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Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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Default Hood scoop or bread pan

Thought i would give you guys something to laugh at here. If you seen my post in the diy turbo section you seen that i screwed up and got the turbo to tall and had to cut a hole in the hood. so sticking with the diy frame of mind i went to wal-mart looking for an idea for a scoop, i found a bread pan....






Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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That is awesome. Need more close up pics though.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:25 AM
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rofl, needs better pics.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:30 AM
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I dont have my car with me today but i will get pics as i go. I plan on glassing it in. Right now it is just rivited.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:34 AM
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I love it..... Gives whole new meaning to "Home Cooking".
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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That's some funny ****. Ingenuity is measured by one's ability to learn and adapt. You did well on this one.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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is there room for a tachometer in there? doesn't have to work
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:46 AM
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LOL thats pretty crafty.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 11:58 AM
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That is great.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 01:54 PM
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You are awesome! Fuel pressure gauge pod FTW!
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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Lol, +1 for more pics.

Awesome.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 06:51 PM
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Awesome
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 08:57 PM
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The Professor says, that the orientation of your bread pan makes it a vent, not a scoop. Its the bread vent.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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thats pretty ingenious.
Old Oct 15, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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haha that is pretty original......and I really doubt a tach/gauge would work in that location for long being so close to the turbo and its heat
Old Oct 16, 2008 | 09:50 AM
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 10:28 AM
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the idea is just showing epic amounts of win
Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:37 AM
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I love it
Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:42 AM
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The cut in the pan is beautiful, the cut in your hood is jagged... what happened?
Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:45 AM
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The "glass" won't care how jagged the cut is it's covering.



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