So was saw the truck FC, and the chop top FC, and the targa FC.... but has anyone made one swim yet?
I've been thinking about this for a while now, and one day it will come together. I am thinking a vert would be better to start with, if I used a coupe I would cut the roof off for sure.

I could go into detail if ya'll are interested, do ya'll have any good ideas?

 

sorry, but the fc has enough problems of it's own, i dont think driving it into the water would help any. dont get me wrong, i'm all for creative things, but there so few left, all i have to ask is

why, man?

why!!

 

just because man

and I live on a lake that likes to flood several times a year, lol.
but seriously, instead of asking why, ask why not!

And I get this feeling that these cars are not very rare at all, I've owned 4 in the last 5 years on almost no budget... they are for sale, in junkyards, and marked under trees here like you can't imagine. I don't see anyone rushing to save those examples.

And I like it when my car has problems, it gives me an opportunity to upgrade

 

Pretty sure thats been done already.

 

Actually I think it was the motor in a boat. There might be one though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNl0GoNPPAw

 

Monstser, Monster Garage!!!

Honestly You should do it to an FB they already look like amphicars.

 

Someone must have just watched one of the last episodes of Fifth Gear...

 

yea monster garage did a miata you could improve on what they did.

 

ohh boy anfibious fc... this would take the term "flooding" to a whole new level LOL

 

haha, I like it.

 

I didn't see that one... but I have seen that car before, it would be useless here though because our water is so dirty you woulden't be able to see the end of the hood.

 

Amphibious FC... it rained semi hard today here in Chicago and my car took a small dip into water that was at least 3-4 inches and my car shot smoke, ran rough, and went out of commission for 15 minutes. Water + rotaries = something bad waiting to happen. If someone does make an amphibious FC, better hope their window is open or they have a vert.

 

It's no different than for a gas piston engine. If you get water on your air filter, water farther in the intake, or on ignition components (like coils and plugs), it can choke/sputter/die. It can help to have all the underbelly trays installed and have a shielded filter (like the stock one). Ignition is the main reason gas engines don't like dirty water (as pure water is actually an insulator...) and a key reason diesels can be semi-amphibious, you can snorkel the intake and everything else is already taken care of.

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, I've thought of this before, too. I don't have the resources, however, to actually bother thinking it through to a workable concept. I also wouldn't do it to my only '7 (a TII that I'm building for glorious, beautiful speed), I'd do it to a spare NA as that would probably be easier and cheaper than with a turbo model.

 

yup, I will try to float it high enough to keep the leading plug dry

 

There may also be issues with semi submersion because of ground faults. For one, a lot of the harness rides fairly low in the engine bay, if those short to ground bad things can happen as well.

 

those are very minor deatails, my current harness is 100% custom and high up anyway.... I'm more worried about how I'm gonig to make the chassis float and how high it will sit in the water.

 

you mean you want a boat car? you're not going to get much propulsion from the wheels if you don't have wheel to ground contact. people who snorkel deisels can't go all the way underwater because they have to allow water into the cabin so the thing doesn't float.

 

yes, it will float.. and no the propultion won't come from the wheels. I have had seveal ideas but the most attractive idea as of right now seems to be useing an outdrive from an inborad/outboard boat.

 

In a 12V DC system water really doesn't play much of a factor, a DC motor will run underwater, I don't think it will hurt much if anything. It may however change the Resistance of some sensors, but know shorts just from water.

 

yeah I remember they used radiator fans underwater on junkyard wars once.

 

go try it in grand theft auto 4.. hmmm nope doesnt work lmao

 

Hahaha, the seven probably gonna rust up before u can hit the shores...

They seriously got sevens in GTA4?

 

there is no Sevens in GTA4. At least none that I am aware of.

 

lawlz. acutally i tihnk making a RX-7 boat would be cool but making it amphibious would be much much harder.

 

Oh I see. . . You want to drive your rx7 into a lake; thats all fine and dandy. . . You want to make it EMP proof and you're a ******* nut.