Total Sleeper!!!
Personally I wouldnt spend 7k on that thing. But it does stand out tho. At the street or track, nobody is going to care bout a Viper, Supra, or even a Civic runnin 10s-13s because it is so common and expected. But when u bring out a crappy lookin mini-van that will run 12s, then yea its going to shock alot of people
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Originally Posted by xknowonex
Personally I wouldnt spend 7k on that thing. But it does stand out tho. At the street or track, nobody is going to care bout a Viper, Supra, or even a Civic runnin 10s-13s because it is so common and expected. But when u bring out a crappy lookin mini-van that will run 12s, then yea its going to shock alot of people
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
So we can't say putting 100k in a Honda is nuts but you can say its ugly and is a POS and they should get a better setup.
you guys are missing the point, its not supposed to be a clean stylish car. The whole point is to have a daily drive car that looks like a plain jane POS but will blow the doors off most cars it meets. The guy wanted to do something different and unexpected, he didnt want to impress his yuppy friends.
Originally Posted by morris
you guys are missing the point, its not supposed to be a clean stylish car. The whole point is to have a daily drive car that looks like a plain jane POS but will blow the doors off most cars it meets. The guy wanted to do something different and unexpected, he didnt want to impress his yuppy friends.
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Originally Posted by 1SICKLEX
So we can't say putting 100k in a Honda is nuts but you can say its ugly and is a POS and they should get a better setup.
Hopefully they get the idea presented by it?
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Originally Posted by morris
...The guy wanted to do something different and unexpected, he didnt want to impress his yuppy friends.
Originally Posted by xknowonex
Also, how much does it cost to get our Lexuses to be that fast???
I wonder how fast a miata would run if it had 400HP? Alot faster than that van I'm sure. Especially if you took all the interior out and just had a basic race car with one or 2 seats.
Originally Posted by KVA
LOL...take a look at his website...tell me where to find *ANY* glimpse of a yuppy friend...I would rather think he just wanted to be the talk of the track and make his 6 kids proud...15 minutes of fame and all!
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This dude is obviously looking for attention really bad to want to spend that much cash on a crappy old van like this. If he did this for himself as a daily driver, he'd would've picked a nicer vehicle to start with. A rattly 12sec really old van is not a very reliable, comfortable or economical ride. It's all good tho, whatever gets him through the day. Beats hangin out on web forums taking cracks at someone elses style when one can be the subject of discussion. He's a good role model.
Originally Posted by TJW98LS
IT all varies on what model man...Take mine for example, it would take 10s of thousands of dollars to make mine beat that van...just because it's a more expensive car and the parts have to be unique. Oppose to the IS300 which might be a little off $10,000. Oh and I was thinking of doing something like that with like an old miata and dropping an engine worth more than it under the hood. I might need to cut some room and get some better shocks and suspension lol, that thing can only hold so much.
I wonder how fast a miata would run if it had 400HP? Alot faster than that van I'm sure. Especially if you took all the interior out and just had a basic race car with one or 2 seats.
I wonder how fast a miata would run if it had 400HP? Alot faster than that van I'm sure. Especially if you took all the interior out and just had a basic race car with one or 2 seats.
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