500+ HP VW Van
 

http://www.race-taxi.ch/

Race-Taxi is a Swiss project that shows what a few guys with a garage, three donor cars, and lots of spare time and disposable income can do.

Step 1: Find a donor van. Bonus points if it's a split window. (1962 model here.)
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2. Find a donor Porsche engine. In this case, it's from a totaled 993 Turbo. Increase horsepower from 408 to over 500.
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3. Find a chassis donor, in this case a Type 2 (T3), or Vanagon here in the States.
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4. Remove the body from the chassis.
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5. Widen and lengthen the bus by sawing it into quarters. Mate the body to the Porsche engine and T3 chassis.
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6. Add a whole bunch of wires, Recaro seats, the Porsche's gauges, and a nifty wooden shift knob.
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7. Lots of body work and paint.
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8. Almost done.
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9. Take it to the track and blow the doors off of Imprezas, Elises, and old M3s.

LOL, you mustve saw this in the other thread:

http://www.revscene.net/forums/subar...d-t588928.html

WOW just wow

I'm pretty sure I've posted the vid before, but here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JB6JzzY4Yw

Lots more on youtube too.

If you check out the actual website, you can actually seethe full process. Near the end they molded a carbon fibre roof to the Bus. :thumbsup:

a person doesnt need 500 horsepower in a van to overtake exotics on a track.

Sabina Schmidtz can do it in a stock, diesel Ford Transit van

its all about the driver.

But when your name isn't Sabina Schmidtz, 500HP sure helps..

thats sweet!!!! A bus passing the Aston on the track lol

wow thats nuts

What are you talking about? Video???

think this is it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KiC0...139&feature=iv