Again within the Seventies, the CitiCar was a fairly distinctive little EV. I imply, it has a bodily form and presence that stand out, seemingly it doesn’t matter what decade you are viewing it in. It had humble aspirations as an EV, however this one is now an absolute drag strip monster because of Vasily’s mile-long record of modifications.
His opening premise sounds sort of easy: Stuff a Hayabusa engine behind this factor and see what happens.
In fact, since he is no stranger to building things himself, and has the welding and machining data and abilities to make such feats sensible, he went into this venture understanding full properly that he’d must do a complete lot of labor to get that Hayabusa-plus-Citicar imaginative and prescient to work.
Nonetheless, over the course of many months (and movies on his YouTube channel), he did it. He bolstered the chassis, acquired the engine efficiently mounted within the rear, welded in a roll cage, added racing seats and harnesses since he wished to take this factor to the drag strip, and extra. On this video, you will see him add each a candy Pingel electrical shifter and a super-cheap paddle shifter unit he discovered on Alibaba. (Hey, he says he paid for each out of pocket, so he can do what he desires along with his cash, proper?)
However whereas these mods are nice and useful, it is arguably the third improve he installs on this video that makes the largest distinction to how Tacky (that is this automotive’s title, in response to the very selection license plate) performs on the strip. A candy Takasago drag race chain goes on the again, lastly giving this factor the power it must persistently carry out by all of the pulls that Vasily places it by.
And check it, he does. There are a number of roll races (completed from rolling begins as an alternative of standing begins) the place Tacky smokes the competitors. A C5 Corvette? A BMW M5? A turboed S15 Silvia? Please, carry Tacky some severe competitors, will you?!
What’s further superior about this, although, is that seemingly everybody (or at the least, everybody we see on this video) is drawn to Tacky prefer it’s an enormous individuals magnet. It’s very comprehensible, too, as a result of there’s actually nothing fairly just like the CitiCar by way of slicing a dashing, fromageresque determine. The automotive guys, as soon as Vasily chats with them and talks concerning the modifications he is made, can not help however admire all of the work he is put in to creating this factor the unassuming beast that it’s.
It appears prefer it desires to be your finest buddy, however it’s going to completely destroy you on the drag strip. When you’re cool with that, you must observe Vasily’s YouTube channel, as a result of he says he is planning to place Tacky up on the market quickly. Just a bit extra work (he already swapped the rear glass window out for Lexan) and it will be good to go, if he can carry himself to half with it.
And also you’re in all probability not going to search out one other one in every of these exhibiting up at your native drag night time.
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