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Old 03-07-2012, 10:11 AM
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Default Friend's 78 Fairmont(Turbo LQ swap) Video

I believe this is a 4.8 truck block(from a junkyard) with a turbo bolted to a TH400.
Video First: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=_TWX8EZD2ek

Car:


Motor and Trans:


Motor in car:


After some tuning:
Old 03-07-2012, 12:39 PM
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F'ing sweet project. That things is a beast. Just needs a little suspension work, to keep that *** end on the ground....

Damn!
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Is the car still forsale?
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No, that was a pic when he bought it, and it still had the old ford motor in it.
Old 03-07-2012, 08:07 PM
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epic win! bump for local car
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Just saw his new vid of it, been subscribed to them for a couple months now great stuff as always!
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im guessing its not the same car that was built for pinks a while back.
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Originally Posted by El Tiviris
im guessing its not the same car that was built for pinks a while back.
Definitely not, he did take it to the track for the first time yesterday, and got kicked off on his first run.

11.30 @ 128 on a 2.0 60ft

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MMDX...2&feature=plcp
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He's (denmah) has a thread in the forced induction section
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I dig that car, total sleeper!
My friend Dave (he's a Honda guy LOL) knows that crew pretty well and he showed me some pics of the build a while back, they do projects like that all of the time, pretty cool stuff.
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nice, i'm on a forum your buddy posts on and followed the little build.

great stuff


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