I used to think the Suprang was an inspiration, but I was just riding a wave of Harbor Freight welders and old steel oxidizing in back yards across America. I’m so very happy at how it all turned out.
There was a guy with a 1jz automatic suprang at our autocross this year. Wretched gearing. Wouldn’t spool the turbo with the converter he had in it. Sounded cool though, and weird hearing that noise from a gen 1 Mustang.
I would comment on how shoving the engine so far back would make it infinitely more difficult to develop the drivetrain and fix problems – but I’m pretty sure that was the whole point.
I asked why they put a complex shifter and manual trans in the car. Didn’t get an answer. They spent multiple hours during track time diagnosing their clutch then gave up and drove in one gear. Mercedes 722.3 is not a good transmission but they are stone reliable.
I’m assuming it was an om617 because that doesn’t look like an om605. Is there really no space for a 617 in a first gen mustang?
The weird thing is, I’ve seen a couple ’60s Mustangs with Mercedes diesels in them.
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