<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Vin Diesel]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Vin Diesel]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/vin diesel http://jalopnik.com/tag/vin diesel <![CDATA[ The Fast and the Furious Validated: You CAN Blow the Welds On Your Intake Manifold! ]]> Every denizen of the automotive intersphere is undoubtedly familiar with The Fast And The Furious which, even with all of it's gearhead faux pas, has become a sacred icon credited with starting the spo-com revolution many moons ago. It seems one of those cult statements just became a self-fulfilling prophesy as a Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX has blown the welds on it's intake manifold. Even though the series has become a sort of guilty pleasure, we know you're stoked for the The Fast And The Furious 4. "Now, me and the mad scientist got to rip apart the block... and replace the piston rings you fried!" A quick description of what happened below the jump. [AntiRice]

So me and my buddy were tuning his gsx yesterday. He had just got a custom intake manifold made. We were on 29psi and full throttle, when he let off the gas we heard a pop(resembling a gunshot). He tapped the trottle and it sounded like it was a massive exhaust leak. the A/F gauge and boost gauge wasnt reading. We pulled over to find out that the intake manifold had blew up, literally. The whole bottom plate of it was blown completely off. the only thing holding it up was the break booster line.

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Jalopnik-5094437 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST Andrew Didorosi http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5094437&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Soccer Dad Lives Life a Quarter Mile at a Time ]]> We can't possibly consider ourselves minivan aficionados without mentioning the most maximum minivan to ever grace the 'ole 1320. Watch as this 1989 Dodge Caravan SE Turbo administers a bit of wood-paneled justice to an unsuspecting LT1-powered Camaro. It only takes 12.651 seconds for this boosted daily driver to put the fear of Iaccoca into almost any poseur it comes across on it's way to Bed Bath and Beyond. [Turbovan]

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Jalopnik-5084641 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST Andrew Didorosi http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5084641&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Fast and Furious 4 Trailer: Grand National, RS200 With Vin Diesely Goodness ]]> The latest edition of Fast and Furious finally gets a real live trailer to go along with the production stills, and after a watch, it's actually not too bad. The Buick Grand National which sent our hearts aflutter before is now involved in the hijacking of a gasoline land train in the Dominican Republic worth $1.4 million — and carrying a driver not interested in seeing it go. Not only do we see the GN in action, but we get a preview of oh so many other models to join in the mayhem.

Along with the Grand National, we see cameo appearances from a Ford RS200, a Chevy Nova SS, a Subaru WRX STI, at least one Skyline, a Ford Taurus Wagon (!), an old-school Celica and, of course, Vin's supercharged Charger is back (along with Paul Walker, unfortunately). We gotta say, unless they relied on brain-dead writers for this one, it actually looks like it might be entertaining. Then again, this is a chopped-together preview. [Rotten Tomatoes]

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Jalopnik-5041626 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT Ben Wojdyla http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041626&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Fast And Furious First Production Stills, Movie Both Grand And National ]]> That's right, the fourth installment of The Fast And The Furious is to be called, merely, Fast And Furious, and here are the first pics. We wonder if calling it Fast and Furious means it isn't too fast, nor too furious, but just right. Among the cars featured you'll notice Vin Diesel's Chevelle SS, which we've seen before, and a Buick Grand National (non GNX), which is new to us. If you'd expect those to be the only cars in the film, you'd probably be wrong.

Much of the cast from the original movie, and almost none of the cast (with the obvious exception of Paul Walker) from the second movie, return for this film. And they're all likely to get their own "character cars." More on this later. [USA Today]

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Jalopnik-396920 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:40:00 EDT Matt Hardigree http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=396920&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Vin Diesel's Chevelle Pops A Fast, Furious WheelStand In New Movie ]]> This here is some leaked video from the set of the fourth installment of the rice-sploitation The Fast And The Furious movie franchise. Remember that famous scene at the end of the first film, where Vin Diesel's blown Dodge Charger pops a massive WheelStand (by the way, we never remember if it's two words or if the "S" is capitalized — but we like how this looks)? Well it looks like the pacifier is at it again, this time in a Chevelle. Lined up against the Chevy looks to be a BMW M5, Nissan Silvia, and Skyline GT-R. Now if you're not a FatF fanboy, this raw footage is still enjoyable, seeing as it's lacking any of the mind-numbing dialogue and ridiculous story line the upcoming movie will likely have.
[CarDomain]

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Jalopnik-382894 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT Mark Arnold http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=382894&view=rss&microfeed=true