Junkyard Turbo Swap! Chevy-Powered 1971 Datsun 240Z Autocross Thrash - Roadkill Ep. 26
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มี.ค. 2014
- What do you get when you cross a rusted 1971 Datsun 240Z with a Chevy 4.3L V6 and a turbo from a Ford Power Stroke Diesel? The Rotsun! During Roadkill Episode 25, Freiburger and Finnegan revived the Rotsun expecting it to dominate in the 9-car autocross showdown of previous Roadkill project cars. It also needed to beat a 2014 Kia Rio 5, but failed to do so with the Rotsun shamefully breaking down before completing a decent lap. So in this episode: revenge. After swapping in the mismatched turbo and making nearly 400 rear-wheel horsepower, the guys head to the autocross at the Goodguys 5th Spring Nationals in Scottsdale, Arizona and mingle with fans on their way to a rematch with that dastardly Kia.
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"The good news is that it's race fuel and it's already evaporated"
fucking legendary, Finnegan
that guy is such an ass
it looked like the guy wanted to punch on
Artyom Timiryazevskaya
Right....give a little person a little power and they become an idiot.
Artyom Timiryazevskaya fuck you are an ass
man, the guy that told finn they were dumping fuel got really close
Every time I see that I feel like he was about to throw fists. But Finn is a master at disarming hostility.
I know right he seemed mad
Thought about this over the years watching this video
I scrolled down to the comments to see if anyone else noticed and your comment was literally the top comment on the video haha!
Just some grumpy grouchy OLD FARTS. Especially the guy on the PA.
Miss this OG roadkill stuff
Me too big part of my childhood all i did when I was 10 was just watch roadkill and topgear
@@ericpend6 Did the exact same thing right before school back when I could get up at a reasonable time lmao
@@ericpend6 me too, I loved this episode
All good things must come to an end.
Stg
A decade ago we never had any idea how good this show would be
Until it left us
Bless Roadkill
It’s still here just on paid subscription service
Roadkill got road killed
"Good news is it's race fuel and its already evaporated"
I die every time I hear it. Finn slaps him with it so fast like he was waiting to tell him the whole lap. Love OG roadkill. Probably the best car show ever made.
Boy I'd love to meet the person who broke into that Datsun. I mean seriously? You see "Roadkill" on the car and you have the nerve to break into this iconic car and steal his grandpa's tool chest? You sound like a real chump dude!
agreed
The Same Jackasses who stole the mazdarati probably
How can you blame the thief? He was systematically oppressed!
It was me.
@@Dan-gj1hz poor people are just that. Thats how the system works and how we survive in it. Suck it up.
Those chevy 4.3 v6 motors are actually good engines. The turbo on it makes it sound very mean
3/4 V8 for the win
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 6 of anything is 3/4 of 8, so... It's the architecture/foundation of the 4.3 that @DJTAZ1996 is speaking on. There are crappy V6s out there... 3/4 V8, for some losses.
@@A_Cowboy_called_JackRabbit I meant the the 4.3 Chevy V6 is LITERALLY a 3/4 Chevy 350 small block V8. GM used the small block as a reference. You can use the pistons, rods, valves, springs, lifters, pushrods, and accessories from a 350 in the 4.3.
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 yes, GM never hid any of this from us, at least, not when I began playing around with them in the 80s.
So... Context, see. What you initially said, left no clue to what you were REALLY saying. 🤷🏿
@@jacobrzeszewski6527 I knew exactly what you meant no context needed.
17:32 everytime i rewatch this episode i feel bad for the roadkill guys for having to endure the BS to give us awesome content. I wouldnt have been able to be as cool as mike.
I've always loved the styling of the Datsun 240Z, it's like a poor man's Jag E type which is my all time favourite car. Love Roadkill
based on a 64 Ferrari 250 GTO
@@SAXONWARLORD1000AD The 240Z actually looks very similar to the Ferrari Daytona, which came out a year or two ahead of the 240Z, so I think it very likely that Nissan saw a concept drawing of that car.
Used to own a 1971 Z car, bone stock. Drove it from Ontario Calif up Highway 395 to Mammoth Mountain for spring skiing back in the day. Averaged 110 mph, slalomed past the few other vehicles like they were standing still.
Pulled over in the desert and slept in the back with the lift gate open as nightfall set in after partaking of a hooter under the mooonlight. Completed the journey the next morning. Skied like a maniac and headed back the net day. Never overheated once. How I survived that madness is a mystery to this day.
What wouldn't I give to have one today powered with a nice compact V8.
The 'hater pipe' is the best Roadkillism and one of the best things this show ever did.
God that V6 sounds perfect with the Z
Is it just me or when I tried to search for these old Road-kill videos from 5-6 years and before, none of them came up, but now they do?
they got put on a motor trend streaming service that you had to subscribe to. I'm guessing not enough people subscribed so they changed the old videos back to public viewing
Can’t believe it’s been 8 years since I watched this last.
Bring back the Rotsun !!!
"the good news is that it's race fuel and has already evaporated" 😂
This is my dream car man, I love how people turn the 240z Datsun to a beast
I want a pre-79 Z with an aluminum 427. No blower needed.
Used to own a 1971 Z car, bone stock. Drove it from Ontario Calif up I-15 then Highway 395 to Mammoth Mountain for spring skiing back in the day. Averaged 110 mph, slalomed past the few other vehicles like they were standing still.
Pulled over in the desert and slept in the back with the lift gate open as nightfall set in after partaking of a hooter under the mooonlight. Completed the journey the next morning. Skied like a maniac and headed back the net day. Never overheated once. How I survived that madness is a mystery to this day.
What wouldn't I give to have one today powered with a nice compact turbo V8. I'd have loved to see this car with a nice clean paintjob on it, but that wouldn't be in keeping with the Road Kill ethos haha.
wow, there's a guy here who had the same thing happen to him :)
still own my 86 Gt Mustang, and hatchbacks are a lot of fun. slept overnight in swap meets, doing deals before the gates opened 6am the next day, and leaving with more stuff that i showed up with.
Thank god ya'll put roadkill back for free thank you I love the show
The Rotsun makes a RX7 look reliable
still the best car they ever had in this exact form
Finally they’ve brought some of the TH-cam videos back!
Glad these are slowly coming back
I love it 😍
That turbo made it a beast!
This till remains the best episode of Roadkill ever! (Guess i just love the Rotsun)
I had a 240 Z with a 400 Sb punch out to a 480 "nitrous" chevy all aluminum heads and block and with a "PAXTON BLOWER". Frame is done from "CRAIG INDUSTRIES" and ET @ 180 . A fun ride!
I honestly cried when they got the tool box from the father and son. Man if that’s not love. I don’t care if there both car guys. That came from the heart. I bet his grandfather is proud.
That is taking something no body else wants, and making a winner out of it, Bravo! American pride!
I love how they talk about someone breaking into the rotson and thinking we don’t want what’s in there and they literally broke in and took his toolbox
The car that never fails to fail them hahahaha
I would love to have that Datsun. Drive it like you stole it
I bet this Z is still on the road unlike that crappy kia
Dude really got close to Mikes face
One of my favorite RKill cars.
Roadkill was my childhood!!!! God I miss this show
Lol nice. I had the 280zx I loved it. I bolted in a rb30 twin cam with lots of non standard parts inside engine then bolted a large turbo to it😜😜. Bigger injectors 😛. It was dyno at 750 at rear wheels on low boost. I'm not saying what it was when I turned it up... Lots of fun.
I definitely would’ve started crying the second that dad and his kid gave me their grandfathers toolbox. Do something for them also!
God I hate you tube ads. But love old Datsuns.... memories.
I wonder if that Vortec 4200 with an added turbo is ever gonna be a popular swap
"Its dumping fuel all over the track"
"The good news is, it's racing fuel and its already evaporated"
Best comeback dude that guy was an ass lol.
It's funny how he got all up in his face and Finnegan just shot right back at him without even pausing.
Best line
Yeah that was great haha.
Unfortunately there's even worse dickheads in this world, and the guy who stole the toolbox is one of them.
Hahaha
Used to own a 1971 Z car, bone stock. Drove it from Ontario Calif up Highway 395 to Mammoth Mountain for spring skiing back in the day. Averaged 110 mph, slalomed past the few other vehicles like they were standing still.
Pulled over in the desert and slept in the back with the lift gate open as nightfall set in after partaking of a hooter under the mooonlight. Completed the journey the next morning. Skied like a maniac and headed back the net day. Never overheated once. How I survived that madness is a mystery to this day.
What wouldn't I give to have one today powered with a nice compact V8.
"That's just unamerican" Just that single line made me hate that guy.
***** Yeah, the guy acts like this is the first Datsun or Opel or Mazda or whatever to get an American V-engine swap. The 4.3 Chevy V6 is basically a 5.7L "350" V8 with two cylinders lopped off.
These guys were within the rules to be included in the event, so why does the announcer guy hate? I was waiting for him to say, after the "un-American" comment, something to the effect of: "But it has a 4.3 Chevy V6! An American motor!"
Seems most announcers that I have ever heard usually accentuate the positive, with a dry sense of humor. This guy and his tech/safety lackey was just a Rotsun Hater from the get-go, it seems.
What a Donnie Downer he was as an announcer.
that annoncer needs to shove that mic up his ass
Ed Lightbourn Yeah, haha! Or pull out whatever is up there already!
+Daniel Foye his hurst i meant hurts shifter
+7UPTWIST Right? Ingenuity, hard work, thriftiness, and downright fun made the Rotsun. What's "unamerican" about that?
"have we spent 5 minutes on the suspension? no! But it'll have a turbo!!"
Every Honda guy, ever
They are already double wishbone.. why touch em (;
Kraken Fodder lol logic I like to point out 😆
*race stickers
Lol, more like ebay coils or cut springs and call it a day!
Wow. Well now I know....Never EVER go to a Goodguys event.
+Scott Mitchell still not a reason for the announcer tp be a dick. The Datsun was allowed because it was a classic and it had american powertrain. If they dont like that why did they allow it?
I'd like to see them do it in a Chinese Eye Bentley with the Mulsanne turbo in it.
Scott Mitchell the handling difference really isn't that much for a comparable car
The announcer was getting the crowds attention like his job says, and the safety guy was simply doing his job also. Roadkill knew their car was garbage, but used clout to get in anyways.
15:00 lol that guy was standing WAY too close to Finnegan there! But Finnegan's smartass response was damn near perfect xD love this car and I hope to see more of the Rotsun on Roadkill
Joseph Althaus Yeh I noticed that too, It was fully "we dont want you here"
Joseph Althaus Come on. Do you really think any car show or race event organizer is going to get mad when someone from Hot Rod magazine shows up at their event? It was theatrics for the cameras.
I realize that. Regardless, still funny
Joseph Althaus thats exactly what i wanted to see in the comment section :)
Joseph Althaus 17:35, The guy tries to get his revenge. Simple tap on his shoulder and leaves. Felt like a "Finally they are out" from his side.
"Hey guys that thing is duuumping fuel out of it" (tries to intimidate)
"The good thing is it's race fuel and its already evaporated" (Smart Ass response)
XD
14:55
Hahaha
It is, and the best way to deal with people like that is to just be as much as a smart-ass as you can be to show them that they don't intimidate you
I thought the guy would punch him on camera and everything
I thought he might but this guy looks like he can handle himself against an out of shape 50 something year old guy
You can just see his inner patriot just aching to find something to cry about.
"Worthless 240z" and I'm sitting here like "240z is my dream car" :(
THAT 240 is worthless. It has more rust than metal.
Bryce schug That's why you have friends to do fabrication for you :) Not to mention Rust is lighter then Carbon Fiber :D. Didnt say this one is my dream.
+josh king *Rotsun is my dream car*
+Skitty™ | Garry's Mod Player me to buddy me to
+MILTON DONIZETI SILVA cool
That dude at the 15:00 minute mark doesnt understand personal space he got way up in Finnegans grill
+Lukas West Was about to say the same thing lol!
+J Gaskill True. It appeared the event was run by a cadre of douchbags.
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Yeah, that guy was being a dick. He really wanted to impose authority. Total douch.
+Lukas West That guy was seriously hating on the guys. Every shot hes in hes mad dogging. Hilarious!!! :D
Am I the only one who thinks this is one of the best sounding cars? Just llisten to that Power Stroke Turbo sound :D
No you are not the only one, that thing sounds fucking awesome.
It kinda sounds like a Cummins tbh
Um no. I have a 6.0 and it sounds nothing like this
That father and son donation of the tool box was awesome!
The announcers sure sound assblasted my god.
They where being pricks the entire time!
+Will Bridge just Americans
Hey go to hell
david drez you mean america? nein danke
+Andrei Cotofan don't insult a place you've clearly never been
I really hate to be "that guy" but, "no tuners allowed", is the type of childish shit that pisses me off. Now, if you had said no tuners could race then cool. But telling me I can't even show to the event up in the only car I have, is basically saying fuck you and the horse you rode in on because your horse isn't a mustang. I thought the love of cars was the love of CARS!! All I'm saying is, I'm a grown man that's likes CARS not car companies. German, Italian,American i don't give a fk. "I appreciate a fine body regardless of make." It just sounds like a bunch of kids saying "you can't hang with us because you're different".
14:98 I hate people that get right up in your face like that
Finnegan wrecked that guys life at 15:00
Quote for 2014, "That's like bacon for my ears."
Is it just me or do the Good Guys seem like douche bags?
They're more like the Not-So-Good Guys...
It's typical of older muscle car fans. Point out how lowtech their "hipo" cars are and that stock family sports sedans today can outperform almost any old school muscle car and they act like spoiled kids. I love the look on the parking attendants faces as they wave it through.
To be fair the Roadkill guys came in and broke a lot of the safety rules... Hard to have fun if you're the safety guy out there with them dumping gas/oil everywhere.
the announcer was still a fuckwad
muscle car community is very incestuous, and not just with their cousins
What do you get when you cross a rusted 1971 Datsun 240Z with a Chevy 4.3L V6 and a turbo from a Ford Power Stroke Diesel? The Rotsun!
David Freiburger Mike Finnegan HotRodMagazine *****
#hotrod #datsun #roadkill #Chevrolet #Diesel
YEAH!!!!!!!! #roadkill #hotrod
say if u guys want to check out a 69 Camaro just message me there one sitting out in a field and its just rotting away so If u guys would wanna find the owner hed probably sell to you
So something about a powerstroke next
This thing sounds amazing. Way better then like, say, an R35 GT-R. Plus, has more character.
Mike, GET RID OF *IT*!
got really pissed when the tools got stolen, but that was remedied just a minute later, there are some good ppl out there
sirspikey and then there are these stupid ppl at the racetrack...
sirspikey yeah they were a bunch of assholes! Think theyre just scared an import will demolish their track times
Diax1324 I don't give a f*** if they steal a piece of bubblegum a thief is a thief no matter what nothing but a scumbag takes what is not theirs
Thomas Smith ...Or somebody who is starving but yknow.
If bubblegum is worth more than society to you, so be it.
Diax1324 Yeah the first thing i would steal when im starving is gum..
I like how they showed all the small problems like broken axle, leaks, carb problems. I always watch videos similar to this and they just show them putting the car together and it running perfect. Lol these are the things that are encountered in real life.
''We have never spent more money on a RoadKill car, hey anybody seen the Zip ties'' Classic Frieburger
That guy at 15:00 didn't need to be that close to Finnengan's face.
only time he gets to act hard at the event...
This video shows perfectly why I would rather be with nice car guys who like different cars than I prefer than jerks and snobs who like the same cars as me.
One of their most badass projects!
I love the "hater pipe" on this car
Nope. He said hater pipe.
Mike was talking about how someone will see the lock and think "yeah I want inside that car" and it turns out someone did! RIP Mike's tool box :(
May the idiot that stole your tools get a pain in his left testicle that hurts so much he cuts it off himself.
15:00 That guy must be looking for a fight getting all up in his face like that wtf
short dix does that
The good news is it’s race fuel and it’s already evaporated. Haha
That guy was bein a jackass. Mike with the come back tho
Thought the same, Good comeback from Mike
"That thing was just DUMPIN fuel all over the place"
It's a great day when 8th place makes you feel like a Bad Ass.
I'm happy that my worthless engine made it into an episode of roadkill
Was that actually your engine? is it a Lb4 and what year is it
@Sloonz Lel me too, s10 gang
Am I the only one who thought a bolt lock on the passenger door actually looked good?
I mean it's a pretty good crime deterrent. Cuz who would want a car with a bolt lock for a handle.
+PsychoticAnarchist69 great theft deterrent, besides the fact that your toolbox might get stolen lol
+Midnigh7Rider Oddly enough, their tools were stolen after that :(
yeah, not visiting that track. they came off as a bunch of stuck up insulting overly antagonising douche canoes.
these dudes are super cool.. kudos to you all for keeping your composure with Snotsdale attitudes!
"I think we've never spent more money on a Roadkill car, that's probably why it works pretty well. Where'd those zipties go?..." No matter how much money you throw at a car, zipties will always pull off miracles when needed, compared to professional repairs.
You wonder if the commentator has ever worked on a car or just buys them from a catalogue. Sounds like that kind of guy
21:40 "Where'd the zip ties go?" They are holding your car together, that's where.
14:58 Finnegan wasn't havin' that shit!
Fuck that event, bunch of douches all around. I wanted to see the rest of the conversation at 15:00. I was kinda hoping finnegan would slap him
And I also loved the fact that finnegan just went full "fuck it" when he drove the Kia hahaha. He's legendary. Made frieburgher feel better
+BlackHawk then again at 17:33 when finnegan blew an oil line the guy came back and was relieved that they were done for the day then smacked him on the back and said "at least you didn't get lost"
This thing reminds me of the "Zero Fucks Given RX-7."
Wow those are some asshole muscle car purists
Ryan Duff KKK Muscle Car Club
+ChannelNotFound how do you make the "BOLD" assumption they are KKK? just wondering because you sound like a keyboard warrior
Ryan Duff Most MURICA MUSCLE guys are purist assholes.
baby boomers and their 14 second 2 tonne muscle cars
+Ryan Duff Musical car puritans
damn that announcer is an asshole, Freibuger and Finnegan can build better cars than all the cars there combined
I know, right? I would have keyed his car.
Heck, you could have keyed the Rotsun, and noone would have noticed. >_
well to be fair they would've noticed it cause the Rotsun would've had a hole in the door xD jokes aside, yeah they're assholes at that event.
The best thing about only recently getting around to watching the Roadkill series is being able to binge watching from beginning to end.
Loved the beard beanie throw back to last episode Finnegan.
some real dicks at that place
You're DOMPING fuel out there
Yeah, but its washing the track.
But they're WARSHING the track.
Agreed, i thought the same. People come to that place for fun and this is how you get treated?
jeffer1984 I wouldn't want to go there. I can have a lot more fun at Bridgeport Speedway near me.
Lol they don't allow imports in the autocross because they don't want to lose
lol its true
Actually its because its an American car meet. I bet import people would be pissed if a bunch of V8 muscle cars showed up and crashed their meet. Take a second to get past your ignorance and actually put the situation in context.
yamahondarider That's bullshit, I have never seen a group of car guys tell anyone they are not welcome. Just because I don't own an American car doesn't mean I don't want to stand around and talk about 67 mustangs and if that factory five Shelby kit is any good. Without letting others in, how will the community grow?
You are more than welcome to show up as a spectator. Its a show of, and for, classic muscle cars with events including, and for, classic muscle cars. Park your import in the parking lot, and go enjoy some classics. Its a theme event, not a cars and coffee. There are plenty of mixed events to enjoy and as someone who owns and loves both imports and muscle cars I'm not biased but this is America and if a group of people with a shared specific interest want to have an event to enjoy that shared, specific interest its their right.
yamahondarider
so? does that really matters?
because its a american car meet?
Im not gonna got into a fight but that kinda sound rude
and no not all of them would be pissed if bunch of v8 muscle car shows up
"Never spent more money on a Roadkill car...where'd the zip ties go?"
I just can't get over the kind and sweet loving gesture of GIVING that very personal toolbox Wow. You guys now know what you mean to us.
LOL @ 5:13. That's the underhood equivalent of leaving the lid off the blender.
I love the half-ass jobs they do on the cars, I cant explain it lol
commentators saying "Hot rod Magazine with a Datsun? How un-American" How much more american can you get? Something from a different country, coming to america, and using what they have to get a job done. id say fuck "good guys"
exactly. american culture is literally a melting pot of other cultures, that's what this all is. sharing.
Nice! Good motivation to find my '72 Datsun 240Z build for sure!
you again stop advartising your shit channel in youtube comments
+QurttoRco If you don't like classic cars, samspace81 is not the place for you to be.
+samspace81 I just dont like asholes advartising their pathetic channels in comments
+QurttoRco guess what buddy, I'm building a 240z, you're the one who sounds like a real jerk man. I guess some people are just like that.
samspace81 Heres a tip dont advartise your channel in youtube comments and then I wont call you a pathetic piece of shit with you are
I love it they go around and cause hell with bad ass toys they built wherever they go. You guys are the shit keep it up!
The really disappointing thing about the announcer is how he represents modern "hot rodding" as a whole. These people dont realize that the whole reason hot rodding was started was just to go fast. It wasnt supposed to be pretty. It wasnt supposed to be "correct." The goal was to go fast with what they had.
Look at Carol Shelby. He is a speed-god, and I can just about garuntee most these Rotsun haters would get on their knees for Mr. Shelby. And what did he do? He stuffed an American V motor in a foreign sports car.
So how are the roadkill guys any different?
The announcer and the rest of haters are "unamerican" for disrespecting the combination of cultures in the pursuit of speed.
The guy at 15:00 got way to close, but finnegans response was just perfect.
It's funny how at 7:50 when finnegan says it's a theft deterrant and "who's gonna want inside of that car?" And then his tools get stolen...
Announcer does not know how to be sarcastic, cheeky and funny at the same time. If you do, you can talk a little smack, and it's all good fun. Instead, he just came off as being rude and a little pompous.
Only a little?
"Goodguys" No! What a bunch of dirt bags!
The gift of the toolbox, and Finnie saying he was trying not to cry was awesome.
I found it funny that they didn't even time him the first time because they literally didn't know that the Rotsun has a ton of potential for a five-hundred dollar rust bucket of a Datsun. This car is totally unique in it's own glory, any car guy that says otherwise doesn't have high hopes for a car guy. Potential all the way!
I hate close talkers like that at 14:59... MAN , thats creepy
i was just about to type why the hell that guy was so close.
Pretty sure he was trying to intimidate.
Chose the wrong guy though, Mike has the best "0 fucks given" face, lol.
Yeah when someone does it that to me I always get closer just to troll them lol
I honestly believe only a true car guy will love and appreciate this beautiful beast!!
This was the first roadkill episode I've ever seen in 2014, and I've been hooked ever since.
Best thing I've ever seen on the internet
"All foreign companies have a good car or two, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, except maybe Kia..."
The new kia optima looks pretty good
Metallik GT But is it *good*
+Chris Poteet Kia K900
ThePucko97 Oh, my bad, maybe I meant to say *_one_* good car.
+Chris Poteet the kia k900 is slow