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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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he spent so much time, effort, and money and he doesnt even know hes wasting all of it.

if you dont have time to read the whole thread ill tell u,

sanding down engine bay, drilling into flywheel, turboing the car and still only ran a 16.82.. hmm i wonder why..

but heres the link

http://www.lancerregister.com/showth...=224101&page=1
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:32 AM
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Hahahahahahahahahahahah!

That seriously has to be some elaborate hoax.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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iKona should hire this guy for his spray booth.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 04:14 PM
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Oh no, I just got to the airbox.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 04:58 PM
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LOL... Love the 3 (4?) angle valve job, with a nail file.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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wow...what a waste...what was the 1/4 mile time on those things stock? sheesh, that poor GSX...i've always wanted one of those...
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
iKona should hire this guy for his spray booth.
damn oh no you didnt. hahahahhahahahhahaha
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by senseiturtle
LOL... Love the 3 (4?) angle valve job, with a nail file.
dude thats called custom job...
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Oh my god.
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I really want to meet the person behind all of this and actually hear his theories behind everything.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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turboed gsx that runs 16.83? lol i wanna meet him too
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 05:55 PM
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I'm pretty sure that a non-turbo, chrysler 420a-powered, AUTOMATIC second-generation eclipse could squeak a 16.83.


(And unfortunately, I'm speaking from experience)
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:00 PM
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lol... he made youtube videos too!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSl5zSlZzpM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjNq12OE92I
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdmOmzmZHI
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From what I gathered from the guy re-posting the pictures, this dude is seen as hot ____ on the forum he's on.

I'm just disappointed I didn't see the car blow up.
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I read the entire thread. From what I gathered... This guy:
Doesn't know how to paint
Doesn't know how to measure
Doesn't know that rotating objects need to be balanced
Doesn't know how air flow works
Doesn't know how to weld

Can't think of anything else, mostly because I have 18 months of automotive school running through my head at an alarming rate.

To make things worse, he's seen as a god on his forums. Even after having the lancer thread linked on this cars build thread, they still think he's doing everything right. It's unbelievable how incredibly stupid people are.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:22 PM
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yea.... i'm surprised he didn't paint the frankenclutch..

i just really want to see that thing fly out of the transmission...
it's really as horrible as people think...

and the worst thing about it is... it's not a joke...
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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I can honestly say, that I would be happy if the engine blew up, and every person that had a helping hand in this car got hit and killed with shrapnel from the engine. I'm a certified FACT (Ford Accelerated Credential Training) graduate, and this guy is spitting on the entire automotive industry.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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I'm pretty sure it did blow up, because if you notice at the end, the OP says there won't be any more updates because they "ran into some problems". I'm guessing some guy's face ran into the frankenclutch.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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I still can't believe they made that clutch like that.

I really don't know which is worse...Frankenclutch, The Holy Flywheel, or the painted driveshaft/u-joints (there is no way that thing is still balanced with that paint).

I never knew about the grooves, but one guy did confirm that it helps with combustion...on 8V N/A heads...NOT 16V heads, especially not 16V heads that are used in a turbo application.
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i like it how when he dynos his car, when u listen to it, his rpm barely goes up... then u see words that pop up that has 300+ Whp lol....



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