Fast and Furious 4 ... now with GNX
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85 Cutlass Brougham said:
Actually, they ruined about SIX Mustangs to make that movie. The driving sequences were shot with a small-block Ford powered car.
I think someone makes new production fastback body shells for mustangs, so it could have been those instead of originals. The wrecking of the the monte carlo was probably a bigger loss.
The first race was probably the best out of any of the Fast and Furious movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JoJoBT7-E
Also found this for everyone enjoyment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSLT7ZIe2gA
The first race was probably the best out of any of the Fast and Furious movies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JoJoBT7-E
Also found this for everyone enjoyment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSLT7ZIe2gA
man i have only seen trailers for F&F:TD and after watching that race I am gonna have to pic this up. I already have 1 and 2 on dvd. as for the 4th film I am sure they will take either a GN or T Type and make it look like a GNX. I remember reading in a magazine that the Viper used in TD was an early preproduction test mule of the 2002 car that was cleaned up and given a new paint job. it was pretty rough underneath. they did the same thing to the Aston Martin Vanquish in Die Another Day 😉.
i wish they didn't put the cheesy music on that second clip, i wanna hear the embarisment in the viper owners voice. i wanna know what's in that monte!
well in the movie it is portrayed as a 10 liter, 500 something or other v8. But for practicality they had much smaller v8s with the 500 labeled valve covers. They did build a real version with the 10 liter, though. It was the quickest car in the movie in a drag.
heres a bunch of more detailed info here
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Fe ... eId=115634
heres a bunch of more detailed info here
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Fe ... eId=115634
joe_padavano said:
Well, there are a couple problems here, (sorry guys, I know, "the noob" thing). The engine reffered to that was shown in the mustang was a SR20DET, not the skyline motor. Look carefully at the car in the first drift racing sequenses, Nissan 240zx, or in Japan; the 180. Also pause anytime they show the engine; 4 cylinders, the Skyline motor is a 6.
Secondly there was an artical posted in a few notable automotive magazines that state that the SR20 was only in the car for photo shoots, they couldn't make it work properly. The driven car was powered by a 390FE engine, big block. I should say "cars" because they did admit to smashing up a few. Don't mean to be a pain in the *ss, but I have been a mechanic for the past 12 years. And while my heart truely lies with the F-bodies and all american steel, one has to stay on top of the "popular" items to make good money. I could go on for hours about the things that are messed up with any of the movies, (that's why my wife doesn't let me see them in the theaters).
I am however looking forward to another one, it would be great to see more American muscle, and hopefully they don't scrap it all!
I found a write up on the Monte:megaladon6 said:
Two of the nine first-generation Monte Carlos built for The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift had big-blocks — this one with the 560-horsepower 509 aboard and the other with a 700-hp, 572-cubic-inch Bill Mitchell "Hardcore" crate engine (the other seven either had small-block V8s or were used as engine-less bucks). In both Chevrolet cars, the engines feed Hooker headers and Flowmaster mufflers and, for story purposes, are disguised with "Hardcore 632" valve covers. Both run Richmond T-10 four-speed manual transmissions, Wenco driveshafts and Moser-built 12-bolt rear-ends running 4.88:1 gears in a spool differential. Both also ride on a chassis wearing Global West front control arms and coil springs, KYB shocks, Speedway Engineering anti-sway bars, Global West weight jack plates and quick-ratio steering boxes.
i mean the second clip not the movie clip!!!! the one shot on a personal camera at some random road. they run two or three different times. its a 87 or so monte ss-white on stock rims vs. a viper.
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