The installer of my TIICO, Ed Rogers of Vee Dub Service in Ogden, UT, has this same vehicle sitting in his garage. "Thing" body sitting on a Syncro drive-werks. Not intended as a sand rail as it will be too heavy. Sandrails always have very light front ends, actually light all over, huge paddle tires and power to waste. My brother's Pinto produces just under 300 hp with 11.5 to 1 compression. My nephews 4 seater produces 320 hp and it's a VW aircooled with turbo. Most of these seem to weigh between 1200 and 1800 lbs. This is a link to my nephew's site: http://www.majorleagueduning.com/ Bob Stevens http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiico As strange as this sounds (and looks) I met a guy in San Diego last summer that had cut the body off a Syncro and mounted a VW Thing body on the chassis. He had a TDI engine off to the side that was destined to go into it. I think the suspension would be *very* stiff with the reduced weight of the vehicle. Michael Snow _________________________________________________________________ Have fun customizing MSN Messenger — learn how here! http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/reach_customize |
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