The Grandma Grand National (Now taking Submissions)

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Oh no no no, I'm only bitching about the regs coz I like my >9000 horsepower engines. That being said, the 20k limit is great for the balance of the scoring you have now. It's just right, I wouldn't actually ask you to change it!

[EnryGT5]

I made a totally bonkers grandmamobile prototype using the Achernar X90's engine detuned to around 500hp

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What the fuck dude LOL gonna be scraping bits of Grandma off the back seat

[VosNox]

Well aren't you little miss indecisive.

[07CobaltGirl]

**gets out some popcorn**

[strop]

So the ol '04 Subaru Legacy Outback Wagon (fantastic sleeper wagon) kind of got an engine swap... not content with chauffering our elderly counterparts with the stock EZ30 straight six (which is a fine engine in itself), I kind of transplanted a 4.0L DOHC square block AJ28 from a Jaguar S-Type and then swapped out a few slightly updated parts... now it makes 500hp with great response to a bit of a poke (71) while still being smooth as warm butter (71) and quiet as feathers in the breeze (33). Not satisfied with the Macpherson front Multilink rear setup, I swapped out the suspension for a double wishbone system front and rear to give improved ride stability. Then I gave it the Brembo treatment, but went very gentle on the pad material. The roof racks were replaced by subtle wings cleverly disguised as roof racks, grandma will never know They can't bitch about the lips though, those came stock! Even with the grandma-approved comfort measures that added a good 300kg to the car's kerb weight, this Grand Touring version of the Outback still gets the same 22mpg as when it rolled out of the dealer, all while hitting 100km/h in a rather brisk 4.5s, doing the quarter mile in under 13s, onto a top speed of 254km/h.

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On premium quality medium profile long life tyres, this Legacy GT seems like the self-same unassuming Outback it started life as, but in fact is a secret track assassin that will lap around the Top Gear test track a good 11 seconds faster, keeping up with the likes of the M5 E60. Oh wait, we weren't supposed to be racing these things?

[VosNox]

Submission bump!

[strop]

Yeah where's the love for this hilarious contest? I'm gonna submit my entry when I get home.

[VicVictory]

Do you still have the submission I put in a while back?

[VosNox]

Nope

[QuantoSolo]

Well, public relations and marketing decided QSA can't afford the pride not to offer a car tailored for these exquisite clientele at Saint Sorrows Retirement Village, Mortuary, and part time Smoke House.

Put together with a quite short time frame QSA presents the GranWagon. (PR chose the colour, marketing wanted silver grey):



I hope the engine responsiveness was no hard rule but a matter of points as well.

[nialloftara]

I'm finally going to get some time to build and this sounds like the perfect laugh a minute contest. Prepare yourselves for in a few hours Centauri shall be entering.

[VicVictory]

BEHOLD! THE 1996 PARK VADER!

Boring and cushy to the extreme. With a straight-6 engine for Grandma, because that's what she remembers as a girl back in the... 1890s?

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