Indy Car on the Street

[AranPolearmed]

imagine putting a buggatti engine on a car that weighs like 50 pounds

[mrwiggles123123]

why does it sound like a dump truck?

[mmmkaythen]

@mrwiggles123123 probably because the real engines cost $100,000 apiece

[mrwiggles123123]

@mmmkaythen dont need a real one  any v12 would sound better

[mmmkaythen]

@mrwiggles123123 yep i totally agree,but i think that may be difficult. I dont even know where to find 1 not a whole bunch lying around.

[Renda1984]

$200,000 and its yours

[MrDrProfessorBolton]

Wouldn't be legal in Cali, no windshield. Still cool though

[AnimateMe3]

@MrDrProfessorBolton install one XD

[MrDrProfessorBolton]

@AnimateMe3 Yeeaah....could do that.

[Djtubie]

damn this guy has an awsome life driving ferraris ford gts indy cars lol

[drsta84]

"It was a pretty long time ago. I believe it had a BIN of $450K back when it was put up on Dec of '06. Pretty good deal"

the cars bin was like 85k! the only offers were like 35-45k

[xobrentox]

I know it's not quite the same as when it was on the track,... but damn am I jealous!!

[roby70juve]

mental retarded...

after an accident in a public road...

this car go in a car cementery...

chassis rexist a big impact...

but the carbon fiber exploded in thousand pieces..

bye ...bye .. street legal Indy..

[Piro42]

@roby70juve Dude, what the hell? It's street legal, so why not drive it on public roads, and it's not like an accident on a track would somehow keep it from getting damaged. A chassis, frame or unibody, can resist a small impact just as well as carbon fiber and kevlar, but will be just as unusable after a large impact, so both this car, and a "chassis car" would end up in your "car graveyard".

Any impact that can shatter CF would turn a frame into a pretzel... Maybe you're "mental retarded"?

[hkg03]

F1 rev to 19000 not indy

[turbo240ka24det]

i wouldnt consider that an Indy car without the Flat Plane V8 that revs to 19000 rpm. Its sporting an American Cross Plane V8, so it might as well be another rusty Chevy Nova rolling down the street.

[Piro42]

@turbo240ka24det An old, rusted Nova that weighs less than a ton and runs like new would be one hell of a Chevy Nova....

[bobdole57]

Needs better tires...

[400SA]

Hmmm sounds just like a F150 pickup with flowmasters from Pepboys. The exotic flavor that makes a high end race car what it is is lost. Weaksauce...........

[18modder]

Get rid of the music and let us hear the car! What is with all of these rock video wannabees?

[mudpuppy4life]

tooo bad it dont have the v-10 in it any more but i guess a v-8 will do lol

[964fan]

@mudpuppy4life Indy cars never had v10 engines

[Pro60modman]

This was on ebay a couple years ago :D I remember seeing this video in the auction.

[JakeKNp]

@Pro60modman

Any idea how much it was listed/sold for?

[Pro60modman]

It was a pretty long time ago. I believe it had a BIN of $450K back when it was put up on Dec of '06. Pretty good deal for a road legal indy car that can still pull a 0-60 in 2.5 seconds. Eddie Cheever was the original owner. It's still up on the DuPont Registry and "the best six figure offer" takes it.

[marlo916]

i didnt see a license plate.

[Corrosion37]

There is on the back. Some states only require a rear plate.

[PandaTrueno2]

The Sylvester Stallone movie "Driven" comes to mind when I see an Open Wheel machine on the streets...

[FordManMT]

pretty sexy haveing a car that looks like a jet

[raymoundcist88]

I like it but its a little hard to fuck bitches in it.

[t0oL1]

been working on mine for 10 years but its homemade tube frame with toronado drive in the rear

[Stranger981]

Street legal?

[aheartattack1]

Its not an indy car per say, its from the old indy pro series now called indy lights. And no its not an LS1 chevy its a series spec 4.5l infiniti v8. Thats why it doesnt shreik like the honda powered dallaras.

[XXformula]

aheartattack1, dude, this an old Dallara Chassis that Eddie Cheever used in the 1999 Indy Car series. Its not a Pro Series car, or engine, if you had a pair of eyes you would see Chevrolet written on the valve cover @ 1:01, meaning that the owner took out, or most likely never had the original Indy Infinity 4.0 liter racing engine, and installed a production small block Chevy in its place, still a badass car

[FastKart27]

now if only gokarts could be street legal. =D

[benfirst]

That is the slowest Indy car ever...

[lucnitro]

jealousy is ugly

[neongreen5]

But he is right though, all looks and no performance.

[AussieV8tassie]

well , if you havent noticed , id say it has a V8 in it, and yeah i reckon its for looks only , still pretty cool :D

[jaws99099]

LOL

[jordanpitbull69]

noooooooo why do people always rob my project ideas a couple of years after i have thort of them you bastards this was my dream since i was like 10 to build the first road legal f1 looking car in the uk, and i know theres the atom but i wanted an actual f1 shell and hide the headlights into the bodywork etc etc so it looked like an f1 car...fuckin gutted i cant now. owel it looks gd an i might have to buy 1 when im older and can afford it (ps im 17 and have quite a few projects in mind)xD

[Knappyvw2]

You suck at spelling and grammar. Stay in school till you learn.

[FMX891807]

I read back over the guys comment.  It sounds more like an LT1 or a SBC than an LS1, but still, its capable of being plenty fast for the street.

[FMX891807]

I laughed at all the people saying it wasn't powerful... If it actually has an LS1 in it they  can make PLENTY of power for the street. Definitely in a car as light as that.

[oOlynchOo]

man u can really tell thats not a IRL engine,

IRL= high pitch

street= ... well u heard it didnt u ? :]

[MrOffshore]

This car has already been sold, I saw it today at the new owners garage, it is in the midst of a complete restoration. The motor is NOT the original engine that was used when it was racing, it is currently a Chevrolet 5.7 litre. I was impressed with the car and cannot wait to see it completed...should be quite the machine.

[08376]

where can i buy it? how much does it cost?

any site's?

what brand is the car?

info people :P.

cause this one is more beautiful then the GS3.

i really wanna buy this one.

[henrixrevolution]

when are these going into production?? lol

[SerkanDemirViDEOS]

the motor is not real indy engine.. its for normal use... not powerfull...

[Fan48]

THAT IS BAD ASS!!!

[whompus02]

You put fuckin headlights on the damn thing?

[Troubledmindz]

Its proably sso the car will meet up to road legal standards so he can get insurance and so on

[pomag2006]

You are all a bunch of morons. The car is completly stock. and INDY car is a v8 engine. you are thinking of a formula one car. cmon folks get with it. go to dupont registry select autos and then select exotic sports cars, then select other makes, then other models, it is for sale. it is a real car

[Shadao38]

the car's been tone down to meet traffic safety, v10 engine does not sound like they sound have a higher pitch so the motor must have been change

[pottsy655]

thats ok because indy cars don't have a v10, there a 3.5 v8, but the engine has been changed still because honda is not aloud to sell thier racing engines they just loan them to the racing team

[punkx101]

You kook.

[rascan101]

Coll Soundtrack, Love AC/DC

[3star2nr]

F1> all racing

[paradoxbox1]

annoying music

[Ace1875]

song sucks

[alcdre]

Iamgine this guy being hit buy a semie

[balmbra911]

Holy cow, now ive gotta get me one of those!!

[F430corvettekiller]

Indy car is just an expression, really it is a street legal open wheel racer

[balmbra911]

oooooo....

[toiletsrus]

No, that's an actual Indycar. Indycar as in the type of car raced in the Indycar Series. Open Wheelers can include Formula 1 cars, Champ cars, Indycars, etc, etc. But this is an Indycar without a doubt. The chassis gives it away. It's also an Infiniti Engine. Obviously it's an older model probably from around 2000-2002.

[StrykerV8]

what a stupid video

[daniel2534562345]

i dont believe its a realy indycar, they make a nicer noice

FERNANDO ALONSOO

[DBoy02]

IT doesn't have an Indycar racing engine - even when detuned and adjusted to meet noise and pollution control laws the maintenance costs on an Indycar engine would be insane. This car is equipped with a Corvette V8.

[Strakastudios]

what the fuck is this, Indycar is shit, no engine noise compared with a ferrari, a bugatti or lamborghini. USA you should look to Formula1 and learn something about racing cars.

[prodigypupil]

yea i have been to every type of race you are talking about strakastudios. nothing compares to the sound of indycars... this is a STREET LEGAL car. its not even an indy car. formula one is cool, with extremely fast pick up times and acceleration rates. but indy cars are just faster....

[DBoy02]

F1 cars produce 750-800 horsepower. IndyCars produce 650. F1 cars minimum weight is 1333 pounds, WITH the driver. IndyCar minimum weight is 1550 pounds WITHOUT the driver. F1 cars produce more drag, but this can be adjusted to be only minimally higher than an IndyCar. F1 cars are faster when put on a comparable track. Simple as that.

[BoilerByBlood]

F1 is gay. Who wants to watch cars that can go 230+mph go only 50mph?!?!? Q-U-E-E-R!!!

[rossonero89]

u are completely idiot u knew that? why the fuk are u talking if u dont know nothing about?

[JaboProductions]

Does a pope shit in the woods?

[nlty2000]

no bumpers, no corner markers, no turn signals, no wheelcovers... legal my ass.

[DBoy02]

Look closely - lights and indicators have been mounted on this car. And as I noted in another comment, custom-made or low production cars can receive special exemption from crash safety requirements(such as bumpers) and still be allowed on the road. They must still be registered, however. (Ariel Atom) The requirements for such vary from state to state. Many states don't even require an inspection to be registered.

[nlty2000]

well, atom is not street legal in us and california as far as i know. maybe in the uk.

[DBoy02]

It IS street legal in the US, just not with the Civic Type R engine. There is a version available in the US with the same engine as the Chevrolet Cobalt(tuned to get the same 300 horsepower as the UK version). There's a video here on Youtube about the US version. Just search for "Ariel Atom Discovery" (without the quotes obviously) to find the video.

[deecee21]

anamfuta wla n bng ibibilis pa yon. sinayang lng oras ko. BUSET!!!!!

[krimshanskaterboi]

FTW. use that in the highway ^^

[vuetube]

No Federally mandated bumpers...Legal where, im Mexico? Nice try.

[disord3r]

In Florida, apparently. I recognize the street footage as being Altamonte Springs FL, and the track footage is probably Bithlo/Christmas FL.

[DBoy02]

One-off.low production autos are allwoed special exemptions from safety laws. Take a good look at the Ariel Atom - its pretty much the closest thing to a street legal open-wheel racecar in actual production. Its 100% road-legal in the entire USA, and is available to US customers.

[Enyth0509]

lol the atom is NOT 100% legal in the ENTIRE USA. Is talking to the owner AND the owner's son with them saying themselves that the atom is not legal in California and, if any, other states not enough proof?

[DBoy02]

When you can prove you've actually spoken ith them, I'll buy it. But I do admit that California's emission laws are far too restrictive, so I can see why it'd be legal everywhere but there.

[Enyth0509]

You just posted not too long ago that "Its 100% road-legal in the entire USA" as if it were a fact. But now you're saying otherwise?

[DBoy02]

I forgot that California has different emission laws at the time I posted that.

[FORDGTFANATIC]

how much did this cost??

[alex12342011]

sounds nice... looks awesome

[drey27]

an indy car will have no chance vs a Formula one i dont know why they are even making this race compoetition were they have indy car

[justjesper]

why the hell put F1 in the tag's ?

[zerolifespan]

Is this an indy car or a car made to look like an indy car?

[rayesoflight]

just a old junk redone chever irl car total junk

[Kaaveh5]

that junk would smoke your car off the road...

[Enyth0509]

good luck bringing that car to any other state like california

[iluvmyveedub]

You can bring it here, you'll get pulled over a couple of times, but you won't get a ticket.

I have a car like that, it runs off of a Porsche 928 motor and tranny, modified Super Vee chassis, fastest I've gotten up to is 140 mph, and is %100 legal in the state of California.

[FORDGTFANATIC]

dude where do i get the shit to build this and how much is it

[Enyth0509]

Don't tell me you had to get the SB100.

[coolrola86]

not street legal, headlights need to be 22 inches off the ground, need a windshield, and need a front lisence plate. The small block V8 could help you pass smog. Overall cool car to drive if your no where near california.

[coolrola86]

not street legal, headlights need to be 22 inches off the ground, need a windshield, and need a front lisence plate. The small block V8 could help you pass smog. Overall cool car to drive if your no where near california.

[DBoy02]

Not all states require a front license plate. There is not longer a legal mandate for minimum headlight height. Windshields are NOT legally required(case in point: Ariel Atom is 100% street-legal in the US).

[Enyth0509]

only after an sb100

[DBoy02]

SB100 is only an issue in California. And it only applies to custom-built or modded passenger vehicles or pickup trucks. The Ariel Atom is built by a recognized company and therefore does not need to pass SB100 testing for use in California.

[Enyth0509]

think you might want to do some more research on that

[DBoy02]

I did.

[coolrola86]

The ariel atom doesn't come with a VIN and the lucky customer who buys it has to get it smogged themselves.

[DBoy02]

Incorrect. There is a version manufactured in America to meet all American emissions laws and any other regulation(such as needing a VIN) that it cannot get exemption from on account of being a specialty product. Additionally, I have found the website of the manufacturer that makes the US version. I'd post the link here but Youtube will not allow it. PM me if you're interested and I will provide the link.

[coolrola86]

how can it meet federal emission laws such as California if doesn't have a catalytic converter? and i'm guessing yer talking about Brammo by the way.

[DBoy02]

A catalytic converter is not required if the engine meets emission laws regardless, unless state laws say otherwise. The Atom is light enough I can see it succeeding in that regard.

BTW, so no one assumes I'm talking out of my ass, I'd like to point out that I work on cars for a living - in Ohio. So while I may forget about California's laws at times, I DO know what I'm dealing with. I can say with 100% certainty that the Atom requires nothing extra to make it legal on the road in Ohio.

[cawpin]

If headlights had to be 22 inches off the ground a Corvette would be illegal. It has a windshield, a very small one, but it's there.

[apocajeep]

How come my comments arent showing up?

[apocajeep]

This exact car is ebay. 1 day left at 35k right now. Search for indy car

[dean2000cc]

Cool car to own

[ohadrean]

who wants to watch racing advertisments anyway, Nascar...

[DBoy02]

I'd rather watch NASCAR than IndyCar, when it comes to ovals at least. I don't wanna see cars tap and go flying into the wall. I wanna see them slam into each other and keep on going. That's why I feel NASCAR is ebtter than IndyCar.

That said, I prefer Champ Car and F1 over all else. Road courses rule.

[kenruss208]

How anyone can possibly think that Nascar is better than IRL is beyond me. Nascar uses 1950's engine technology. Also, they went faster in 1981 than they do in 2007. At some point you have to wonder if it should be called "racing" anymore. And don't get me started on "champ" cars. Ugh.

[JJKF1]

champ cars is the escape door from Formula 1. Champ cars should be called Formula 2. Just full of drivers that can't get into formula one. NASCAR sucks cause In england we have to pay to watch it. the IRL we don't

[DBoy02]

Really? Lessee...The following names started in Champ Car(or its predecessor the CART IndyCar Series): Jacques Villeneuve and Juan Pablo Montoya. Yes, a lot of people who can't hack it in F1 find Champ Car as good refuge, but most of those people never got a chance with a team that has equipment they could win with. In Champ Car, its all about driver's skill.

Oh, BTW, Sebastien Bourdais is damn near guaranteed a seat with STR in 2008.

[trobi]

STR is shit

[DBoy02]

If that's how you feel I won't argue. LAst year they definitely were shit. I feel this year they MAY have a chance to get some ponits and maybe a podium if they can develop the chassis well enough. But a shitty team does not equate to a shitty driver or n ochance in F1: Fernando Alonso started his F1 career with MINARDI in 2001 and didn't score a single point his debut season. Now he's a double world champion.

[trobi]

Alonso scored with an 8th place I think,and I also think that you mean RBR not STR coz they only have a chance to score if everybody ahead them crash at race.

[DBoy02]

Odd. This was marked as spam. Now its back. I still hold that Toro Rosso proved they have potential in the last race. Look at the results of this season overall - they're doing about as good as RBR. While I don't feel that an 8th-place is a well-deserved point, fact is its become the measure of a driver's talent with his equipment, and Scott Speed has twice just missed out on it. And this time it was at the most difficult course on the F1 calendar, and TEN cars were still running behind him.

[DBoy02]

I dunno who marked the comments as spam but I caught part of your last comment before it happened and I'll say only this: I looked up the 2001 results on F1's website: Alonso DID NOT score an 8th place in 2001. That said, I still feel points are only truly deserved in 6th and higher.

What else was it you had said?

[ruaridh66]

why should only 6th and higher be in the points?

[DBoy02]

Because that's how it was in F1 up until 2003 when they extended the points-paying positions to encompass the top eight. And, in my opinion, a change was not necessary.

Back in the old days, getting a single F1 point in a season was good. DAMN good. Now a single point is only slightly better than average. When the field goes up to 24 cars next year, my opinion MAY change, but that's...unlikely.

[ruaridh66]

i just think it would mean that the smaller teams have nothing to play for. spyker, torro rosso, super aguri, what would the point in them racing be if they had to get a top six to get a point? i reckon it'd make it more competetive if they extended the points even further down the rankings.

[DBoy02]

Back in the days where only the top six were awarded points, the smaller teams had to work harder to get that point. In those times, those teams always ended up far more competitive than they are today, and as a result the racing was more exciting. A top 8 is a good measure for the quality of the team's car. But the test of the driver should be more stringent.

[ruaridh66]

isn't it nice to have a half decent discussion on youtube rather than just call each other names, in response to your comment though, the gap between the teams back then was obviously alot less, now the gap is massive, Ferrari spend about half a billion dollars a season, spyker, around $100 million, in the olden days they were all pretty much the same, maybe ferrari and mclaren had a bit more back then but not five times as much as the other teams

[DBoy02]

You're right. A decent conversation IS nice for once. In case you received no notice, I've PMed you. Lets not clutter this page up anymore. :P

I'll leave this with the note that your amounts are off, though. The only team to spend about half a billion per season is Toyota - they're the biggest spender in F1 right now. Hasn't gotten them much, now has it? Money's clearly not the BIGGEST issue.

[JohnLawley24v]

Turn left for 200-500 miles, isn't the challenge not falling asleep?

[prodigypupil]

have you ever went about 120 in your car? now try taking a tight turn while holding that speed. then, think about adding 100 mph more to that speed. then you'll understand.

[toiletsrus]

What's the difference between turning left and turning right? It's still driving in a circle. Atleast Indycars race Ovals AND Road Courses now. Just racing one or the other is boring.

[DBoy02]

Agreed. NASCAR can be fairly exciting due to the cars bashing into each other during the race(and the sheer number of cars on track), but for truly exciting racing you can't beat a good road course.

Also, I've driven a NASCAR-spec stock car at Daytona... My god, that was easy. I imagine I'd have trouble in a pack of 43 cars, but the track was still way too easy to get around. No one will ever be able to convince me that ovals are the MOST exiting form of racing.

[chinaman0389]

that is street legal look at the treads on the tire and it got signals and headlights and tyhe engine is not an F1 racing engine

[mebored]

Loved the music :P, nice car

[NJTPIKE]

Just listen to this car at like :43 seconds, does that sound like an F1 car? No, but then again Richiewai probably doesnt even watch, probably watches nascar (pukess) There are a million reasons why this car sucks,

[DBoy02]

Hey, hey, hey! Don't knock NASCAR! It may not be as good as Formula One, but sure its sure as heel better than the INDY RACING LEAGUE! Not that a street-legal IRL isn't cool. Me and some guys at work are planning on building a streetlegal Champ Car.

Champ Car World Series: Best racing on Earth.

[Narginator]

How can you claim it to be 'best racing on earth' when it's hardly international?

[DBoy02]

They race in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, and China. Sounds plenty international to me. Additionally, you don't need to be international to be the best on Earth - you just have to be more entertaining than any other racing series, and I feel Champ Car is. (I prefer it when driver skill matters more than your equipment, which is why F1 isn't my favorite racing series)

[JohnLawley24v]

you've heard of the "world seris" right

[Hollywood49]

What an idiotic statement...this car sucks because it's not F1 spec? IT'S NOT AN F1 CAR, MORON. This is an IRL car, and it's STREET LEGAL. Get Raikkonen to let you borrow his Ferrari, and see how fast you get it taken away from you because it isn't allowed on the street. That's what's great about this machine, is that you can take it out on the streets and enjoy it, rather than trailering it to the nearest road course.

[Willum]

I saw this car on ebay when it was for sale. Very lucky buyer!

[richiekwai]

bump down the displacement, put some different tires on it, get it tested. thats how its legal

[hobotechMASTER]

wrong. lol

[richiekwai]

wrong lol. fuck you

[NJTPIKE]

It has to do with a lot more then that, including the rev-range a regular f1 car can rev up to like 15k+ thats why its so loud, and that just isnt street legal.

[AmvC]

right. and i don't think an indicar has neither indicators nor a real-world exhaust system.

[DBoy02]

This car is up on eBay right now. It didn't sell last time because the reserve price was not met. You're right, noprmally Indycars DON'T have indicators or lights, but the current has installed such pieces. Look closely in the vid - you can see them. The engine and transmission are also not Indy-spec. The car has a Chevy Smallblock V8 - some engine as the Corvette. Race-spec equipment would not be able to pass noise and emissions tests no matter what you did to them.

[AmvC]

right, saw a documentation on indicars tonight ... didn't know that they have/had over 900ps. Did they have changes in the amount of power they are allowed to use like they have to in the FIA F1 Series? They had to use 8cyl instead of 10 because they were a lot too powerful (950bhp and more)

[DBoy02]

The IRL has occasionally reduced displacement to reduce power. This eyar they ran 2.8-liter(I THINK, I could be wrong) V8s. However with the switch to pure ethanol next year they're increasing displacement to 3 liters because of an expected power loss.

Also, F1 didn't just reduce the cylinders, they also reduced displacement from 3 liters to 2.4. Cutting power from about 900 horsepower to about 750 - about the same as a Champ Car.

[stressedpig]

who said this car had to be street legal he tuk the car on the road thats it

[sxlostv1]

who's ass did u kiss to drive that on the street?

[lkooli]

that's amazing, I wish I can take my F2006 on the road.