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Apr 9, 2009 | 04:35 PM

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Tazz

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Highly engineered turbo

Tired of the endless debate about the sprint booster, so I thought I'd stir things up on another subject.

Here's my prototype turbo, being moved to the Xfire now:

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Apr 9, 2009 | 06:21 PM

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downwardspiral

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Re: Highly engineered turbo

If I write you a blank check, can you make me one.. Do you need my SS#? I must have one... maybe 2...

Apr 10, 2009 | 12:32 PM

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Tazz

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Twin turbos would not be a good "ide'r" -- cutting too big a hole in the hood, too much aerodynamic drag too

Apr 10, 2009 | 01:48 PM

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Eric

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Re: Highly engineered turbo

shud look up sts turbo systems.. if you can get that one in the pic to work you can do this but without the hole in the hood

Apr 10, 2009 | 01:54 PM

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Tazz

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Nah -- engineering department (that's my cousin/uncle/brother-in-law Bubba) is tied up working on the new supercharger driven off the motor that usually spins the cd in the stereo.......

Apr 10, 2009 | 02:04 PM

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faiz23

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function over form i guess eh

Apr 10, 2009 | 06:31 PM

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tvaughn5

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Hahaha my immediate response was OMG that it great lol

Apr 10, 2009 | 06:37 PM

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Re: Highly engineered turbo

I am saving this picture for the next time I am in an argument with a ricer!

The guy was probably pretty proud that he engineered a way around of having to use a CAI.

Apr 11, 2009 | 04:08 PM

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jonnyangel04

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Re: Highly engineered turbo

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Originally Posted by LantanaTX

I am saving this picture for the next time I am in an argument with a ricer!

The guy was probably pretty proud that he engineered a way around of having to use a CAI.

lol this is too much for me but I think I need to make it my new desktop background