725hp V8 in a Fiat 500 anyone?

[JRS]

This little gem was being shown off at SEMA this year. 427ci small-block, big Hoosier tyres, and a virtually stock bodyshell nailed to the custom frame. Insanity. Pure insanity.

Want one.

 

[PinkFloyd]

Lol mental and I thought the Morris Traveller dragster with the supercharging sticking out through the bonnet that I saw at Santa Pod was crazy!

 

[Firestar_3x]

Totally love it!

Shocked the engine fits in, the gearbox must come back quite far into the cabin.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

I wish it had completely stock looking rubbish steel hubcappy wheels. Would look so much better.

 

[Engram]

Ha ha! Are there any videos of it being driven?!

 

[IAmATeaf]

That looks bloody mental

The new 500 looks like it may revive Fiat, seen loads and loads of these on the roads and they do look nice, might get 1 for my daughter.

 

[sanaxe1]

What a completely useless car , the windscreen is far to high to offer any visability what so ever.

 

[Thomas. PLease.]

What a completely useless car , the windscreen is far to high to offer any visability what so ever.

are you serious?

 

[Firestar_3x]

Lolz, some people need a brain transplant.

 

[Glaucus]

That's class.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Just out of curiosity... being so short how well does this thing actually go in a straight line. Surely it just snakes all over the place?

 

[mjt]

surely that's a 500 on a V8?

 

[The_Dark_Side]

I'd have been more impressed if it'd actually been a 500, and not just the outer skin of one attached to a completely custom chassis.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

I'm slightly skeptical the 'lid' actually lowers down without removing the bonnet. The whole car seems a little pointless but it sure looks good

 

[alexthecheese]

Ah, well spotted. No wonder I can't find any photos of it with the body down.

 

[mjt]

I'd have been more impressed if it'd actually been a 500, and not just the outer skin of one attached to a completely custom chassis.

would that even be worth the effort?
the original structure would have to be modified so much it wouldn't have resembled the original in any way

I'm slightly skeptical the 'lid' actually lowers down without removing the bonnet. The whole car seems a little pointless but it sure looks good

it won't, i think you can see a hole cut in the bonnet in the first pic.

 

[The_Dark_Side]

would that even be worth the effort?
the original structure would have to be modified so much it wouldn't have resembled the original in any way.

No they'd have had to remove huge chunks of the car, but at least then it would've actually been a 500.
That could be a dozen other cars and could have different skins bolted on.

 

[Andr3w]

I'd love to see it on the road

 

[markweatherill]

GF tells me she saw a 500 with a V8 years ago at a custom show.
The driver sat in the back seat!

 

[Jonny69]

Amazed that there are exhaust headers and a steering rack squeezed in there somewhere