Why do the Europeans build more Hot Rods than us?, Talking about killer Euro Hot hods |
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Why do the Europeans build more Hot Rods than us?, Talking about killer Euro Hot hods |
Mueller |
Apr 22 2003, 10:30 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
Hopefully this will not turn into a bad topic...be civil !!!!!
I've noticed that when it comes to building Hot Rod or super customized badass European cars, none of them seem to come from America. I've seen Volvo T5 and T6 motors stuffed into early 240 series Volvos...not a small feat, both of these turbo motors are originally installed tranversly and for the 240, the motors must be turned 90° to drive the rear wheels instead of the fronts. The have killer Mercedes and of course the dopest Porsches ever made come from overseas. I guess seeing the supposedly Boxster powered 914 got me thinking that we lag behind when it comes to cool or different conversions.. Just a thought........... |
TonyAKAVW |
Apr 22 2003, 01:07 PM
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That's my ride. Group: Members Posts: 2,151 Joined: 17-January 03 From: Redondo Beach, CA Member No.: 166 Region Association: None |
I've noticed something similar in another hobby of mine. It seems that in europe there are a lot more people doings really exotic things like building their own really hi-fi speaker systems and tube amps, building jet engines, kinda like this guy
http://www.technologie-entwicklung.de/Gast...s__project.html Not to mention a lot more activity in the amateur radio microwave bands (above 10 GHz). I'm not sure if its really true that there are a lot more techno-hobbyists in europe, or if they are just more visible. I agree that with cars, there's a lot of hot-rodding here in the US but its centerd around V8s, or more recently imported Japanese 4 cylinder cars. -Tony |
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