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neckbeard posted:time to start trolling some friends with this Honestly, if your friends have seen a WRC car, they know 4 cylinders can still do a lot when built professionally, so wheres the trolling?
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CommieGIR posted:Honestly, if your friends have seen a WRC car, they know 4 cylinders can still do a lot when built professionally, so wheres the trolling? Have you ever talked to a big Corvette (or Camaro, or Mustang) fan? This poo poo would be sacrilege to them, regardless of what a built-up I4 is capable of.
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I too find that fans of the Corvette are typically receptive of engine swaps with half the number of cylinders from a FOREIGN manufacturer.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Actually, given the opening in the grille and what appears to be the edge of a Z06 badge poking out from under a shop cloth, that would actually be a LS7 shortblock being pulled out. Its probably an automatic or convertible Grand Sport because there's a battery where the dry sump tank should be.
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Feb 5, 2013 20:58
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Tell them it's a safety swap. Half the horsepower and torque=double the safety!
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Go for the full troll and say the customer just wanted a reliable engine.
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Forward it to a bunch of people as leaked photos of the upcoming C7 fuel efficient option test mule.
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sofullofhate posted:Well I happen to love wagons. And that's why she mentioned that we weren't getting one. 
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Krakkles posted:
It's a drat shame Lemons introduced Class X and pushed away these guys. They were awesome fun to race with, and their engine always stood out so well against the 6k redlines of everyone else. Deceptor101 fucked around with this message at 07:03 on Feb 6, 2013 |
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Octopus Magic posted:
What are the three in back?
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Pretty sure they are Dome Zero's.
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Deceptor101 posted:It's a drat shame Lemons introduced Class X and pushed away these guys. They were awesome fun to race with, and their engine always stood out so well against the 6k redlines of everyone else. Problem is that even cool swaps had some even more questionable engineering, and a few so far past the point of triple factory power that unless they had been properly managed from an engineering standpoint, they'd be too dangerous to race. The MetroGnome was awesome in all of its iterations (in the FWD days especially), but has some stupid boneheaded choices made that really conpromise its reliability and handling by people who definitely know better. I feel so bad for John Pagel, LeMons technical steward. He's an awesome guy (did the Charade cage) and is always extremely friendly, but I can't even imagine the poo poo people bring to technical inspection. edit: I'm working on a turbocharger setup for the Charade, but 12" Lotus front brakes are a given with it.
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DJ Commie posted:edit: I'm working on a turbocharger setup for the Charade, but 12" Lotus front brakes are a given with it.
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(turbo)Charge of the of the light Charade.
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Turbo Charade, you say? http://www.fusion-motorsport.co.uk/customer-cars/73-yasers-charade-gtti-revisited-245bhp.html Edit: What do we have here on Ebay?  Cool, an 8-series. What engine is it?  Looking good, V12. Pity they're always autos.  Oh.   http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1991-BMW-850i-Manual-Blue-/321063047412?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4ac0d950f4 InitialDave fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Feb 6, 2013 |
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The kind of women who flock to Ferraris probably won't care about marital status anyway.
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DrPain posted:The kind of women who flock to Ferraris probably won't care about marital status anyway. You may have missed the point.
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InitialDave posted:Turbo Charade, you say? That is such a fantastically good bad idea. Needs new wheels though.
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drgitlin posted:That is such a fantastically good bad idea. Needs new wheels though. Description says he also has the original wheels.
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Someone didn't graduate from designing cars like a 6 year old?
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Cannot Find Server posted:Have you ever talked to a big Corvette (or Camaro, or Mustang) fan? This poo poo would be sacrilege to them, regardless of what a built-up I4 is capable of. I showed it to my dad and he thought it was an awesome idea. He wants a Corvette "but without all the noise and gas-guzzling bullshit. Also, how many canoes do you think that roof could support?"
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Brigdh posted:Someone didn't graduate from designing cars like a 6 year old?  4-year old
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Rowan Atkinson's F1 has been repaired: Click for bigger.
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Hobo rally, I'd watch it.
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A friend at work has this car... Now normally they're not my jam, but seeing it up close and listening to the passion he has for this type of vehicle, I'm impressed.
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Lightbulb Out posted:A friend at work has this car... I'd looooooooove to know what kind of mileage he gets out of that. Other than the wheels, it's pretty awesome.
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The roulette wheels and whitewalls are my favorite part. That car rules.
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Lightbulb Out posted:A friend at work has this car... That's so nuts that it goes full circle into awesome.
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Tusen Takk posted:
That's absolutely hysterical. Measly Twerp posted:Hobo rally, I'd watch it. This is absolutely awesome.
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 Saw this on Magnaflow's facebook today ... it's a cool pic, that gets better when you realize IT WAS TAKEN FROM ANOTHER CAR OMG Edit to remove spoiler tags since apparently that was way out of line Krakkles fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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Krakkles posted:
So where did they take it from? If it's just taken from the leading car, then yeah, cool photo, but what am I missing? Edit for content: the first of the Fifteen52 Project ST cars. Do want. 
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Krakkles posted:Saw this on Magnaflow's facebook today ... it's a cool pic, that gets better when you realize where they took it from. A video game?
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joat mon posted:A video game? My thoughts exactly.
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I don't think it's a video game. It's just neat that it's shot from the drivers side of a car in tandem.
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