In car video of pass in Geo Metro ~ 9.85
01-30-2009, 03:54 PM
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Why a Metro?
It's 1600# from the factory and very aerodynamic. AND it was only $400 off the dealers lot. I'd never built a car from scratch before, so if it sucked, I wasn't out too much. I parted out what I didn't need for $500.
Most Geo people say "it's not a Metro, just a Metro skin on a tube chassis" which is true. But nobody says "did you see that tube chassis car just run a 9?" They say, "Holy crap, did you see that Metro just run a 9 ?!!"
The world has enough 9 second full size cars. It needs more different stuff. I'm building a tow vehicle for it out of a 1958 Volvo panel wagon.
I dig the different stuff.
It's 1600# from the factory and very aerodynamic. AND it was only $400 off the dealers lot. I'd never built a car from scratch before, so if it sucked, I wasn't out too much. I parted out what I didn't need for $500.
Most Geo people say "it's not a Metro, just a Metro skin on a tube chassis" which is true. But nobody says "did you see that tube chassis car just run a 9?" They say, "Holy crap, did you see that Metro just run a 9 ?!!"
The world has enough 9 second full size cars. It needs more different stuff. I'm building a tow vehicle for it out of a 1958 Volvo panel wagon.
I dig the different stuff.
. That little thing is really moving good. 
01-31-2009, 04:32 PM
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Race weight with me in it is 2400#. I'd guess it's making around 900hp. I'd give alot of credit of that to the Neil Chance 10.5" ~3200 stall convertor. Before that, I had a Coan 8" and the car just flat drove thru it. I went from 13% slip down to less than 6%.
I put a nitrous kit on it not for power really but for spool up so I could bracket race more.
One thing I'd like to do eventually is to make the switch to E85 or E100. I don't have a lot of timing in it, only 21º and I run 116 octane. The top end of the run the air temp right before the throttle body was 40º on a 90º day. (Liquid IC's are sooo nice.) I honestly think I could make 1000hp with it but I'm probably already pushing my luck with the car unless I could get the suspension really dialed in.
I put a nitrous kit on it not for power really but for spool up so I could bracket race more.
One thing I'd like to do eventually is to make the switch to E85 or E100. I don't have a lot of timing in it, only 21º and I run 116 octane. The top end of the run the air temp right before the throttle body was 40º on a 90º day. (Liquid IC's are sooo nice.) I honestly think I could make 1000hp with it but I'm probably already pushing my luck with the car unless I could get the suspension really dialed in.
02-04-2009, 12:31 AM
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hey is that ur geo metro thats all over youtube hitting 9's?
Hehe Ive seen that for a while thats pretty bad ***....
how much do u think you've thrown into that car to make it that fast?
Lol 20k+?
Hehe Ive seen that for a while thats pretty bad ***....
how much do u think you've thrown into that car to make it that fast?
Lol 20k+?
02-04-2009, 11:06 AM
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While I kept every receipt and made a bit of an owner's manual out of it, I've never added it all up but if I had to guess it's probably mid 20's.
I just looked and I don't think I have any that really show the tires width. They are 11.50 X 28" ET Drags though.
02-05-2009, 08:32 AM
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What kind of gas mileage does it get now? I really can't believe you would ruin an environmentally friendly, economical car like that with what's going on in the world today. That would have been a very good car to drive daily with today's tough economy before you hacked it up.
02-05-2009, 04:42 PM
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It's probably me if it is racing against some Camaros at the track.
While I kept every receipt and made a bit of an owner's manual out of it, I've never added it all up but if I had to guess it's probably mid 20's.
I just looked and I don't think I have any that really show the tires width. They are 11.50 X 28" ET Drags though.
While I kept every receipt and made a bit of an owner's manual out of it, I've never added it all up but if I had to guess it's probably mid 20's.
I just looked and I don't think I have any that really show the tires width. They are 11.50 X 28" ET Drags though.
02-09-2009, 09:07 AM
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What kind of gas mileage does it get now? I really can't believe you would ruin an environmentally friendly, economical car like that with what's going on in the world today. That would have been a very good car to drive daily with today's tough economy before you hacked it up.
To make up for the added carbon emissions the non-lockup torque convertor, I added naws injection to freshen up the exhaust. Also, I recently changed my daily driver car to a human feces powered vehicle. To deal with my high roughage diet, I did have to add a Magnaturdgrinder to the intake tract. Now it goes like stink.
