Some new car construction ideas from Japanese tuners

I probably should have posted this in the construction forum. Meh...

Some interesting things to look at in this thread for tuner cars. I'm thinking some of the exhaust and wing work might transfer to rally very nicely. Looks like they've worked out some practical header routing issues, IMHO.

http://jalopnik.com/5075135/thats-not-a-custom-exhaust-this-is-a-custom-exhaust-japanese-tuner-car-fun

I think I also found my next service vehicle in this thread:

http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/japanesetuners1/1004351538

...Brian...

Bosozoku is the name of that style.
Kinda fun I think, as far as car art goes.

Last year we're cruzin down the freeway and get passed by a mid 90's Accent. Never a camera when you need one, the car had an unpainted wooden hood scoop. I mean flat boards nailed together, not fitted, shaped or glassed. Just part of the neighbors fence fastened to the hood. THEN he had another board raised on 2x4 pedestals on the trunk lid. Inbreds in logging country...

heymagic Wrote:
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> Last year we're cruzin down the freeway and get
> passed by a mid 90's Accent. Never a camera when
> you need one, the car had an unpainted wooden hood
> scoop. I mean flat boards nailed together, not
> fitted, shaped or glassed. Just part of the
> neighbors fence fastened to the hood. THEN he had
> another board raised on 2x4 pedestals on the trunk
> lid. Inbreds in logging country...

That's class, dude.





Now just what kind of class I ain't so sure about, but its some kinda class.

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I bet that some of those cars on the front end stay stuck to the ground at speed, I thought you were supposed to tune with a spoiler-diffuser to counteract the effects of a rear wing, not the other way around, but WOW!!!

As to the service vehicle, that makes SUPERVAN look kinda wuss!!

http://www.barris.com/gallery_cars/TV_MovieCars/gallery_supervan.html

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2008 06:24AM by Vorpal_Rally.

heymagic Wrote:
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> Last year we're cruzin down the freeway and get
> passed by a mid 90's Accent. Never a camera when
> you need one, the car had an unpainted wooden hood
> scoop. I mean flat boards nailed together, not
> fitted, shaped or glassed. Just part of the
> neighbors fence fastened to the hood. THEN he had
> another board raised on 2x4 pedestals on the trunk
> lid. Inbreds in logging country...


Best I have seen in this cat. would have to be the rubbermaid mailbox cut down the middle for a scoop. Complete with the outgoing mail flag. also had rubber floor mats for ground effects. i hope to god it was for a laugh

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slidewayswrx Wrote:
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> heymagic Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Last year we're cruzin down the freeway and
> get
> > passed by a mid 90's Accent. Never a camera
> when
> > you need one, the car had an unpainted wooden
> hood
> > scoop. I mean flat boards nailed together,
> not
> > fitted, shaped or glassed. Just part of the
> > neighbors fence fastened to the hood. THEN he
> had
> > another board raised on 2x4 pedestals on the
> trunk
> > lid. Inbreds in logging country...
>
>
> Best I have seen in this cat. would have to be the
> rubbermaid mailbox cut down the middle for a
> scoop. Complete with the outgoing mail flag.
> also had rubber floor mats for ground effects. i
> hope to god it was for a laugh\


Ya, there's a guy up the road with a 1ton Ford dump truck. Has a NA diesel and he has a newspaper box on the hood for a scoop, actually has it ducted into the inlet hose. Trendsetters...yup.