#ChallengeTime CTzens: You are given a Geo Metro and a budget of 5000 US Dollars, your goal is to turn the Metro into a high speed Time Attack car! Rules Below.

Junk yard GM 350 in the back with a 4wd truck front end swapped in for Metro front end with a beefed up GY6 reverse gear box inline and 5 speed manual. They never said it had to stay front engine.

Swift GTi engine/trans swap, supercharged. Full coils, big brake kit, cheap ebay widebody flares/wide tires, ricer rear spoiler, front canards, gut the snot out of it. Fiberglass hood, doors, front fenders, trunk, completely cover the underside of the car and add rear diffuser.
That should do the trick.

Duo turbocharged engines, FF+RR. Good set of slicks, suspension and aero.

I think… I think I’ll completely rebuild the engine, maybe a straight pipe, (if they are allowed in US) stiffer suspension, lowered, (obviously) and some slightly wider tyres. I’ll weld some triangles into the back, and if I have anything left I’ll by flameproof overalls, and some racing boots. I have everything else :P

I would put a R20116 (M5) engine in it and just hope the suspension holds

Yamaha R1 motor in passenger seat, ($750) chain drive to front, weld sprocket to ring gear in front diff, ($100?), strip EVERYTHING, cut out reinforced inner panels and just leave external “skin”, plexi\lexan windows, ($500?) some additional bracing,($20 in steel) cut springs, change shock oil to heavier oil, 4 lug 16” mustang “Pony” wheels, w\255 tires all around, ($500@ wrecking yard) sawzall fenderwells, water methanol injection using washer fluid reservoir, agricultural sprayer pump ($69.99) oil heat furnace nozzle ($5) -30* washer fluid ($5), $3,000 left for beer!

I’m doing what these guys did. So I’m making it RWD.

RULES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN.

B16 motor, 300ZX turbo, antilag system, custom free flow exhaust, cold air intake, wideband O2 sensor, close ratio gearbox (could have straight cut gears to make it cheaper), lightweight flywheel, stage 2 clutch, coilovers, bigger brakes, better tyres, used alloy wheels, maximum weight reduction and big balls

Set of used toyo R888’s, a Hayabusa swap and the rest on affordable coilovers and pop-rivit aero. Just pray you don’t need a rollcage.