “ricers” too

NP. Most of these project base cars have either been modded by big mike and his timeout doll, or rusted/parted out. A solid frame and decent unrotted body is worth it. Anything you want to update can be ordered from a catalog. Easy to work on, tons of expertise and guidance out there, cheap mechanical parts. Two…

You’d be way better off with a 12A rebuild or 13B swap than a renesis