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6 second geo?
Topic Started: Apr 5 2016, 12:25 PM (795 Views)
Toothless
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I heard of a 6 second geo metro is this real?
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espltd
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I think it was 9 actually, and pretty much just a geo body with all gm drivetrain. Impressive nonetheless
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Murf 59
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There has been a video of that one floating around the forum for years. The Hudson Boys have a Metro that has been modded really hard that has run 161mph on the salt. They hold 50 world records in the 1.0L class, and are in the process of building a new chassis for Aug. Very fast guys.
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cwatkin


This may not be it but is still pretty fun. What Mirage was turbo? The turbo came from a Mirage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8L8CTtsmvo

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Turbo Dan-O
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cwatkin
Apr 5 2016, 04:50 PM
This may not be it but is still pretty fun. What Mirage was turbo? The turbo came from a Mirage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8L8CTtsmvo

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:gp That's Z34's blue car years ago. Cool stuff!

Here is the 9 sec one. Yup, full blown hot rod. Not much Geo Metro left on it... ;)

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6 seconds? Is that before the motor blows up or before you get out of first gear? :P
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t3ragtop
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yep, the blue car is kyle's with m3's turbo rig. if i remember correctly, that engine went from m3 to chad's4door and then to z34fivespeed. i believe the 16 second 1/4 mile on that. ;)

the 9 second car is a tube frame custom with a buick gnx turbo engine. the only thing left on that car that is geo metro is the body skin - and that isn't anything near stock. you should see the turbo on that dragster, not to mention the nitrous oxide.

i think that kyle would give you the scoop on that modified g10 rig. even with all the work and tuning it had limitations and if i recall from the guy who originally built that engine in his teamswift thread, he was never very happy with it. it ate head gaskets like candy. ;) he worked on that project for a long time and the intake manifold's limited flow crippled the engine's output.
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I am not sure the safety equipment for a 6 second car would even fit in the Metro. It would be like driving in a iron maiden!

:bacondance I used the bacon emoticon because I like that one.
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perfesser
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Back in the '60s there was a guy who had a VW Beetle with a 396 Big Block in it. It also was a custom frame hot rod with a (fairly stock-looking) bug body wrapped around it. To package it, the driveshaft was about 4 inches long, and the driver was sitting where the back seat used to be. Same Beetle wheelbase. Made for some wild wheelstands on launch!!
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Murf 59
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The front under drive pulley from Z34s engine is on my G10 now. No you can't have it back. Love it.
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t3ragtop
Apr 5 2016, 09:44 PM
yep, the blue car is kyle's with m3's turbo rig. if i remember correctly, that engine went from m3 to chad's4door and then to z34fivespeed. i believe the 16 second 1/4 mile on that. ;)

the 9 second car is a tube frame custom with a buick gnx turbo engine. the only thing left on that car that is geo metro is the body skin - and that isn't anything near stock. you should see the turbo on that dragster, not to mention the nitrous oxide.

i think that kyle would give you the scoop on that modified g10 rig. even with all the work and tuning it had limitations and if i recall from the guy who originally built that engine in his teamswift thread, he was never very happy with it. it ate head gaskets like candy. ;) he worked on that project for a long time and the intake manifold's limited flow crippled the engine's output.
Kinda sorta.

I am the original builder/owner/financier of the boosted 1.0 Setup/car in that video.

I blew it up after fixing all the boost leaks that were present in the video, but not adjusting the FMU to compensate.

Didn't have a windband because I was young and arrogant. When it blew up my freshly rebuilt 1300 mile engine, I got pissed and sold it to Chad and proceeded to move into the world of the TwinCam.

Had i ever gotten back onto the dyno, or even had a clean run at the dragstrip, im certain the car would have been closer to 100whp and high 14s.

Far as I know, Chad still has both the head and the turbo setup.
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Pretty quick for a TBI @ 7PSI. Edit, I thought I read td04, but I realized it is the older Tc-o4 which I couldn't find information on.
Edited by solerpower, Apr 7 2016, 10:43 AM.
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z34-5speed
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This is a video of the car about 1 week before it blew up the final time. This was with all the leaks fixed and with the clutch being nice. At the :24 second mark (as soon as I hit 3rd gear) it instantly went super lean (felt like someone was trying to pull the car backwards) so I got out of it, shifted to 5th, and nursed it across the line.

Ran a 16.3 @ 73. Based on the 60ft and how it was pulling, I really believe it would have been a 14.9~ run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY8zzMQUgu0
Edited by z34-5speed, Apr 7 2016, 12:59 PM.
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