ChasR
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I am sure others have seen this a while back. If it was posted on here despite me searching I apologise.
For those who missed it, check it out. I really enjoyed watching it.
IMO that Impala was beyond sketchy and questionable in many ways of its assembly. But it won me over. Man, the sound of that thing was simply menacing, even if it slow compared to some cars with all of that power! And the look? Spot on!
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Last Edit: Dec 26, 2016 1:24:45 GMT by ChasR
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I love roadkill, their happy to show the reality of buying old cars and having fun with them. If you haven't already done so, catch up with the other 59 episodes, well worth watching
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1968 Dodge Charger
1985 Chevrolet Camaro
1993 Toyota Hilux Surf
2001 Ford Mondeo
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adam73bgt
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I really liked the MCM/RK crossover, I haven't watched much Roadkill stuff before but will be doing some catch up
Mighty Car Mods did a vid on the build of the ute as well
And theres a part 2 as well which I'm only just watching now lol
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IMO that Impala was beyond sketchy and questionable in many ways of its assembly. But it won me over. Man, the sound of that thing was simply menacing, even if it slow compared to some cars with all of that power! And the look? Spot on! The one thing which I didn't understand, is why couldn't they get a nut on the steering wheel? It looked like the stock steering wheel, did they just lose the nut and couldn't find a new one? That seems excessively slack and dangerous. Or do you think it was because they had to meddle with the column shift to get it to work with their transmission, therefore messing up the steering wheel mounting? As a lot of people have commented online, it makes no sense why they didn't weld up the diff. That seems very Roadkill-style, and would have improved the burnouts massively! Obviously, the whole car only "works" as a system because it has no grip. If they put decent tyres on the back, then the huge torque of the engine would quickly destroy either their axles, driveshaft or transmission. The lack of axle location would also probably cause issues, as you would be winding up the springs and getting axle tramp, etc. The fun thing about people like Roadkill working on big old American cars is that they have plenty of room in the engine bay, and drivelines which are all compatible with their muscle car engines, so everything seems to more or less slot together. They have the expensive engine on hand already, and the rest of the car is disposable, so they can simply slot the engine into any old car and thrash it. |
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ChasR
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I can only guess that they didn't do the steering wheel nut as they probably lost it with wigging and moving components about in order to fit the big block in and the new transmission.
I guess they didn't weld up the diff due to the time constraints. While it is probably staged to some degree the car was barely finished when MCM turned up! But it definitely needed a locker of sorts. That and it probably would have been even more interesting on the road with a fully locked differential aka welded ; you can tell Marty is worried as they are going onto the bend on a freeway!
But I guess there is more to it than this. They wanted to exagerrate what Americans are perceived as doing ; having loads of power but no handling or brakes.
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The reason they didnt weld the diff up is in the dialog on the show... That car was build as a prank ,Jesus why does everything have to be disected and explinations given?  I loved both cars . The Impala wel I just love Impalas and thats looked spot on ... And as suprised as I was with myself as I feel all J cars are totally unnecessary I loved the Scoobie even with the brain numbing boxer thud thud thud..... Roadkill,Dirt Every Day and Engine Masters have totally replaced Top Gear ( GT ) in my house.... |
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ChasR
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I'll give you that. It was a bit obvious they built the Impala as a bit of a laugh. But what a laugh!
Engine Masters is superb. Maybe not all of it applies to us guys with smaller engines but it is interested to hear their discussions. For instance they were saying that better exhaust manifolds don't always work on 'mild' engines and that while they offer more power cast iron units are effective in fitment, clearance issues and sealing.
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you have to remember that none of this is staged and none of them are trained mechanics and they built them in two and a bit days.
Though MCM do have a few mates that are mechanics by trade, and RK do have their trade contacts, they're mostly self taught enthusiasts just like the majority of us lot on here!
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Roadkill have more than just trade contacts, they have assistant mechanics from the staff of Hot Rod magazine and Motor Trend to help them behind the scenes. Freiburger and Finnegan have noted in videos that people like Lucky Costa work on Roadkill cars when they run out of time, as per the video below.
I'm not bagging their work, I'm just amazed that their company Health & Safety officer allows them to get away with it! Remember that they work for a fairly large US company, it's surprising that their legal department lets Roadkill do half of the stuff that they do.
And by the way, Freiburger and Finnegan really "get it" in a way that can't be faked, that's obvious from the videos. I've been a fan for years.
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