12-07-2011, 01:21 PM
What I think of as my personal unicorn is a car I'd love to build but I don't know if it will ever really be in the cards. Especially because they are getting older faster than I'm getting richer. BUT. I'd like a 2000-2001 BMW 740i optioned with the sport package and short wheelbase in Graphite Gray. Then I'd tear the whole damn thing apart, put in a freshly assembled LS1, gently supercharged for a top number ~600hp, obviously a 6spd manual to go along with it.
I'd clean the car up and make it perfect, bring it into this decade with an OEM style aftermarket nav system (there are units based on android so I could probably figure out how to make it display stats from the car like a set of aux gauges). I'd take out the seats and refinish them Cinnamon, do a suede headliner, pedal covers, and all the other interior bling.
IDK why but I've always wanted a car with a "fast button." So I'd fab a "dual" exhaust that actually had a very, very baffled muffler on one side, and a very unbaffled one on the other, with a cutout valve between them. Then I'd have the car mapped to two different tunes. So I could cruise around all day in the upper ~400hp range with a car that sounded like a vacuum cleaner, but when I hit the go-button shit would get real, real quick.
Outside, I wouldn't change a damn thing except some suspension and maybe some brakes to cope with all the extra go juice, but I'd probably run a good adjustable coilover so it'd be about 1/2in lower than stock. It'd take a keen eye to spot the exhaust tips or the manual shifter inside to indicate it wasn't just another old luxo-barge.
Its got all the things I dream about, part Transporter, an LSx in a car that didnt come with it (life goal on its own), a fast button, a highway dominator, and timeless style. The only downside is it'd probably cost $45k and you'd never ever see the money again.
I'd clean the car up and make it perfect, bring it into this decade with an OEM style aftermarket nav system (there are units based on android so I could probably figure out how to make it display stats from the car like a set of aux gauges). I'd take out the seats and refinish them Cinnamon, do a suede headliner, pedal covers, and all the other interior bling.
IDK why but I've always wanted a car with a "fast button." So I'd fab a "dual" exhaust that actually had a very, very baffled muffler on one side, and a very unbaffled one on the other, with a cutout valve between them. Then I'd have the car mapped to two different tunes. So I could cruise around all day in the upper ~400hp range with a car that sounded like a vacuum cleaner, but when I hit the go-button shit would get real, real quick.
Outside, I wouldn't change a damn thing except some suspension and maybe some brakes to cope with all the extra go juice, but I'd probably run a good adjustable coilover so it'd be about 1/2in lower than stock. It'd take a keen eye to spot the exhaust tips or the manual shifter inside to indicate it wasn't just another old luxo-barge.
Its got all the things I dream about, part Transporter, an LSx in a car that didnt come with it (life goal on its own), a fast button, a highway dominator, and timeless style. The only downside is it'd probably cost $45k and you'd never ever see the money again.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S