Wheelbase of a shopping cart. All the safety equipment of… a shopping cart. Anybody who recreated Jackass scenes in their youth knows that shopping carts hurt!
Why tuck and roll when you can choose between a) extending your arms from the inverted trolley to snap like twigs, or b) the simpler, reduced-mental-function life.
@@ModernWarfare924 the contact patch is way smaller on a bike, assuming your car has modern radials on and you don't have bad suspension setup lifting the inside edges of the outer tyres off the ground.
I finally have a little time to think about building a car and come to find that small analog vehicles, those that exist in one piece of mostly not rust, are either precious collectables or already built.
There will be something out there for you. Might not be as 'sexy' as an S600 but you can still get plenty of wee Kei cars on the cheap if you know what to search for, so start getting a list together relevant to your region if you haven't already. Outside of that cars like the Diahatsu Mira and Honda Fit (90s) spring to mind as small but awesome - Taz.
@@hpa101 yep, couldn't agree more. I had a '96 Nissan Micra which was an absolute hoot at 725kg and roughly 80hp stock. I threw a cold air intake and rev-limiter delete at it (taped the optical window up) and she was amazing... especially so considering it regularly got 40mpg freeway and had aircon!
I'm not so sure that's a great idea, motorcycles have small oil pumps and tiny oil capacity. so on startup, it will take a while for the oil to actually get to the important bits of the engine. or on the other hand, the oil capacity taken up by the lines and cooler may just completely starve the pickup and you'll lose oil pressure. probably best to just manage the oil degradation, and just do frequent oil changes, or up the weight so it doesn't get too thin at high temps.
@@nick4506 a one way valve with 4-5psi opening range may cure any sort of aliments regarding starvation. Or the cooler can be installed on the return side. Most modern internal combustion engines operate at high oil temp these days however most have coolers too. A heat exchanger may be an even better idea as it allows the engine to get to operating temps quicker and really only add a few ounces of volume. On my 8 quart engine, adding an oil heat exchanger and a slightly larger filter only added about 1/2 quart of volume but the engine gets to operating temps quicker.
@@benaresq That's entirely what I expect from him. Something like (in his overview voice) "I decided that since we were going auto crossing this weekend I would take this Friday afternoon to address some of the issues I previously found on the car..."
In the early 90's I was helping the Formula SAE team at my college (name left out to protect the guilty). The team did well in those days finishing 1st and 3rd overall the two years they ran F00ps (f*ing oops). In the off season we would take the current or past car to autocrosses. One day running F00ps I managed the fasted time of the day while running my old mans 1986 Taurus for the slowest time of the day! Good times.
It's amazing how the removal of a pair of glasses changes him from a racing nerd to someone who looks like they start every sentence with "Now son, you need to ..."
In 1997 I worked at a Chrysler / Dodge / Jeep dealership. We were invited to a Regional New Car unveiling at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Everybody from the Southeastern US dealerships were there. What a party !! Then, they had a Autocross competition. As an old 1st employee at Road Atlanta I knew how to drive a race car. I chose a Dodge Neon R/T as my car. It was hilarious! I smoked everyone on the Autocross~~. w/ a 180 spin at the finish line!! backed it right up to the stage!! and WON the PING Putter Grand Prize! What a fun day !!
One of my dream cars is a low ass Super GT-styled Mitsubishi GTO TT making 700hp with stiff ass Suspension and homemade beefed up 4W steering + drift angle kits, wide wheels and tires. Maximum contact, maximum grip, a lot of weight, a lot of horsepower. A beautiful GTO.
Hey SuperfastMatt! Just wanted to say thanks for the videos. Love the way you make them and your way of presenting, excited to keep watching your content. Have an awesome day, keep doing what you do!
There is nothing better than your sarcasm and seeing the fruits of your labor be successful. Fix the shocks, get a tire gage, and have fun with a great car. Thanks for sharing.
Every time I see this thing a voice in my head says "bike swap the wagon", and another voice says "that bloody thing weighs 1300 kilos, you're gonna knacker the motor".
I see you've added some lightness by adding more weight. Great stuff. (Depending on how you look at it, this is an S600 with a heavy powertrain or a motorcycle powertrain in a heavy vehicle.)
@@EmyrDerfel Precisely. I am not going bald in my early twenties, I am getting more aerodynamic, watching the human scalp evolve from a front row seat.
@@phenomanII for motorcycle it is chain/belt/shaft, but this is a car and has bit more components. There is additional transmission, shaft rear differential, axles and hubs. So 90% of motorcycle powertrain is like half of this cars powertrain so it is just powerunit.
Hi. Iwas involved in fitting a fiat 1600 engine, gearbox and diff into one of these about 40 years ago in australia. Quite a jump in power & weight) made it a handful of fun to drive. Have fun with your beast. Cheers Michael
Love this stuff, and your little Honda-powered Honda. I remember those cars from their first appearance on the planet (or in the UK at least). Speaking of which, I think in the UK this sort of event would be called ‘an auto test’. “Auto-cross” would be like moto-cross in cars. I had a friend back in the 1960s who used to do auto-cross in a Sunbeam Stiletto (look it up!). It was real fun. Now my nephew and his son do auto-tests. That’s fun too. As I said, I love your stuff. All hail the algorithm! Comments help I believe🙂. Les in UK
0:56 I once rode along in a friends original fiat 124 spider at an autocross and can confirm, this is exactly what its like to autocross these types of cars. That spin gave me flashbacks 🤣
I know this isn't the kind of video you go out of your way to do... But do enjoy this. You built that damn car. Go play with it. Have fun. And let us know how it goes.
I wish we were neighbors. We'd be best friends wrenching together all the time. Love your humor. Love your builds. Bring that track monster out to the mid-south or east coast tracks some day! I'll join ya!
Damnit, Matt. You're making me want to go AutoXing agin. So true about the weight. I had (well, my parents had) a Dodge Colt in the mid-80s, which was a surprisingly competent AutoX car - Soooper light, iirc, 1800lbs. Even with stock everything it was a solid mid-pack car. Until 3rd gear quit working. My subsequent car, a Spitfire, was light but absolutely ZERO fun to AutoX. Whoever thought a swingaxle was a good idea on a sports car need a slap. On the eggplant. Yeah, I noticed. :). OH... also, you have TONS of room for an enlarged sump pan! Personally, I'd fab one out of steel with pass-throughs for the mounting locations.
My dad lamented being beat in his 427cuin Corvette by a friend with an MG at an Autocross in the 60s. He later evened the score by beating the MG in a drag race with a bread delivery truck.
I doubt that they care. I know guy who hauled his broken car home from a trip in the back of a U-Haul truck, which is much less appropriate than the open cargo trailer.
Just wondering what a GL1200 Goldwing motor with either a supercharger or turbo set up would do. Stock about 92hp The motors already move a 800lb bike plus rider, I tow a trailer with mine with my weight, trailer, cargo and bike weighs in about 1400lbs
The CBR 1000 he is using makes over 150 bhp. Tourqes… well not so much. I always thought it would be a good idea for a Goldwing motor in my 68 Opel Kadett. Only 1300lbs.
@@kkkkiaken I know someone that has built a Morgan replica using a CX500 motor, he is working on another using a GL1100. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nEVioNELiq4.html
Hi Matt, love the video and the S1000. I was wondering if there were any special considerations you made when shortening your oil pan- and if there was any concern about the oil pick up running dry under a side-load. Thanks!
Used to work for U-Haul. We didnt care what you used the trailers for as long as we didnt see it and it comes back in one piece. Also, look for a drag race or other performance clutch and add an oil cooler circuit, might help you out.
Lowering the final drive ratio....a lot, would give your clutch an easier time on hard launches and also suit the autocross courses much better than a road friendly ratio! :-)
SuperfastMatt, are you still running stock clutch springs? Most of the motorcycle engined cars I've researched run heavy duty springs on the clutch to help deal with the added weight. I don't know who makes them for your Honda, but I'll be running a Barnett performance clutch kit on my R1 powered AE86.
Engine looks like the oil pan sits at an angle... maybe you can add an inch or so to the oil pan so that you end up with a horizontal pan even with the car but the pan itself would be deeper on one end?
