QFC66 - 80s Sports Car [FINISHED]

[oldmanbuick]

A little more than one day left to enter!

I have received submissions from the following, in no particular order:

@mart1n2005
@DuceTheTruth100
@yesnt4060
@Ultimate_Billy
@Riley
@moroza
@Happyhungryhippo
@sutarttt
@PoseidonAutomotive
@WumboSized
@YelloLight
@Capri78
@Simmerdoor
@abg7
@Ch_Flash
@fallenvalkyrie
@breadtheloaf

Please let me know if I have missed you. Also please make sure you have posted an ad. I will try to a more comprehensive check for ads but have so far had to run most of this challenge from my phone because of a particularly busy few weeks. I think my schedule should clear up some this week to allow for a reasonably prompt turnaround on the judging.

Thanks to everyone who has entered so far, and I am looking forward to seeing what other entries might come in just before the deadline!

[moroza]

You’re telling me that thing runs a 6.7 second 1/4 mile?

[Happyhungryhippo]

The ad is still missing….

So here it is. The Yamaguchi Vega DX.

The first generation Armade is sold as Vega in the USA, and it has the corresponding modifications like sealed beams and sidemarkers.

Planned as a budget sports car, the DX trim offers already a 16 Valve engine (Yaaaaay, rocket science!!!) and alloy wheels (yaaaay, prestige!).

Since you maybe don´t want to afford a daily driver if you are looking for a BUDGET sports car, the Vega has four seats, with the rear ones being not only emergency options but providing bearable accomodation for adults at least for short distance travels. The trunk is also generous for a sports car. As usual for something Japanese, it is more efficient than domestic US cars, without breaking down every second intersection.

You might need a bit of time to get used to the center-mounted gauges, but this makes LHD conversions easier and keeps the purchase price lower for export markets. 90 percent of the buyers confirm that after a short time of being a bit confused, this solution is perfectly fine. And DX means we paint a bit of the plastic silver to give your ownerhsip experience a few more horsepower just because it´s looking sportier.

Car was made in cooperation with baz (discord), thanks for the great input!

[Dog959]

1982 Wentworth Sports Sparkhill R

Following on from its 1979 facelift Wentworth Sports is proud to offer a new fastback option, despite it’s compact size it offers good space for suitcases or shopping.

Still as cheap and cheap to run as always it’s a good choice for a more interesting alternative to a humdrum city car for any bachelor or bachelorette.
12,200 AMU for the 1.5 NatAs trim.

[Tragedy]

I couldn't squeeze a V8 into the budget, so you get this miserable V6 pos instead :|

'82 DeValero Corvella Corsa

Central Motors F-Platform (3rd-Generation), 1982-1992.

Hot looks, lukewarm performance.

it is a "luxury" model, so at least it has a half-decent stereo to blast your Loverboy cassettes (cassettes not included)

[ShinyBat]

OOC: lore inspiration

So, I’m a graduate of the University of Southampton, which happens to be a bit of a motorsports hub. A lot of a motorsports hub, really; it has multiple wind tunnels of which the largest was acquired from the military just as a certain Adrian Newey was completing his degree there in 1980, and apparently most of the F1 grid has a Southampton graduate in their aero team now while the tunnel has been used for testing in various other forms of motorsport as well as winter sport and cycling.

The closest I got to this fun as an Economics and Politics student was having a few lectures land in the cantilevered lecture theatre of the engineering department’s Lanchester Building (which by then had structurally-unnecessary supporting pillars added seemingly to provide psychological reassurance!), but when I saw that Automation had a stag badge - the Stags being the nickname for the university sports teams (which I also wasn’t part of, but I did commentate on them for student radio once!) - and the alignment of this challenge’s lore date with Newey’s studies and the arrival of the wind tunnel, I had a background story and ran with it.

If I’ve ended up going into inadvertent cheese specs-wise - or sliders-wise, ironically aero was one of the sliders I didn’t crank up when for full lore commitment it should have been! - I guess this is my semi-cover. If I’m binned I’m binned, and given how good at design I’m not, I half-expect to be binned on those grounds alone. But either way, here’s a love letter to one of my alma mater’s great legacies.

ShinyBat, University of Southampton '09

This mean lean green machine is the sports car of the future.

The pioneering facilities at the University of Southampton - including the first moving ground system at a British university and an ex-RAF wind tunnel - have attracted the world of motorsport.

Now, with the efforts of Southampton engineering graduates, these innovations come to you.

Stag Sporting Vehicles present the SSV Alumnus. Featuring a lightweight aluminium V6 engine that surges to 8,000rpm, built to not just meet but exceed all current clean air regulations. Other race-inspired innovations include vented disc brakes and aluminium body panels on the roof and bonnet.

The future is here, and it’s made of aluminium by Southampton alumni.

Which is why we called it the Alumnus.

[nialloftara]

Budget sports cars need bow to no one, Introducing the Phoenix here in RS trim with a 1.6L 8 valve 4 cylinder, power output has been assisted by a 1.3L supercharger, bringing it to 188hp. With a 0-60 of 5.5 seconds and the quarter mile in under 14 seconds, all while running on regular gas, and returning over 26MPG with excellent WES 8 tail pipe emissions to meet the ever stricter compliance in nations around the world. And this isn’t a peaky turbo engine only good for high rpms and falling off boost during shifts, with 90% of peak torque available in a 3600rpm range from 3200rpms all the way to 6800 rpms, the power keeps growing after that till it reaches 7000 rpms, with a redline of 7500 you can pull hard in almost any gear. Hop in and take a ride, your’s for just $15,000

[Texaslav]

1982 Bizzarro 2900i

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Superficially New

The renewed-for-1982 small Bizzarro was… Essentially the same car as before, except wedgier-looking. The rear suspension was still a primitive McPherson De Dion type, the vehicle itself was still too tiny (though a wider chassis does help the optional 3-seater layout), and the creature comforts were still lacking. Nonetheless, the company’s partnership with Arlington Automotive had borne fruit: The new body had internal bumpers inside soft front and rear clips to avoid the bulk of external 5mph rubber pieces, and the new “motorsported” aluminum Arlington V4 meant power was up and weight down.

The facelift also saw the massmarketization of the small coupe in order to be able to produce more cars, for more people, for less money and less time - resulting in wheels and hubs borrowed from European Waldersees and only having one size, a central electronic injector as opposed to the transistorized, unreliable pressure-analog injection utilized previously, and a cheap, thin, hollow, shaky body draped lazily over the car’s frame.

The 2900i, as the new small Bizzarro, thus ended up postumously with a mixed legacy. Chintzy and cost-cut, it was nonetheless one of the great 80s sleepers and perhaps the cheapest way into a properly quick Italian sports car that decade - all the while, in the US, having deep Arlington dealership and mechanical integration.

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Fun Facts

• In its native Italy, the car ended up with a much-destroked 2-liter version of its engine and a blower. You know, for taxes.

• At just 41 inches of height, this is one of the lowest production cars ever made, beating the Countach handily. Then again, thanks to a lack of V12 and central transmission, this thing still has more space.

• The tiny purchase price of the Bizzarro stateside was a curiosity lost on European shores. There, the car had a lot more high-brow appointments, a meaner engine with less emissions compliance and a limited-slip diff. This USDM base model is still cool, though.

• The success of the trucky but outwardly compact V4 in this car was the direct prompt for Arlington/Somervell’s own V4 program, which wrought the much-lauded DOHC engine that started in the 1988 Somervell Sinclair compact.

[bang6111]

Subete shimae onna koi wa
Honno hiasobi da yo

Wasure shimae anna yatsu wa
Yume wo miteta dake sa

A love affair otona no onna wo

Just hold me tight enjite ita dake

Ima ni datte honki nante
Iidasu no wa kabu

Idake shimae kinou made no
Atsui koi no kakera

A love affair sameta sasayaki wa

Just hold me tight joke ni mawanai

Yume asobi kimagurena
Kaze ni sasowarette
Kagiri nai oozora ni maiagare

Setsunasa wa tsuyogari to
Ai no uragaeshi
Ima wo tada nagasareru yume ii

Nagai kureru koi no me iro
Ikikaese nai kara

Sutete shiamei amai yume wa
Kizu wo fukaku suru yo

A love affair nuku chimi naru hodo

This took me like 2 days to make fastest QFC car ever anyway enjoy the totally not mr2/nissan mid4

'82 Katami Juno

For 1982 Katami decided to experiment and build a mid ship sports car. However, due to Katami’s unfamiliarity in building a car of this scope they partnered up with Revuelto especially in terms of the handling and driving dynamics.

Under the hood, the 1.6 Liter DOHC 4 cylinder engine produces 118 HP and 104 lb-ft.
Might not sound much but thanks to it being a sub tonne featherweight it’s rather quick with a 0-60 in the mid 7 seconds with a 5 speed manual close ratio transmission it helps out as well…

Interior wise you get a premium cassette player and decently bolstered seats. Outside you also have aerodynamic body styling tested in a wind tunnel to be as smooth as possible…

All for $13,900 AMU

Images

[mart1n2005]

1982 Valiant Volta

Sorry no time for a good post, this is just off my phone

[Isabella]

[supersaturn77]

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It's bloody raw.

And no, it isn't Japanese. Nor undercooked.
Meet Kingsman R4 from Ventus.

Honestly, you didn’t grow up wanting an economy car, did you? No, like any reasonable enthusiast, you want performance. Unfortunately, that costs a lot of money, right?

At Ventus, we have solutions for many things. Er, performance things. Money is annoying.
So we removed it as a variable.

Enter Kingsman R4. Raw performance. Low frills, all fun. Because sometimes you don’t need the gorgeous handmade interior, or class-leading stereo. Cloth and plastic will do. But you still get an aluminium body, all-round specially-tuned independent suspension, and style that knocks others flat.

Go ahead. Grab on. You’re in for a hell of a ride. . . if you can get one before it gets away.

Import market vehicles shown. Equipment varies by retailer.
Special orders available.*

* Contact dealer for more info. Not available in all regions. Cost may vary.
© 1982 Ventus Road Cars LLC

[AKA_NOBUDDY]

Turn heads, and cruise right pass them… In style

We are happy to present the CBC Cruiser JX! And you wonder, CBC never used a JX for it’s models and you’d be right! we just hired this company called “Jaznyr”, and the end result is something that barely shares parts with the original model!

What they had to do...

“Sir, the pop up headlight is not reliable and expensive”
“Off with it!”

“The six cylinder is inefficient, heavy and expensive”
“Chop one cylinder off and make it an Inline 5!”

“Sir the suspension…”
“Redesign the whole thing, cause we can’t trust what the CBC has done with it”

And end result is this… only for 15k or contact your local CBC/Fierce/Rennara dealer for a deal today!

Big thanks to @Jaeger for engineering of this model.

[oldmanbuick]

Submissions are now CLOSED. Goal is to have reviews done by this weekend.

[David_Herrera]

Damn missed the deadline by 2 hours. Pain

[Happyhungryhippo]

Now I want the V8 version of it and do donuts at the supermarket parking lot while blazing “Kickstart my Heart” at full volume while my wife prepares the divorce papers.

[Tragedy]

"Sir, please remove the keys from ignition."

[nialloftara]

Is that the base RS v8. With a 2 barrel, 3 speed auto, and the one wheel peel?

[Tragedy]

It’s a (mildly) improved Z28 clone with throttle-body injection and a 4-speed auto (I know, the t e c h n o l o g y)

[bang6111]

How fancy ITBs? Mine is just mpfi single (probably still too advanced lol)