Cool trabbi.

[tigran]

Saw this on ratlook and thought that's freakin sweet, so thought i'd share with you lot. Apparently it runs a wartburg turbocharged 2 stroke with 150whp zoiks!

Cool looking - check
Nutty powerplant - check

Perfec.

[dave21478]

It was all going so well until the last photo with the scabby old radiator hanging on the front.

I like these cars though. Lots of potential.

[devilishdesigner]

Turbo 2stroke! That is one of THE coolest ideas I have heard!

[bodieanddoyle]

looks like it could be the old renpappe one, nice!
low boost bypass is novel, and you hardly notice the plenum in there. never was a fan of k-jet though, a few guys do stick wart engines on them over there though.
wonder whats pumped through the turbo for lube?

great find

[tigran]

Dave - you mean the scabby old intercooler? I reckon it looks kinda cool in keeping with the look of the car. One could always stick a massive alloy one on. Anyhoo tis a small point, the ammount of power being made from the lil ol powerplant is the cool thing.

[gotwood]

This thread is in no way helping me in trying to stop my endless hankering for a Trabant !


anyone got one they wanna swap for a mk3 polo ! ;D

[DutyFreeSaviour]

I too will have one as a daily one day....... just got to make sure the missus doesn't catch on. ALthough she does like Ed's Wartburg from the gathering shots - so alternatives may exist.

Excellently nutty motor in totally inadequate ride - TOP MARKS ;D
OB's neighbour needs to see that.

[dave21478]

Sept 1, 2009 7:45:56 GMT tigran said:

Dave - you mean the scabby old intercooler? I reckon it looks kinda cool in keeping with the look of the car. One could always stick a massive alloy one on. Anyhoo tis a small point, the ammount of power being made from the lil ol powerplant is the cool thing.

Is it? It looks like a water rad to me - the inlet pipe is way too small a diameter for the size of boost hoses he has. Its perhaps some kind of ghetto charge cooler setup.

Either way, I love the car, but just think that spoils it a little. Its gone from looking pretty ooof-worthy to looking like something lashed together on Scrapheap Challenge.



EDIT - looking again at the engine bay shot, the boost pipes don't go anywhere near the front, so its almost certainly not an intercooler

[BenzBoy]

That's mental! Great find Tig. I immediately thought of B&D's Wartburg... go on Edd, you know you wanna! ;D

[tigran]

That front thing is mental, it looks identical to all the saab 9000 intercoolers i've ever used.

[fordf350camper]

Sept 1, 2009 6:26:27 GMT dave21478 said:

It was all going so well until the last photo with the scabby old radiator hanging on the front.

I like these cars though. Lots of potential.





Whats the blue estate.I like

[fordf350camper]

Whats the blue estate.I like the look of it

[gotwood]

Sept 1, 2009 18:50:30 GMT fordf350camper said:

Whats the blue estate.I like the look of it

Looks like an old Wartburg to me . I'm sure somebody who knows a bit more will give you the correct answer in a minute

[bodieanddoyle]

Sept 1, 2009 18:49:34 GMT fordf350camper said:

Whats the blue estate.I like

wartburg 311 or 312 camping. could be either but more likely a 311 as more were made. both are identical bar model number as thats when 312 corporation took over running the wartburg factory concern.