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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Car: '83 Z28, '07 Charger SRT8
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WTF is this?!

This was appearantly fabbed up by someone, so this seemed like the place...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=36474
Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:35 PM
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it would seem i could come up with something better with enough beers in me as well.
Old Mar 10, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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all i can say is "as is, is right"
Old Mar 10, 2004 | 11:59 PM
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Wow some figured out how to weld alluminum and he just took that whole idea of carbs being better than EFI to a whole new level.

Last edited by ede; Mar 11, 2004 at 04:59 AM.
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 12:49 AM
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OMFG!! Thats funny, yet incredibly stupid to the point where it hurts to look. That cant work too well, wouldnt it flow for crap? Just why?

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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 09:51 AM
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If he had a little duct tape on it than I would believe it to be a true performer. What a piece of garbage. What some people will do to mod their cars without spending a dime.
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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looks like something a ironworker made up. no self respecting fitter would of ever done that.
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 10:15 AM
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Old Mar 11, 2004 | 10:31 AM
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I now have a new novelty pic for my desktop background
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 10:37 AM
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He must of had the TPI engine with no harness/pcm, but had a spare Holley carb lying around. I think that he should have put two carbs on top of there though, since there was plenty enough room for another.
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 11:18 AM
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That's GM's prototype Tuned Port 4V intake.

Am I missing something, or does it look like this guy did nothing to plug up the fuel injector bosses in the intake?

And sure, he's selling it for "a friend".
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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They're kidding, right, lol? Talk about riggin'.
Old Mar 11, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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wow, that's some desperate shiznit
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 01:16 AM
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thx i needed a good laf
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 07:56 AM
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Old Mar 12, 2004 | 08:27 AM
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there's been 2 bids on it. I figure someone is buying it just to have it around as a comedy piece....
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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Originally posted by poncho@home
there's been 2 bids on it. I figure someone is buying it just to have it around as a comedy piece....
I hope so...
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 09:26 AM
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I may just have to bid on that... If something happened to my computer, I'd lose all of the pictures... then nobody would believe me. Even now, people must think it's photoshopped on there as nobody could be that stupid... I wonder how much raw fuel just hides in the corners of the plenum.

I've never seen a better time to use the lala smiley... :lala: :lala: :lala:
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 12:36 PM
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Originally posted by ede
looks like something a ironworker made up. no self respecting fitter would of ever done that.
HA HA!
I don't know....with the UA's aggressive organizing efforts, I've seen 'fitters that would proudly craft something like that.
And let's not forget about boilermakers!
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 06:58 PM
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I thought about the fuel too! I guess he has it jetted so rich that it works out. or perhaps he ran so lean that the eng. took a dump and is just claiming it was rolled
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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maybe he just put a big throttle body on there and kept the fuel injection
Old Mar 12, 2004 | 10:21 PM
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Engine: 305 TPI (soon ot be 350TPI)((muwahahahhahaa)
Transmission: A broken 700R4
That must have been created be the king of ghetto-rigg'n.
Old Mar 13, 2004 | 06:14 AM
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well this sure was fun but i think it's time to put this thread away
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