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I remembered one day that I let one of my friends drive my car, we stopped behind a clean truck (hard to find those in this part of the south) and he saw the reflection of the Celica in the truck and said "It almost looks like a Lamborghini from this angle." Then today I was looking at pictures of the Lamborghini Murcielago and came up with the perfect thing to do to the Celica. Here it is. Switch from the five seater into a two seater (take out everything from behind the front seats), rear-mount a bigger, better engine (like the V12 from a Murcielago) and also have it rear-wheel drive (goes without saying) and finally convert those tiny back windows into giant vents to get air to the engine. I think this would be a lot cheaper than getting a Lamborghini which I believe is over $200,000.oo I don't know because I couldn't find the price in USD. Of course if you use a V12 than it wouldn't be that much cheaper but like get something like a Chevy small block, but then gas would be a b!tch.

Anybody have any idea how much it would cost to do this, minus the price of the engine since that is chosen by preference (hypothetically, just wondering, I can't do because I'm poor, just interested, please no comments like "don't waste your money" or "use that money for something better" just comment on the performance aspect, how it would make the car better/worse)?
 

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I remembered one day that I let one of my friends drive my car, we stopped behind a clean truck (hard to find those in this part of the south) and he saw the reflection of the Celica in the truck and said "It almost looks like a Lamborghini from this angle." Then today I was looking at pictures of the Lamborghini Murcielago and came up with the perfect thing to do to the Celica. Here it is. Switch from the five seater into a two seater (take out everything from behind the front seats), rear-mount a bigger, better engine (like the V12 from a Murcielago) and also have it rear-wheel drive (goes without saying) and finally convert those tiny back windows into giant vents to get air to the engine. I think this would be a lot cheaper than getting a Lamborghini which I believe is over $200,000.oo I don't know because I couldn't find the price in USD. Of course if you use a V12 than it wouldn't be that much cheaper but like get something like a Chevy small block, but then gas would be a b!tch.

Anybody have any idea how much it would cost to do this, minus the price of the engine since that is chosen by preference (hypothetically, just wondering, I can't do because I'm poor, just interested, please no comments like "don't waste your money" or "use that money for something better" just comment on the performance aspect, how it would make the car better/worse)?
Are you smoking crack or are you 14 years old?
 

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hahahaha..... i agree with emotart
 

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First off, what's wrong with drugs? They taught a lot of American kids how to use the metric system. Second, $80,000 is still far from the price tag on a Lamborghini. I think if you did it right it would beat the crap out of one too.
 

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youll spend 20-30k getting a celly to be like that, but probably more. It will never look like a lambo though, no matter how much money you throw at it. Waste of time, imo.
 

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The V12 comment was a joke, I didn't make that obvious enough? I don't do drugs but I can't fall asleep so I am pretty tired, maybe me brain no work so good now. I never said I wanted it to look like one, just added it to get my idea across. I could have used the Ford GT or Ferrari Enzo as examples as well. Also why go out and buy a $200,00 car if you can make one with the same or similar performance with less than half of that (we all agree that performance is the purpose of a sports car, not the looks.) Do you people know what I am talking about now. Plus didn't I say I didn't want people preaching on how to better spend that money and that this is just hypothetical, not planning future mods.
 

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Well... It would very likely be undrivable on the street. It's stupid to even discuss because no one is going to do it. You'll need a giant sponsor (Toyota) and a team for the JGTC. By the time it's done you won't even have a Celica anymore. A street-drivable Celica with a V12 will probably run you around 80k, 1 year of constant work and almost nothing will be original parts.

I don't think some of you guys realize how much a RWD and rear-engine conversion would cost...
 

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Can't you guys get a clue, it's not for serious, just putting something out there to talk about. What the FU**!!! I just come up with something that I thought sounded interesting and I get put down for it. What ever happened to people being nice and just being able to talk about their ideas, no matter how stupid.
 

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This isn't to get people to think about doing it, if it was I would have put in the Performance Mod section instead of General Discussion. Why would it be "undriveable" on streets, aren't the others makes I metioned "driveable"? How many times do I have to say the V12 was a joke. Didn't anybody read that when I posted it in the original post? Another note, if you're rich you don't need a sponsor, and at least it would look like a Celica, that's all people need, it's a great looking car. I like the Celica look more than the Lambo look, mainly because of the slanted headlights, but it also just doesn't look as dynamic so people don't try to race me and that's good because I don't have the money to pay for a regular speeding ticket let alone a drag racing fine. I am lucky to have a brother with a good job that didn't care about giving me his old car (2001 Celica), when he got himself a brand new Lexus.
 
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