Buck531 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Not that you guys would give two shits here about this but I found it interesting. Oh.. and In b4 the flames/looks ugly/WTF Why? comments. http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb256/Z34teen/LuminaV-8.jpg . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinner Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 neat I also liked the AWD LS1 Grand Prix concept that never went anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superchevy72 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 id rock it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wunna Dig Race Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 That is neat! Ford had plans for a DOHC 2.3 Turbo that was going to be in a special edition SVO, but they never got around to doing it. http://www.fordturbo.com/dohc.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Cool.....looks like I'm half way there.....now I just need to hook up the rear wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed44 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Pimp mobile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 That was my 3rd car that I owned. great awesome car. Ever since I had my 91 Lumina I never gotten a speeding ticket since lol. bought it with 56k miles. Sold it with 105k. Ran like a champ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I Want a AWD Monte Carlo =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l36tols1 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 They still sell Luminas overseas but they look 2340932094 times better then what ours did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 old issue of hot rod!!!! seen it..GM has it in there warehouse to this day...every now and again it gets taken out and beat on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Both GM and Ford have some sweet functional concept vehicles laying around. Ford has a V10 03 Mustang laying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 very true , but i got to play with alot of GMs test Cars. id love to beat on the v-10 stang, but they cant keep clutch in the damn thing..youd think they would as least put a stronger aftermarket one in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 That is neat! Ford had plans for a DOHC 2.3 Turbo that was going to be in a special edition SVO, but they never got around to doing it. http://www.fordturbo.com/dohc.html Not necessarily special edition, it was supposed to be the next generation of the 2.3/2.3T. However, as most things "concept" it never came into production, as the head had oiling problems and wear problems. Nothing that couldn't have been iron'd out, but in 85/86 there wasn't a market for, or rather I should say, Ford was behind the times (imagine that) and didn't think DOHC would be the "wave of the future." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 neat I also liked the AWD LS1 Grand Prix concept that never went anywhere. I liked that car a lot too. As I understand, there was more than one in existance and they were fully running prototypes. Someone I knew in school said he drove one and it felt pretty dang fast. Although, there were issues with an Aztek AWD system standing up to the power of the LS1. The project did go somewhere though, it's probably the reason the GP GXP got a V8, but no AWD due to costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I thought one thing Ford had was the Ranger with a vortech blown 302 that they introduced along with the lightning. Lightning got a better approval, so therefore the 93 Lightning was born. GM had some nice projects, a little on the crazy side, I think a V16 yukon they made for shit's and giggles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I would buy it =O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallard Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 GM had some nice projects, a little on the crazy side, I think a V16 yukon they made for shit's and giggles. Needed a test mule for the Cadillac Sixteen powertrain Sometimes you get pretty crazy vehicle/engine combinations when they build test mules. Also, the V10 Mustang was pretty cool. If I remember correctly it was a V10 mod motor, and it ran off two ECU's. Supposedly, GM could get 300HP out of the DOHC 3.4L that was in the stock Z34 Lumina's, but it was detuned because there was no suitable tranny for it. Not sure how much weight there is in that, but it's a common Fiero swap and a few guys were getting pretty good HP out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 I thought one thing Ford had was the Ranger with a vortech blown 302 that they introduced along with the lightning. Lightning got a better approval, so therefore the 93 Lightning was born. Never heard of this. Could you possibly be confusing it with the SVT Ranger Lightning Bolt? http://www.pickuptruck.com/IMAGES/stories/lightningbolt/lightningbolt2.jpg That is the only SVT Ranger I know of to exist, and not to float my own boat, but if there was a 93 SVT Ranger, I would have known about it. But, stuff slips under my radar from time to time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 ^^ Nope. It was on an old episode of Road and Track that was on what is now Spike TV. It was a choice between a Ranger w/ blown 302 and the F150 Lightning w/351W back in 93'. Obvious that the lightning won the popularity contest, and therefore Ford built it. Lemme find, it's out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerTurbo Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 I'd definitely like to read about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 Sweet Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Great read, thats f'in sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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