13s for $1300 - The Full Story!

[@JamesOnscotch]

Yep Uncle and I did the Red Streak VN which ran 12.4 for about $900. The 13's for 1300 was an awesome initiative and a lot of fun. Scotty really put the challenge on the map with Project Bluebird, and my main regret was not being able to line up against Scotty and the other challengers. We went through three engines (at $100 each lol). Full build is on PerformanceForums, but it was a $100 VN, an ebay spool, some 4.6:1 diff gears from a pintara from memory, a stall converter from someone elses' build and a few weekends with an angle grinder. Radials were borrowed from a mate (ALLMTR?). A nitrous fogger kit was bought off gumtree for $70 and we were using the end of a bottle from ALLMTR from memory. Front and rear bumpers were held on with thread bar and cable ties because there was literally no structure behind them, and the boot floor (rusty anyway) was cut out and a real estate corflute sign glued in with liquid nails. It ran out of revs before the 1/4 mile mark and the nitrous fogger wasn't mounted properly and kept flooding the intake which we think is what kept killing the motor. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpi1mKRqjcR3ra8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvFZpmFe7eblck kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGbKmoWmhJxoqs0

[@MitchMakes]

Don’t forget the Bunnings down pipe exhaust Jim. I enjoyed my time wrenching on the red streak 😆 And don’t forget the accident close call on the F1 motorway on the way down…

[@JamesOnscotch]

@@MitchMakes epic fun! Crazy that it felt safer racing a car made from garbage than driving to and from the track!

[@cletusmcshootyface4646]

Tailgate tales sounds good mate

[@marksworkshop54]

I cant believe you have posted this today , I only looked this up last night on performance forums because as i was bored . I had the Blue VC commo that joined the site at the end of the time allocated . I ended up running 12.52 @ 108 on basic 308 Holden v8 .

[@seanedwards1838]

Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes do it Scotty. We LOVE this kinda content. Noone does it anymore. To many youtubers out there just flash cash and pay shit to get done, we want to see the process

[@blownhemi]

Ahh yes, the "let's drag out the Lambo and see how it goes" crowd

[@JK_Kustoms]

It would be a challenge with today’s prices. It might be more obtainable if you had two budgets. 2k for purchase of the vehicle and 2k for mods, but make it so budgets can’t be merged together.

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

Yeah it could be 10s for 10k maybe You'd just be getting a fkd xr6t mostly or golf r I'd probably just by an R1 and call it close enough

[@blastinrigs]

12s for 2k is doable, just gotta get creative

[@MrToranaGuy]

That is a formula that could work, because you can find an old bomb for $2k that get's you a car to play with, and $2k on the right bits will get you having some fun.

[@stringabean]

Legend, Scotty. Great chat! Haha if you got the EL back for $600 you’re half a second away from 12’s with $1400 still in the bank!! 😉😉

[@SirDaffyD]

Loved watching this history lesson about the 13's for $1300. It was this series back in the day that got me into ScottysGarage. Great watching you relive the story with us.

[@grahamhazel768]

100% do 2k for 12s I enjoyed the 13 of $1300 many years ago would love to see it come back as a regular challenge between you and other you tubers

[@scottbeattie6645]

The RACV patrolman was a legend. We can’t move your trailer but we’ll make sure the $1300 race car is safe in the workshop for you. So many of those roadside rescue lifesavers are such cool problem solvers, with a passion for motoring, helping people during stressful times during the worst hours and weather. Thanks to all those who’ve helped me and many others over the years to ensure we get to where we need to. Keep up the good work Scotty.

[@gmholden63]

Man i was about to finish highschool when 13's for 1300 happend. Remember it like it was yesterday and V6 Vengeance too Keen to see another challenge for sure!! Keep up the good work mate 👍

[@blownhemi]

@@gmholden63 I'm looking at possibly getting V6 Vengeance back

[@gmholden63]

@@blownhemi oh hell yeah, will be interesting to see how the old rocket has faired over the years

[@SIRSKITZ]

Tailgate Tales 👍 You'd have plenty mate AAAAND you could possibly invite special guests along at some of these? Lovin the idea of you possibly get Vengence back!

[@damienmills293]

Had an EL Falcon Wagon converted to LPG, just like the one in pic. The last time I heard about it, it had 500,000 km. Original engine, trans, diff... the lot. Amazing car.

[@NickGreiner1988]

I know a guy who drives an EL with well over a million KM

[@tony66au]

More 4.0 Intec madness for 2k? Hell yeah :-)

[@westaircompressors]

Fantastic story, I watched every second. Thanks for sharing.

[@seanedwards1838]

Hell yes Scotty. 12s for 2k. Do it please 🙏

[@i976scirocco3]

Tales from the tailgate sounds good too. You should do 12s for $2.5 k That will give you $500 to buy the Nugget car !

[@andrewmiles8852]

Great story, been watching you since the start. Your a true blue Australian, unlike so many Australian youtubers and people ;) 😉 I hope you keep up this renewed channel. Great stuff.

[@tony.benfield8499]

The lost wheel, cop interaction, back to Heathcote yarn, one of ya best, Mr T 😉. Now, how about “ONE2 for 2ONE”.

[@wayneholzer4694]

I remember when the 13's for 1300 was doing the rounds all my mates loved it including myself how time flies hey. It certainly is a good series especially for younger beginner types for sure. Cool backstory thanks for sharing Scotty.

[@Techbitznpcs]

stories like this are great, tales from the tailgate sounds like a great title for different style of content on the channel.

[@mahcooharper9577]

A mate of mine went 300km at a decent clip with a wheel missing off the trailer and an EF on board. Personally I wouldn't have, but lucky the cops didn't see him. In any case, thanks for all the content Scotty - time to rewatch 13s for $1300 I think. Was the first bit of your content I saw and been watching everything you since. Reckon you were right convincing the bride to let you do it! Great to hear some more of the background too, really enjoyed that. Would love it if there was a similar comp now - plenty of usable stat write-offs going through the auctions now that pretty much everything with a scratch gets written off... 12s for $2k would be outstanding.

[@JossRickard]

Scotty's Talegate! For this reason, whenever I tow, I always carry a spare hub, bearings, grease, seals and tools to do it.

[@iRidetas]

12s for $2k, HELL YES! That would be awesome mate!

[@zacsborntorunrunningadvent3441]

Awesome to hear & watch this.

[@marktaylor1498]

This was a awesome series of videos love the effort that went into it

[@LobbyDaLobster]

Woo! PF represent! We are the best at starting projects and then never ever finishing them!

[@blownhemi]

@@LobbyDaLobster yep, there were alot of those

[@tmmtmm]

Dave's a can't

[@russrh]

I was gonna say that seems like a good ratio of started vs completed projects for pf 🤣

[@ross_kapotas]

Do more of these. Love em

[@bill13690]

Great entertainment there Scotty you have brightened my day. Please look after yourself from Bill.

[@blownhemi]

@@bill13690 thanks mate

[@TheosEpicVideos]

What a great yarn Scotty! Doing some drafting and listening to the story.

[@johnkirkilis34]

Awesome story Scotty ❤.

[@jgrieve3282]

Good story, really enjoyed that old tale 😊

[@TheShedSesh]

Absolutely love your stories bud! I’ve got a block in heathcote if you need to crash. Minimum chips but offers there.

[@cpzmelbs]

What a good bloke 👍

[@Lobucracing]

The build that was part inspiration for our channel , be killer to get you on one day to do some budget racing

[@daviddeakin2006]

Thanks , really enjoyed the yarn . Looking forward to more

[@gregm959]

Tales from the Tailgate............. Great vid mate. I recieved my dads ute sticker. Good quality sticker and packaging...Cheers

[@LV-FOURTWENTYSIX]

This and v6 vengeance we some of my favorite nugget projects from years ago. Top stuff mate.

[@kev4jem]

Love the tails on the tailgate mate keep em coming

[@paulrutley366]

Great yarn mate. I've got some catch up video watching to do.

[@grahamparsons1070]

Loved hearing this tale mate, just down to earth stuff. Those filthy cops made me boil though. Good job 👍

[@blownhemi]

@grahamparsons1070 I was furious with them. They claimed they had evidence, but when legal counsel applied to see it, they conveniently lost it

[@grahamparsons1070]

@ of course they did corrupt bastards, maggots like that give the good ones a bad reputation. All the best to you and your family buddy 👌

[@Towball22]

I love budget builds,12’s for 2k is an awesome idea, would be difficult to do including cost of car though I think 🤔

[@anthonyangelovski3039]

I still remember watching the build when I was a fresh p plate youngster back in the day 😂 it was the coolest thing ever to achieve a 13 second pass for such a low budget. I think it would be interesting to see if you could do it all again Scotty 👍 (as you have developed more skill and knowledge over the years)

[@blownhemi]

@anthonyangelovski3039 my skill level has certainly improved since then.

[@Schmidty8500]

12s for 2k would be an awesome series to watch

[@KEEPIT23]

Hell yeah 12's for 2k sounds like a great idea Scotty

[@brenton.farr89]

If you start a 12’s for 2k challenge I’d most likely get in on that and attempt my own build.

[@blastinrigs]

I'm in too bud!

[@matsinkal]

That was a great video.

[@PeckerwoodKustoms]

Man PF days were awesome...I remember 13s for 1300...the thing that really sticks in my head is the dude that had the turbo in on the console,, VN Commodore too? 12s for $2k....get on it

[@PeckerwoodKustoms]

Tales from the Tailgate

[@deankdx]

I think the repeatable budget rule would be ideal. i think it was the magna that ran 12s (they put the engine in a mirage for 11s) was fairly repeatable for anyone at the time. "HACKETTS MAGNA"(youtube somewhere) running 12s with a manual converted 380 engine and some other mods. there's a few formulas for the creative builders.

[@1969Risky]

Scotty, this would have been a good yarn over a Sunday pub lunch. Great story & thanks for sharing. I feel like a steak & chips with a few beers now!

[@nathanpeachs2704]

😂 Yep this is what it's all about mate, making numbers on a budget 🤙 🤘 2k 12s sounds fun!

[@conandebnam549]

12s for 2k be a mission in this economy but worth doing for sure definitely keep the tailgates coming

[@SlowlysModels]

Yeah it'd be great to see like more projects and adventures like that for sure, plenty of potential out there hey!

[@GRUMPYOLDSURVEYOR]

“And the wife’s like “ 😂😂😂 we have all been there

[@mrivantchernegovski3869]

Hey from New Zealand ,I scored a EL poverty pack off my boss for $600 at $100 a week ,i worked at Advance for Ford and Holden Wreckers in Auckland ,Just had to put a waterpump and belt tensioner on it ,then XR6 cluster and oil sender ,XR Steering wheel ,XR suspemsion and LSD ,It had no speed cut and would sit on 200 kph plus in mexico of course even my mate at work had a EF wagon converted to manual would blow my EL away due to his gearbox and Red top XR6 head on a low km AU XR block ,was 180 speed cut just a Aussie thing ? lol my Nissan C33 Laural had that JDM 180 kph cut it had a RB20DE wiith a Manual coversion all diesel parts it would speed cut and rev cut at 180 kph at just under 8000rpm in third gear ,pull speedo cable out and got it up to 6700 rpm in 5th in Mexico of course ,great content and channel

[@blownhemi]

@mrivantchernegovski3869 I tried to disconnect the speedo, but it would lock the trans in first gear.

[@huntingyowies8340]

I bought a Dizzy El petrol/gas, cut a hole in the hood like you did, put a sealed heat barrier with a pod, and straight though exhaust and it hammered, 100km in 1st gear

[@johnwalters6025]

Tailgate tails sounds good to me. The new challenge would definitely get a lot of interest, BCW did a "budget" drift build with a 3k BF but that budget has already blown out

[@AUFalconObsessor03]

I was 8 when 13s for 13s came out now 21 many falcons later I remember watching this series like yesterday! Yes for the au idea but could even go back to your routes and do another e series! Anyway subscribed now keep it up!

[@Bluterus]

I still refer to these old videos when people ask me about shift kits. The old jaycar parts connected to the ECU

[@codysing8107]

The good old boat had heaps of fun in the el😅

[@j30max]

2k AU lets go!

[@paulcoote3094]

2024 = 13sec for 13k.

[@blownhemi]

@@paulcoote3094 haha, maybe that was 2023 when Covid tax was still a thing

[@tmmtmm]

12s for 12k is probably not unrealistic

[@ryanf2709]

This Series is what brought me here.

[@zacsborntorunrunningadvent3441]

Tailes at the Tailgate sounds cool.

[@marcotolomeo6879]

waiting for you to dive in sounds like great entertainment 12 s for two K with a ford please.

[@SamKnowles-m3b]

Hell yeah 12s for 2k Scotty that would be awesome mate would be even better if you did it with the same model car too

[@MarkStevens-f7d]

I think a $2000 challange would be fun and im in as i still have cars sitting around . Just dont know how some people would go when they would have to also buy a car in the price aswell with the way prices of cars are today .

[@blownhemi]

@MarkStevens-f7d yeah, we might have to take purchase price out of the mix

[@fo82rd12]

I'm fairly certain you bought the $102 Tickford head off me on eBay. Wrapped it in cardboard and sent it from northern NSW

[@blownhemi]

Sounds about right

[@boosted_l6787]

This thing and vn vengeance are 2 of my favorite things you've done

[@DodgyBrothersEngineering]

You occasionally run into those kinds of assholes. I was heading to work one morning when I realised I had forgotten my lunchbox. I was only a couple of k's from home, so I did a quick u-bolt and headed home. Just as I headed back toward home I met an unwelcomed sight on a bend, obviously I was in quite a hurry, they did a quick turn around and were behind me in nothing flat, by which time I was doing John Q Citizen and they had no idea of my velocity where we crossed paths on the bend. So they tried baiting me by saying you could be man enough to admit that you were doing wrong. I was like fuck you sunshine if you have no proof, I am not about to do your job for you. So once it was obvious I wasn't going to play their game they defected my HZ ute. They sent me for a machinery because my spare tyre in the back of the ute didn't have legal tread (turns out it didn't have to. If it isn't fitted to the car it isn't illegal according to Main Roads) and they crawled under the car and found a small rust spot in the driver side floor panel. They also said it was too low, which it wasn't, it was right on legal height. Long story short I fixed the floor which needed doing anyway for less money than I would have contributed to their revenue raising exercise.

[@devil8923]

wow i rember this so much as at the time you did this i had a 98 el falcon fake xr6 and it had a el hybrid motor they were diffrent so much fun i miss that car too :) was trying to follow with it and do the same but p plater limited money never happend

[@aripapadopoulos-wj1sv]

Please do 12 for 2 k be the best content ever

[@leighhaberl981]

and yet i've had police offer me a lift home and go out of their way to help. But some just love a power trip and should never have been police at all.

[@blownhemi]

@@leighhaberl981 yep, I've know good police as well. These were definitely the worst.

[@martyburgess341]

I would love to see you do a Budget Salt Racer. Call it "OLD SALTY"

[@garrymcgaw4745]

That's a great story bloke, I bet you've got plenty of them... Ave-a-good-day mate 👍.

[@LachlanWoods-nj3rm]

Enjoy the back story’s mate, funny stuff! Our old heavy Gilflite speed boat had a bit of a bent axle and used to lose a wheel least 2-3 times a summer, ours ised to go a long way out into paddocks though!! Towed fine with 3, dropped the boat in more than once and back out again, some cops are just dicks! 😂😂👍👍

[@DaveHiggoHiggins]

12's for 2k is a great idea!

[@michaelblair4744]

Great story from the Tale-Gate. Did Mick have to pay any fines? Did his girl stay with him? Did you make money on the KZbin side of things on top of selling the car?

[@blownhemi]

@michaelblair4744 I'll have to check the KZbin earnings from back then to see how much we earned. Mick is still with the same woman. On my advice, Mick got himself a solicitor and fronted court, the police "lost" the supposed footage of the stop and supposed evidence of "the trailer leaving a trail of soarks up the street". Mick received a $200 fine and a six month good behaviour bond.

[@michaelblair4744]

@blownhemi Great work. Keep the stories coming.

[@itsfqndave]

You could name the segment "Ute yaps" 😂😂

[@666pulsar]

I remember watching that as a kid thinking it was the coolest shit ever still do tbh

[@panelvanman7671]

12's for 2400 would be better i recon scotty , well more catchy for the title and a bit of leeway , i watched that when it came out and loved it , think i was talking to you through messenger at the time , enjoyed this chat about yesteryear ...cheers

[@blownhemi]

Thanks mate, it's not a bad idea

[@petersilva4242]

I got pulled up on the freeway In Brisbane. Lady cop with massive attitude just ripped me off the bat for no reason. Then went thru and and tried to find anything they could to defect. I had gotten a defect beforehand and had done my best to make street legal. She gave a ticket for exhaust too loud and... No carpet in the boot of my 180sx. Her logic was any interior removed is a danger to the occupants. I told her that would only apply to the seated area of the car but she wouldn't have it. FTP

[@NicksBikes]

I remember watching Project Bluebird way back in the day

[@bruceyblowback8748]

Mick the legend.

[@blownhemi]

@@bruceyblowback8748 Flat Stick Mick

[@MRMOPARMAN0426]

Still spewing i couldnt get my shit together for 13s for $1300. Totes in for 12s to $2k though

[@peterspozetta9445]

13s for $1300 is what got me watching you all thosecyears ago which led me to watching carnage

[@danielsultana5615]

More tail gate tales Scotty!

[@MrToranaGuy]

Tailgate tales is pretty cool!

[@devil8923]

do the 12s for 2k but cant be newer than 2001 :P

[@rum5812]

tailgate tales or yarns great stuff thx mate

[@hakathompson3866]

You can do it. 12's for 2k

[@lancegraham7722]

I think ute yarns works well. That was a great story, 👍

[@WaxedMerkin]

If you do decide to do it, keep it quite so prices are fair and not people giving you a discount

[@blownhemi]

@@WaxedMerkin 13s for $1300 was totally legit,

[@michaelvlcek1766]

Good old performance forums!

[@blakamin]

Fuck, the old g-tech performance meter! I had one and it showed a 12.9 in my highly modified 186 LJ with a 3-speed floor shift. and 185/75r14 on the rear, just so it wouldn't wheelspin the little 13s it came with. I wish I still had that car.

[@Steb12]

8 yr old video and you don’t look like you’ve aged a day since 😂🍻

[@blownhemi]

13 years, but who's counting

[@hadangodsey2651]

It’d be awesome to see a salt lake project. It’s super expensive but man that would be so cool! But a man can dream.

[@blownhemi]

@@hadangodsey2651 one day maybe

[@orloxsis]

Could have chained up that axle and just driven it like normal. I've done this on B- Double trailers, fully loaded at 65 tonnes. 🤣🤣

[@TankyMcStagger]

Hmmmm. I happen to have a navy blue ef falcon 🤔 Manual though. And half a million on the clock 😬 Hard to beat that E series build quality 👌

[@matthewmarks5477]

I reckon you should call it tailgate tales

[@anthonywhelan8373]

More like $5000 without car purchase Tune alone nowadays $1200-$1500 Diff gears $500 Cheap turbo kit $1000 Injectors and fuel pump $500-$1000 Plus $1500 for minor fab and sorting car

[@blownhemi]

@@anthonywhelan8373 we'll see

[@blastinrigs]

Dude 12s for 2k is totally doable, just gotta get creative. Definitely not saying it's easy but it is doable!

[@craiglaing2417]

My current build does 10’s for $10k. Well, 10’s to 10k/h that is 😅 Old L300 delica turbo diesel. Bloody slow, but enough torque to do the job

[@blownhemi]

The old L300 was a popular beast

[@maysonic20]

12’s for $2400 would be the go