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The picture above is a Renault 4 body that’s been grafted onto a 225bhp Clio V6 chassis. With nitrous. Which is ridiculous. But the kind of engineering idiocy that we can only endorse.
Gallery: Clio V6-powered R4
Named ‘Project Old to New’, it's being built by Parisian car modifiers L'Ecurie to compete in the Gumball 3000 rally, which lunges with its usual guffaws and stuffed wallets into Europe from its Covent Garden start line in ten days.
Only thing is, the 225bhp retro cannonball isn't technically finished. Which might be a bit awkward for the event's only French participants, L'Ecurie founder Patrice Meignan and Technical Director Jérémy Taltaud.
You can follow the build here. Reckon they'll get it ready in time?
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What do you think?
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wridy commented on this article
at 02:56 pm on 16 May 2011
You would be to scared to race that off the lights looks like the terminators weekend car. www.clippingtheapex.wordprss.com
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Enzo3185 commented on this article
at 03:14 pm on 16 May 2011
why not, the looks doesn't seem to bad, and the power will be astonishing!, will this french bloke can do that with a Renault 5?
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Takk commented on this article
at 03:30 pm on 16 May 2011
So it started off with the worst handling pack in the world, and now it's got the dragresistence of a windmill and the luxurylevel of a wheelbarrow to go with it. It's odd. I used to abhor the R4 when I was a kid, but now, when I see one (not with the plastic front though), I can't help but smile.
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MadPegasus commented on this article
at 03:37 pm on 16 May 2011
I already seen a 2cv kompressor (and turbo) , a Citroën GS 1220 turbo (Subaru :D )on youtube , 4 rotor RX7 , ... all super !
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kirk_lazarus commented on this article
at 05:19 pm on 16 May 2011
that is so cool and on so many levels!
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