1000hp Twin turbo '04 GTO on ebay

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Sep 12, 2010 | 10:44 PM

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SlideRuler

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why have backseats at all if this cage makes it impossible for anyone to sit there? Unless of course, they're for some reason unable to be removed.

Sep 13, 2010 | 07:37 AM

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Note to potential buyer of this: My volvo can burn out just as good as that. I just saved someone 15 grand.

Sep 13, 2010 | 09:46 AM

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Professionally built also != gauge pod attached to A pillar with screws left over from some carpentry.

Sep 13, 2010 | 05:37 PM

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lol its also advertised as a manual transmission, its an automatic...

"In this case, the paint's color "Quicksilver" really DOES tell you something more about the car."

Sep 13, 2010 | 07:29 PM

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I like the preheated intercooler piping.

Also, rear mount fail.

And wtf with no wastegate exit pipe? Somebody failed Fluid Dynamics.

Sep 13, 2010 | 08:09 PM

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It's not THAT bad.

Sep 14, 2010 | 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by dgmorr

It's not THAT bad.

O RLY? Remind me not to let you work on my car.

Sep 14, 2010 | 10:56 AM

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so sad...

Sep 14, 2010 | 12:37 PM

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Of all the things wrong, I don't see a problem with that. The point of WG dumps is to point the friggin hot exhaust away from parts that can't take the heat. This one is dumping behind the car, just like the exhaust.

Sep 14, 2010 | 12:44 PM

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I think his point was that it would actually flow better with some amount of a tube on it. Hence the fluid dynamics comment.

Sep 14, 2010 | 12:58 PM

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WTF is up with that?
http://www.kcclassiccars.com/images/04GTO/chassisA.jpg
I like how they wrap the hoses furthest from the turbo, but nothing else.

I've had cars with worm gear clamps on beaded pipes, they fail.

Why did they leave the back-seat in, and why is the cage unpainted?

LOL @ load-path (seriously, that's a brain basher)

LOL @ QA1 shocks with bent hardware.

LOL @ airflow to the intercooler.

LOL @ thermocouple 3' downstream

LOL @ Autozone gauges

Instead of clicking each and every link...

Last edited by mazpr; Sep 14, 2010 at 01:10 PM.

Sep 14, 2010 | 01:01 PM

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i've seen open diff 1.6 miatas do better burn outs

Sep 14, 2010 | 01:04 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Full_Tilt_Boogie

I think his point was that it would actually flow better with some amount of a tube on it. Hence the fluid dynamics comment.

If by better you mean with a set flow rate then yes.

I'd worry about fluttering pressure behind that wastegate that may or may not allow 5.7L to overspin the turbos.

EWGs are win, but I'd feel a whole lot better with some pipe behind it to keep constant backpressure behind the plunger.

Sep 14, 2010 | 01:15 PM

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O RLY? Remind me not to let you work on my car.

Maybe the Internets have desensitized me, but I have seen a LOT worse than this.

Sep 14, 2010 | 01:21 PM

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Sure, but this is being advertised as some sort of spared-no-expense professionally tuned car, and that's clearly not the case.

I don't think anyone would argue that this is as bad as it gets.