OT Pics of a wild twin engine Yugo, from my SCCA regions Solo II last week Options

[GaroldShaffer]

Just a few fun pics of Yep, that’s right a Yugo with a wide body kit, big tires and a turbo Chrysler 4 cylinder driving the front wheels and a big Cadillac V-8 mounted in the rear seat area driving the rear wheels! The mastermind behind this thing is Bill Grabel of Valparaiso . Of course he was assisted by the ever inventive Jim McKamey.

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[maf914]

Yeah, how do you balance the performance of two so different engines? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

There have been a few multi-engine racers in the past. In one of Karl Ludvigsten's Indy 500 photo books there is a twin 911-engined Indy car from the late 60's. One engine drove the front and the other the rear. DNQ though. In a Can-Am history book I have there is a four engined Can-Am car with one motorcycle engine driving each wheel. Not too successful.

I guess the only successful multi engine cars have been dragsters and land speed racers.

Of course one twin engine road racer that was fast, was the Chaparral 2J, the sucker car. It had an aluminum big block Chevy (494 ci?) driving the rear wheels and a snowmobile engine driving the vaccuum fans. Twin engined, but not quite the same! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)