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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:16 PM
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holy crap! Vette owners everywhere are crying!
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:20 PM
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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hell yeah!!!! Monster!!!
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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lol why would you do that? down grading hi vette to upgrade his honda.. and it doesnt look good.
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Ace83
lol why would you do that? down grading hi vette to upgrade his honda.. and it doesnt look good.
if you read some of the posts, you would know the LS1 came out of a totalled Vette (frame was bent real bad) so it wasnt a downgrade since the car was junk to begin with...
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:59 PM
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I think its awesome! Could you imagine pulling up to an old civic hatch and hearing an LS1 lol.
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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i want too see more!!!
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 06:04 PM
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He kept the entire drivetrain from the vette and basically set the civic body on it.

he only has a total of $2300 bucks into the whole project and if you look at the later posts around page 23 you will see pics of it mostly done and it looks like a stock civic hatch.
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 06:59 PM
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Theres a vid, on the last page, you can hear it runnin. 2nd to last vid posted on the last page.
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:06 PM
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That's crazy
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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Great work. Sounds awesome:

http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=932718b2.flv
Old Jul 25, 2007 | 10:21 PM
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who wants to do that to there tC???
Old Jul 26, 2007 | 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by duck_dodgers_24_5
who wants to do that to there tC???
It would be funner in an xB or an xA. More of a sleeper.

My uncle has a Volkswagen camper van. It's been converted to a V-6 engine. The radiator is mounted up front, but rounded and covered to look like your typical spare tire. It's got full ground effects but otherwise looks like a standard VW camper. It's so funny driving it, especially on the two-lane roads going to Clear Lake. When a passing lane comes up, people wig out trying to pass you thinking they are going to get stuck behind a bus. The looks were priceless when they could barely get past or sometimes get shutdown by that old V-Dub.
Old Jul 26, 2007 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by TheScionicMan
My uncle has a Volkswagen camper van. It's been converted to a V-6 engine. The radiator is mounted up front, but rounded and covered to look like your typical spare tire. It's got full ground effects but otherwise looks like a standard VW camper. It's so funny driving it, especially on the two-lane roads going to Clear Lake. When a passing lane comes up, people wig out trying to pass you thinking they are going to get stuck behind a bus. The looks were priceless when they could barely get past or sometimes get shutdown by that old V-Dub.
PICS!!!!

i'm not a fan of honda or chevy what so ever but combine the two i just love it!!!
Old Jul 26, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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Old Jul 26, 2007 | 06:03 AM
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That is so kickass!
Old Jul 26, 2007 | 08:13 AM
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i love it
Old Jul 26, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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my neighbors car..no joke...names dug strickler-twin turbo ls1 corvette powered volvo station wagon


http://videos.streetfire.net/hottest...2600be4593.htm
Old Jul 26, 2007 | 08:53 AM
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i love the civette, i dont see how you cant.



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