What Makes a Car a ‘Street Car’? | Racing | Rotaries & More
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- What makes a street car a street car ?
Street cars, motorsport, rotary engines and more. We asked for questions all over our social's last week, and here are the answers to those.
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Time tags
0:00 Intro
1:08 2022 Review
2:23 2023 Plans
2:47 Who am i?
5:26 Heathcote Park surface Before and After
5:44 Machinary, Power Tools, Welders
10:20 What is a Street Car?
11:53 What are the engineering steps for the RX4?
13:37 What did you sell the VF SS for?
14:57 Can a first timer tune a Rotary Engine?
18:02 Are you going to build an n/a Rotary?
18:50 Will the RX7 be faster than the red Gemini?
20:15 What spark plugs should i run in my Rotary Engine?
21:04 Premix oil in fuel for Rotary Engine
22:14 Update on Project Redline?
22:23 Goals on UA-cam, how do you balance content/life
23:48 How long have you run MrParts.com.au?
24:43 How many sponsors do you have?
26:20 Summernats or Powercruise?
26:54 Other interests?
27:51 Do another rotary build!
28:10 What is something you shouldnt cheap out on?
29:00 How is the Jeep?
29:33 2023 Goals for RX7 and what next?
31:26 Thank you
32:42 2022 Mash up
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My L67 manual swapped supercharged v6 VT wagon goes alright..its fun, 12psi, fits what ever,roof racks,tows my dirt bikes and it goes pretty good and fits the kids too
Rick Beato is a deadset champion. I completely agree with your priorities. Great vids!
Good content mate, no BS and extravagance. Look forward to seeing more racing content in 2023 😎👌🏼
Congrats on all the firsts mate. Onwards and upwards.
You're loyalty to no brand and the way to give out your info, is what I love about the channe;. Its just "I'm here doing this, join me or not, don't care" May even try and catch you at Heathcote one day 😍😍
A street car is any car that drives on the street and the cops leave you alone
If it's registered or if your brave enough to drive it then it's a street car thats it. I found this channel searching for ford v8 Windsor builds and came back because this was the first barra I ever saw in my life
Yeah nice man. Interesting to hear what you've been saying
I was really interested in that Hardwire PDM video aye👀
My opinion of what a street car is.
Platform is a factory chassis with factory or very close to factory wheelbase, no stretched chassis or relocated wheel wells.
Registration and insurance.
All working lights
Has doors that work like stock and are practical for something you could drive daily.
Has factory safety equipment still unless upgraded. (Aka 5pt replacing 3pt belts. Etc) the car is identifiable as an OEM body style and still has OEM sheetmetal. (No all glass bodies. Glass hood, trunk and possibly doors would pass as acceptable.)
Is able to be driven over speed bumps and other normal roadway obstacles without excessive scraping, damage or getting high centered. Has a working trunk that can be used as a trunk. Cars that have been rear halfed and have rear firewalls and /or have the trunk filled with fuel cell I wouldn't consider to be a "street car" unless it was factory like that.. (original AC Cobra or some GT350 mustangs for example)
I'd also say that the dashboard would have to be functional. (Original dash pads, HVAC, controls, glove box etc. Cars that have a sheetmetal dash are not really "street cars" because driving in the winter windows fog up with no equipment that came stock to defog or manage any other functionality like wipers, heat etc. ). A good street car to me is basically a factory chassis that has tasteful suspension upgrades, drivetrain and power train upgrades, but the car retains drivability and most factory features and accessories. And MILD exhaust. Something you can start at 5am and hear but not so bad that you wake everyone in the neighborhood.
For example. A buddy of mine has a C6 Corvette. 416 LS stroker, huge turbo and tires/wheels, clutch setup with a stand alone PCM. Carbon brake upgrade and coilovers that were corner balanced. The car makes 1300 wheel through mostly stock drivetrain. AC got deleted but heater is still connected. This is 100% a street car. It's drivable, mild mannered, and not obnoxiously loud.
As far as power tools, I just buy corded Bosch blue.
When on the street its 100% road worthy and insurable, at the track its whatever you want it to be... THAT to me is a street car... so I guess it changes from state to state, country to country.
I daily drove my bridgeported Rx4 for 12 yrs. 1st motor did 120,000km. 2nd did about 50k before I sold it. Loved every minute of it…except fuel economy. At one stage I was regularly driving it between Canberra and the Gold Coast. Could only do about 300km on a 65l tank with a 5 speed and 4.1 diff. Biggest negative was hearing loss - my ears used to ring after a 30 plus minute drive. At the time I loved every second….especially the REAL pops and bangs a 48 IDA Webber and 3 inch exhaust provided 😂
New sub....Massachusetts USA. Love your stuff
Shit hot Broomy !!! Hope ya had a good new year 2023 hopefully the spicy cough stays away and keep shit normal!!! My new years resolution gonna get to HPR and check out the hallow tarmac!!!👍🍻
Nice one Broomy. Thanks for the update.
I trust what you say. That sounds easy to achieve, trust me when I tell you it isn't.
Your a gun Broomy love your content
Street car = registration, turn signals, headlights, and a horn. Also don't cheap out on tires. You don't need the most expensive ones. But better tires will keep you safer.
Good stuff Broomy, can't wait for more RX4 stuff personally 👍
G'day I really enjoyed this video and excited by you racing more . Some of us live there life by watching people actually doing it . Your success and the failures resonate with them. Good luck with 2023 .
I’m pretty much in the same boat as you, if it has rego and you can actually drive a decent distance then it’s a “streetcar” is it a street legal car, probably not. But I don’t care either, I love to see tuff cars being used, nothing better then seeing a fast “racecar” being used on the street💪🏿 should be more of it.
PS. Not really a rotor fan but really enjoyed the content on the RX7👌🏿
The Makita 40volt xgt range is the top. The Dewalt 54volt is good, battery being 2 amp hour for it's size and weight is not the best. Makita also have much better support for warranty claims. Speaking from experience. Nice channel and great content though. Go check the makita stuff and see for yourself.
Can you do another more in depth Microtech Rotary tune and set up please cheers
Haven’t touched a microtech since project redline v1.0 sorry. Fueltech reached out back then and offered us some help, so the only in depth tech content you will see from me will be for the brands who have supported the builds. Always happy to help anyone with any of the fueltech range on setup or any tuning questions 👍🏻
Threw on a sub mate ...that i thought i was already subbed. Had that lately with a fair few channels i watch.. Dont know if it was youtube or the after work beers....
Street car modifications but completely legal as in engineering compliance
As for most of the drag challenge cars I would think that 3/4 of them would be big yellow sticker if pulled over by the hwy patrol maybe someone will run an event that all cars must be completely street legal and rwc that would be a bit different in the et times and drivability tests included let’s see whether it ever happens
I don't care what people call a street car. For me if you can get in it, be comfortable and drive where you want without needing to stop for cooling down etc and something that can go through your states roadworthy test legitimately, that's a street car.
Thanks taking the time to make this. I showed your channel to an RX8 owner friend and told him to lose the Renesis and put a proper 13B in it, sadly he is intent on fixing the original... hope he comes around before losing his a$$.
He will thoroughly enjoy this video then ua-cam.com/video/IDezPjuQvmE/v-deo.html
I think the general rule is if the car is quicker than yours, it’s not a street car
100% promod 😂
"Will the rx7 be faster than the red Gemini?" SHOTS FIRED!
Ouch,you seen the size of the turbo bolted to that little engine......haha
After losing count of the amount of defects I received in the 90's here in Oz I put it down to 2 categories in 2022,,1 is a Street "Driven" car(till its not) and the other is a Street "legal" car due to having gone through the proper process and not being shit scared everytime you see a cop car and then being fined and ending up on the back tow truck and a few thousand out of pocket in fines ,,we can argue to the moon and back, but what's best for the wallet wins hands down but being the latter is a no brainer for me and those who have done the same have said the same....Sorry just my 2 cents
If the EPA gets their way in America the term 'street car' will refer to an unmodified factory released vehicle! Then eventually Australia will follow suit. The days of 8/7/6 second street cars will be one of those 'good old days' memories our parents always talk about! Interesting times
If the tyrant's in Washington get their way you won't be able to buy anything but a EV that you can't modify at all beyond gutting it and cosmetics. Why I call anyone that is all excited about how quick acceleration a EV has and calls themselves a car person f'n phony... Any jackass can buy a 1 trick pony plaid and get similar results to everyone else with one.. That's when racing will truly become he who has the latest and greatest will win because it will totally negate any building, tuning and driving skill.. There is already enough morons that think they can buy wins and get butt hurt and lose their f'n mind when someone knows what they are doing and actually have skill hands them their azz with far less..
Australia is already FAR more restrictive than the USA with regards to the road legality of vehicles. I've seen car channels like Roadkill driving cars in supposed "nanny states" like California that would get you arrested in Western Australia. Not just pulled over and fined, but actually arrested on the spot for public endangerment and reckless driving.
@Christopher Hallett but if the proposed restrictions the EPA has in store for the US, it will mean any road going VIN won't be allowed go be modified. At all.
@@TorqHub pretty bloody scary, especially as Australia seems to follow the US!
If has rego meets safety requirements (for track) it’s a street car,don’t care if has 500hp or 5000hp
Love your work Broomy, wish I'd asked you what the 1/4 mile limits are for roll cages. I know I can look it up but where's the fun in that!
Depends on the age, as modern cars with ABS and airbags don’t require a cage until faster cut offs these days
'93 R33 Skyline GTST, where is the best place to find that info? I'm in Melbourne also, not sure if that matters. It has ABS, it needs to go! Not very effective, I'm sure I've had a minor bingle in it years ago because of how slow it is.
Street car = compliant by local governing body where car resides for public road use, and is able to be insured for public road use.
For a car to be a street car, it must be registered and road-legal. If you get pulled over by the filth and yellow-stickered, it's not a street car. So, mods must be legal or engineer certified. I personally also believe the car must be comfortable enough to use as a daily, but some folks are happy driving mobile torture devices around so that's a subjective quality, not objective.
12v is good from supercheap
I let you be Broomy with the ball busting question on camera but you can answer my question in your Insta DM's a little later. 👍 (Also, didn't get a reply notification on here...😑)
My reason is because knowledge is power and there's no use wasting camera time on something that will take 27min to explain on camera regarding what I want off you. Much simpler to just reply with a couple of paragraphs in the DM. 😁
25.35 minutes it shows you a icon on the screen called "how to remove fuses and relays forever " I cant find that link or content anywhere on your channel Thank you can you show me Please ?
I think I changed the title and thumbnail ua-cam.com/video/rStts-yn9H4/v-deo.html
Thank you
So… street cars 🙃 what’s your definition?
If you can drive it on the street. Has rego etc. Enough that the cops won't bother you.
To the rule it would have to pass a roadworthy. But really how many cars are unroadworthy? Heaps. New cars with tail lights out etc. What you do after getting the roadworthy and rego, even if illegal, is still a street car to me. If cops can't tell then it's all good. Cleetus wouldn't last long driving his red Corvette around in Australia that's for sure. Although I'm guessing it's legal in Florida? Cheers Broomy happy new year!
Street car is something that when pulled over the cops aren't going to town on you without opening the bonnet, so wheels inside the guards and not an obnoxious exhaust etc.
If you are brave enough to drive it. Especially over here with the way police are.
It’s a Street car.
Aus street car is quite different to what is street car in the US is, it isn’t just head/tail lights indicators and horn. But that is just a different legal requirement… this is why you make it Reg first and then mod.
0:22 "A quick review of 2020..."
Umm, bit late with the 2020 review bro. 🤣👍
How much castor oil do you mix with 20L of methanol?
400mL
TY... might have to line up at Jamboree, mines a 28x9 red fd similar set-up the Hoff was building.
Obviously the VF is a VF SSV redline. But that's too hard to ask.
Do not misgender the might redline
@@BroomysGarage my vf Calais v is a redline too, it has brembos and redline suspension, so it calls itself a redline and I can't argue with it.
And heated seats which the commodore redlines don’t have ! I looked at a Calais V, but ended up with the ssv instead.
@@BroomysGarage it's pretty much why I bought the Calais, plus cheaper insurance. Still not cheap though!
🤔Mullet🧐
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a street car is any thing that's regod n ya drive it.
Did you have to do a torsional test before you cut the firewall? I’m speaking with an engineer at the moment and I’m having a hard time as I’ve already cut my firewall and he’s telling me he needed to do the test before and after…
No, just after. I assume there is a maximum deflection rate that is allowed in body twist and they just go by that. Honestly, this car will be significantly stiffer and put up a better result than the tin can chassis prior to these mods would have anyway. I will have a large twin beam strut brace on front struts, chassis conmector at front of car, another one at the rear, and any roll cage will lock everything in even more.
@@BroomysGarage I was thinking the same thing mate, mite need to speak to a different engineer I think
Yeah I'm with you on that one 👍 If it's registered and u can drive it more than 200 miles without any problems, working headlights, seat belts, tail lights etc. then it's a street car 👍👌
Problem I'm having is I'd love to register my vn with it's turbo v6 setup is I've been quoted 4500$ to go through engineering to register it, it's bs tbh ,literally just turboed the stock v6 and 4500$ ,1200ish for the engineer the rest to the government for brake test (Will be doing the vt brakes cause the stock single pots are pretty useless) and emissions testing (1500 a shot even if u fail, so 1500 per attempt) but yeah the cost is rediculas, last car I had engineered in nsw was only 800 total, here in Vic 4500 absolutely disgusting especially for a car that's barely modified with not even 15k in it.
It's a budget build cause it's all I can afford, if it was a 100k build then yeah 4500 is nothing.
It's extortion all because the Victorian government doesn't want people modifying their cars. So they make it so prohibitively expensive to deter us but all it achieves is people just do a dodgy and go on h plates like what I'm going to be doing 🤷♂️🤣
Hi there as a mechanic and car modification nut I understand why you think it’s costly to engineer a car but it’s more to the point that it’s trying to make safer cars rather than the idiots I see all the time and spend $10000-$20000 grand making them go fast and never think about the handling and braking capabilities of that 2 tonne weapon that won’t stop like it used to and so on its great that you’re going to increase the stopping power of your car but don’t think that just putting a better set of callipers on it will work also look at the master cylinder sizing and also the brake lines std rubber doesn’t work as well as a braided line that doesn’t flex anywhere as much and one more the brake booster and master cylinder bracket upgrade it to stop flex in that std 1mm thick sheet metal factory shit and it does make a huge difference in that car stopping good luck
Why did you go 2 rotor and not 3 rotor or something???
Cost.
Drivability is way more important then peak dyno numbers
Music is just like comedy… multiple genres and even top artists can make trash.
As for the eternal argument of a real 'street car' is one that will most likely be forever devoid of any answer due to the multitude of variables and ones own opinions. Examples of the expired arguments in this field are...
"HAS TO HAVE STEEL PANELS" so Corvette's out then, so too AC Cobras, and anything made from crp composites like 'the exotics' so thats BS
"HAS TO BE MADE BY A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER" so anything homebuilt, coachbuilt or specialized fails qualification, again BS.
"HAS TO HAVE FULL INTERIOR AND AC" so how about all that interior in the Willys MB/Ford GPW ? callin BS on the interior requirements.
"HAS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A DRIVE THRU" I guess a super stretch limousine cant be a streetcar then, guess it must be a potato.
"I DRIVE IT ON THE STREET THEREFORE STREETCAR" really? What street? Sesame Street? Ive driven my car on a footpath ... Doesn't make it a footpath car
Even discretionary judgment by enforcement officers vary the street argument, one may be accepting of a mod, another may not.
" Street car " is so loosely compartmentalized I doubt a solid definition will ever be reached.
My hollow dont mean chit opinion...
Have to carry supply of special (ie 'race') main fuel. FAIL
Has to be towed/trailered to a street (not race) meet. FAIL
Fowls plugs when driven at low speeds. FAIL
Overheats in stationary traffic. FAIL
Cant pass a local vehicle inspection or local regulations. FAIL
Doesn't have registration 'tags' or plates for it's locality. FAIL
Have to change over major components from street to race. FAIL
Cant drive in all average weather conditions. FAIL
Needs starting assist or convoluted pre start procedures. FAIL
STREET CAR is like saying mushroom pole, scotch mist or refrigerator orbit. With many variables world-wide I would hazzard to say there is actually no such thing as a street-car..
ROADCAR maybe.... So what makes a 'road-csr'....?
If you can fill it with bowser fuel, and take it on a decent drive without having to stop every 20kms... it's a street car. Screw VSB 14, Screw ADRs. Alot of the cars that get pinged are realistically far safer than half of the daily drivers we share the highway with on a daily basis...
...bUt iTs To sAvE LiVeS! Bitch, please.
Well ask billy from src cos he has a pro-mod lol no no K-MOD lol
Street car: has to be driven to the drag strip and driven home. Whether or not your modplates r legit or exist doesn't bother me
Nice one using cleetus car for click bait
I don't see how using one of the baddest azz well known street cars as being click bait... Mullet is a prime example of many people's argument of what a street car is.. Not a huge fan of Cleeter but no denying Mullet is a badass street car. It's way more street car than many people's trailer queens that cant touch it..
In my opinion. If the car is tagged, has working lights and can be driven down the highway at least 100 miles and won't burn down sitting in traffic it's a street car. I don't care if it has 5hp or 50,000hp. Anything that cant do that is a race car
Love the cleetus d ick riding that goes on on the internet. No shortage.