twin turbos

did we mention the twin engine tiburon will have turbos on both motors. . . we will be taking pics and video the entire build so that everyone can watch and learn. . . we are working on an estimate of the cost of the build and will update it in a few days . . . send me some questions! mike

waiting . . . and searching . . .

i was on ebay and other sights again last night looking for the right cars, looked at quite a few elantras that were complete nice cars in the $600 to $700 price range so i think that's what i'll be looking at for my parts car.

still looking for 97 to 99 tib i really like that style . . .

looking for the right car (s)

you need two, one good one, one not so good one. crash damage on the second is acceptable as long as it doesn't impede the use of the front drive train, so rear crash damage or rollover damage is okay; front end damage is okay if it hasn't affected the drive train. . . by the way, does everyone out there know that you are getting ready to ruin (alter forever) a perfectly good car with this project? I've been searching ebay and other internet sales sights for something in the price range of approximately $1500.00 for the good/project car and $500.00 for the parts/crashed car. Also, as a side note, you need to understand that any race vehilce of this type is unsafe to the extent that it has been altered from its original manufactured condition, and we're talking about as altered as altered can get which equals about as far away from safe as you can be. . . keep this in mind while we continue . . . I'm kind of partial to the 97 - 99 body style of the tiburon so that's what I'll be looking for in my good/project car. The crashed/parts car can be any year from 97 - 2001 tiburon or elantra. You might find a crashed elantra cheaper than a crashed tiburon. Keep in mind the power train in the elantra is very similar to the tiburon, and works perfect for the swap. That's what we used in the first project.

We are going to take our time looking for the right two cars. We don't want to spend too much, and we want a good looking build when it's all said and done. We'll keep you "posted".

Start your engines (both of them)!

Hey! What's up? My name is Mike McIntyre and for those of you who don't know me, I built a twin engine Tiburon that was featured in Sport Compact Car magazine just about 10 years ago. Since that time, I have seen that car on YouTube, and other places and I get a real kick out of people's comments. I have decided to build another twin engine Tiburon; on a budget; and share the experience with people.

Our goal: to find a Tiburon that is affordable for our build; to find the engines that we want to use; to find a space to work in ( i have a garage filled with work out equipment, and my wife won't let me use the living room!) ; to purchase or lease the welding and machine tools needed to custom build a twin engine car; to get readers to read the blog and follow along, and build their own cars if they want along with us. Pretty simple, right? Did I mention, on a budget? well, we want for the every day Joe to be able to do it along with us, and not every one will be able to start with a brand new car. If we can, we will get some sponsors to help us out.

Well, that's it for the first entry. I will check in tomorrow and let you know if I got anything done.