Amphibious FC has it been done?
09-08-08, 08:34 PM
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whats a Turbo V?
if you made something like this it would be best to just make boat with a FC upper half shaped fiberglass body. making an amphibious car is quite dificult to do right. most that have "worked" are slow light small and have many rust problems.
09-09-08, 01:06 PM
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And I am not aiming at building a sweet racecar, or the baddest boat on the lake.... but I do expect that it will be the best combination possible ;-)
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09-10-08, 09:30 AM
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not necessarily, if my motor blows its getting a 302 in it.
but the point is...its gonna cost an unreal amount of money to do something thats more fun in a boat anyway.
but the point is...its gonna cost an unreal amount of money to do something thats more fun in a boat anyway.
09-10-08, 11:52 AM
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what do you categorize as unreal. i already have the motor and tranny, came out of my track car. 302, trickflow tw heads, cam, prfmer rpm intake, holley 670 carb, and rebuilt t5 trans ready to go in, and would consider hooking up the squeeze to it. wrecked the fox but drivetrain's still good.
i like the t2 and the feel of boost, but there's nothing quite like power on demand
the amphibious thing is just a little too much though
i like the t2 and the feel of boost, but there's nothing quite like power on demand
the amphibious thing is just a little too much though
09-10-08, 01:59 PM
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what do you categorize as unreal. i already have the motor and tranny, came out of my track car. 302, trickflow tw heads, cam, prfmer rpm intake, holley 670 carb, and rebuilt t5 trans ready to go in, and would consider hooking up the squeeze to it. wrecked the fox but drivetrain's still good.
i like the t2 and the feel of boost, but there's nothing quite like power on demand
the amphibious thing is just a little too much though
i like the t2 and the feel of boost, but there's nothing quite like power on demand
the amphibious thing is just a little too much though
Right now I'm not really worried about weather or not it's possible, I'm more concerned with how easily it can be done vs. how well it will work.
09-12-08, 02:45 AM
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you said it wouldn't look much like a car when you were done so why don't you get an old boat with no engine and buy an atkins marine engine. then you can figure out how to put a fc chassis on the bottom of the boat and there you go. imho if amphibious cars were a good idea then more car manufacturers would try to make them. not just ford and a couple others. which by the way failed miserably.
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