05-30-2014, 01:24 PM
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The backlight may add strength as well. If you hinge it at the back, I'd add the safety latches they make for suicide doors.
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05-30-2014, 02:51 PM
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complete drive-train from a TDI MK4 VW.
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A turbo would make P&G technique harder if not impossible, no? Something about heat, I think.
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05-30-2014, 04:04 PM
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seems pretty simple to me.
1.smaller/efficient honda engine
2.kammback/ undertray /wheels and other aero improvments
3. weight reduction (trunk lid, wheels etc)
4. ??????
5. profit
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05-30-2014, 06:27 PM
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I think i've settled on a VX engine imported from Japan. I contacted Hmotorsonline, a very reputable engine source, to see if they had any 1992-1995 D15B VTEC-E motors (same thing as US D15Z1). They are a little pricey at $795 but from all the reviews I have read you are guaranteed a good low mileage motor. I've also got some other leads to chase down that are a little cheaper at around $500. I already have the transmission, I can get the VX ECU, and the wiring from non-VTEC to VTEC-E is pretty simple. I'll be putting in a lighweight flywheel, new clutch, engine tune-up, timing belt, water pump, etc.
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05-30-2014, 06:43 PM
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05-30-2014, 11:17 PM
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Looking like a Mazda MX-3...
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05-31-2014, 12:59 AM
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I've seen that in previous Del Sol threads. I believe that is the MX-3 glass layered onto a Del Sol. If I remember correctly someone tried to mock it up but found the MX-3 glass too wide to be of much use. Plus all my weight loss would be used up with that huge glass panel lol
It's funny that this was posted because I saw a white MX-3 on the highway today.
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05-31-2014, 02:33 AM
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That would be correct.
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06-03-2014, 07:28 PM
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I saw one of those cars today, minus the wing. It looks like an attempt to make an el camino. Any thoughts of making it a mini truck like the eco mudder geo metro? 
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06-05-2014, 02:30 AM
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It looks like an attempt to make an el camino.
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I also had that impression for a while.
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