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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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it's a van
oops, lol. i was scrolling through the pics and for some reason i didn't notice that it was a van. i thought it was the engine bay for that lifted 4x4.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 10:51 AM
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Here is a video of the turbo van beating a ZR1 at the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAa7Dsq15Oc

As far as the ls9 t-bird goes, I guess the owner has A LOT of money, doesn't know much about cars and just wrote a blank check so-to-speak to the shop. So hell, if I had an unlimited budget I'd try to stuff ls9's in all sorts of cars
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:12 PM
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That vet wasnt even trying off the line. 13.2 vs a 13.00 ???
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 12:23 PM
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yea the vette was sleeping off the line
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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The vette guy probably thought he could give him the go and still catch up but that van ****** took off lol
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 02:28 PM
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Talk about a gay looking camaro.
http://forgiato.tv/2009/09/25/2010-wide-body-camaro-ss/
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 04:39 PM
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no the ZR1 was trying he spun BAD on his OEM 20/20 tires the van goes 12's! go take a look at forced induction its been around for quite a while! Its a STOCK 5.3!

The Tbird was built by street and performance, with a pre crate motor Zr1 Engine and 6L80E or a 90 from a caddy, the owner had NO IDEA whata he had Def a blank check build, prob in the $70 Thousand area for the engine swap.

The 5th Gen with 24's has a fab 9 inch and ladder bars, fuel system, twin turbos, looks nice (adsept for the wheels) id like to see it run at the track, it reportedly made 1000hp at the wheels

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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:07 PM
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How did this not come up yet... "It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning"
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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HA as soon as I saw that thread name I was like WTF! yeah I have. Then I saw it was posted by you.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
How did this not come up yet... "It doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning is winning"
Yeah just ask Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. They know.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 11:55 PM
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You guys are forgetting about the feature car there from this past Saturday haha:


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I still like the turbo van more than the LS9 Thunderbird.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by caseypryan
You guys are forgetting about the feature car there from this past Saturday haha:
The feature car was some awesome pewter SS, you probably missed it because it was surrounded by a huge crowd of half naked women

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I still like the turbo van more than the LS9 Thunderbird.
me too
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by m6ttop
I'm a strong supporter of putting an ls into anything but in some cases (such as this) the motor deserves a better home. And the rims are horrible.

I like the 5th gen... Looks like those dub city motors die cast cars
i agree on the rims. gay.
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 03:50 AM
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[QUOTE=hlaalu;13044591]The feature car was some awesome pewter SS, you probably missed it because it was surrounded by a huge crowd of half naked women


and nobody took any pics of that???? wtf
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 01:46 PM
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the reason no one took a pic is because is was all in his head! In reality they were all next to a red '01 Bird
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 1995blacktattop
holy cone filter on that truck batman!

and that tbird is Fun Fun Fun
lol, I like how its holy cone filter- but not Holy truck turbo =)
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Old Mar 17, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
Here is a video of the turbo van beating a ZR1 at the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAa7Dsq15Oc

As far as the ls9 t-bird goes, I guess the owner has A LOT of money, doesn't know much about cars and just wrote a blank check so-to-speak to the shop. So hell, if I had an unlimited budget I'd try to stuff ls9's in all sorts of cars
ROTFLMAO That Van is the **** !!!!
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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by caseypryan
You guys are forgetting about the feature car there from this past Saturday haha:


i was the one talking to you that day that i had a 2000 camaro ss also
that asked you what kind of mods, an that told you that was the cleanest cars there.

this was it.




and my recent car that im building


should end up like this just with chrome z06 wheels an red seats an
red whisker stripes

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Old Mar 19, 2010 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by hlaalu
Here is a video of the turbo van beating a ZR1 at the track.
The first time I saw that video it didn't have the A-Team music. That is a very nice addition.
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