RCC Did you fall off the face of the Planet ?
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No, I wont. I have nothing against LMR, I have had work done and bought parts from them and do not have anything against them. I know their shop reputation and what they have done in the past years. They are one of the best if not the best in Texas with anything LSX.
Its just when you spend 150K+ on a car id want it to run right, I kept up with the build... From changing turbos to rear-mount, to transmission clutch. Id be pretty upset if my car didn't run either after spending that much. I was just curious and I'm pretty damn sure everyone else would have been just as curious why he sold the car and why he said he was "tired of cars that don't run".
Its just when you spend 150K+ on a car id want it to run right, I kept up with the build... From changing turbos to rear-mount, to transmission clutch. Id be pretty upset if my car didn't run either after spending that much. I was just curious and I'm pretty damn sure everyone else would have been just as curious why he sold the car and why he said he was "tired of cars that don't run".
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Its just when you spend 150K+ on a car id want it to run right, I kept up with the build... From changing turbos to rear-mount, to transmission clutch. Id be pretty upset if my car didn't run either after spending that much. I was just curious and I'm pretty damn sure everyone else would have been just as curious why he sold the car and why he said he was "tired of cars that don't run".
You don't simply write a check for $150K for a modified racecar and expect it will survive forever. That is naive. Even the top drag cars require the engine to be pulled/inspected/re-ringed/re-bearing'd after only a handful of passes.
Summary: If you can't understand this, you can't afford it.
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Glad to see RC is happy with his new car, Saw the pictures on Tony's facebook looks sick! Im glad someone tried to make the Vette fast but in the end like most said, the car will never be a street car. It will stay at the shop and the owner will do nothing but throw money at it to keep it running. Luckly we learn from are mistakes and move on.
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the chassis has been proven to run low 8s and the motor and tranny is the almighty 2JZ!!!
if it breaks, i will just overnight some parts from JAPAN and keep going
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High horsepower cars are usually high maintenance cars, but they shouldn't spit the crank out or spin bearings everytime it goes WOT.
Nothing against LMR/LME, both have proven capable of building high powered cars and engines that stay together, but with all the hype and **** talking going on before the car was even built, and now the silence since it has been built, it leaves a lot of questions as to what happened while people make assumptions and rumors about why the car failed to live up to the hype and why it fails to "stay running".
Nothing against LMR/LME, both have proven capable of building high powered cars and engines that stay together, but with all the hype and **** talking going on before the car was even built, and now the silence since it has been built, it leaves a lot of questions as to what happened while people make assumptions and rumors about why the car failed to live up to the hype and why it fails to "stay running".
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High horsepower cars are usually high maintenance cars, but they shouldn't spit the crank out or spin bearings everytime it goes WOT.
Nothing against LMR/LME, both have proven capable of building high powered cars and engines that stay together, but with all the hype and **** talking going on before the car was even built, and now the silence since it has been built, it leaves a lot of questions as to what happened while people make assumptions and rumors about why the car failed to live up to the hype and why it fails to "stay running".
Nothing against LMR/LME, both have proven capable of building high powered cars and engines that stay together, but with all the hype and **** talking going on before the car was even built, and now the silence since it has been built, it leaves a lot of questions as to what happened while people make assumptions and rumors about why the car failed to live up to the hype and why it fails to "stay running".
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No, I wont. I have nothing against LMR, I have had work done and bought parts from them and do not have anything against them. I know their shop reputation and what they have done in the past years. They are one of the best if not the best in Texas with anything LSX.
Its just when you spend 150K+ on a car id want it to run right, I kept up with the build... From changing turbos to rear-mount, to transmission clutch. Id be pretty upset if my car didn't run either after spending that much. I was just curious and I'm pretty damn sure everyone else would have been just as curious why he sold the car and why he said he was "tired of cars that don't run".
Its just when you spend 150K+ on a car id want it to run right, I kept up with the build... From changing turbos to rear-mount, to transmission clutch. Id be pretty upset if my car didn't run either after spending that much. I was just curious and I'm pretty damn sure everyone else would have been just as curious why he sold the car and why he said he was "tired of cars that don't run".
People sometimes start a project with a goal, and when they get to the goal, they realize it's not what they wanted, simple as that. Continue on in ecstasy.
High horsepower cars are usually high maintenance cars, but they shouldn't spit the crank out or spin bearings everytime it goes WOT.
Nothing against LMR/LME, both have proven capable of building high powered cars and engines that stay together, but with all the hype and **** talking going on before the car was even built, and now the silence since it has been built, it leaves a lot of questions as to what happened while people make assumptions and rumors about why the car failed to live up to the hype and why it fails to "stay running".
Nothing against LMR/LME, both have proven capable of building high powered cars and engines that stay together, but with all the hype and **** talking going on before the car was even built, and now the silence since it has been built, it leaves a lot of questions as to what happened while people make assumptions and rumors about why the car failed to live up to the hype and why it fails to "stay running".
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Man, I wish I had more time to read this internet stuff. It really makes me laugh. The corvette got transformed to race at the mile event. First time it went to the mile, it set the corvette record 222mph. Went back a second time, and re-set the corvette record(231mph). Where have you guys been??? I didnt know setting records was not enough for your so called "hype". LoL
Well, neither the project, nor RC or LMR have done much speaking in many peoples' opinion, and that is how we come to threads like these. People just want to know what's happened, what is in the works, and everyone but the LMR crew have answered with rumors and speculation.
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The "so called hype" was the page after page of **** talking and betting that RCC's Vette would go more like 250-260MPH at The Mile and beat the Supras and Lambos. So obviously while 231MPH is impressive and something you all should be proud of, it falls short of the hype. Merely resetting the record for Corvettes isn't what people were expecting to see, a lot of us were expecting a lot more.
Guess what, it is marketing. You are STILL talking about that car, over a year later. Mission accomplished, sheeple.
Well, neither the project, nor RC or LMR have done much speaking in many peoples' opinion, and that is how we come to threads like these. People just want to know what's happened, what is in the works, and everyone but the LMR crew have answered with rumors and speculation.
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The "so called hype" was the page after page of **** talking and betting that RCC's Vette would go more like 250-260MPH at The Mile and beat the Supras and Lambos. So obviously while 231MPH is impressive and something you all should be proud of, it falls short of the hype. Merely resetting the record for Corvettes isn't what people were expecting to see, a lot of us were expecting a lot more.
Well, neither the project, nor RC or LMR have done much speaking in many peoples' opinion, and that is how we come to threads like these. People just want to know what's happened, what is in the works, and everyone but the LMR crew have answered with rumors and speculation.
Well, neither the project, nor RC or LMR have done much speaking in many peoples' opinion, and that is how we come to threads like these. People just want to know what's happened, what is in the works, and everyone but the LMR crew have answered with rumors and speculation.