A drifting Syclone makes for a good reason to buy a video game
We’ve spoken about Forza Motorsport 4 a few times here at Hooniverse.com. We’re not trying to ram the game down your throat, we promise. However, when we come across something such as the video posted after the break, we have to share it.
Forza 4 includes the GMC Syclone, which is a truck high atop any hoons “Must Own” list. All-wheel-drive, forced induction, and a bed big enough to haul around a pool filled with tears of joy, that is just the start of what makes the Syclone such an excellent vehicle. One Forza fan feels the same way, and decided to make a video that showcased the truck along with his top-notch drifting skills.
We would have gone with hard rock or heavy metal for the backing track, but the song this player chose is quite fitting. See for yourself after the break.
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Silly.
I've built a road racing Syclone in the game. I'd use it more but the engine sound is horrible
Why is the "driver" shifting? It's an automatic.
It's possible that they swapped in a new engine and trans…
When I was a baby my mom got so used to shifting when she drove their then new truck she says she was shifting my foot when we weren't in the truck. So… that?
any car can be a stick shift in Forza 4.
i did not know that. that isn't an option in my grand prix game on the ol coleco vision.*
*get off my lawn with your fancy pants PS3 forza 360's!!!
On the up side, you can play so much Mr. Do.
nah, its all about Dragster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L64-DpklZrw
SWEET!!
He shifts in auto too. They put a cool animation in and then they overuse it. It really doesn't detract from the game at all when you're playing it though. Did the Syclone have L D or was it 1 2 3 D on the shifter? Perhaps we can imagine he's bump shifting.
PRN(D)321. The shifter was a parts-bin special originally designed for the Corvette.
Then my point stands.
You mean I stopped listening to Roxette's Listen To Your Heart just to hear that? Back to Roxette…[youtube ktRsl2hAPhY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktRsl2hAPhY youtube]
Joyride is a much more appropriate song.
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Agreed. It's just what was cued up on my Pandora shuffle at the time.
I mostly wanted to post the amazing video. Nobody's driving the car you reckless Swedes!
1) Why is there a Bowtie license plate on a GMC?
2) Also, if someone was going to go to the trouble to paint one red, they should have paid another three hundred bucks to swap over to Typhoon mirrors.
3) Breaking all four tires loose around a bend in a SyTy is considerably more smile-inducing than being able to 0-30 quicker than anyone else in town.
That was like the great video ever!
Definitely a "must own vehicle" in my book! Sadly, due to collector price debauchery and general lack of availability, my only chance at having one, is to find a bargain basement Sonoma, and make a tribute, or a Syclone.
Of course, it would obviously be lacking in the AWD department, and I'm sure that the plastic cladding is not an easy set to track down.
/runs off to scour ebay!
A full set of cladding is about a $5K commitment by the time you track down all the special brackets and rivets. Anyone who has a set in their garage is familiar with the laws of supply and demand and knows what the market will pay. The tooling disappeared after PAS Inc. (the assembly contractor) went under after Typhoon production ended in 1993, so your 5 grand either gets you brittle NOS pieces from ABS or aftermarket fiberglass. Add to that the cost of a Sonoma, the driveline enhancements, and, if you decide to go that route, Syclone interior and rolling stock and you'll be into the project for between $10K and $15K to end up with a clone worth $5K.
You would be better off trading your 15 grand for a stock one that sits in someone's garage except on good weather Sundays, or 5 grand on one that someone modified until it blew up, then spend the rest of the Sonoma cloning budget building it up the way you want it.
The problem with the last part of your comment, is the fact that I live in Northern Michigan…I can almost guarantee that the amount of surviving Syclones far outnumbers the amount of "Sunday driver survivor" regular production Sonoma trucks. Most were bought, and beaten like a ginger stepchild, and left for dead. So donor shells can be had for relatively low dollars, and being moderately skilled in the area of body and paint would ultimately save me a ton. But alas, I can't really see building a Sy tribute with a hopped-up six(or even V8) anyway. It would be kind of like buying a Buick Regal with the intent on making it into a GN clone on a budget, and then trying to explain why it either has a non-turbo sixer, or a V8 that just doesn't sound right when running.
Long story short…my first comment was just me being a smart-ass.
Oh. I thought you wanted to turbocharge the Sonoma, too. I haven't seen any cladding-only clones, just drivetrain + cladding or drivetrain-only, and that's what I figured you'd try.
There are a handful of real Syclones out there that have swapped out their original (or second or third; these engines are fairly fragile) 4.3L V-6's and replaced them with a 6.0 V-8 adapted for turbocharging. Street-legal 10's on pump gas, anyone?
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Holy sheet! I like it!!! I could get on board with that. I'll bet that kind of stuff just grinds the asses of the "brand purists."
Typhoons are usually 6 or 7 grand cheaper than their bedded counterparts…
Most people who own them chase speed (meaning lots of performance and durability mods) and there is little commercial support (meaning lots of DIY mods, like using a $55 pump for an RV sink instead of a $270 factory Bosch part for the intercooler), and unlike a COPO Camaro or liftoff hood Roadrunner, SyTy's are still a long way off from topping their original MSRP. From a resale perspective, they are a really crappy investment, so I don't imagine there are that many purists to take offense.
Good point, I never thought of it in that aspect. I was, more or less, thinking that based on limited production numbers, and all that garbonzo, that there was automatically that bunch of purists that will flame you for changing anything, such as putting a Sparco steering wheel, or a different shift knob on it.