Mid-Engine V8 Genesis Coupe
 

Check out what Rhys Millen is building for SEMA, this thing is going to be awesome :drag:

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Kinda cool. cant wait to see it finished

at least they cant cover up about the the engine

that's a little awesome

wow that is nice i like that!

Two questions:

Is that a ford 4.6?

Why the heavy square tubing instead of tubular?

It's the Tau V8. Click the link for more info...

What is that gonna be used for?

Whats the point? Not gonna be faster or handle better. Contrary to popular belief just throwing the motor in the back doesn't make a car more balanced, especialy not in a car designed to have it's engine in the front.

If they really needed a better balanced car they could have gone to a rear mounted transmission front mounted motor like on many race cars.

This is just boner material for ricers.

However that is a very sweet transmission that they are using.

It's for SEMA, nobody said it was for performance. The V8 doesn't fit very easily in the front, and like you said, all the ricer's will hop on his nuts cause he went mid engine.

sickkk!

yea the Tau V8 does not have enough room to fit the genesis coupe's engine bay. korean sources have said that there is not enough hood clearance. personally i dont know if i believe that, but you never know, in about 3 years for their refresh of the gencoupe they might throw this thing fully in the pony car mix up?! V8 powered genesis = win.

Structurally square tubing is stronger then round.

At first when looking at the pics I thought it was 2-tone but realized its just protective stuff put over the top portion of the paint while they work. I thought they hacked up the roof section where the white stuff is torn and thought that would be a pain to fix LOL.

Am I the only one who absolutely hates the genesis coupe? I think its hideous.

crazy what time and money can build

now im excited, that is awesome! i cant think of too many front engine cars that became mid engine so i cant argue about it actually making it perform better...but id love to drive it!

most cars built for sema are just "whoa thats cool" not "ok, now lets go to Le Mans"

have you seen KDMguys?

the thing is sex on wheels i have never heard anyone every say they think a genesis coupe is ugly

to each thier own i guess! :supz:

Well put.

I agree that it is a good looking car... I don't know who did the bodywork for this one but it looks great.

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I find this comment humorous because I always thought the Genesis kinda looks like the G35 coupe.

it also sure makes it easier to get things plumb.