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    Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    Voodoo Curse? Sweet.


    Really though, this engine belongs in a Chrysler LeBaron Von Samedi.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    '57 was a damn good year for most cars, Buicks included.


    This thing is a low, lean, dark machine. Just brilliant in design and execution.
    But I wouldn't want to live next door to this guy. Wait, I would. No--yes. I'd chance it.

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    Novaload was starred Novaload was unstarred
    Image of 413wedge 413wedge
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    Looks like just another $100,000.00 "rat rod"...
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    413wedge was starred 413wedge was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    @bigblockautoX: Er, no. This guy bashed this car together himself, sawzall in hand.
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of optimusprime8 optimusprime8
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    Is it just me or is he missing an intercooler? Wouldn't that limit him to probably 5 psi boost? Maybe he doesn't need an intercooler with such a monstrous turbo?


    I suspect the turbo is only there for looks and doesn't really help much.

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    Image of metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
    03/09/09

    @optimusprime8: It's not the size of the turbo, it's the act of compressing air that makes it hot. So yeah it's probably safe to assume it's running less than 10psi, but even helping a high compression (or at least not low compression for forced induction) engine breathe at even 1psi will increase its power quite noticeably.


    What I'm a little scared about is how the compressor is placed AFTER the carburetor, meaning it's compressing the fuel/air mixture. I'm not at all familiar with carb'd turbo setups so I don't know if that's atypical or necessary or what but it looks crazy to me.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/10/09

    @metal face eagle premium: It's not uncommon to have the turbo after the point of fuel insertion. Otherwise you'd have to pressurize the carb, and there's no way your standard old carb could handle that: you'd have gas squirting out from all of the seals.


    Something tells me that practicality wasn't this guy's primary motive.

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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    I don't generally go for this sort of thing, but that dash is awesome, straight-sixes are near and dear of course, and I love the fins on the box, although the box itself looks like an afterthought. Crowning touch for me is the window-crank (or doorhandle maybe).
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    Image of reefer reefer
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    I thought the coolest custom award bared a striking resemblance to the flying spaghetti monster intill I took look at the non-thumbnail pictures.
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    reefer was starred reefer was unstarred
    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/09/09

    @reefer: Even enlarged, I was forcefully reminded of the voracious throw-rug in Creeping Terror (1964) [www.imdb.com] A movie that I heartily recommend if only so you can correct your Ebert-wannabe friends that parrot the tired old fallacy that Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Outer Space is the quote-fingers worst movie ever made. Friendly warning however, unless you're a highly experienced conniseur of cinema fromage, do not attempt this movie without MST3K and/or a Reefer Madness-level high.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    Well, it's not a slant- but I guess it'll do. Straight-six FTW!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    So many different elements of cool... I don't know where to begin.
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    Image of Cognitive Friction Cognitive Friction
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    Is it true that this wondrous beast runs on urine leaked by terrified hippies and eco-dicks?


    I'll hang up and listen for your response.

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    Cognitive Friction was starred Cognitive Friction was unstarred
    Image of P161911 probably shoudn't have P161911 probably shoudn't have
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    I just love the trophy. That beats the hell out of any silver cup or cheap plastic coated crap from the local tropy shop.
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    P161911 probably shoudn't have was starred P161911 probably shoudn't have was unstarred
    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/09/09

    @P161911 misses weekday Murilee: Amen. A car like this deserves more than a loving cup.
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    Image of .357 .357
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    Thats a cool idea, adding a turbo to a hot-rod.
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    That turbo setup is a nice change to the "huge blower on a V8" look. I wonder how much torque that six outputs once the turbo winds up.


    Love it.

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    Image of Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    I want whatever peyote Ed Tillrock is eating.
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    Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder was starred Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder was unstarred
    Image of Andrew Didorosi Andrew Didorosi
    03/09/09

    @Tucker589: He got it from H.S Thompson.
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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    I think this is my favorite shot of the show btw:
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/09/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: How long is that car? It seems really long, but it could be because it's so chopped and sits so low.


    Good job on the Autorama coverage, BTW.

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    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    03/09/09

    @engineerd thinks cannoli is deserving of a star: Pretty damn long, it's probably pushing 18 feet. It sits low because it's laying frame, riding on bags. Not to say it isn't low, because it is, long and low and wide, those giant back wheels from an old Buick make it look even meaner too.
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    Ben Wojdyla was starred Ben Wojdyla was unstarred
    Image of engineerd engineerd
    03/09/09

    In reply to Voodoo Curse: 40-Year-Old Inline-Six Gets A T3 Turbo
    If he "chopped the hell out of it", would that not lessen the Voodoo Curse?


    That being said, I nominate Mr. Tillrock for Jalopnik sainthood. This rod is crrrrazy!

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    engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
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