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11-02-2012, 12:39 PM

Taubr Unit

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Crazy wild turbo kit build

There's a shop I had to go to for some AN fittings, never even knew the shop existed. Anyways while he was looking for the fitting I was snooping around the shop and seen this 4th gen he was building a turbo kit for so I snapped a pic.. WTF?!

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11-02-2012, 12:47 PM

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That looks like a ******* nightmare to work on

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11-02-2012, 01:03 PM

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Wow those pipes are as twisted as Charlie Mansions conscience.

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11-02-2012, 01:17 PM

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Looks like a mechanical squid to me.

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11-02-2012, 01:23 PM

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Wow that looks like fun... i bet it gets hot under there..

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11-02-2012, 01:53 PM

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There is a couple sneaky lil Precisions up front there...

But that piping is atrocious...no need for that kind of debauchery...

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11-02-2012, 01:56 PM

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Saw this on FB. 1320 video posted it up. Someone commented and said it looked like a catfish ate and octopus, ha.

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11-02-2012, 02:55 PM

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Ya it's sweet fab work, deff different and thinking outta the box on this build!

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11-02-2012, 03:01 PM

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Hmm,ya think I'll stick with truck/c6 manifolds

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11-02-2012, 03:13 PM

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Ya it's sweet fab work, deff different and thinking outta the box on this build!

They were definately thinking outside of a box.... Does LSD come in a box?

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11-02-2012, 03:52 PM

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Looks like thay were maybe trying to make equal length manifolds? For what ever reason.

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11-02-2012, 04:45 PM

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What shop?

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11-02-2012, 04:56 PM

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they are high on life. they are making it 100000000000000000000x harder than it NEEDS to be

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11-02-2012, 04:59 PM

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where does the radiator go?

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11-02-2012, 05:14 PM

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To much work.

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11-02-2012, 05:34 PM

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they are high on life. they are making it 100000000000000000000x harder than it NEEDS to be

x1000000

looks nice, but people tend to over engineer ****

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11-02-2012, 05:39 PM

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Have fun changing spark plugs

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11-02-2012, 07:08 PM

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What shop?

Atleast to what it looks like they are all equal length pipes for the manifolds.

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11-03-2012, 12:47 AM

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They were definately thinking outside of a box.... Does LSD come in a box?

does LSD come in a box....haha thats some funny **** lol...looks like they were trying to build equal runners.....A+ for epic fail! just wayyyyy too much for something manifolds would suffice for. Dont agree on the fab skills either