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Old 05-04-2013, 05:55 PM
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Default Chadbee Photography: The craziest vehicle I have EVER photographed.

A few months back I got an email from my editor over at Honda Tuning telling me he had an unusual car he wanted me to shoot for a magazine feature. My interest was peaked and I had to inquire what the project was, when he told me it was a Honda Insight with a J35 V6 VTEC engine from a Honda Odyssey swapped into the hatch area and converted to rear wheel drive my jaw almost crushed my desk. What neither one of us knew was while the car had already been approved for the feature that did not stop the owner from continuing to modify the car. By the time I contacted the guys over at Mini-Tec, the people responsible for this mad creation, they told me they had to get it retuned because they just added a 35R turbo to the swap! Within a few weeks the “Frank-Insight” was tuned and was now pushing 400whp to the rear wheels and ready for its feature shoot.


















Want the money shots? Check my latest blog post to see the engine bay/rear hatch set up:

http://chadbeephotography.com/blog/2...uning-feature/

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wrong forum
I post a lot of things here, LS based or not.

Most people like seeing crazy fabrication in the automotive world.
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not a big fan of the looks but i bet that thing is a rocket! and i can only imagine the work
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Originally Posted by sick_tight
not a big fan of the looks but i bet that thing is a rocket! and i can only imagine the work
I'm not either, but 400 rear WHP and 1900lbs is awesome lol and because all the weight is over the rear axle it dead hooks on street tires
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exactly, props given when props are due. i dont like the look of the car but you can see its a quality, well put together car. id like to see 1/4 times
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Originally Posted by sick_tight
exactly, props given when props are due. i dont like the look of the car but you can see its a quality, well put together car. id like to see 1/4 times
Yeppp! He said he is going to take it tot he strip soon....I would love to see the look on peoples faces when heats up the tires in the waterbox ROFL
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Looks like a lot of work went into that car...
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Very clean looking build and car. Can't imagine it will do much damage with those tiny rear wheels until over 80 though.
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Very cool build but what a damn waste. All that for a measily 400whp.
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Ugly. waste of pictures.
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Originally Posted by NW-99SS
Very clean looking build and car. Can't imagine it will do much damage with those tiny rear wheels until over 80 though.
Because all the weight is over the rear axle it has a little wheel spin in 1st but dead hooks in 2nd gear.
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Originally Posted by Tainted
Very cool build but what a damn waste. All that for a measily 400whp.
400whp with 1900lbs is pretty quick LOL its half the weight of a 5th gen Camaro ROFL
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Ugly. waste of pictures.
It is far from a pretty car that is for sure hahha
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Originally Posted by CH@Dbee
Because all the weight is over the rear axle it has a little wheel spin in 1st but dead hooks in 2nd gear.
Good point, should have thought of that! So how does it steer then?? LOL!
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Originally Posted by NW-99SS
Good point, should have thought of that! So how does it steer then?? LOL!
It does steer well enough for a street car but no way it could ever be a track/HPDE vehicle lol
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Lol, I bet it's like a Corvair when WOT.



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