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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    12/01/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    This is groundshakingly cool. Yay! More! Howzabout a smaller Cummins in the back of a Corvair?

    Also, "Ryan Lusk" must be the most Iwegian name I've ever come across.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    Hacking up a C3 - any C3 - isn't really sacrilege. The early ones were crap (so bad Car and Driver sent their test car back early) with good engines, and the later ones were okay, with smog choked engines. Unless he used a ZL1, it's not that rare or special, just sexy. I salute this man of genius.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    These guys suck at dragstrip video. Not a single shot of the timer at the end. C'mon guys, drop the other shoe!

    How the hell fast is it?
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    Subscription only, hell, you can get Farm Show at the newsstand at Tractor Supply Company.

    Man, that's my favorite store. In one place you get the smell of fresh manure, new hydro oil, new tires and feed corn. Hot damn I love being a native midwesterner.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    That is bitchin'.

    12V Cummins, tweaked significantly, in a vehicle you'd never expect, FTMFW!
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    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    No E.T.s on the vid, but the 'Farm Show' page from the link claims 7.87 for the 1/8 m, which extrapolates to somewhere in the 12s for the quarter. It should be noted, however, that the same 'Farm Show' article informs us that "Lusk plans to ........boost his power to 55 to 65 hp in the near future", so either 'Farm Show' isn't the end all/be all for news of record, or that motor has an insane hp/torque ratio.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    It's so unholy that you can clearly see Death literally trailing his Corvette wherever it goes.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    I may have to rethink my previous boredom with the model of Corvette.
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    Image of pres pres
    11/30/09

    In reply to Mad Man Crams 12V Cummins Diesel Into '68 Corvette
    Ron is an idiot.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/30/09

    @pres: Ryan, on the other hand, is a freakin' genius.
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    11/30/09

    @pres: Stupidity my friend, is the mother of invention (or in this case innovation?)

    Take for example, the simple porn magazine. An homage to the female figure, now completely rendered obsolete.

    Why you may ask?

    It was hard for men to hide their collection of pornographic paraphernalia from the missus and others while maintaining his status in the family and/or community, much worse to find a quiet place where to *ahem* "read the articles". Many men were emasculated when found by his significant other in the bathroom with a handfull of prell and his nether parts foamy with the look that resembles a deer caught in headlights.

    To fix this, three men created the basis to what we now call the internet for one single purpose...porn.

    Just like three horny gods created the internet to avoid stupidity and ridicule, ron has created this monstrosity to avert women and thus fulfill his ultimate goal.

    Jack it to pixelated chicks.

    You say idiot. I say pioneer.
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    11/30/09

    @spiegel1: So lemme get this straight, a '68 Vette is a magazine and a Cummins is internet porn?

    Ugh.

    You know, a better platform for this weapons grade insanity would have been an AMC Eagle. I've never been too keen on hacking up '68 Vettes for shits and grins. At least he could have used a late disco-Vette.
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    11/30/09

    @Alfisted: Caught that too. *shrugs* Multi-tasking makes me quite the fool.
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    11/30/09

    @pres: The cummins and porn joke was supposed to be subtle :(
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/30/09

    @pres: I'm not gonna be bothered by the extreme modification of an old 'vette that sounds like it was totaled to begin with.
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    11/30/09

    @Alfisted: Anything can be saved. And like I said, disco-Vette. Hack up a '78 for all I care.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/11/09

    In reply to Corvette-Powered Arash AF-10 Goes On Sale, Finally
    See, when car guys get pissed at Ferrari, cool stuff happens. Ford GT40, Lamborghini Miura, all kinds of great things - and now this!

    Keep it up Ferrari! If it takes being dickheads to gearheads with money to generate more awesome rides, go with it! I'm sure someone will forgive you.

    And I don't care if they do. More supercars, more passionate little car builders, can't ever be a bad thing. #arash
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    Image of powermatic powermatic
    11/11/09

    In reply to Corvette-Powered Arash AF-10 Goes On Sale, Finally
    Arash O' Hubris.

    If you've got the 1 mil+, 'previously
    owned' Enzos seem to be readily available, with few-enough miles to insure that the new owner will need to pay for the first brake job. No doubt a lot less money than he's spent on this glorified kit-car project, and he still can't strut around rich-douchebag-style in a Ferrari-brand shirt, jacket, cap, shoes, etc. etc.

    "...but only
    Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself,
    And falls on th'other. . . ." #arash
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    Image of Nitrous Oxide Nitrous Oxide
    11/11/09

    In reply to Corvette-Powered Arash AF-10 Goes On Sale, Finally
    So what are those silly rules to own an Enzo? And which one disqualified him? #arash
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    11/11/09

    @Nitrous Oxide: From what I've heard (definitely no personal experience), limited-run Ferraris go to buyers with a history of previous Ferrari ownership, with the best customers first in the queue. That's probably flexible depending on someone's celebrity, or how much money they can throw at the deal. But as I said, all conjecture and 2nd/3rd/4th+++ hand info. #arash
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/11/09

    In reply to Corvette-Powered Arash AF-10 Goes On Sale, Finally
    I have a friend named Arash, at least he wont be embarrassed to share a name with this car. #arash
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    Image of TR3-A TR3-A
    11/11/09

    In reply to Corvette-Powered Arash AF-10 Goes On Sale, Finally
    I wonder how many supercar owners actually go head-to-head on the track or the street. They just sit down, compare list prices and performance specs and decide from that who wins. Where is the fun? Well, I guess that is fun if you are into economic power. My guess is (and I engage in excessive hyperbole here) that I could drive this car faster than most Enzo drivers could drive their cars. #arash
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    Image of Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est
    11/11/09

    @TR3-A: Silly, the specs are of no importance: they just buy the nameplate that carries the most recognition. #arash
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    11/11/09

    @Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: You are right. There are lots of uber-rich who just buy these cars as investments and never even drive them. But the "hard core" supercar enthusiasts might actually sit down and compare notes. #arash
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    Image of Heavern2 Heavern2
    11/11/09

    In reply to Corvette-Powered Arash AF-10 Goes On Sale, Finally
    Crack Pipe, but I will pay $300,000 as long as it comes with a sunroof, or targa top. #arash
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/11/09

    @Heavern2: Have I got a X 1/9 for you! #arash
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