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An Elegy for Six Missing Cylinders

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brandegee
05/28/09

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This is clearly a Renault Alpine GTA/A610 with a Lambo bodykit

/wild guess
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Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
05/28/09

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That little kids heart is broken when he realized thats not a real Lambo. Look, he is crying! (or maybe its cause he wants that poor Fiero to be put out of its misery)
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Elhigh
05/28/09

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A good kit can be better than the real thing, if the real thing wasn't all that great in the first place.

F'rinstance, an original Porsche 356 vs. a new Speedster? No contest. I'll take the Speedster: modern mechanicals, a couple generations of chassis honing, decent seatbelts and a radio that works. Sign me up. The 356 was tossable and had a good power/weight ratio. The new Speedster pays homage to the original, but is in every way a superior ride.

Now, a V6 in the tail of your Lambo kit is kinda sad no matter how you butter it - unless it's a turbo Buick. That's a whole 'nother story.
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smalleyxb122
05/28/09

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Note to potential kit car builders: Wavy gelcoat IS NOT "ready for paint", regardless of the assertions of the manufacturer. (especially if you intend to paint it black)

Aside from that, this guy gets a few cool points for having a longitudinal engine in there, and the proportions seem to look pretty good in the pictures.
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discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
05/28/09

@smalleyxb122: Mick wants to
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

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My goal is to buy a Mucielago and put a Prius kit on it.

That should throw people for a loop.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Murcielago, there I fixed it.
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Pew Pew BOOM
05/28/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: You mean Murciélago? Ah~, I'm such a douche.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

@I have a cat that can beat me up: I don't know how to put those little symbols over the letters. I do pronounce it Murthielago though. Just like in Spain.
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robot-shmobot
05/28/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: Do you limp your wrist and wear a fanny pack while saying it?
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

@robot-shmobot: It's a man-purse dammit!
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c0de
05/28/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: i believe it's pronounced marshialago..

Top this douchery
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Skunky
05/28/09

@c0de: I thought it was pronounced "Mushy and no-go."
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Skunky
05/28/09

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Engine's way too sideways to be a fiero. Also the cylinder banks are at the wrong angle to be a Fiero 6-cyl.
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beercheck
05/28/09

@Skunky: Some Fiero kits make that happen.
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Skunky
05/28/09

@beercheck: Make what happen, stretching the cylinder bank angle by thirty degrees?
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beercheck
05/28/09

@Skunky: Both switched from transverse to longitudinally mounted, and swapped for 3800s, 4.3, etc. Can't really judge a Fiero from the engine bay. Now, if we could get a look at that dashboard...
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pres
05/28/09

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At least this car will follow its natural course and burn to the ground eventually. It's a common fate of most Fieros which almost claimed the life of an innocent bystander many moons ago (my Fox Mustang).

Ooo, burn.
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Kid Twist
05/28/09

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I once went to a party and woke up in the bathtub with stitches in my side and six missing cylinders.
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Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event
05/28/09

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Jesus, how many of America's nukes do you think are pointed at North Korea right now?
I'm gonna guess all of them.
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beercheck
05/28/09

@Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event: Jesus, I was passed at 65mph last week by a guy on a Harley with a big, blue, live parrot on his shoulder.
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pj134
05/28/09

@beercheck: I was once passed by a biker on I-95 on my way to a concert in camden. He was bald, middle aged and right around 305 pounds. The problem was, his white tee shirt could not contain his rotundness. Have you ever seen a 305 pound man riding a harley at about 85 mph wearing a halter top? It's a scary freakin sight. Plus, his man boobs, altough covered, were jiggling in the wind.
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beercheck
05/28/09

@pj134: Please, stay on topic.

So, what's up with that Paris Hilton chick?
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Alfisted
05/28/09

@beercheck: Did you know that the terminated Chrysler dealers only have about 10 days to sell off their inventories?
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beercheck
05/28/09

@Alfisted: Or...?
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Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder
05/28/09

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When I encounter a kit car owner, I can't help but get in their face a little. The other day I went to pick up some screws, GALVENIZED screws, and this moron is at the home depot in a VW based 55 T-Bird replicar. So I say "You think I'm stupid? You think I'm a fucking moron!?", and this guy's just speechless so I continue my rant with "I HEARD THAT FUCKING FLAT FOUR WHEN YOU PULLED IN HERE, BITCH, YOU'RE TRYIN TO DECEIVE ALL THESE GOOD PEOPLE INTO BELIEVING YOUR SOME BIG TIME MOVER AND SHAKER, AREN'T YA!? YOU PROBABLY FUCKING WORK HERE, YOU INVOLENT FUCK!!", of he ran away from me in mid speech, but I think I got the point across.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

@Tucker589: What the hell does "involent" mean?
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drewdrawshashtags
05/28/09

@Tucker589: I usually just point at them and laugh, but, you know, whatever floats your boat dude.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
05/28/09

@Tucker589: Man, I read that as Denis Leary, if he were in Glengarry Glen Ross. Worked well! +1
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yuzan
05/28/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli:

Not sure, but it sounds like a perfectly cromulent word.
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Elhigh
05/28/09

@Tucker589:

Regardless of what I'm driving, if you came up to me and started yelling in my face like that, I'd kick your ass. Involently.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

@yuzan: I don't think it is a word.
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I love me some cleavage
05/28/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: insolent - presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant

insolvent - bankrupt: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts

indolent - faineant: disinclined to work or exertion

involent - one who has little grasp on English language; has disdain for kit-body cars; usually destructive and frustrated due to lack of phallus
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
05/28/09

@California Stig: Haaahahaha.
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eggwich del fiero
05/28/09

@Tucker589: If by Home Depot you mean internet forum, I believe you. Otherwise, keep wearing your cape and rolling the dice, Dungeon Master.
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Elhigh
05/28/09

@eggwich del fiero: Ho-HO, nice one.
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P161911 probably shoudn't have
05/28/09

@Tucker589: Kit car owners are a strange subset of the Gearhead world. Some are kind of cool: good Cobras or Daytona Coupes, Se7ens are mostly kits, Nobels, Beck Spyders, and the like. Others are horrid, most anything on a VW chassis that isn't made by Beck, most Fiero based ones, Gazelles, and anything that is a "replica" of anything less than 70 years old. One of my goals for retirement, in 30+ years, is to build a car. I still haven't decided on my own design or a really good kit/Se7en.
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Pew Pew BOOM
05/28/09

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Fiero is so damn legendary...
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carcrazy73
05/28/09

@I have a cat that can beat me up: but I'm thinking this ISN'T a fiero. There are no good interior pics to really verify... It is likely a true kit car with a tube frame. The dimensions on it aren't like a fiero. And that motor isn't anything the general made...it appears to be a euro based Ford V6 with weber downdraft on it.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
05/28/09

@carcrazy73: Plus the engine is mounted longitudinally which, unless you're running certain V8s, is unnecessary.
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