This is kind of lame though because it's got a total engine and transmission transplant. I'm sure there are records for modified stock engines and transmissions, which I would be more interested in.
Bob and Adam could get their RPM rocks off to this:The next worrying thing is the steering. The wheel has been replaced with a suitably zoomy-looking motorsport item, but the rack still has typical lawn-tractor slop in it—you can turn the wheel a good inch in each direction before anything happens. More worrying, the column seems to flex as well. It’s only after driving the thing that we discover the standard tractor’s steering rack has been replaced with one from a 1960 Morris Minor. An improvement maybe, but not what we’d call a definitive one.
Apparently this was already featured on Top Gear. Video in the blog comments: http://backfires.caranddriver.com/forum ... 780-607896With the clutch pedal pressed, first engages with a forceful thunk, but you then discover that the unmodified throttle pedal is almost impossibly sensitive, considering the engine’s lack of flywheel effect. The lightest pressure seems to add at least 5000 rpm. Somehow, we don’t stall.