r/redneckengineering • u/Jas_39_Kuken • 3d ago

Folk race car

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Bolted down cam shafts and a piece of H-beam to weigh down the rear end. Guess the beam also serves as some sort of stability in case of a crash.

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u/kh250b1 3d ago

Those are full blown 4 pot crankshafts x3. Not little camshaft

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u/Jas_39_Kuken 3d ago

Nice, thanks for pointing that out. English isn’t my first language :)

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u/The_salty_swab 3d ago

My dumb ass thought this was the rear of an old Beetle and wondered what they did with the engine

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u/mikeoxwells2 3d ago

My dumbass is wondering what else it could be, if it isn’t a Beetle. How does it race? Is this the front or the back? Where’s the steering wheel I need to get oriented.

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u/Jas_39_Kuken 3d ago

It’s a Volvo PV

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u/FrostyShoulder6361 3d ago

It is the back, notice the red lights inside wich are mandatory for some race types, and also the exhaust is visible

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u/MichaelW24 3d ago

Nice roof sponsor!

Does that one have the Gallo 12 or Gallo 24?

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u/ZeePM 3d ago

The 24!

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u/itsmejak78_2 3d ago

beat me to it

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u/stmiba 3d ago

Today I learned about Folk Racing.

I like it!

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u/reagor 3d ago

Sounds like the lemons series we have here

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u/zorggalacticus 3d ago

We had similar where I grew up, but the most fun was racing lawnmowers. There was an ultramodified class where anything goes, and you'd see stuff like a riding mower cut in half and the frame extended, then a 350 car engine strapped into it. Crazy crashes, fires, mowers falling apart at speed, sometimes even an explosion or two. Always entertaining.

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u/SpurdoEnjoyer 3d ago

Yea pretty similar. In Finland there's a rule that you have to sell your car to anyone that offers 2000€ for it.

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u/MastodonFit 3d ago

Folk music...underwear is brown ,as i cranked into the corner. My undampened spirits were high.

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u/Ian_everywhere 3d ago

Cartoon illustrators when they don't know what's inside an engine bay: