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[QUOTE=baddabang]You need to get over the fact that customize your own vehicle with a bigger engine to go faster, and making a custom one off body and exhaust system like this corvette has, is awesome and not destructive.[/QUOTE]
It's destrctive in the sense that it doesn't preserve the originality of the car. Or even worse, it's an irreversible transformation. I never agree with any kind of classic car transformation that is irreversible.
[QUOTE=baddabang]The whole point of building a custom car is making it the way you want it to be. I'd kill for this guys skills and ingenuity. Who really cares if it can take a corner? He built it to go fast on the street and he proved it can do this by driving it from Texas to Wisconsin.[/QUOTE]
The only place in the world where such an hideous thing can be driven on the street is in US. A car like that would be absolutely forbidden to use a public road. And thank god for that!
BTW: a car is only a car when it can take corners.
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must be something if he needs 14 guages to tell him how fast he's going
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Ford Thunderbird headlights - in a Vette... the irony...
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I think this is why designers look after the aesthetics and engineers look after the oily bits and they generally don't do each others' jobs.
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pretty narli, but you really cant call it a vette any more, its like them rolex prototypes with a corvette body plus big blower, i especially like the gauges on the blower.
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I think its pretty damn cool
For forty years its been His car. And its evolved into His vision, using His undoubted skills, and expressly for His enjoyment
There's clearly a hell of a lot of workmanship and love gone into that car, to get it to what [u]he wants[/u] it to be. Good on 'im I say
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[QUOTE=McReis]It's destrctive in the sense that it doesn't preserve the originality of the car. Or even worse, it's an irreversible transformation. I never agree with any kind of classic car transformation that is irreversible.[/QUOTE]
I would ususally agree with that, however, in this case it don't find it to be a big deal. The car it started out with was ruined. The car it is now isn't really a Corvette at all-I only called it that because I was tired and couldn't think of a beter name for the thread.
Personally, I don't like it. I think it's quite ugly and far too ridiculous, but I decided I'd post it here to see what other people think. I do respect him for executing it rather professionally, no matter how tastelessly.
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Yeh, It may get 850 hp with 500 nitrous shot, but, how fast does it go around the Nurburgring? :)
About the car. Those twin blower ports look large enough to stick your head in. I also feel sorry for the bug's which find themselfs in its path. Looks mechanically well put together and the engine must put the weight ratio to 90% front. That engine though comes at a cost, and those costs are the looks (IMO).
*edit* One more thing, I dont believe that he has wide enough rear tires. They havent yet joined in the middle.