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  July 4, 2009 10:34 a.m. seeker589 New Reader

  This has GOT to be fun to drive! LS motor with injection and a light body (is that a body?)

  I'm not very experienced with posting pics to message boards - copy and paste if it doesn't work.

  

  http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids/569385-pictures-completed-autocr...

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  July 4, 2009 10:52 a.m. wherethefmi Dork

  guy who built it said: weighs 1980 53.8 rear weight 335 rear tire 315 front tire now all i need is a twin turbo setup....mabybe not

  

  Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

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  July 4, 2009 11:26 a.m. aussiesmg Dork

  pretty heavy really, IMHO. But it would be a fun ride

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  July 4, 2009 11:35 a.m. Spinout007 Reader

  aussiesmg wrote: pretty heavy really, IMHO.

  Heavy yeah, 335 rear tire 315 front, plenty of grip, insta torque, and ls engines are about a head and cam change from approximatly 500hp, and he's talking twin turbo's.......less than 4:1 power to weight, that would easily run down bikes with turbo's attached to it. and depending on the suspension set up it might even out corner them.

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  July 4, 2009 11:43 a.m. wherethefmi Dork

  Cars actually can out corner bikes, it's the braking into and accelerating out of the turns where the bike has the advantage, not all bikes of course but you know what I mean.

  Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories - those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost.

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  July 4, 2009 12:22 p.m. problemaddict Reader

  

  I approve.

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  July 4, 2009 2:01 p.m. MitchellC HalfDork

  aussiesmg wrote: pretty heavy really, IMHO. But it would be a fun ride

  Just think of it as an American Elise with twice the power.

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  July 4, 2009 2:10 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

  problemaddict wrote: I approve.

  +eleventygazillion.

  It's when murder is justice that martyrs are made. A one-gun salute for the new independence day.

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  July 4, 2009 9:31 p.m. Jensenman SuperDork

  Ho lee crap. Another project.

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  July 5, 2009 7:17 a.m. 4cylndrfury HalfDork

  Ummmm...can I have 1/2 of this please

  lol...seriously, what would it take to get that car on the streets? Front fenders? some form of emissions control? I see headlights, blinkers and mirrors, cant see the back, but Im assuming all the goodies are there too.

  "Id get an Aston-Martin Vanquish...theres not much a woman wont do in the passenger seat of one of those" - Handsome Rob

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  July 5, 2009 9:11 a.m. Toyman01 Reader

  4cylndrfury wrote: Ummmm...can I have 1/2 of this please lol...seriously, what would it take to get that car on the streets? Front fenders? some form of emissions control? I see headlights, blinkers and mirrors, cant see the back, but Im assuming all the goodies are there too.

  "I have put 560 miles on the car just messing around on the street, but have to had it to the track yet"

  Must be street legal. Would be a hoot to drive. Lots of grunt makes me a happy boy. Jensenman, when you want to start on that one?

  SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES; NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.

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  July 5, 2009 2:53 p.m. petegossett Dork

  I read through the whole thread, the builder of the car is the owner of the company that built the intake. That's one hell of a test-bed!

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  July 5, 2009 3:24 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork

  I would want to hear it run.. that intake must sound great

  Has anybody seen where I left my wits?

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  July 5, 2009 6:16 p.m. ReverendDexter HalfDork

  I would so love to get ITBs on the Cobra... but no way will that ever happen in California, hahaha.

  '98 Cobra; '96 Bronco; '77 Celica GT Liftback; '89 Camry AllTrac Project

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  July 5, 2009 9:40 p.m. PHeller HalfDork

  guys seriously wow.

  no really wow.

  do I need to tell you, wow?

  come on...now...wow.

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  July 6, 2009 9:50 a.m. Ian F HalfDork

  That is insane... I love how he built the car... THEN asks for help about autocross classifications...

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  July 6, 2009 10:02 a.m. RossD Reader

  Theres builders, and then there are drivers. I am guess hes a builder...

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  July 6, 2009 11:13 p.m. DILYSI Dave SuperDork

  So that's what a C5 based Locost looks like.

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  July 7, 2009 7:29 a.m. CGLockRacer New Reader

  Seen it in person at a show, but not run. It is a beast just sitting there. Very cool.

  Phil - www.TeamMatherMotorsport.com/for_sale

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  July 7, 2009 8:04 a.m. z31maniac Dork

  wherethefmi wrote: Cars actually can out corner bikes, it's the braking into and accelerating out of the turns where the bike has the advantage, not all bikes of course but you know what I mean.

  Nope, cars will outbrake bikes as well.

  That thing is awesome! I'm going to have to pull the thread up when I get home.

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  July 7, 2009 11:09 a.m. 2002maniac Reader

  z31maniac wrote:

  wherethefmi wrote: Cars actually can out corner bikes, it's the braking into and accelerating out of the turns where the bike has the advantage, not all bikes of course but you know what I mean.

  Nope, cars will outbrake bikes as well.

  That thing is awesome! I'm going to have to pull the thread up when I get home.

  Yeah, go watch the top gear Atom vid. The Atom flies by the bike under braking

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