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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT: Weirdest Sports Car Out there

Posted by: Brian Mifsud May 18 2006, 02:53 PM

Was "rifting" on Google, where one thought/search flows into another.. never know where you're gonna end up.

Started out trying to find the torque curves for the Honda Goldwing 1800 flat 6.. ended up finding a page on "Motorcycle Engine Powered Cars"... and then hit PAYDIRT???

This car is powered by TWIN as in 2 Harley Davidson engines.....

Go see how to spend money on things that make no sense...

http://sundoulos.us/sportstar.html

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Posted by: smontanaro May 18 2006, 03:15 PM

The engine on the website looks like a V8. Where'd you find the twin Harleyengines mated to what looks a bit like a Porsche transaxle?

Skip

Posted by: Headrage May 18 2006, 03:24 PM

Looks like alot of time and money went into it. The quality and wormanship seems very good from the pics...

Posted by: spare time toys May 18 2006, 03:29 PM

QUOTE(smontanaro @ May 18 2006, 04:15 PM)

The engine on the website looks like a V8. Where'd you find the twin Harleyengines mated to what looks a bit like a Porsche transaxle?

Skip

Same page go to the bottom and click on sportstar 2

Posted by: Elliot Cannon May 18 2006, 04:02 PM

The engine to trans adapter looks like a piece of plywood. Is this a working car or a prototype. Looks great at least.
Elliot

Posted by: Brian Mifsud May 18 2006, 05:07 PM

QUOTE(smontanaro @ May 18 2006, 02:15 PM)

The engine on the website looks like a V8. Where'd you find the twin Harleyengines mated to what looks a bit like a Porsche transaxle?

Skip

Transxle is a C5/C6 Corvette automatic.. which is essentially a conventional automatic tranmission bolted directly to a final drive.

Posted by: smdubovsky May 18 2006, 08:32 PM

Brian, you're just dreaming about it w/ a pair of guzzi twins arent you;)

SMD

Posted by: iamchappy May 18 2006, 09:34 PM

Inspired by BatMan

Posted by: Brian Mifsud May 19 2006, 08:57 AM

QUOTE(smdubovsky @ May 18 2006, 07:32 PM)

Brian, you're just dreaming about it w/ a pair of guzzi twins arent you;)

SMD

ha ha.. well at least the Guzzis would be facing the right way by design.. maybe put them in sequence so I have a V-4....

If you look long enough on the web, you'll find that somebody has already tried out that "ridiculous combination" you thought you dreamed up..

I'm impressed with the casting they did which ties the 2 engines to the bellhousing...

too bad they couldn't have steered their efforts to a watercooled hemispherical TYPE IV head......

Posted by: Steve Thacker May 19 2006, 10:54 AM

I'd have to say...That is one beautiful piece of imagination and sweat. They have a good non-pretentious team to work with and it only goes to prove 99% passion and determination,...1% knowledge. The rest will work itself out.