OT Subaru Powered Water Car
 

Thought some of you might find this interesting...

It's powered by a Turbo 2.5 Subaru motor....

Subaru powered Water Car

1/3 Camaro
1/3 WRX
1/3 Jet Ski

Looks great....

Want to re-explore a tube frame 550 Spyder w/ WRX motor now....

I can only imagine the ground clearance problems of that vehicle when in automobile mode. It obviously retracts the wheels/tires to the very top of the wheel wells. This alone means a complicated and heavy suspension that has little travel (harsh ride). In order to get the vehicle "on plane" and fairly stable as a boat the bottom must be designed with a slight V, making it most vulnerable to damage when operating as an automobile. I'm afraid this is one more example of failure to realize that a car is a car, a boat is a boat and an airplane is an airplane, all separate and apart from one another.
Preston

I saw the thing on TV today and no, there isn't much ground clearance. But it was intended to be a high performance sports car on land, so ground clearance was probably not a top concern. The suspension actually moves quite a bit, the car is fairly smooth and stable over rough patches.

Not a big fan of the looks though. Too pointy nosed for me.

Camaro body, WRX engine, old 90's corvette wheels.


:( wierd.

how do you get plates for some thing like that?