Friday Fun: RWD Scion xB with Chevy V8 power!
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Friday Fun: RWD Scion xB with Chevy V8 power!
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/25/f...hevy-v8-power/
Forget about body kits, custom fiberglass enclosures for your woofer and LCDs in the headrests. This is the only way to make the Scion xB entertaining in our humble opinion. Oh yeah, Scion wants you to think its cars are more fun than a box of rocks, but like Flava Flav said, don't believe the hype. We'll even forgive the fact that there's a big, dumb carburetor sitting atop the Chevy-based small block. This first-generation xB is owned by a guy named Rick, who apparently knows his way around plasma cutters, nibblers and welders. It's not quite finished yet, as evidenced by the photos showing a stripped interior and lots of zip ties, but Rick's Scion is already quite the sleeper.
Peering inside the engine bay, it's the tidy dimensions of the small block FTW. A transmission hump/center tunnel had to be added, and the chassis was converted to rear-wheel drive, too. Keep in mind, this is the smaller, original xB. The overinflated second-generation would have even more space in the engine room for this sort of chicanery. There's obviously some time and money spent to give this ho-hum little box a big infusion of epic cool, and we bet that's all worth it when you can take in the looks of discongruity as you blow the doors off the unsuspecting.
[Source: Carscoop]
Peering inside the engine bay, it's the tidy dimensions of the small block FTW. A transmission hump/center tunnel had to be added, and the chassis was converted to rear-wheel drive, too. Keep in mind, this is the smaller, original xB. The overinflated second-generation would have even more space in the engine room for this sort of chicanery. There's obviously some time and money spent to give this ho-hum little box a big infusion of epic cool, and we bet that's all worth it when you can take in the looks of discongruity as you blow the doors off the unsuspecting.
[Source: Carscoop]
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This is sort of a repost. This lava is in the March issue of Hot Rod Mag. and there are videos of it in action on other sites. The owner is in the process of finishing it up and detailing it over the winter. Nice to see my concept actually built.
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The guy who wrote the article is obviously a very uneducated person-I mean his ratted out 84 mustang with the 6 banger and fake pro street scoop and unconnected side pipes isn't the only car that is as fun as a box of rocks.
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Originally Posted by hotbox05
not the best workmanshipwise , and it's a chevy? yuck
A racecar shop did the work so dog on them. Not the owner.
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