8.2L TT V8 Acura Integra

[Mook]

Of all the dumb fucking ideas

https://jalopnik.com/this-mid-engine-8-2-liter-v8-199-acura-integra-sleeper-1830000130

As you might expect, throwing a giant iron-block V8—and a heavy subframe with a Cadillac suspension meant to provide a buttery-smooth ride—into the back of an Integra does cause a few issues.

I called Richard, the sales manager of Streetside Classics, the dealer selling the car, and he told me the car drives “horrendously.”

“It doesn’t handle very well...the weight ratios are just completely out of whack,” he told me. “We got it up to 40, and personally I didn’t have the balls to take it any higher.”

Part of the reasoning why he didn’t want to go much faster isn’t just the suspension, but also the fact that there’s no firewall between the driver and the engine

It’s worth noting that whoever wrote the sale listing on Streetside Classic’s website wasn’t quite as critical of the car’s driving manners, writing:

...thanks to the big Cadillac’s inherent smoothness and the gentle nature of the turbos, it is anything but tricky on the street. Lean into the accelerator and the car lunges forward like it was drop-kicked by God, but it doesn’t get out of hand. Some of the credit still has to go to Acura engineers for their rock-solid suspension tuning...

That last bit about suspension tuning is odd, because that’s clearly not an Acura suspension in the rear.

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[DEEZUZ]

no firewall

 

[CMNTMXR57]

That has got to be loud as fuck in there. But at least you can turn the A/C on and direct it right at the intakes.

 

[Chet Donnelly]

Looks like a friggen death trap!

 

[Spivitz]

"It's a fun little car, but I would not take it down the street"

Wtf
..... And he wants $27,995

 

[Kensington]

I mean, some places it looks like quite a bit of time, money, and effort was put into it...then there's other parts where someone just said "ah, fuck it"

10/10 would not drive.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

First I was like, eh, wide body, meh.....

Then I saw the hatch area, and was like, Whoah.....I LIKE.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Though, looking at the pictures....

If you front end something, you die in a fiery ball of death.

if you get rear ended, you die because that engine will push you through the firewall holes like play dough.

In all collision situations, you die.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

$27K um no. Whoever made this did it on a beer budget and wants champagne coin for it. I could see it being a lot more entertaining with an LS engine in the back that's all aluminum just to knock 250-300lbs off the weight. Roadkill has a mini truck with a 455 Olds in the back on the same transaxle. Was pretty cool although not insanely quick.

 

[IDAFC21]

This reminds me of something I would've tried to build from a hacked gran turismo 3 save file back in the day Except mine would have had 3000hp, awd, and F1 tires that clipped thru the whole body of the car.

Now that I think about it, I'll have to see if I can build this car in Forza. Seems much safer than actually buying this rolling death trap.

 

[Mook]

Those were the days.

 

[IDAFC21]

I pretty much did that with a PT cruiser and a Viper engine. People just dont know there was a time when a game wouldnt allow you just swap parts out on a car willy nilly without altering the code in a laptop. The first time forza actually allowed you to do an engine swap IN GAME was revolutionary.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

I pretty much did that with a PT cruiser and a Viper engine. People just dont know there was a time when a game wouldnt allow you just swap parts out on a car willy nilly without altering the code in a laptop. The first time forza actually allowed you to do an engine swap IN GAME was revolutionary.

Street legal racing redline is good for those kinda of silly things. Can hack the game and do really crazy things.

https://youtu.be/Ftt6TAc0LH8