Imports

[PureAwesomeness]

was that a Lexus/Altezza?

Must be.

 

[homeforsummer]

Since we're going in a Kei car direction for the moment....here's my contribution and I truly love these cars, I'm seriously considering importing one for local driving up here.

I'm waiting for the first person to mention Q-Mods about this car, it will truly show that person's ignorance to what this car truly is and how hard it was to acquire one brand new.

I really like Figaros. There are loads being imported to the UK now though, hard to move for the things! And yet, they're still quite expensive for essentially 15-odd year old cars, upwards of £4k at the least here and most around £6k.

A few more:

Apologies for the small pics, this one was on ebay a while back:

 

[PureAwesomeness]

If you ever needed a good reason not to own a Nissan Figaro, how about this? Vanessa Feltz was a proud owner of one.

 

[exigeracer]

P-B, what are the drivetrain plans? Looks like a shell, even at the last photo.

 

[Dijital Majik]

P-B, what are the drivetrain plans? Looks like a shell, even at the last photo.

Midship, possibly a turbocharged 1300cc Suzuki Hayabusa engine:

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/09/14/drivers-blog-martin-ffrench-gt-gt-touring-car-update.aspx

 

[Joey D]

That Altezza looks just like my R/C car's body, although the R/C is fake carbon fiber.

 

[ND4SPD]

The epicness of the Altezza is reaching levels of excelsior!!!!

My god, I can't imagine what that thing would sound like with a 600hp Hayabusa engine....Mmm 10 000+rpms....

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

I'm thinking an ITB Lexus IS-F V8 would make that thing haul a**.

I just gave myself goose bumps and peed a lil thinking about it.

 

[C-ZETA]

Midship, possibly a turbocharged 1300cc Suzuki Hayabusa engine:

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2009/09/14/drivers-blog-martin-ffrench-gt-gt-touring-car-update.aspx

I'm still waiting for the SR22, which I know won't disappoint.

 

[homeforsummer]

If you ever needed a good reason not to own a Nissan Figaro, how about this? Vanessa Feltz was a proud owner of one.

There is no good excuse for posting a picture of Vanessa Feltz even if the does own one...

 

[Time_Attack]

no more driving around open header for me... I just got my new TRD header and HKS exhaust for my AW11...

 

[Perfect Balance]

I'm thinking an ITB Lexus IS-F V8 would make that thing haul a**.

I just gave myself goose bumps and peed a lil thinking about it.

You do realize the chassis and shell weighs only 80kg?

Putting an ITB Lexus V8 in it would render that thing nearly undrivable.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

Thats one epic firewall.....

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

You do realize the chassis and shell weighs only 80kg?

Putting an ITB Lexus V8 in it would render that thing nearly undrivable.

You'll notice I said "haul a**" and not "a monster on the track". It would be one of those cars thats fun to imagine, but hell to control...Unless you want it to smoke tires, which I think it would do with ease.

 

[Keef]

Downforce man, it's all about the downforce. As long as it doesn't go slow, huge downforce would keep those rear tires glued even with a ton of power. Long gears would help. It's so light it could probably do with long ass gears.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

I don't think there will be enough down force to keep the tires from spinning from a dead stop, or even while its doing anything under 100 km/h (possibly more) unless the breeze is blowing extra hard that day.

 

[Jay]

There is also not so much inertia for the engine/tyres to fight against from a dead stop.

 

[TheCracker]

You do realize the chassis and shell weighs only 80kg?

Putting an ITB Lexus V8 in it would render that thing nearly undrivable.

The chassis and shell may only weigh 80kgs, but once you add wheels, tyres, suspension, engine, transmission, battery, fuel tank, dry sump, fuel pumps, brakes, glass, dashboard, wiring loom and piping it's unlikely to weigh any less than 650kgs and probably considerably more.

The tub on Mclaren's new MP4-12C weighs less than 80kgs, yet the car tips the scales at 1300kgs.

 

[Dijital Majik]

The tub on Mclaren's new MP4-12C weighs less than 80kgs, yet the car tips the scales at 1300kgs.

That's a production car, and so completely irrelevant to a purpose built time attack car like this. The owner has stated the target weight is under 600kg.

Anyway, let's get some more pictures in here!

Amuse and Spoon S2000

 

[Dac_Xint]

Great cars! I have met the guy who took these photos before, a local from Hong Kong! He was photographing a replica GT40 and Cobra at the time

 

[Rue]

I have a pic of that exact Amuse S2000 but it's blurry as all hell. I'll see if I can dig it out...

 

[boiltheocean]

Amuse win the styling war, that Spoon is ugly.

 

[Keef]

Amuse win the styling war, that Spoon is ugly.

That's okay. They both probably have wonderful downforce. I wonder which design is better? Someone should put both cars in a wind tunnel and find out.

 

[Leonidae]

which one was which again?

 

[Jim Prower]

Spoon kit has the longer fastback tail. Amuse runs the smaller carbon roof.

I like the fastback Spoon kit meself.

 

[CDailey]

edit: ignore.

 

[McLaren]

Mods slowly progressing on this car. Looks mean stock, though.

 

[Leonidae]

will tuners ever grow past the fake burnt exhaust tips?

 

[McLaren]

will tuners ever grow past the fake burnt exhaust tips?

That's something the owner added. It doesn't come that way from CP-E.

 

[homeforsummer]

I'm still not sure about the styling of those Hyundais, especially at the front, but that one seems to be coming along nicely.